2017-08-19

【Appendix to "Lazarus" • I】

Heinrich Heine (1797—1856)

             Holy parables discarding,

             And each guess, however pious,

             To these awful questions plainly

             Seek with answers to supply us:—

             Wherefore bends the Just One, bleeding

             'Neath the cross's weight laborious,

             While upon his steed the Wicked

             Rides all-proudly and victorious?

             Wherein lies the fault? It is not

             That our God is not almighty?

             Or hath he himself offended?—

             Such a thought seems wild and flighty.

             Thus are we for ever asking,

             Till at length our mouths securely

             With a clod of earth are fasten’d,—

             That is not an answer, surely?

—— • —— • —— • —— • —— • —— • —— • ——

【《抛掉那些神圣的比喻》】

统帅•海涅(1797生—1856卒)

              抛掉那些神圣的比喻，

              抛掉那些虔诚的假定——

              我们不要拐弯抹角，

              来解答这些被诅咒的疑问。

              为什么正义者痛苦流血，

              拽着沉重的十字架，

              坏人反而充作胜利者，

              幸福地骑着高大的骏马？

              这罪过是什么根由？

              是不是我们的主已经不是全能？

              或者他本人在搞些坏事？

              若是这样，可真是卑鄙，

              因此我们追问不停，

              直到人们用泥土一把

              最后堵住我们的嘴——

              难道这也算是一个回答？

【注】马克“战神”城堡坐落在莱茵“流水”河中上游河谷，是二战唯一未被摧毁的莱茵城堡。

2002年，莱茵河中上游河谷被联合国教科文组织列为《世界遗产名录》。

Today in History(历史上的今天):

2017: Braubach, Marksburg Castle of Germany(德国布劳巴赫·马克堡)

2014: YMCA Camp─Dodgeball-2(基督教青年会夏令营─躲避球之二)

Marksburg, Braubach

(布劳巴赫“啤酒溪”城·马克“战神”堡)

Chapel Tower (教堂塔)

Arrow Slit Gate w/ Steward's Tower (箭狭门与管家塔)

Fox Gate & Bailey (外门与堡场)

Fox Door (外门)

Front Gate (前门)

Medieval Door (中世纪门)

Patchwork Door (拼花门)

Medieval Doors (中世纪门)

Romanesque Doorway (罗马式通道)

Upper & Outer Battery (上层炮台外观)

Great Artillery Battery (大炮台)

Bedchamber (卧房)

Chapel Frescoes w/ a 15^th-Century Rhenish Virgin Mary 

(教堂壁画与十五世纪礼贤会圣母玛利亚雕像)

Book from the Middle Ages, Great Hall (大厅·中世纪图书)

Tapestry @ Music Alcove, Great Hall (大厅·音乐隔间的挂毯)

Tapestry @ Music Alcove, Great Hall

(大厅·音乐隔间的挂毯)

Tapestry @ Music Alcove, Great Hall

(大厅·音乐隔间的挂毯)

Late Medieval Forge, Blacksmith's Workshop

(铁匠室·中世纪晚期锻造工具)

Wine Press @ Cellar (酒窖·葡萄压榨机)

Wine Barrels @ Cellar (酒窖里的酒桶)

Toilet w/ No Door (没门的茅房)

Cast-Iron Cookware, Kitchen (厨房·铸铁炊具)

Fireplace, Kitchen (厨房·壁炉)

Utensils, Kitchen (厨房·餐具)

Mill Shop (磨坊)

Powder Tower (火药塔)

Romanesque Lobby (罗马式门厅)

The Square Keep (警卫区)

Wedding Photo-Taken (婚照现场)

Crosslinks(相关博文):

Germany(出游德国)

Europe(欧洲掠影)

8th Grade(初中三年级)