2023-12-08 National Blue Collar Day

【On the Road Home (1938)】

Wallace Stevens (1879—1955)

         It was when I said,

         "There is no such thing as the truth,"

         That the grapes seemed fatter.

         The fox ran out of his hole.

         You... You said,

         "There are many truths,

         But they are not parts of a truth."

         Then the tree, at night, began to change,

         Smoking through green and smoking blue.

         We were two figures in a wood.

         We said we stood alone.

         It was when I said,

         "Words are not forms of a single word.

         In the sum of the parts, there are only the parts.

         The world must be measured by eye";

         It was when you said,

         "The idols have seen lots of poverty,

         Snakes and gold and lice,

         But not the truth";

         It was at that time, that the silence was largest

         And longest, the night was roundest,

         The fragrance of the autumn warmest,

         Closest and strongest.

—— • —— • —— • —— • —— • —— • —— • ——

【《回家路上》(1938)】

異鄉人·史蒂文斯(1879生—1955卒)

【紅霞譯】

                    就在我說，

                    “沒有所謂的真理，”

                    葡萄才顯得更肥。

                    狐狸竄出了洞穴。

                    你……你說，

                    “真理有很多，

                    但並非真理的一部分。”

                    於是樹木，在夜間，開始變化，

                    煙霧穿過蔥綠而略遣微藍。

                    樹林裡我們兩個人物。

                    曾道彼此自成一體。

                    就在我說，

                    “語言不以單個文字形式。

                    組成部分再多也只是組成部分。

                    必須肉眼判斷世間萬象”；

                    就在你說，

                    “偶像們見過種種貧窮，

                    蛇和黃金以及虱子，

                    但沒有看到真理”；

                    那時，寂靜最深

                    而且最長，黑夜最圓，

                    秋香最暖、

                    最親、最濃。

【注】紐約中城地標性建築：帝國大廈、克萊斯勒“旋轉陀螺”大廈、哈德遜“靈魂之子”廣場、聯合國總部、中央車站、洛克菲勒“黑麥田”中心、百老匯、時代廣場、韓國城、賓夕法尼亞“山林”車站、美國四大廣播公司總部(ABC、CBS、NBC、FOX)……

Today in History(歷史上的今天):

2023: The World Is A Commonwealth, NYC(紐約城中華公所·天下為公)

2023: Line of Phantasy in Chinatown, NYC(紐約城·唐人街虛擬線條)

2023: A Beacon for the Catholic Faithful, NYC(紐約城天主教的燈塔)

2023: Museum @ Eldridge Street, NYC(紐約埃爾德里奇街博物館·猶太教堂)

2023: Biggest Chinese Catholic Church in US(全美最大的華人天主教堂)

2023: Mahayana Temple in the Great Vehicle, NYC(紐約大乘·佛教寺)

2023: Times Sq, the World Crossroads NYC(紐約時代廣場·世界十字路口)

2023: St. Bartholomew's Church, NYC(紐約聖巴塞洛繆教堂·聖公會)

2023: St. Patrick's Cathedral, Largest in US(紐約聖帕特里克大教堂)

2023: Christmas Tree @ Rockefeller Ctr NYC(紐約洛克菲勒中心·聖誕樹)

2023: Dior's Carousel of Dreams, NYC(紐約聖誕轉盤·迪奧金色夢想)

2023: Chinatown & Little Italy, NYC(紐約市·華埠與小意大利城)

2016: Argumentative─For the Flavor(議論文─利益)

2013: Top of the World, Dubai, UAE(阿聯酋迪拜世界之巔)

2010: 自己的事自己做(DIY)

Midtown Skyline (中城天際線)

Hudson Yards over Hell's Kitchen

(地獄廚房區域哈德遜廣場)

5^th Ave w/ Empire State Bldg & Grand Army Plaza Edge Overlooked from Edge 

(從邊際大廈鳥瞰第五大道、帝國大廈和軍隊廣場)

Billionaire Row (億萬富翁街)

