2023-03-18 National Awkward Moments Day

【Sunday Morning·I (1915)】

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.

—— • —— • —— • —— • —— • —— • —— • ——

【《星期天早晨·之一》(1915)】

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

            耶稣之死的神圣沉寂。

            她梦魂轻动，感受到

            那场古老灾难正暗中逼近，

            昏淡笼罩静谧的水面。

            刺鼻的柑橘与翠绿的翅膀

            看似基督受难游行的东西，

            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，前往悄无声息的巴勒斯坦，

            基督流血和安葬的地方。

【注】为了给春假省亲的儿子饯行，我们前往位于费城西郊白木镇“生记亚洲小酒馆”(Sang Kee Asian Bistro @ Wynnewood)，驱车来回将近一个半钟头；那里粤式午茶的服务生像是深受80年代社会主义制度的熏陶，依旧保持爱答不理的作风（刷卡签完字收账单倒雷厉风行），但餐后幸运饼干上的至理名言却成就了今天的收获：

甲之砒霜，乙之熊掌。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.

The 1^st St. Patrick's Day in US 

(来美后第一个尊贵圣徒节 03-17-1991)

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

(辛辛那提“农夫·勇敢之心·屋梁”路1506号——1896年建造的优美女王式、被列入《美国国家史迹名录》的坚强大厦 03-10-1992)

Museum at Eldridge Street in NYC 

(纽约·圣君街博物馆 03-21-1993)

St. Patrick's Day, NYC

(纽约尊贵圣徒节游行 03-17-1994)

St. Patrick's Day, NYC 

(纽约尊贵圣徒节游行 03-17-1995)

St. Patrick's Day, NYC

(纽约尊贵圣徒节游行 03-17-1996)

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

(纽约圣君街博物馆·尊贵圣徒节 03-17-1997)

St. Patrick's Day, NYC (纽约尊贵圣徒节 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

(老纽约尊贵圣徒大教堂 03-18-2001)

Fleet @ Xochimilco Floating Garden, Mexico

(墨西哥花田飘浮花园·游船 02-15-2002)

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)

House for Sale, NJ (新州本家·吉屋出售 03-28-2004)

Sunset on Lamplight Lane on Canvas by Thomas Kinkade Studios

(“双·战斗领袖”工作室——油画《油灯巷余晖》03-25-2005)

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

(纽约美国历史博物馆·幼儿生背对来自小泉州的南洋杉石化木 03-11-2006)

Preschool-I @ Barnes & Noble Bookstore, PA

(宾州农仓与尊贵书店·小幼童班生 03-18-2007)

Preschool-II @ Astronomical Lab of the Franklin Institute, Philadelphia

(费城自由地主科技博物馆天体实验室·大幼童生 03-22-2008)

Kindergartner @ Stanford Univ, CA

(加州斯坦福大学·学前班生 03-13-2009)

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

(宾州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

(宾州巨人山小学胚胎学教育·二年级生孵小鸡 03-17-2011)

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

(宾州神灵保佑音乐商店·小学三年级生钢琴汇报演出 03-03-2012)

Catholic Procession on Good Friday in Quito, Ecuador

(厄瓜多尔首都“世界中心”——耶稣受难日天主教游行 03-29-2013)

4^th Grade Spring Break @ Otavalo Market in Ecuador

(厄瓜多尔奥塔瓦洛集市·小学四年级春假 03-30-2013)

Lena's 49^th Piano Recital @ Jacobs Music, PA

(宾州神灵保佑音乐商店·陈老师第49届钢琴汇报演出 03-08-2014)

6^th Graders of Wind Ensemble @ Pennbrook MS, PA

(宾州宾溪初中·初一管乐队 03-24-2015)

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)

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

(“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

(新州新方舟尊贵圣徒代理大教堂·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)

Crosslinks(相关博文):

2022: Godspeed Spring Break in Newark, NJ(新州新方舟市—春分告别春假)

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