2015-07-02

【House by the Sea】

Eugenio Montale (1896—1981)

〖Nobel Prize in Literature in 1975〗

            Here the journey ends: 

            in these petty cares dividing

            a soul no longer able to protest. 

            Now minutes are implacable, regular

            as the flywheel on a pump. 

            One turn: a rumble of water rushing. 

            Second turn: more water, occasional creakings.

            Here the journey ends, on this shore

            probed by slow, assiduous tides.

            Only a sluggish haze reveals 

            the sea woven with troughs

            by the mils breezes: hardly ever

            in that dead calm

            does spiny Corsica or Capraia loom

            through islands of migratory air.

            You ask: Is this how everything vanishes,

            in this thin haze of memories?

            Is every destiny fulfilled

            in the torpid hour or the breaker’s sigh?

            I would like to tell you: No. For you

            the moment for your passage out of time is near:

            transcendence may perhaps be theirs who want it,

            and you, who knows, could be one of those. Not I.

            There is no salvation, I think, for most,

            but every system is subverted by someone, someone

            breaks through, becomes what he wanted to be.  

            Before I yield, let me help you find

            such a passage out, a path

            fragile a ridge or foam

            in the furrowed sea.

            And I leave you my hope, too meager

            for my failing strength to foster

            in days to come. I offer it

            to you, my pledge to your fate, that you

            break free.  

            My journey ends on these shores

            eroded by the to-and-fro of the tides.

            Your heedless heart, so near, may even now

            be lifting sail for the eternities.

—— • —— • —— • —— • —— • —— • —— • ——

【《海边的屋子》】

名门•蒙塔莱(1896生—1981卒)

〖1975年诺贝尔文学奖〗

            旅程在这里结束：

            在撕扯心灵的微小忧虑中

            不再能哭喊出来。

            时间的分秒富于规律，稳定

            如抽水泵中循环的水。

            一次运行：水被抽起，回响。

            另一次运行：更多的水，一些吱嘎的声音。

            旅程在这里结束，在这个海滩：

            被这些勤勉的、缓慢的破浪推搡着的海滩。

            所有的海岸线显示于凝滞的薄雾中，

            轻盈的微风

            扭转成漩涡：

            在寂静中，在空气中漂流的

            群岛里，你几乎看不见

            山石嶙峋的科西嘉岛或山羊岛。

            你问，一切事务能否像这样

            在记忆的薄雾中解决，

            一切命运能否在这迟缓的时辰

            或碎浪的叹息中完成。

            我想说：不，你将不合时宜地经过的

            时刻，正在冲向你。

            也许只有那些渴望成为无限的人才能如此，

            谁知道呢，也许你可以做到；而我不能。

            我想，对我们大多数人来说，并没有奴役，

            然而，有人挫败每一个计划，

            度过人生，才发现自己正是他渴望得到的事物。

            在放弃之前，我希望

            为你指引出路，

            它动荡犹如泡沫或一个低气压，

            在这不安的大海的领域。

            我正留给你吝啬的希望。

            我太累了，而不能为未来培育希望；

            我为它许诺以反对你的命运，于是你逃离。

            道路终止于这个海滩，

            海浪来来回回咬啮着它。

            也许，你临近的心并不能听见我，

            它已经向着永恒起航。

Today in History(历史上的今天):

2015: Mount Etna in Sicily, Italy(意大利西西里岛燃烧火山)

2015: Taormina over the Ionian Sea, Italy(意大利爱奥尼亚海畔的浪漫镇)

2014: YMCA Basketball Camp(基督教青年会篮球营)

Isola Bella Bay, the Pearl of the Ionian Sea

(美岛湾·爱奥尼亚海的明珠)

Sea Grottos & Rocky Beach @ Isola Bella Bay

(美岛湾·海蚀洞与岩石海滩)

Overpass along Seaside @ Letojanni (快乐岁月镇·海滨立交桥)

Messina Suburb (墨西拿市郊)

Parish Church (教区教堂)

The Highway between Messina and Taormina

(墨西拿与陶尔米纳之间的高速公路)

Aquaduct Hwy (高架桥高速公路)

Aquaduct (高架水渠桥)

Pagliara (稻草镇)

Viaduct (高架桥)

Monastery Atop & Funicular (山顶修道院与缆车)

Monastery Atop (山顶修道院)

Church of St. Nicolò @ Savoca (萨沃卡镇·人民胜利教堂)

Chiesa Madre di Savoca (萨沃卡主教堂)

The Alcantara (拱河)

Dried River (干涸河流)

Mili Marina (国家码头)

Faraglioni & Tonnara Towers @ Scopello

(悬崖村·海栈塔与金枪鱼网塔)

The Stacks and Tonnara @ Scopello

(悬崖村·堆栈与金枪鱼网)

Crosslinks(相关博文):

Italy(出游意大利)

Europe(欧洲掠影)

6th Grade(初中一年级)