2023-12-31 New Year's Eve

【Waving Adieu, Adieu, Adieu (1936)】
Wallace Stevens (1879—1955) That would be waving and that would be crying, Crying and shouting and meaning farewell, Farewell in the eyes and farewell at the centre, Just to stand still without moving a hand.
In a world without heaven to follow, the stops Would be endings, more poignant than partings, profounder, And that would be saying farewell, repeating farewell, Just to be there and just to behold.
To be one's singular self, to despise The being that yielded so little, acquired So little, too little to care, to turn to the ever-jubilant weather, to sip
One's cup and never to say a word, Or to sleep or just to lie there still, Just to be there, just to be beheld, That would be bidding farewell, be bidding farewell.
One likes to practice the thing. They practice, Enough, for heaven. Ever-jubilant, What is there here but weather, what spirit Have I except it comes from the sun? —— • —— • —— • —— • —— • —— • —— • —— 【《揮手再見、再見、再見》(1936)】 華萊士·史蒂文斯“異鄉人·花環”(1879生—1955卒) 【紅霞譯】 那將是揮手,那將是哭泣, 哭泣、叫喊、示以告別, 眼別,心別, 靜立原地而手不揮動。
在沒有天堂可循的世界,停留 會成結局,比離別更悽美、更深切, 那將是告別,反覆告別, 只為呆在那兒觀望而已。
做獨特的自我,鄙視 那些付出極少、收穫 甚微、關懷無幾的存在,轉向 永遠歡騰的天氣,啜飲
舉杯而一言不發, 要麼睡覺要麼靜臥, 只為呆在那兒,只為看得到, 那將是告別,告別。
人喜歡侍奉。他們踐行, 充分地,為了天堂。永遠歡騰, 除了天氣這兒還有什麼,除了 精神來自太陽我還有什麼? 【注】逢年過節,又到了走親訪友的時刻。平日裡各自忙碌的人們,終於可以借着節日的由頭,聚在一起,吃吃飯,說說話。有情不管別離久,情在相逢終有期——哪怕一年只見一面,只要見了,那份情誼就還在。 蜀苑、火山麻辣燙和金城酒家,是我們常來常往的地方。喜歡那裡的家鄉風味——麻婆豆腐的辣、麻辣燙的燙、烤羊肉串的香,每一口都像把故鄉的味道,從記憶深處拽回舌尖。更推崇那些溫良可人的餐廳老闆,他們記得你愛吃什麼,會在你進門時遞上一個熟悉的笑容,會在結賬時塞給你一顆爽口糖說“送你的”。那種感覺,不像顧客,像回家。 西部阡陌上的湘園,離我家比較遠。跑一趟來回,感覺像是去了東邊擁堵的費城“兄弟之愛”。要不是最近才與業主的千金錦婷共享開放式辦公室,湘園於我,真是天方夜譚——聽說過,卻從未想過會走進。可自從認識了她,那座遙遠的湘園突然就近了。山河不足重,重在遇知己。認識一個人,打開一扇門,看見一個新世界。 走親訪友,吃的不僅是飯,是情。而那些有溫度的地方,有溫度的人,就是我們在異鄉最踏實的歸處。 Today in History(歷史上的今天): 2015: Mei Ting Asian Fusion(梅婷亞洲風味) 2013: New Year's Eve on Mozambique Channel(莫桑比克海峽過陽曆除夕) 2012: NY's Eve @ Sea, Argentina(阿根廷除夕航海) Sheung Garden, a No-Frills Place Focused on Takeout Quality over Fancy Ambiance
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