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)】

异乡人·史蒂文斯(1879生—1955卒)

【红霞译】

            身着蕾丝睡衣怡然自得，靠着

            洒满阳光的椅子慢品咖啡轻尝柑橘，

            地毯上美冠绿鹦鹉随心所欲

            交集在一起冲散了

            古老祭祀的神圣沉寂。

            她梦魂轻动，感受到

            那场悠久的灾难正暗中逼近，

            昏淡笼罩静谧的水面。

            刺鼻的柑橘与翠绿的翅膀

            看似逝者受难游行的东西，

            穿过浩瀚的水面，万马齐喑。

            白昼好比浩瀚的水面，万马齐喑，

            静候她那梦幻般的双脚

            跨过海洋，到达宁寂的巴勒斯坦，

            基督流血与安息的地方。

【注】为了给春假省亲的纽约仔饯行，我们前往位于费城“兄弟之爱”西郊温伍德“白木镇”生记亚洲小酒馆(Sang Kee Asian Bistro @ Wynnewood)，驱车来回将近一个半钟头，人间烟火味最抚凡人心！

久违正宗的粤式午茶即刻勾起我们的思乡情结，但很快就被那里服务生爱答不理的爷范消灭殆尽，不难察觉他们深受上个世纪80年代社会主义“冷、硬、慢”的熏陶，除了刷卡收账别有眼力劲之外，用餐期间几乎见不到他们的身影，这下可苦了深邃规矩的老板夫妇，两位来自北京的掌门人端茶上菜，尽显八面玲珑，一下子又把我们冷却的心暖和起来。餐后幸运饼干上的至理名言成就了今天的收获，人生的体验莫过于“失之东隅，收之桑榆”。

智者见智，仁者见仁。Alas! The onion you are eating is someone else's water lily.

为明天的到来做好准备！Plan to be spontaneous tomorrow.

谦虚的人从不炫耀自己！A modest man never talks to himself.

1^st St. Patrick's Day in US 

(来美后第一个圣帕特里克“尊贵”节 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·霍华德·塔夫脱“坚定保护者·勇敢保护者·运河”路1506号——1896年建造的优美女王式、被列入《国家史迹名录》的埃克特“坚强”大厦 03-10-1992)

Museum at Eldridge Street in NYC 

(纽约·埃尔德里奇“圣君”街博物馆 03-21-1993)

St. Patrick's Day, NYC

(纽约圣帕特里克节游行 03-17-1994)

St. Patrick's Day, NYC 

(纽约圣帕特里克节游行 03-17-1995)

St. Patrick's Day, NYC

(纽约圣帕特里克节游行 03-17-1996)

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

(纽约圣帕特里克节·参观圣君街博物馆 03-17-1997)

St. Patrick's Day, NYC

(纽约圣帕特里克节 03-17-1998)

Last Snowpack, NJ (新州·最后的大雪 03-06-1999)

Great Swamp Natl Wildlife Refuge, NJ

(新州大沼泽地野生动物保护区 03-05-2000)

Basilica of St. Patrick's Old Cathedral, NYC

(纽约老圣帕特里克大教堂 03-18-2001)

Fleet @ Xochimilco Floating Garden, Mexico

(墨西哥霍奇米尔科“花田”飘浮花园·游船 03-01-2002)

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

(新州本家·一个月大增重3磅4盎司/1.47公斤的儿歌 03-23-2003)

Toddler-I @ House for Sale, NJ

(新州本家吉屋出售·小幼儿生 03-28-2004)

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

(托马斯·金凯德“双·战斗领袖”工作室——大幼儿生在油画《油灯巷余晖》里 03-25-2005)

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

(纽约美国历史博物馆·小幼童生背对来自亚利桑那“小泉”州的南洋杉石化木 03-11-2006)

Preschool-II @ Barnes & Noble Bookstore, PA

(宾州巴诺“农仓与尊贵”书店·大幼童生 03-18-2007)

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

(费城富兰克林“自由者”科技博物馆天体实验室·小学前班生 03-22-2008)

Kindergartner Spring Break @ Hoover Tower of Stanford Univ, CA

(加州斯坦福大学胡佛“富裕小农”塔·学前班生春假 03-13-2009)

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

(宾州蒙哥马利“巨人山”小学科学之夜·一年级生追火箭 03-11-2010)

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

(宾州蒙哥马利小学胚胎学教育·二年级生孵小鸡 03-17-2011)

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

(宾州雅各布“后继者”音乐商店·小学三年级生钢琴汇报演出 03-03-2012)

4^th Grade Spring Break @ Otavalo Market in Ecuador

(厄瓜多尔“赤道”奥塔瓦洛“织布机之地”集市·小学四年级春假 03-30-2013)

Brother & Sister @ Library of Malvern School, PA

(宾州马尔文“秃山”幼儿园图书区·兄妹俩 03-24-2014)

6^th Grade against Snowflakes on Spring Equinox, PA

(宾州春分时节雪花飘扬·初一生 03-20-2015)

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

(费城旅游探险展览会·抖空竹的初二学生 03-19-2016)

8^th Grader @ Snowmageddon in March, PA

(宾州初三生经历三月暴雪 03-14-2017)

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

(宾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

(宾州猎人路暴风雪后·高二生 03-04-2019)

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

(新冠疫情前北宾州高中游泳馆·高三生 03-06-2020)

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

(托马斯·金凯德“双·战斗领袖”工作室——高四新冠疫情期间生在迪士尼油画《主街》前 03-06-2021)

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

(新州纽瓦克“新方舟”圣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

(宾州生记亚洲小酒馆·大二春假 03-18-2023)

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