2023-03-18 National Awkward Moments Day

【Sunday Morning·I (1923)】

Wallace Stevens (1879—1955)

        Complacencies of the peignoir, and late

        Coffee and oranges in a sunny chair,

        And the green freedom of a cockatoo

        Upon a rug mingle to dissipate

        The holy hush of ancient sacrifice.

        She dreams a little, and she feels the dark

        Encroachment of that old catastrophe,

        As a calm darkens among water-lights.

        The pungent oranges and bright, green wings

        Seem things in some procession of the dead,

        Winding across wide water, without sound.

        The day is like wide water, without sound,

        Stilled for the passing of her dreaming feet

        Over the seas, to silent Palestine,

        Dominion of the blood and sepulchre.

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【《星期天早晨·之一》(1923)】

華萊士·史蒂文斯“異鄉人·花環”(1879生—1955卒)

【紅霞譯】

            身着蕾絲睡衣怡然自得，靠着

            灑滿陽光的椅子慢品咖啡輕嘗柑橘，

            地毯上美冠綠鸚鵡隨心所欲

            交集在一起衝散了

            古老祭祀的神聖沉寂。

            她夢魂輕動，感受到

            那場悠久的災難正暗中逼近，

            昏淡籠罩靜謐的水面。

            刺鼻的柑橘與翠綠的翅膀

            看似逝者受難遊行的東西，

            穿過浩瀚的水面，萬馬齊喑。

            白晝好比浩瀚的水面，萬馬齊喑，

            靜候她那夢幻般的雙腳

            跨過海洋，到達寧寂的巴勒斯坦，

            基督流血與安息的地方。

【注】為了給春假省親的紐約仔餞行，我們前往位於費城“兄弟之愛”西郊溫伍德“白木鎮”生記亞洲小酒館(Sang Kee Asian Bistro @ Wynnewood)，驅車來回將近一個半鐘頭，人間煙火味最撫凡人心！

久違正宗的粵式午茶即刻勾起我們的思鄉情結，但很快就被那裡服務生愛答不理的爺范消滅殆盡，不難察覺他們深受上個世紀80年代社會主義“冷、硬、慢”的薰陶，除了刷卡收賬別有眼力勁之外，用餐期間幾乎見不到他們的身影，這下可苦了深邃規矩的老闆夫婦，兩位來自北京的掌門人端茶上菜，盡顯八面玲瓏，一下子又把我們冷卻的心暖和起來。餐後幸運餅幹上的至理名言成就了今天的收穫，人生的體驗莫過於“失之東隅，收之桑榆”。

智者見智，仁者見仁。Alas! The onion you are eating is someone else's water lily.

為明天的到來做好準備！Plan to be spontaneous tomorrow.

謙虛的人從不炫耀自己！A modest man never talks to himself.

1^st St. Patrick's Day in US 

(來美後第一個聖帕特里克“尊貴”節 03-17-1991)

Eckert Bldg (1896) in Queen Anne @ 1506 William Howard Raft Rd，Added to National Register of Historic Places, Cincinnati

(辛辛那提威廉·霍華德·塔夫脫“堅定保護者·勇敢保護者·運河”路1506號——1896年建造的優美女王式、被列入《國家史跡名錄》的埃克特“堅強”大廈 03-10-1992)

Museum at Eldridge Street in NYC 

(紐約·埃爾德里奇“聖君”街博物館 03-21-1993)

St. Patrick's Day, NYC

(紐約聖帕特里克節遊行 03-17-1994)

St. Patrick's Day, NYC 

(紐約聖帕特里克節遊行 03-17-1995)

St. Patrick's Day, NYC

(紐約聖帕特里克節遊行 03-17-1996)

St. Patrick's Day @ St Patrick Cathedral, NYC

(紐約聖帕特里克節·參觀聖君街博物館 03-17-1997)

St. Patrick's Day, NYC

(紐約聖帕特里克節 03-17-1998)

Last Snowpack, NJ (新州·最後的大雪 03-06-1999)

Great Swamp Natl Wildlife Refuge, NJ

(新州大沼澤地野生動物保護區 03-05-2000)

