2023-12-08 National Health Savings Account Day

【Man Carrying Thing (1947)】

Wallace Stevens (1879—1955)

        The poem must resist the intelligence 

        Almost successfully. Illustration: 

        A brune figure in winter evening resists 

        Identity. The thing he carries resists 

        The most necessitous sense. Accept them, then,

        As secondary (parts not quite perceived 

        Of the obvious whole, uncertain particles 

        Of the certain solid, the primary free from doubt,

        Things floating like the first hundred flakes of snow 

        Out of a storm we must endure all night, 

        Out of a storm of secondary things), 

        A horror of thoughts that suddenly are real. 

        We must endure our thoughts all night, until 

        The bright obvious stands motionless in cold.

—— • —— • —— • —— • —— • —— • —— • ——

【《承載者》(1947)】

異鄉人·史蒂文斯(1879生—1955卒)

【紅霞譯】

            詩歌必須抵抗智慧

            儘量成功地。插圖：

            冬夜裡深褐色輪廓在抵抗

            同一性。他承載的東西在抵抗

            緊要感。接受它們，於是，

            一如次要的(確定整體

            不完全被感知的部分，某種固體

            不確定的粒子，首要的毋庸置疑，

            東西飄浮得像頭一百片雪花

            風暴中我們必須徹夜忍受，

            次要東西的困境裡)，

            對突然真實想法的恐怖。

            我們必須整晚持續思考，直到

            清晰可見的東西在寒冷中站立不動。

【注】建於1815年的原聖帕特里克“高貴”大教堂(Basilica of St. Patrick's Old Cathedral)曾是紐約大主教管區的所在地，直到1879年中城第五大道新聖帕特里克大教堂開放，自200多年前在中國城非官方主道的勿“土丘”街(Mott St)和王子街交叉口建成以來一直處於老紐約城中心，被視為天主教徒的燈塔和美國宗教自由的象徵。1977年，原聖帕特里克大教堂被納入《美國國家歷史遺蹟名錄》。

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: 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: Yuletide Merriment @ Mid-Town, NYC(紐約中城·聖誕喜樂)

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

2023: St. Patrick's Cathedral, NYC(紐約城·聖帕特里克大教堂)

2023: Rockefeller Ctr Christmas Tree, NYC(紐約城·洛克菲勒中心聖誕樹)

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

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)

Basilica of St. Patrick's Old Cathedral (1815) in the Gothic Revival Style @ Mulberry St Entrance, the only basilica in Manhattan, and the wall surrounding its cemetery built in the 1830s to defend against anti-Catholic ntivist rioters

(建於1815年的原聖帕特里克大教堂·哥特復興風格、桑樹街入口、曼哈頓“弓島”唯一的大教堂，其墓地周圍的圍牆建於1830年代，以防範反天主教排外主義暴徒)

America's 2^nd Cathedral @ Mott St Entrance, a Beacon of Catholicism in the Early 19^th Century

(美國第二座大教堂·19世紀初天主教的燈塔，勿街入口)

Vaulted Ceiling Soaring 85 Ft/26 Meters above the Pews, Filmed by the Movie Godfather as the Setting for the Baptism Scene

(長椅上高達85英尺/26米的拱形天花板,電影《教父》洗禮場景 12-08-2023)

1868 Organ， a Very Rare Example of a Large, Mid-19^th-Century Pipe Organ in America w/ Intact in Its Original Acoustic Space, Bigger Than Many of the Area's Apartments

(造於1868年的管風琴是美國19世紀中葉大型管風琴中極其罕見的典範，完好無損地保存在原來的聲學空間裡，而且比附近許多公寓都大)

Original Ornately Carved Wood Reredos, Highlighted w/ Gold Leaf behind the Large Marble Altar by 10 Large Carved Statues in Niches Line Both Sides & Saints Peter & Paul @ the Head of the Lines

(巨型大理石祭壇後面用金箔突出了原始華麗的木雕屏風，兩側壁龕里有十尊巨大的雕刻雕像，最前面是彼得“磐石”和保羅“謙卑”聖徒 03-18-2001)

Striking High Crucifixion vs the Brilliant Stained Glass

(引人注目的愛爾蘭十字架與明亮的彩色玻璃 03-18-2001)

Stained Glass w/ the Victorious Lamb of God & the Holy Spirit

(彩色玻璃·上帝的勝利羔羊與聖靈 03-18-2001)

Beautifully Detailed Stained-Glass Windows in a Gothic Framework, Lining the Nave to Focus Minds & Hearts on the Sacred Heart, the Good Shepherd, Jesus Teaching the Children, a Fatherly St. Joseph Holding His Foster Son, & Mary Glorious as Our Lady of Grace & Resplendent in Her Assumption Reminiscent of a Renaissance work

(哥特式框線中精美細緻的彩色玻璃窗排列在中殿上，將思想和心靈集中在聖心、好牧人、教導孩子們的耶穌、慈父般的神在聖徒抱着他的養子和作為聖母恩典及其升天輝煌的榮耀慈愛上，令人想起文藝復興時期的作品 03-18-2001)

Catacombs by Candlelight, NYC's only Catholic Burial Ground for over 200 Years

(燭光下的地下墓穴·已逾200年的紐約城唯一的天主教地下墓穴)

1^st Basilica in the Archdiocese of New York, a Beacon for the Catholic Faithful & an American Symbol of Religious Freedom

(紐約總教區第一大教堂·天主教徒的燈塔和美國宗教自由的象徵)

Oxidized Plaque to an Irish Green over the Years, the Story about the Ancient Order of Hibernians (Born in Ireland or of Irish Descent to Belong) Defending This Church in 1844, "when it was threatened with destruction by the forces of bigotry and intolerance."

(被氧化多年的愛爾蘭綠匾·“當時教堂受到偏執和不寬容勢力的毀滅威脅”，出生於愛爾蘭或屬於愛爾蘭後裔的古代愛爾蘭人教團於1844年保衛這座教堂的故事)

Bishop John Dubois, the Most Prolific Practitioner of Religious Freedom in American History

(約翰·杜波依斯“神慈·森林”主教——美國歷史上最傑出的宗教自由實踐者)

4^th Archbishop (1842 to 1864) of NYC, John Joseph Hughes, Immigrant from Ireland & Shepherd w/ 200-Yr-Old Gravestones behind

(1842年—1864年紐約城第四任大主教約翰·約瑟夫·休斯“神慈·上帝會增加·靈魂”——來自愛爾蘭的移民和牧羊人，背後為具有200年歷史的墓碑)

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