2023-04-29 National Peace Rose Day

【Sunday Morning·VI (1923)】

Wallace Stevens (1879—1955)

        Is there no change of death in paradise?

        Does ripe fruit never fall? Or do the boughs

        Hang always heavy in that perfect sky,

        Unchanging, yet so like our perishing earth,

        With rivers like our own that seek for seas

        They never find, the same receding shores

        That never touch with inarticulate pang?

        Why set the pear upon those river-banks

        Or spice the shores with odors of the plum?

        Alas, that they should wear our colors there,

        The silken weavings of our afternoons,

        And pick the strings of our insipid lutes!

        Death is the mother of beauty, mystical,

        Within whose burning bosom we devise

        Our earthly mothers waiting, sleeplessly.

—— • —— • —— • —— • —— • —— • —— • ——

【《星期天早晨·之六》(1923)】

异乡人·史蒂文斯(1879生—1955卒)

【红霞译】

            难道天堂里万物无生无灭？

            莫非成熟的果实从不坠落？否则树枝

            总是沉甸甸地悬挂在那完美的苍穹中，

            亘古未变，而又酷似我们迭兴的尘世，

            宛若我们的河流奔注大海

            却永远无法到达，仿佛渐远的两岸

            怎么说都难以汇合？

            何必沿岸再献上梨儿

            只不过让李子香飘满地？

            哎呀，在那里它们该穿我们的衣裳，

            我们午后的丝绸绫罗，

            并弹奏我们乏味的琴弦！

            死亡是美丽之母，神秘莫测，

            她那爱心洋溢的怀抱犹如我们终将归返

            书夜无眠等待我们的慈母。

【注】离宾夕法尼亚“山林”州蒙哥马利“巨人山”村好市多(Costco)仓储量贩店不远的购物中心新开张了一家大型自助餐，主要提供中、日式料理，看上去跟三年多前因新冠疫情而关闭的海港日式海鲜自助厅(Minado Japanese Seafood Buffet Restaurant)布局雷同，吃起来与铁板烧自助餐(Hibachi Buffet)味道相似，不过打点周六午餐的迫切心境早已把长膘的负疚感置之度外，再说生活本身当该拥抱自己忽悠情怀，将过往的抱憾付诸于现实，眼里种着太阳，脸上长着美景，心中住着滋润。

Today in History(历史上的今天):

2021 How to Use College Education(如何利用大学教育)

General Castleman Statue @ Cherokee Triangle, KY

(肯塔基“草甸”州切诺基“不同语言的人”三角地·雕像《卡斯尔曼“城堡人”将军》04-28-1991)

Atlantic City, Las Vegas of the East Coast in NJ

(新州大西洋城·东海岸拉斯维加斯“草地” 04-05-1992)

Old Exchange & Provost Dungeon, SC

(南卡罗莱纳“自由者”州·旧时奴隶交易所与监狱地牢 04-10-1993)

Steinhardt Conservatory of Brooklyn Botanic Garden, NYC

(纽约布鲁克林“美溪”植物园·斯坦哈特“石坚”温室 04-30-1994)

Eastbank @ Chinatown, NYC

(纽约唐人街·大东银行 04-08-1995)

The Beresford @ Central Park West, NYC

(纽约中央公园西·贝雷斯福德“大麦渡口”公寓大厦 04-20-1996)

Stuyvesant Town-Peter Cooper Village over the East River, City within a City in NYC

(纽约东河上号称城中之城的史岱文森特镇—彼得·库珀“沙丘城——磐石·制桶商”村 04-11-1997)

United Nations @ Turtle Bay, NYC

(纽约龟湾·联合国大厦 04-26-1998)

Memorial of the 1^st Black Mayor in Maryland, Annapolis 

(马里兰“心爱之地”州安纳波利斯“恩典之城”·第一位黑人市长纪念碑 04-04-1999)

Romeo and Juliet @ Grounds for Sculpture, NJ

(新州雕塑公园·《罗密欧与朱丽叶“罗马朝圣者与年轻”》04-09-2000)

