2023-02-05 Lantern Festival Symbolic of Good Luck & Hope

【A Rabbit as the King of Ghosts (1940)】

Wallace Stevens (1879—1955)

       The difficulty to think at the end of day, 

       When the shapeless shadow covers the sun 

       And nothing is left except light on your fur? 

       There was the cat slopping its milk all day, 

       Fat cat, red tongue, green mind, white milk 

       And August the most peaceful month. 

       To be, in the grass, in the peacefullest time, 

       Without that monument of cat, 

       The cat forgotten in the moon; 

       And to feel that the light is a rabbit-light, 

       In which everything is meant for you 

       And nothing need be explained; 

       Then there is nothing to think of. It comes of itself; 

       And east rushes west and west rushes down, 

       No matter. The grass is full 

       And full of yourself. The trees around are for you, 

       The whole of the wideness of night is for you, 

       A self that touches all edges, 

       You become a self that fills the four corners of night. 

       The red cat hides away in the fur-light 

       And there you are humped high, humped up, 

       You are humped higher and higher, black as stone? 

       You sit with your head like a carving in space 

       And the little green cat is a bug in the grass.

—— • —— • —— • —— • —— • —— • —— • ——

【《幽灵兔王》(1940)】

异乡人·史蒂文斯(1879生—1955卒)

【红霞译】

            最终百思不得其解，

            当无形的影子遮住太阳

            除了你毛皮上的亮光还有什么？

            有只猫整天砸吧着奶，

            福态相、红舌头、绿脑袋、奶白色

            与八月最祥和的月份。

            要去，草丛中，最祥和的时光里，

            没有猫的纪念碑，

            那只被遗忘在月光中的猫；

            要感受来自兔子的光亮，

            所有一切全都为了你

            无需任何解释；

            因此勿用多想。它会自行出现；

            从东向西移动再从西朝下俯冲，

            不在话下。芳草丰茂

            任你随心所欲。周围的树林全都属于你，

            整个广袤的黑夜全都属于你，

            一个八面玲珑的化身，

            你变成黑夜纵横驰骋的化身。

            红猫躲开毛皮亮光

            就在那里你深弯腰背，隆起身子，

            你弓得越来越高，黑得如同磐石？

            你像尊悬空的头部雕塑坐着

            绿猫咪只是草丛中的小虫子。

【注】从春节到元宵节，15天的过年于今天才算结束。虽说我在美国生活的时间比在国内还要长，但中华文化的元素早已根植心灵深处，因此永远忘不掉自己民族的节日。“万物迎春送残腊，一年结局在今宵”(宋代·戴复古《除夜》)，抓住欢乐时刻是对岁月最大的尊重。

Today in History(历史上的今天):

2015: Band Ensemble Performance-1(管乐团演出之一)

1^st Lunar New Year of Goat @ Marie-Henry's House in USA

(海之星—统帅家·来美第一个羊年春节 02-15-1991)

Beach @ Mt Pleasant, SC

(南卡州·欢喜山海滩 02-06-1993)

Winter Firn, NYC (纽约·冬日积雪 02-11-1994)

Pyramid of the Sun @ Teotihuacan, Mexico

(墨西哥神诞生地·太阳金字塔 02-16-2002)

Toddler-I of < 1-Yr-Old Baby @ Watchung Reservation, NJ

(新州高山丘保留地·不足一岁的小幼儿生 02-01-2004)

Toddler-II of < 2-Yr-Old Kid @ Frontyard Hominy Snow, PA

(宾州本家前院粥雪边·差不多两岁的大幼儿生 02-21-2005)

Preschool-I Meets Hippopotamus Genny w/ 3-Yr-Old Boy @ Adventure Aquarium, NJ

(新州探险水族馆·快三岁的小幼童生与河马少女相见 02-05-2006)

Preschooler-II @ Philadelphia Riverfront Viewed from Adventure Aquarium, NJ

(大幼童生从新州探险水族馆背观费城河滨 02-10-2007)

Pre-Kindergartener of 1^st Try For a Preschooler @ Tiger Schulmann's Mixed Martial Arts, PA

(宾州老虎教练混合武术·学前班预科生空手道小白 02-29-2008)

Kindergartener @ Facenda Whitaker Lanes, PA 

(宾州“农场·白田”保龄球馆——学前班生 02-21-2009)

1^st Grader @ Backyard Graupel, PA

(宾州本家后院·小学一年级嬉戏雪场 02-07-2010)

2^nd Graders @ Laser Tag, Philadelphia Sports Clubs

(费城运动俱乐部·小学二年级激光战 02-19-2011)

3^rd Grader w/ Blue Belt @ Tiger Schulmann's Mixed Martial Arts

(宾州老虎教练混合武术·小学三年级空手道蓝带 02-11-2012)

4^th Graders @ Golden City Chinese Restaurant, PA

(宾州金城酒家·小学四年级同伴 02-17-2013)

Teacher Appreciation Banquet @ Golden City Chinese Restaurant, PA

(宾州金城酒家·谢师宴 02-09-2014)

6^th Grader @ Serafina Fabulous Pizza, NYC

(纽约六翼天使美味披萨·初一生 02-21-2015)

7^th Grader w/ Red Packets (初二生手握红包 02-06-2016)

8^th Grader of the 14^th-BD Dinner @ Lailai Garden w/ 8^th Grader, PA

(宾州来来花园酒家14岁庆生晚餐·初三生 02-19-2017)

Teacher Appreciation Banquet @ Golden City Chinese Restaurant

(宾州金城酒家·谢师宴 02-18-2018)

10^th Grader @ Shoveling Snow to Clear a Driveway, PA

(宾州·高二生清理本家车道积雪 02-20-2019)

Lantern Festival Eve @ Noodle 88, PA

(宾州八八面馆·汤圆节前夕 02-07-2020)

12^th Grader @ Great Clips, Covid Vaccination, & Snow Blizzards during the Pandemic, PA

(宾州新冠疫情期间·大剪子店高四生理发、接种疫苗和几度暴风雪 02-2021)

Bar @ Logan Inn (1727), New Hope of PA

(宾州新希望城·建于1727年的空心客栈酒吧 02-21-2022)

Lantern Festival @ Bamboo Szechuan Cuisine Restaurant, PA

(宾州蜀苑川味餐厅·汤圆节 02-05-2023)

Lantern Festival @ Montogomery County Community College, PA

(宾州巨人山郡社区学院·元宵节 02-05-2023)

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