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.

—— • —— • —— • —— • —— • —— • —— • ——

【《幽靈兔王》(1940)】

華萊士·史蒂文斯“異鄉人·花環”(1879生—1955卒)

【紅霞譯】

            最終百思不得其解，

            當無形的影子遮住太陽

            除了你毛皮上的亮光還有什麼？

            有隻貓整天砸吧着奶，

            福態相、紅舌頭、綠腦袋、奶白色

            與八月最祥和的月份。

            要去，草叢中，最祥和的時光里，

            沒有貓的紀念碑，

            那隻被遺忘在月光中的貓；

            要感受來自兔子的光亮，

            所有一切全都為了你

            無需任何解釋；

            因此勿用多想。它會自行出現；

            從東向西移動再從西朝下俯衝，

            不在話下。芳草豐茂

            任你隨心所欲。周圍的樹林全都屬於你，

            整個廣袤的黑夜全都屬於你，

            一個八面玲瓏的化身，

            你變成黑夜縱橫馳騁的化身。

            紅貓躲開毛皮亮光

            就在那裡你深彎腰背，隆起身子，

            你弓得越來越高，黑得如同磐石？

            你像尊懸空的頭部雕塑坐着

            綠貓咪只是草叢中的小蟲子。

【注】從春節到元宵節，15天的過年於今天才算結束。雖說我在美國生活的時間比在國內還要長，但中華文化的元素早已根植心靈深處，因此永遠忘不掉自己民族的節日。“萬物迎春送殘臘，一年結局在今宵”(宋代·戴復古《除夜》)，抓住歡樂時刻是對歲月最大的尊重。

Today in History(歷史上的今天):

2015: Band Ensemble Performance-1(管樂團演出之一)

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

(瑪麗—亨利“海之星—領主”家·來美第一個羊年春節 02-15-1991)

Beach @ Mt Pleasant, SC

(南卡羅萊納“自由者”州快樂山區·海灘 02-06-1993)

Winter Firn, NYC (紐約“新紫杉樹之地”·冬日積雪 02-11-1994)

Pyramid of the Sun @ Teotihuacan, Mexico

(墨西哥特奧蒂瓦坎“眾神之地”·太陽金字塔 02-16-2002)

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

(新澤西“草”州瓦昌“高山”保護區·不足一歲的小幼兒生 02-01-2004)

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

(賓夕法尼亞“山林”州本家前院粥雪邊·差不多兩歲的大幼兒生 02-21-2005)

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

(新州探險水族館·快三歲的小幼童生與美女河馬相見 02-05-2006)

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

(大幼童生從新州探險水族館背觀費城“兄弟之愛”河濱 02-10-2007)

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

(賓州老虎舒爾曼“教練”綜合武術館·學前班預科生空手道小白 02-29-2008)

Kindergartener @ Facenda-Whitaker Lanes, PA 

(賓州法森達—惠特克“事務—白麥田”保齡球館——學前班生 02-21-2009)

1^st Grader @ Backyard Graupel, PA

(賓州本家後院·小學一年級嬉戲雪場 02-07-2010)

2^nd Graders @ Laser Tag, Philadelphia Sports Clubs

(費城運動俱樂部·小學二年級激光戰 02-19-2011)

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

(賓州老虎舒爾曼綜合武術館·小學三年級空手道藍帶 02-11-2012)

4^th Graders @ Golden City Chinese Restaurant, PA

(賓州金城酒家·小學四年級同伴 02-17-2013)

Teacher Appreciation Banquet @ Golden City Chinese Restaurant, PA

(賓州金城酒家·謝師宴 02-09-2014)

6^th Grader @ Serafina Fabulous Pizza, NYC

(紐約塞拉菲娜“六翼天使”美味披薩店·初一生 02-21-2015)

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

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

(賓州來來花園酒家14歲慶生晚餐·初三生 02-19-2017)

Teacher Appreciation Banquet @ Golden City Chinese Restaurant

(賓州金城酒家·謝師宴 02-18-2018)

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

(賓州·高二生清理本家車道積雪 02-20-2019)

Lantern Festival Eve @ Noodle 88, PA

(賓州八八麵館·湯圓節前夕 02-07-2020)

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

(賓州新冠疫情期間·大剪子店高四生理髮、接種疫苗和幾度暴風雪 02-2021)

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

(賓州新希望城·建於1727年的洛根“小窪地”客棧酒吧 02-21-2022)

Lantern Festival @ Bamboo Szechuan Cuisine Restaurant, PA

(賓州蜀苑川味餐廳·湯圓節 02-05-2023)

Lantern Festival @ Montogomery County Community College, PA

(賓州蒙哥馬利“巨人山”郡社區學院·元宵節 02-05-2023)

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