2024-01-23 National Handwriting Day

【The Good Man Has No Shape (1947)】

Wallace Stevens (1879—1955)

    Through centuries he lived in poverty.

    God only was his only elegance.

    Then generation by generation he grew

    Stronger and freer, a little better off.

    He lived each life because, if it was bad,

    He said a good life would be possible.

    At last the good life came, good sleep, bright fruit,

    And Lazarus betrayed him to the rest,

    Who killed him, sticking feathers in his flesh

    To mock him. They placed with him in his grave

    Sour wine to warn him, an empty book to read;

    And over it they set a jagged sign,

    Epitaphium to his death, which read,

    The Good Man Has No Shape, as if they knew.

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【《善人無形》(1947)】

華萊士·史蒂文斯“異鄉人·花環”(1879生—1955卒)

【紅霞譯】

            他世代貧窮。

            只有上帝才是他唯一的優雅。

            一代接着一代變得

            更強大、更自由，境況有所改善。

            他前世今生，即便不盡人意，

            且說要過上舒坦日子。

            舒坦日子終於到來，睡好覺、鮮果子，

            神助向別人出賣了他，

            還致他於死地，把羽毛插在他身上

            來嘲笑他。他們在他的墳墓里擺放

            酸葡萄酒來警告他、空白書來翻閱；

            他們豎起鋸齒形標牌，

            其墓志銘寫着：

            善人無形，好像早有所知。

【注】如果說春晚是一種文化象徵，那麼賓夕法尼亞“山林”州光華中文學校為慶祝龍年春節而舉辦的聯歡會則是全校師生乃至大費城華人社區承載民族傳統、寄託對美好未來憧憬的絕佳方式，期待與各路賓客同堂共歡！

日期：2024年1月28日星期天

時間：下午兩點

地點：

    Upper Dublin High School Performing Art Center

    872-876 Loch Alsh Ave

    Fort Washington, PA 19034

主辦單位：賓州光華中文學校(Guanghua Chinese School, PA)

Today in History(歷史上的今天):

2022: Back-to-School Day in Newark, NJ(返校日於新草州新方舟市)

2015：Montgomery ES Science Fair(巨人山小學科學博覽會)

2012: 電子時代的百家飯(iParty)

2009: 邁阿密古巴風味(Cuban Cuisine, MIA)

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