2022-12-25 Christmas Day

【Esthétique du Mal·IX (1945)】

Wallace Stevens (1879—1955)

       Panic in the face of the moon — round effendi

       Or the phosphored sleep in which he walks abroad

       Or the majolica dish heaped up with phosphored fruit

       That he sends ahead, out of the goodness of his heart,

       To anyone who comes — panic, because

       The moon is no longer these nor anything

       And nothing is left but comic ugliness

       Or a lustred nothingness. Effendi, he

       That has lost the folly of the moon becomes

       The prince of the proverbs of pure poverty.

       To lose sensibility, to see what one sees,

       As if sight had not its own miraculous thrift,

       To hear only what one hears, one meaning alone,

       As if the paradise of meaning ceased

       To be paradise, it is this to be destitute.

       This is the sky divested of its fountains.

       Here in the west indifferent crickets chant

       Through our indifferent crises. Yet we require

       Another chant, an incantation, as in

       Another and later genesis, music

       That buffets the shapes of its possible halcyon

       Against the haggardie… A loud, large water

       Bubbles up in the night and drowns the crickets' sound.

       It is a declaration, a primitive ecstasy,

       Truth's favors sonorously exhibited.

—— • —— • —— • —— • —— • —— • —— • ——

【《恶之美学·之九》(1945年)】

异乡人·史蒂文斯(1879生—1955卒)

【红霞译】

            面对月亮——圆润大师感到恐慌

            或者他历经的磷酸化睡眠

            或是堆满含磷水果的锡釉瓷盘

            先前拜他所赐，出于好意，

            带给到场的每个人——恐慌，因为

            月亮既不是这些也不是任何东西

            而沦为滑稽可笑的丑陋

            或者光彩夺目的虚无。大师哟，他

            失去月亮的愚蠢变成了

            清贫乐道的王子。

            要丢掉感性，去看人之所见，

            仿佛视觉毫无神奇的本质，

            只听人之所闻，纯粹单一的意义，

            仿佛有意义的天堂不再

            是天堂，由此成为赤贫。

            天空失去了泉源。

            冷漠的蟋蟀就在西部沙漠吟唱

            伴随人类冷漠的危机。然而我们却要求

            另一首颂歌，护身符咒，就像

            重新开始一样，音乐

            冲击着可能存在的平静幻象

            与憔悴相反……咆哮的洪水 

            夜里沸腾起来，淹没蟋蟀的叫声。

            这是声明，原始的狂喜，

            响亮地展现了真理的恩惠。

【注】这首诗歌描述清贫乐道的王子在月球上失去了愚蠢。

Christmas Day in History(历史上的圣诞节):

2016: Los Angeles the La-La Land, CA(加州洛杉矶—梦幻之城)

2016: Malibu—Paradise Cove, CA(加州马里布—天堂湾)

2016：Malibu the home of Hollywood, CA(加州马里布—电影人之家)

2016: Ventura—County of Good Fortune, CA(加州福分之郡)

2016: Beverly Hills & Hollywood, CA(加州海狸溪山庄与好莱坞)

2015: Christmas in Maryland(马里兰州过圣诞节)

2014: A Christmas Day @ Longwood Gardens, PA(宾州杜邦花园过圣诞)

2013: Christmas over Indian Ocean(印度洋上过圣诞节)

2012: Christmas @ Sea, Chile(智利游轮上过圣诞)

2010: 节日礼物(Holiday Gifts)

2009: 新西兰基督城(Christchurch, NZ)

1^st Xmas Benediction in Life 

(平生第一次过美式圣诞节 12-25-1990)

Baths of Caracalla in Rome, Italy

(意大利罗马·斗篷浴场 12-25-1995)

Yun-Lin's Apt, NYC (纽约·云林的公寓 12-25-1996)

Natl Gallery of Canada, Ottawa 

(渥太华·加拿大国家美术馆 12-25-1997)

House of Parliament in London, UK

(英国伦敦·议会大厦 12-25-1998)

Heian Shrine in Kyoto, Japan

(日本京都·平安神宫 12-25-1999)

Yun-Lin's House, NJ (新州·云林之家 12-25-2000)

Washington Crossing State Park, PA

(宾州睿智农家渡口州立公园 12-25-2001)

Mother-to-Be (准妈妈 12-25-2002)

Toddler-I's 1^st Christmas (小幼儿生第一个圣诞节 12-25-2003)

Toddler-II @ Home Party, PA

(宾州本家圣诞聚会·大幼儿生 12-25-2004)

Preschool-I @ Home Party, PA

(宾州本家圣诞聚会·小幼童生 12-25-2005)

Home Party, PA (宾州·本家圣诞聚会 12-25-2006)

Pre-Kindergartener @ Home Party, PA

(宾州本家圣诞聚会·学前班预科生 12-25-2007)

Kindergartener @ Home Party, PA

(宾州本家圣诞聚会·学前班生 12-25-2008)

1^st Grader @ 2000 Sculpture & Christ Church Cathedral in Christchurch, New Zealand

(新西兰基督城千禧年雕塑与基督城大教堂·小学一年级生 12-25-2009)

Home Party, PA (宾州本家圣诞聚会 12-25-2010)

Sherry-York's House, NJ (新州秦越—彦民之家 12-25-2011)

4^th Grader En Route to Puerto Montt over the Pacific Ocean, Chile

(通往智利蒙特港的太平洋上·小学四年级生 12-25-2012)

En Route to Mombasa over the Indian Ocean, Kenya

(通往肯尼亚战岛的印度洋上 12-25-2013)

6^th Grader @ East Conservatory of Longwood Gardens, PA

(宾州长木公园东侧温室花房·初一生 12-25-2014)

8^th Grader @ Qiuping-Ning's House, MD

(马州秋萍—宁圣诞聚会·初三生 12-25-2015)

9^th Grader @ Paradise Cove Beach Cafe, CA

(加州天堂湾海滨咖啡厅·高一生 12-25-2016)

10^th Grader w/ Carol of the Bells @ Home, PA

 (宾州本家《圣诞钟声》·高二生 12-25-2017)

11^th Grader @ Mason Symbol @ Valley Forge Natl Hist Park

(锻造谷国家历史公园石匠标志·高三生 12-25-2018)

12^th Grader @ Golden City Chinese Restaurant on Christmas Day, PA

(宾州圣诞节于金城酒家·高四生 12-25-2019)

The Freshman @ Virtual College Applications w/o College Tours & Social Face-to-Face Contact during the Pandemic

(大一生：大学申请年疫情风起云涌，不仅取消了大学实体参观过程，而且与高中老师面议推荐信的重要环节也改成网上操作，全美各大院校趁机将SAT/ACT统考标准降为忽略不计的选项，立刻让2021年进入大学的高中生面临前所未有的变革，随之申学心态也由殷切期待骤变成随遇而安，彼岸的理想瞬息间便来到了此岸的现实当中！ 12-25-2020)

Fonthill Castle, PA (宾州永衡山丘城堡 12-25-2021)

The Sophomore @ Volcano Hot Pot on Christmas Day, PA

(宾州圣诞节于火山麻辣烫·大二生 12-25-2022)

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