2023-04-08 National All is Ours Day

【Sunday Morning·III (1923)】

Wallace Stevens (1879—1955)

        Jove in the clouds had his inhuman birth.

        No mother suckled him, no sweet land gave

        Large-mannered motions to his mythy mind.

        He moved among us, as a muttering king,

        Magnificent, would move among his hinds,

        Until our blood, commingling, virginal,

        With heaven, brought such requital to desire

        The very hinds discerned it, in a star.

        Shall our blood fail? Or shall it come to be

        The blood of paradise? And shall the earth

        Seem all of paradise that we shall know?

        The sky will be much friendlier then than now,

        A part of labor and a part of pain,

        And next in glory to enduring love,

        Not this dividing and indifferent blue.

—— • —— • —— • —— • —— • —— • —— • ——

【《星期天早晨·之三》(1923)】

華萊士·史蒂文斯“異鄉人·花環”(1879生—1955卒)

【紅霞譯】

            穹宇的天父非同凡胎。

            無需母親哺育，沒有甜蜜家園把

            這位古靈精怪養得氣宇軒昂。

            他與我們來往，像個喃喃自語的國王，

            高貴莊嚴，夾在追隨者中間，

            直到我們的生命與上天

            純潔地交合，報以期待

            聖誕星上的追隨者辨認出它。

            我們的鮮血會白流嗎？還是因此融為

            樂園之血？大地將

            變成我們所知的人間天堂嗎？

            未來的天空遠比現在的親善可愛，

            部分付出與部分辛酸，

            幾乎像持之以恆的愛那麼榮耀，

            而非這片分離漠然的藍。

【注】今天是“國家的一切都屬於我們”日，湊巧夾在昨天的耶穌受難瞻禮和明天宗教最重要的慶典——復活節之間。

Today in History(歷史上的今天):

2022: Cherry Blossom Festival of Philadelphia(費城傳統櫻花節)

2022: Shofuso Japanese House, Philadelphia(費城日本茶坊·松風荘)

2012: 佛州環球冒險島樂園(Universal's Islands of Adventure, FL)

2011: 埃及哈布城神殿祭廟(Medinet Habu—Mortuary Temple, Egypt)

2011: 埃及熱氣球空游底比斯(Hot-Air Balloon over Thebes, Egypt)

2011: 埃及尼羅河遊輪(Cruising on the Nile, Egypt)

Kentucky Derby Museum, KY 

(肯塔基“草地”州·賽馬博物館 04-28-1991)

Boardwalk of Atlantic City, NJ

(新澤西“草”州大西洋城·木板人行道 04-05-1992)

Middleton Place (1738) in Colonial Style, Charleston, SC

(南卡羅萊納“自由者”州查爾斯頓“自由之城”建於1738年殖民式米德爾頓“中間城鎮”莊園04-10-1993)

Shinto Shrine of Japanese Garden @ Brooklyn Botanic Garden, NYC

(紐約“新紫杉樹之地”布碌侖“美溪”區植物園·神社日式花園 04-30-1994)

Chinatown, NYC (紐約唐人街 04-08-1995)

West Dr @ Central Park, NYC (紐約中央公園·西路 04-20-1996)

Statue of Balto @ Central Park, NYC

(紐約中央公園·雕塑《巴爾托“勇敢無畏”》04-11-1997)

Japanese Hill-and-Pond Garden @ Brooklyn Botanic Garden, NYC

(紐約布魯克林植物園·日式山水花園 04-08-1998)

Annapolis City Dock, MD

(馬里蘭“摯愛之地”州·安納波利斯“優美城”碼頭 04-04-1999)

Sculpture of Bell @ Grounds for Sculpture, NJ

(新州雕塑公園·雕塑《鍾》04-09-2000)

Raymon's 2-Yr-Old Birthday, NJ

(新州·濛濛兩歲生日聚會 04-06-2001)

