2022-09-25 World Dream Day

【Notes Toward a Supreme Fiction—It Must Give Pleasure·VIII (1942)】

Wallace Stevens (1879—1955)

         What am I to believe? If the angel in his cloud,

         Serenely gazing at the violent abyss,

         Plucks on his strings to pluck abysmal glory,

         Leaps downward through evening's revelations, and

         On his spredden wings, needs nothing but deep space,

         Forgets the gold centre, the golden destiny,

         Grows warm in the motionless motion of his flight,

         Am I that imagine this angel less satisfied?

         Are the wings his, the lapis-haunted air?

         Is it he or is it I that experience this?

         Is it I then that keep saying there is an hour

         Filled with expressible bliss, in which I have

         No need, am happy, forget need’s golden hand,

         Am satisfied without solacing majesty,

         And if there is an hour there is a day,

         There is a month, a year, there is a time

         In which majesty is a mirror of the self:

         I have not but I am and as I am, I am.

         These external regions, what do we fill them with

         Except reflections, the escapades of death,

         Cinderella fulfilling herself beneath the roof?

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【《最高虚构笔记——它必须快乐·之八》(1942年)】

异乡人·史蒂文斯(1879生—1955卒)

【红霞译】

            我该相信什么？假若云朵中的天使，

            恬然地凝视着狂暴的地狱，

            拨动琴弦来弹奏深不可测的荣耀，

            纵下掠过暮夜启示录，而

            张开的翅膀，只需要幽邃的空间，

            那么别再考虑绝佳位置，金石良缘，

            保持原样的滑翔会变得暖和，

            莫非我不满意这个天使？

            莫非翅膀归他，珐琅蓝天空？

            是他还是我有这种体验？

            难道我不停地说还有个把钟头

            表达幸福，于我

            并无所求，快乐至上，别再渴望技巧，

            心满意足而无需慰藉神威，

            如果有一个小时就有一天，

            就有一个月、一年，有时候

            神威是自我的一面镜子：

            我没有，但我是，我是，我是。

            这些外部区域，大家给予的

            除了反思，死亡之旅，

            灰姑娘在屋檐下实现自我？

【注】1987年纽约股市崩盘后激发了意大利艺术家熊·适度(Arturo Di Modica)雕刻出一尊7,100磅/3,200公斤、11英尺/3米高和16英尺/5米长的青铜公牛，用以象征新时代应当像纽约佬那样的态度。

“适度”根据前一天晚上侦探的信息，次日在巡警换岗期间把铜牛雕像非法丢在纽约证券交易所(NYSE)大楼外，结果当天铜牛便被移走，幸好一周后在纽约第一个城市公园——农场绿园(Bowling Green)找到了新家，这头冲锋华尔(意指“壁垒”)街、进攻金融区的奔牛因此而一跃成为备受追逐的国际明星。

记得90年代我在纽约生活的五年间，华尔街金融牛周围人迹寥寥，取景留念不费吹灰之力；如今时过境迁，华尔街金融牛前顶礼膜拜的游客摩肩擦踵，再加上人们对民间传说走火入魔，不光深信爱抚牛头和牛角能吉星高照，而且梦想触摸富有男子气概和力量的超大睾丸也会兴旺繁盛！这么一来，想要拍张照片必须翘首期盼半个钟头以上。

Today in History(历史上的今天):

2022: A Wandering Life in Metropolitan NYC-4(浪迹纽约大都会之四)

2022: Ladies' Mile Historic District, NYC(纽约仕女一英里历史街区)

2022: Madison Sq & Flatiron District, NYC(纽约麦迪逊广场与熨斗区)

2022: WFC & North Cove Marina, NYC(纽约世界金融中心与北湾码头)

2022: WTC Oculus & Memorial Site, NYC(纽约“大眼睛”车站与世贸中心纪念地)

2022: Headquarters of the United Nations, NYC(纽约联合国总部)

2022: Federal Hall NM—US Subtreasury, NYC(纽约联邦大厅·国库分部)

2022: The Battery & Clinton Castle NM, NYC(纽约炮台地头堡国家纪念地)

2022：Trinity Church Wall Street, NYC(纽约·华尔街三一教堂)

Bowling Green (1733), the City's 1^st Park

(建于1733年的农场绿园·纽约第一个城市公园)

Bowling Green w/ Plaque to Commemorate the 1733 Establishment

(农场绿园·公园牌匾以纪念1733年它的创建)

Bowling Green Looking South from the Fountain

(农场绿园·从喷泉朝南方向)