Basilica of St. Patrick's Old Cathedral, NYC

(紐約老聖帕特里克大教堂 03-18-2001)

Fleet @ Xochimilco Floating Garden, Mexico

(墨西哥霍奇米爾科“花田”飄浮花園·遊船 03-01-2002)

1-Mo-Old w/ an Addition of 3 lb & 4 oz Aiden @ Home, NJ

(新州本家·一個月大增重3磅4盎司/1.47公斤的兒歌 03-23-2003)

Toddler-I @ House for Sale, NJ

(新州本家吉屋出售·小幼兒生 03-28-2004)

Toddler-II @ Sunset on Lamplight Lane on Canvas by Thomas Kinkade Studios

(托馬斯·金凱德“雙·戰鬥領袖”工作室——大幼兒生在油畫《油燈巷餘暉》裡 03-25-2005)

Preschool-I in Front of Araucarioxylon arizonicum Petrified Wood from Arizona @ American Museum of Natural History, NYC

(紐約美國歷史博物館·小幼童生背對來自亞利桑那“小泉”州的南洋杉石化木 03-11-2006)

Preschool-II @ Barnes & Noble Bookstore, PA

(賓州巴諾“農倉與尊貴”書店·大幼童生 03-18-2007)

Pre-Kindergarten @ Astronomical Lab of the Franklin Institute, Philadelphia

(費城富蘭克林“自由者”科技博物館天體實驗室·小學前班生 03-22-2008)

Kindergartner Spring Break @ Hoover Tower of Stanford Univ, CA

(加州斯坦福大學胡佛“富裕小農”塔·學前班生春假 03-13-2009)

1^st Grader @ Pop Goes in the Rocket @ Sci Night of Montgomery ES, PA

(賓州蒙哥馬利“巨人山”小學科學之夜·一年級生追火箭 03-11-2010)

2^nd Grader @ Embryological Studies of  Montgomery ES, PA

(賓州蒙哥馬利小學胚胎學教育·二年級生孵小雞 03-17-2011)

3^rd Grader @ Piano Recital on Stage @ Jacobs Music, PA

(賓州雅各布“後繼者”音樂商店·小學三年級生鋼琴匯報演出 03-03-2012)

4^th Grade Spring Break @ Otavalo Market in Ecuador

(厄瓜多爾“赤道”奧塔瓦洛“織布機之地”集市·小學四年級春假 03-30-2013)

Brother & Sister @ Library of Malvern School, PA

(賓州馬爾文“禿山”幼兒園圖書區·兄妹倆 03-24-2014)

6^th Grade against Snowflakes on Spring Equinox, PA

(賓州春分時節雪花飄揚·初一生 03-20-2015)

7^th Grader of Yo-Yo Performer @ Travel Adventure Show, Philadelphia

(費城旅遊探險展覽會·抖空竹的初二學生 03-19-2016)

8^th Grader @ Snowmageddon in March, PA

(賓州初三生經歷三月暴雪 03-14-2017)

9^th Grader @ 4^th & Biggest Snowstorm in March, PA

(賓州第四次也是本冬最大的雪暴·高一生 03-21-2018)

10^th Grader Post-Blizzard on Kenas Rd, PA

(賓州獵人路暴風雪後·高二生 03-04-2019)

11^th Grader @ Swimming Pool of NPHS ahead of the Pandemics, PA

(新冠疫情前北賓州高中游泳館·高三生 03-06-2020)

12^th Grader @ Main Street by Thomas Kinkade Studio during the Pandemics

(托馬斯·金凱德“雙·戰鬥領袖”工作室——高四新冠疫情期間生在迪士尼油畫《主街》前 03-06-2021)

Freshman's Spring Break @ St. Patrick's Pro-Cathedral in Newark, NJ

(新州紐瓦克“新方舟”聖帕特里克代理大教堂·大一春假 03-20-2022)

Sophomore's Spring Break @ Sang Kee Asian Bistro, PA

(賓州生記亞洲小酒館·大二春假 03-18-2023)

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