Prometheus Strangling the Vulture (1943) @ Philadelphia Museum of Art

(费城艺术博物馆·1943作品《普罗米修斯“远见”勒死秃鹫》04-15-2001)

Financial Ctr @ the Bank of Hudson River, NJ

(新州哈德逊“灵魂之子”河畔金融中心 04-06-2002)

> 1-Mo-Old Baby @ Home, NJ

(新州本家·一个多月大的娃 04-11-2003)

Toddler-I @ Roll-over from NJ to PA 

(从新州搬到宾州·小幼儿生 04-25-2004)

Toddler-II @ Front Yard, PA

(宾州本家前院·大幼儿生 04-09-2005)

Preschool-I @ Subway Station of American Natural History Museum, NYC

(纽约美洲自然历史博物馆地铁站·小幼童生 04-15-2006)

Preschool-II in Front of Monumental Engel Clock @ National Watch & Clock Museum, PA

(宾州国家手表挂钟博物馆·大幼童生在“不朽的天使闹钟”前 04-22-2007)

Pre-Kindergarten under the Nose of HMS Surprise, Maritime Museum @ Embarcadero, CA

(火炉州金枪鱼港·学前班预科生在海事博物馆惊喜号邮轮前 04-05-2008)

Kindergarteners' Hands on Head @ UGCLC, PA

(宾州上格温内斯“幸福”儿童学习中心·学前班生双手抱头 04-22-2009)

1^st Grade Spring Break @ Fairmount Waterworks along the Schuylkill River, PA

(费城斯库尔基尔“暗”河畔庄园自来水厂·小学一年级春假 04-10-2010)

2^nd Grade Spring Break @ Statues of Ramses II on the Facade of Great Temple of Abu Simbel (13C BC), Egypt

(埃及公元前13世纪修建的阿布辛贝“先知”拉美西斯“太阳神拉之子”二世雕像·小学二年级春假 04-06-2011)

3^rd Grader @ Philadelphia Union. vs. Columbus Crew, PPL Park of Chester in PA

(宾州切斯特“兵营”城宾州电力与照明公司公园·小学三年级生观看费城联合队与哥伦布“鸽子”船员队足球比赛 04-14-2012)

4^th Grade Spring Break @ Kicker Rock of Galapagos, Ecuador

(厄瓜多尔“赤道”加拉帕戈斯“巨龟”群岛踢石·小学四年级春假 04-05-2013)

Brother & Sister Allied @ the Recreation Soccer, PA

(宾州娱乐足球赛·上阵兄妹兵 04-26-2014)

6^th Grader @ Spring Concert, PA

(宾州春季音乐会·初一生 04-23-2015)

7^th Grader @ the Nave of Trinity Church, NYC

(纽约三一教堂正厅·初二生 04-11-2016)

8^th Grader w/ the Bucher's Knife @ Home, PA

(宾州本家·初三生主刀做饭 04-16-2017)

9^th Grader @ Yo-Yo, Lansdale Intl Spring Festival of PA

(宾州兰斯代尔“林间旷地”国际春节·高一生抖空竹 04-21-2018)

10^th Grader in the Sight of Giant Three-Way Plug (Cube Tap 1970) @ Philadelphia Museum of Art

(费城艺术博物馆1970年作品《巨型三角插头》·高二生 04-27-2019)

11^th Grade Spring Break @ Waiting for Tear Gas (1938), Philadelphia Museum of Art

(费城艺术博物馆1938年作品《等待催泪瓦斯》·高三春假 04-05-2020)

12^th Grade Spring Break @ Amy Salon during the Pandemics, PA

(宾州新冠疫情期间悦己发廊·高四春假 04-11-2021)

Cherry Allée @ Centennial Arboretum, Philadelphia

(费城百年植物园·樱花大道 04-08-2022)

Lunch @ Asiana Grand Buffet, PA

(宾州亚洲自助餐·午餐 04-29-2023)

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