Fountain w/ Blooming Tulips @ Bowling Green Park

(农场绿园·郁金香盛开的喷泉 04-30-2016)

Bowling Green w/ Crowd (人潮汹涌的农场绿园)

Bowling Green Fence Landmark Sign

(农场绿园·围栏地标匾牌)

Bronze Charging Bull @ Bowling Green

(农场绿园·铜雕《奔牛》)

Bowling Green Park (农场绿园 04-11-1997)

The Charging Bull w/ the Oversized Bronze Testicles Representing Pronounced Virility & Strength @ Bowling Green

(农场绿园《奔牛》·象征阳刚之气的超大青铜睾丸)

Good Luck & Prosperous not only to Touch Its Head & Horns … but also Its Enormous Testicles @ Bowling Green

(农场绿园《奔牛》·爱抚牛头和牛角能吉星高照，触摸富有男子气概和力量的超大睾丸兴旺繁盛)

National Museum of the American Indian (1922)

(建于1922年的美洲印第安人国家博物馆)

National Museum of the American Indian, Former Alexander Hamilton U.S. Custom House in Beaux-Arts

(美国印第安人国家博物馆——学院派风格的前“人类保护者·平丘山”海关大厦)

Wall St Seen from Trinity Church (从三一教堂观望华尔街)

Bank of NY Bldg (1930) in Art Deco @ 1 Wall St 

(华尔街1号·建于1930年艺术装饰风格的纽约银行大厦)

NYSE, Trading Floor to Feel Money Being Made On Wall Street @ 11 Wall St

(华尔街11号纽约证券交易所交易大厅入口·体验华尔街赚钱的感受)

20 Exchange Place over 40 Wall St

(交易广场20号与华尔街40号)

The Green Pyramid of Trump Tower of Trump Bldg (1930) @ L & City Bank Farmers Trust Bldg (1931) @ R

(左：建于1930年绿色金字塔的川普/小号大厦

右：建于1931年的城市银行农民信托大厦)

Side View of 20 Exchange Place (交易广场20号·侧视)

15 William (2008) (建于2008年的执着勇士大厦)

Maiden Lane @ William St (少女巷与坚定保卫者街交道口)

Federal Hall NM (1842) in Greek Revival Style @ 26 Wall St

(华尔街26号·建于1842年希腊复古式联邦大厅国家纪念馆)

NYSE @ Broad St Viewed from Federal Hall NM

(从联邦大厅国家纪念馆近观宽街上的纽约证券交易所)

Security Fence Fortified after the September 11 Attacks

(9-11袭击后添加了安全围栏)

Broad St @ Wall St (宽街与华尔街交道口 09-04-1993)

NYSE, the Big Board (纽约证券交易所·大行情板)

NYSE in the Beaux-Arts Style

(纽约证券交易所·学院派建筑风格 04-30-2016)

Bronze Sculpture of Fearless Girl Facing the NYSE Bldg

(面对纽约证券交易所大厦的青铜雕塑《无畏女孩》)

Rearview of Bronze Sculpture of Fearless Girl

(青铜雕塑《无畏女孩》·背影)

Front View of Bronze Sculpture of Fearless Girl

(青铜雕塑《无畏女孩》·正面)

Formerly the HQ of JP Morgan @ 15 Broad St

(宽街15号·前摩根大通集团总部)

Standard Oil Bldg or Socony-Vacuum Bldg (1928) w/ Tower Containing a Finial & Kerosene Cauldron in Renaissance Revival Style @ 26 Broadway

(绅士大街26号标准石油公司或称·纽约标准石油—真空大厦：建于1928年，楼内装有文艺复兴式顶饰和煤油大锅)

S&P Global in Financial Info & Analytics @ 55 Water St

(水街55号标普全球公司·资本和商品市场信用评级)

Three-sided Clock @ 25 Water St (formerly 4 New York Plaza)

(水街25号前纽约四号广场·三面钟)

Elevated Acre, precisely a one-acre meadow flanked by delightfully designed gardens and plantings elevated above the city streets

(高架一英亩公园·恰好一英亩草地，两侧是精心设计的花园和城市街道上栽培的植物)

Sculpture of Figure Balancing on Dog (1986) @ Amelia, an Autonomic Framework for IT Operations

(主打互联网技术运营的自主框架的工作公司·1986年雕塑《狗形体平衡》)

Broadstone Bar & Kitchen @ 88 Broad St

(宽街88号·琢石酒吧餐厅)

Gift Shop (礼品店)

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