2024-06-21 National Smoothie Day

【My arm clasped your fragile waist (Mon bras pressait ta taille frêle)】

Victor Hugo (1802-1885)

             My arm clasped your fragile waist

             that's supple as a reed;

             Your breast beat like the wing

             Of a young bird！

             In a long silence we contemplated

             The sky where the day was fading away.

             What was happening in our souls?

             Love! Love!

             Like an angel who reveals herself,

             You looked at me, in my night,

             With your beautiful star's gaze,

             Blinding me with light.

—— • —— • —— • —— • —— • —— • —— • ——

【《我伸手搂住你纤细的腰肢)》】

(法国)胜利者·雨果“哲人”(1802生—1885卒)

【红霞译】

                我伸手搂住你纤细的腰肢 

                就像芦苇那么柔韧；

                你胸脯的跳动

                一如雏鸟的翅膀！

                我们悄然久视

                夜幕降临的天空。

                沁入心灵深处？

                爱情！爱情!

                就像天使显灵，

                你在夜晚看着我，

                那美丽的星眸，

                让我目眩神迷。

【注】勒阿弗尔“海港”城是印象派祖师意志坚强·莫奈“钱币”(Claude Monet)的家乡，二战结束时纳粹摧毁了其港口基础设施，而盟军为了彻底击败德军，干脆将商业区与工业区所在的市中心夷为废墟。

自2005年起海港城就被列入联合国教科文组织《世界遗产名录》，被视为一封献给现代主义的情书，比法国任何其它城市更能唤起战后涅磐重生的活力与乐观。的确，纯粹的空间感勾魂夺魄：纪念碑式极具说服力的自信，而旧城中少数幸存的遗迹也被巧妙地融入了漂亮的混凝土建筑物。虽然不计其数的单调民宅可能令人沮丧，但即使那些不同意法籍比利时建筑师伟大·佩雷“磐石”(Auguste Perret)“创新地发挥混凝土潜力”的游客照样可以在他打造的水泥城市里享受漫步的快乐。

今天是我第二次来海港城，顺道最想见识的莫过于巴西著名建筑师神矛•尼迈尔“管家”(Oscar Niemeyer,1907—2012)生前打造的另一部巨作。2013年我曾去过巴西首都巴西利亚“红木炭火之地”，早已领教他那超越时空的想象力。

Today in History(历史上的今天):

2024: Rouen Cathedral, Monet's Favorite(法国鲁昂大教堂·莫奈的最爱)

2024: Rouen, City of One Hundred Bells France(法国鲁昂·百钟之城)

2019: The WNBA Controversy(浅评美国女职篮争议)

2015: A life of Religion in Meteora, Greeck(希腊曼代奥拉的宗教生活)

2014: Baltimore Natl Aquarium, MD(马里兰州巴尔的摩国家水族馆)

2012: Descriptive─Memoir(应用文─回忆录)

2010: 甜言蜜语(Sweet Nothings)

2009: 童声合唱(Children Choir)

Port Control Tower (港口控制塔)

North Dike Lighthouse by Le Havre Beach

(海港城沙滩旁的北堤灯塔)

A View from the Sea Showing the Lantern Tower of the Church of St. Joseph behind the Residence de France Apartments & the Marina

(从海上俯瞰法国公寓和码头后面的圣约瑟夫“上帝必加添圣徒”教堂灯笼塔)

Seine Pilot Station over Canal de Tancarville

(坦卡维尔“晾衣架”运河上的塞纳“拖网”河引航站)

Port of Le Havre (海港城码头)

Électricité de France Thermal Power Plant Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy SGRE Production Site for Wind Turbines, Shipment of Rotora Blades, Turbines & Tower Segments for the 500 MW Offshore

(法国电力集团热电厂西门子歌美飒可再生能源风力涡轮机生产基地，为500兆瓦海上风电项目运送转子叶片、涡轮机和塔架部件)

Fishing Boats & Motor Yachts @ Vauban Basin

(沃邦盆地的渔船和游艇)

Port Vauban (沃邦港)

Pont des Docks or Docks Bridge (码头桥)

Auban Bassin Build in the Early 1840's

(明亮盆地·建于19世纪40年代初)

Horizon 360 Housing Commercial Retail & Offices, 82 Apts Equipped w/ Terraces or Balconies, Including Duplexes on the Top 2 Floors

(地平线360度公寓·商业零售和办公室82套公寓配备露台或阳台，包括顶楼两层的复式公寓)

Roy Basin w Small Fishing Boats @ Anchor & in the Background Bldgs Typical of the Reconstruction

(红色盆地·小渔船停泊在岸边，背景为典型的重建建筑)

World Trade Ctr (世贸中心)

Francis the Knight Footbridge, a Cable-Stayed Bridge w Fan System, Pedestrian Bridge, Steel Bridge, Steel Pylon & 2-span Asymmetric Cable Stayed Structure

(自由骑士人行桥·一座带风扇系统的斜拉桥、人行桥、钢桥、钢塔和双跨度桥非对称斜拉结构)

Alta Tower w/ Twisting Concrete

(高塔·采用扭曲的混凝土)

Downtown Rebuilt by Auguste Perret Listed as World Heritage by UNESCO, the Lantern Tower of Saint Joseph Church

(伟大·磐石重建的市中心被联合国教科文组织列为世界遗产与上帝必加添圣徒教堂的灯笼塔)

Bd de Strasbourg w/ Public Library & Town Hall

(斯特拉斯堡“交叉道城”大道与公共图书馆和市政厅)

City Hall w/ American-Like Skyscrapers

(市政厅与美式摩天大楼)

City Hall w/ General View of the Southern Facade & Tower Built in 1958 by Architects Auguste Perret & Jacques Tournant in Place of the Old One Razed in WWII

(市政厅南立面和塔楼全景·由建筑师 伟大·磐石和后继者·托尔南特“转折点”于1958年修建，取代了二战中被夷为平地的旧市政厅)

Resistance Deportation Monument & the French Flags in City Ctr

(市中心《抵抗驱逐》纪念碑和法国国旗)

Gardens of the Town Hall w/ Stilt-Walkers

(市政厅花园与雕塑《高跷手》)

Wedding @ City Hall (市政厅·婚礼)

Cultural Ctr  Le Volcan, a Theatre & a Multi-Purpose Hall

(火山文化中心·剧院和多功能厅 06-21-2024)

Memorial to the Victims of WWII Shellings

(《二战炮击受害者》纪念碑)

War Memorials (战争纪念碑)

St Joseph Church Envisioned as a Beacon for the City after WWII Architecture Dedicated to the Victims of the Air Raids

(上帝必加添圣徒教堂·被视为二战后城市的灯塔，该建筑致力于纪念空袭受害者 06-21-2024)

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Crosslinks(相关博文):

2016: Le Havre, the Rebuilt City FRA(法国勒阿弗尔“避风港”·重建之城)

2013: Capital Brasilia, Brazil(巴西首都—巴西红木炭火之地)

France(出游法国)

Europe(欧洲掠影)