2023-06-06  National Yo-Yo Day

【Sketch of the Ultimate Politician (1947)】

Wallace Stevens (1879—1955)

         He is the final builder of the total building,

         The final dreamer of the total dream,

         Or will be. Building and dream are one.

         There is a total building and there is

         A total dream. There are words of this,

         Words, in a storm, that beat around the shapes.

         There is a storm much like the crying of the wind,

         Words that come out of us like words within,

         That have rankled for many lives and made no sound.

         He can hear them, like people on the walls,

         Running in the rises of common speech,

         Crying as that speech falls as if to fail.

         There is a building stands in a ruinous storm,

         A dream interrupted out of the past,

         From beside us, from where we have yet to live.

—— • —— • —— • —— • —— • —— • —— • ——

【《最佳政治家素描》(1947)】

华莱士·史蒂文斯“异乡人·花环”(1879生—1955卒)

【红霞译】

             他是整栋大楼收尾的工匠，

             终极理想最后的追梦者，

             或将变成。建筑和心愿融为一体。

             整栋大楼与

             终极理想。描述同一事物，

             措辞，在暴风雨中，变幻多样。

             暴风雨酷似大风呼啸，

             听起来心口如一的话语，

             让人五味杂陈且悄无声息。

             他会倾听，就像骑墙派，

             拿捏公众演讲游刃有余，

             哀泣失言好比天塌一般。

             大楼矗立在毁灭性暴风雨之中，

             过去搁浅的理想，

             就在我们身边，还有亟待生活的地方。

【注】今年五月以来，加拿大森林山火已燎原了魁北克、卑诗、新苏格兰等三省，而这两天偏巧美国东北部海岸外出现低压系统，它将烟雾吸入包括纽约至大费城在内的地区，于是晌午过后，不祥的橙色阴霾便把太阳熏成了咸蛋黄。

Today in History(历史上的今天):

2015: Crystal Cave, PA(宾夕法尼亚州水晶洞)

2010: 幸运兔游明信片(Felix the Rabbit Traveling Postcard)

Marie-Henry's Octagon House @ Monticello, KY

(肯塔基“草地”州小山城·玛丽—亨利“挚爱—领主”八角屋 06-15-1991)

My Old Kentucky Home @ Bardstown, KY

(肯塔基州巴兹敦“吟游诗人城”·《我的肯塔基老家》06-06-1992)

Play Poke 80 in 2 Sets @ Yan's House, SC

(南卡罗莱纳“自由者”州雁儿家·打两副牌80分 06-05-1993)

Mayflower II @ Plymouth Harbor, a Faithful Replica of the Original Mayflower, MA

(马萨诸塞“大山旁”州停泊在普利茅斯“李子树河口”海港的“五月花二号”·原始五月花的忠实复制品 06-02-1994)

17-Mile Drive on the Monterey Peninsula, CA

(加利福尼亚“火炉”州蒙特雷“山中之王”半岛·17英里路 06-02-1995)

Anderson's Promenade in Copenhegen, Denmark

(丹麦首都哥本哈根“商港”·作家安德森“狮子侠”滨海步行大道 06-11-1996)

Pizza Hut @ Edison, NJ

(新州爱迪生“财富之子”镇·意大利饼店 06-07-1997)

Get-together @ Yun-Lin's Apt, NYC

(纽约“新紫衫树之地”云—林公寓·聚会 06-26-1998)

China vs. Australia for Women World Soccer Cup @ Giants Stadium, NJ 

(新泽西“草”州巨人体育场世界杯女子足球赛·中国队—澳大利亚队角逐 06-26-1999)

Granville Island in Vancouver, Canada

(加拿大温哥华“奶牛渡口”·格兰维尔“大城”岛 06-15-2000)

Central Jersey Farm @ Branchburg, NJ

(新州布兰奇“支流”堡镇·中部农场 06-07-2001)