Empire State Bldg (1931) in a Total of 1,454 Ft/443.2 Meters Tall w/ the Antenna

(建於1931年的帝國大廈·包括天線在內、總高1,454英尺/443.2米)

Empire State Bldg in the Art Deco Style w/ Antenna for Broadcast Stations atop

(具有裝飾藝術風格的帝國大廈·頂端設有廣播電台天線)

Interior of Empire State Bldg (帝國大廈內景 09-18-1993)

MetLife Bldg in International Style (1963) Viewed from W 44^th St

(西44街·建於1963年國際派的大都會保險公司)

Chanin Bldg in Art Deco (1929) @ 122 E 42^nd St

(東42街122號·竣工於1929年裝飾藝術式查寧“恩典”大廈 06-06-1998)

Preschool-I @ Empire State Bldg behind 8^th Ave @ W. 33^rd St

(第八大道與西33街遠觀帝國大廈·小幼童生 03-11-2006)

Kindergartener @ Radio City Music Hall

(無線電音樂城·學前班生 12-15-2008)

Trump Tower on Fifth Ave (第五大道小號商大廈 08-29-2012)

7^th Grader @ Carriages on Central Park South

(南中央公園馬車·初二生 04-30-2016)

8^th Grader @ Pennsylvania Plaza

(賓夕法尼亞廣場·初三生 06-03-2017)

9^th Grader @ the Ed Sullivan Theater on Broadway

(百老匯艾德·沙利文“財富·黑眼睛”劇院——高一生 05-12-2018)

Javits Convention Center on 11^th Ave

(第11大道·賈維茨“年輕”展覽館)

14^th Grader (Sophomore) @ 15 Hudson Yards & 35 Hudson Yards, the 1^st LEED Gold Neighborhood Development in NYC

(勇將之子廣場15號與35號全城第一個國際性綠色建築認證的黃金社區開發項目·大二生 08-28-2022)

Guardian for International Peace and Security Gifted from Mexico @ the United Nations

(聯合國·墨西哥贈送的雕塑《國際和平與安全衛士》09-25-2022)

Park Ave (公園大道 12-08-2023)

General Electric Bldg @ 570 Lexington Avenue

(新法城大道570號·通用電器大廈)

St. Bartholomew's Episcopal Church in Romanesque Revival & Byzantine Revival (1903)

(聖巴塞洛繆“農夫之子”聖公會教堂·建於1903年，古羅馬與拜占庭復興式風格)

Rear of St. Patrick's Cathedral

(聖帕特里克“高貴”大教堂·背面 12-08-2023)

Villard Goldroom of Lotte New York Palace

(樂天紐約皇宮酒店·維拉德“勇敢”黃金屋 12-08-2023)

Villard Restaurant's Lounge @ Lotte New York Palace

(樂天紐約宮酒店·維拉德餐廳酒廊 12-08-2023)

Cartier Fifth Avenue Mansion in the Neo-Renaissance Style (1905)

(建於1905年、新文藝復興風格的卡地亞“運貨者”第五大道大廈 12-08-2023)

Christmas Tree over the Channel Gardens @ Rockefeller Ctr

(洛克菲勒“黑麥田”中心·海峽花園上聖誕樹)

Dior's Carousel of Dreams Bedazzled the Front of the 10-Story Bldg w/ the Star, the Clover, Butterfly, & the Zodiac Signs in a Giant Installation as Wheel of Fortune

(迪奧“金色”夢想轉盤·覆蓋10層樓面，命運之輪閃耀着車軸草、蝴蝶和星座)

Iconic Sculpture of Giant Needle & Button in the Garment District

(服裝區標誌性雕塑《巨針與紐扣》12-08-2023)

Ktown on Korean Way (韓國路上韓國城)

Grand Central Terminal in Beaux-Arts Style (1913) against MetLife

(建於1913年裝飾藝術式中央總站與背面的大都會保險公司)

Subway Riders (地鐵乘客)

Crosslinks(相關博文):

Wandering in Midtown Manhattan-I, NYC(紐約市·浪跡中城之一)

USA·New York(美國·紐約州)

USA(出遊美國)