Goldman Sachs Tower @ the Bank of Hudson River, NJ

(新州哈德遜“靈魂之子”河畔·高盛大廈 04-06-2002)

Aiden's 2-Mo-Old Baby Party @ Home, NJ

(新州本家·兒歌兩個月嬰兒慶生聚會 04-26-2003)

Toddler-I @ Ground Zero 3.5 Yr Post-Sept 11 Attacks, NYC

(紐約9·11襲擊事件後三年半的世貿中心遺址——小幼兒生 04-18-2004)

Toddler-II @ Crayola Factory, PA 

(賓州腊筆廠·大幼兒生 04-10-2005)

Preschool-I @ Skeleton of Glyptodon Showing Carapace @ American Natural History Museum, NYC

(紐約美國歷史博物館·小幼童生在甲殼類雕齒獸骨架前 04-15-2006)

Preschool-II @ Cherry Blossom in Front of Washington Monument, DC 

(華府開國元首紀念碑前櫻花盛開·大幼童生 04-07-2007)

Pre-Kindergartener @ San Diego Hotel & Marina, CA 

(加利福尼亞“火爐”州聖地亞哥“後繼者”酒店與遊艇碼頭·學前班預科生 04-05-2008)

Kindergarteners @ Easter Egg Hunt, PA

(賓州復活節找彩蛋·學前班生 04-11-2009)

1^st Grade Spring Break @ Windlestrae Park on Easter Morning, PA

(賓州溫德爾斯騅“風草”公園復活節清晨·小學一年級春假 04-04-2010)

2^nd-Grade Spring Break @ Medieval Fort Qaitbey in Alexandria, Egypt

(埃及亞歷山大“人類捍衛者”城中世紀蓋特貝“王子指揮官”城堡·小學二年級春假 04-02-2011)

3^rd Grade Spring Break @ Cinderella Castle of Magic Kingdom, FL

(佛羅里達“花”州神奇王國灰姑娘城堡·小學三年級春假 04-06-2012)

4^th Grade Spring Break @ Rabida Island Beach of Galápagos Islands, Ecuador

(厄瓜多爾“赤道”加拉帕戈斯“巨龜”群島水塔島海濱·小學四年級春假 04-01-2013)

Brother & Sister @ Home, PA (賓州本家·兄妹倆 04-02-2014)

6^th Grader @ Shofuso Japanese House & Garden, Philadelphia

(費城松風荘日式園林·初一生 04-18-2015)

7^th Grade Spring Break @ Sleet Snow of Front Yard, PA 

(賓州本家前院冰雪·初二春假 04-09-2016)

8^th Grade Spring Break @ Follow-up of Mole Removal, PA

(賓州去痣美容手術隨訪·初三春假 04-03-2017)

9^th Grader @ NPHS Columbia Jazz Championship Performance, PA

(北賓州高中哥倫比亞“鴿子”爵士錦標賽表演·高一生 04-13-2018)

10^th Grade Spring Break @ Teapioca Lounge, PA

(賓州珍珠奶茶坊·高二春假 04-03-2019)

11^th Grade Spring Break @ Three Musicians by Pablo Picasso (1921), Philadelphia Museum of Art

(費城“兄弟之愛”藝術博物館巴勃羅·畢加索“小·鵲”1921年創作的《三樂師》——高三春假 04-05-2020)

12^th Grade Spring Break @ Rose Twig of Windlestrae Park, PA

(賓州溫德爾斯騅公園玫瑰枝球場·高四春假 04-03-2021)

Shofuso Japanese House & Garden, Philadelphia

(費城松風荘日式園林 04-08-2022)

Korean War Memorial @ America-Korea Alliance Peace Park, PA

(賓州美韓聯盟和平公園·朝鮮戰爭紀念碑 04-08-2023)

Sundial @ America-Korea Alliance Peace Park, PA

(賓州美韓聯盟和平公園·雕塑《日晷》 04-08-2023)

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