Misty Fjords in Pacific Ocean

(太平洋雾罩峡湾 06-30-2002)

4-Mo-Old Baby Sitting @ Home, NJ

(新州本家·四月大的婴儿学会坐立 06-24-2003)

Toddler-I @ Tree House of Philly Zoo

(费城动物园树屋·小幼儿生 06-20-2004)

Toddler-II Adjustment @ Upper Gwynedd Child Learning Ctr (UGCLC), PA

(宾夕法尼亚“山林”州上格温内德“快乐”儿童学习中心·大幼儿生适应新班环境 06-23-2005)

Preschool-I @ Tye Dye Party of UGCLC, PA

(宾州上格温内德幼儿园扎染聚会·小幼童生 06-14-2006)

Preschool-II @ Yard Work, PA

(宾州本家后院劳动·大幼童生 06-16-2007)

Pre-Kindergartener of Habitat Studies @ Jordan Creek, PA

(宾州约旦“往下流”溪生态学习·学前班预科生 06-23-2008)

Kindergartener @ Riley's Pool Party, PA

(宾州莱利“勇敢”泳池聚会·学前班生 06-26-2009)

1^st Grader @ Olympics of Montgomery ES, PA

(宾州蒙哥马利“巨人山”小学奥林匹克运动会·一年级生 06-18-2010)

2^nd Grade @ Design Technology of Germantown Academy Summer Camp, PA

(宾州捷门堂“德国城学校”设计技术夏令营·小学二年级 06-21-2011)

3^rd Grader @ Mei's Asian Diner, PA

(宾州妹子亚洲餐厅·小学三年级生 06-24-2012)

4^th Grader w/ Sister Trying on Brother's Shoes @ Backyard, PA

(宾州本家后院·小学四年级生与其妹妹 06-09-2013)

5^th Grader w/ Antie & Sister @ CA Pizza Kitchen, PA

(宾州加州意大利饼厨房餐厅·小学五年级生与小姨和妹妹 06-22-2014)

6^th Grader @ Arcades of the Courtyard of Rhodes, Greece

(希腊罗德“玫瑰”岛庭院拱廊·初一生 06-17-2015)

7^th Grader @ Oslofjord, Norway

(挪威奥斯陆“众神草地”峡湾·初二生 06-26-2016)

8^th Grader @ Red Square & State History Museum, Moscow of Russia

(俄罗斯莫斯科“沼泽河流”红场与国家历史博物馆·初三生 06-03-2017)

Invergordon，a Hub for North Sea Oil Rig Maintenance, Scottish Highlands of the UK

(英国因弗戈登“大山河口”苏格兰高地北海石油钻井平台维护中心·高一生 06-09-2018)

10^th Grader @ Christmas Tree Conservatory of Longwood Gardens, PA

(宾州长木公园圣诞树温室·高二生 06-12-2019)

11^th Grader @ French Bulldog Starry Night

(《星夜下的法国斗牛犬》·高三生 06-04-2020)

12^th Graders @ North Penn High School Commencement for Class 2021, PA

(北宾州高中毕业典礼·高四生 06-12-2021)

Freshman @ Squares w/ Concentric Circles by Wassily Kandinsky

(瓦西里·康定斯基“君主·蜡烛”《同心圆正方形》·大一生 06-12-2022)

Sophomore Carried w/ Mulberry Branches for Grandma @ Backyard, PA

(宾州本家后院帮外婆收集桑葚·大二生 06-01-2023)

Ominously Orange Sun like Salted Egg Yolk Devastated by Canadian Wildfires @ Frontyard, PA

(宾州本家前院·被加拿大山火烟熏的咸蛋黄太阳 06-06-2023)

Shrouded Sun as Risen in a Hazy, Smoky Sky behind the Empire State Bldg by New York Post

(《纽约邮报》·帝国大厦后阴霾朦胧、烟雾弥漫的天空中升起了混沌太阳 06-06-2023)

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