2017-08-23

【It’s easy to talk, and writing words on the page】

Philippe Jaccottet (1925—2021)

       It’s easy to talk, and writing words on the page

       doesn’t involve much risk as a general rule:

       you might as well be knitting late at night

       in a warm room, in soft, treacherous light.

       The words are all written in the same ink,

     ‘flower’ and ‘fear’ are nearly the same for example,

       and I could scrawl ‘blood’ the length of the page

       without splashing the paper or hurting

       myself at all.

       After a while, it gets you down, this game,

       you no longer know what it was you set out to achieve

       instead of exposing yourself to life

       and doing something useful with your hands.

       That’s when you can’t escape,

       when pain is a figure tearing the fog

        that shrouds you, striking away

       the obstacles one by one, covering

        the swiftly decreasing distance, now

       so close you can make out nothing

       but his mug wider than the sky.

       To speak is to lie, or worse: a craven

       insult to grief or a waste

       of the little time and energy at our disposal.

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【《风》】

爱马仕•雅各泰(1845生—1924卒)

                冬末

                泪水的播种期

                在冬日残存的草丛

                真与非真

                夏日拂晓的月

Today in History(历史上的今天):

2017: Lucerne—Variety of Standard, Swiss(瑞士光晕市─多元文化)

2010: 天大地大(Heaven & Earth)

2009: 证书奖状奖杯(Awards)

Mortally-Wounded Lion by Lukas Ahorn, Lion Monument

(狮子纪念碑──光·枫树设计的垂死狮子)

Lion Monument (狮子纪念碑)

Mournful Lion (垂死狮子像)

Social Studies @ Lion Monument (狮子纪念碑·社会学习)

Museum Glacier Garden (冰川花园博物馆)

Hofkirche Fountain, the Cleanest Drinking Water from the Mtns 

(宫廷教堂喷泉──最干净的山泉水)

Restaurant Li Tai Pe (李太白中餐厅)

Deco of Restaurant Li Tai Pe (李太白中餐厅·摆设)

Furrengasse (毛皮胡同)

Gift Shop (礼品店)

Ulla Popken (大码女装店)

Bodum (伯登日用商店)

Clock Tower @ City Hall (市政厅·钟楼)

Bell Tower of Jesuit Church  (耶稣会教堂·钟楼)

Bell Tower of Hofkirche St. Leodegar (圣光宫廷教堂·钟楼)

Männliturm in the 15^th Century (建于十五世纪的铁人塔)

Nölliturm (圆石塔)

Bell Tower (钟楼)

Water Tower @ Kapellbrücke (教堂桥·水塔)

The Spire of Chateau Gütsch (山间城堡塔)

Fritschi Fountain @ the Kappellplatz (教堂广场·勤劳泉)

Hofkirche Fountain （宫廷教堂喷泉)

Fountain @ Hirschenplatz (宫廷教堂广场喷泉)

Snake, the Heraldic Anima (蛇──纹章动物)

Hotel & Restaurant Hirschen (金鹿酒店及餐厅)

Hotel Krone (王冠酒店)

Statue Knight (骑士雕像)──Statue Baigneuse (洗浴的女人)

Luzerner Torbogen @ Bahnhof Portal (火车站大门·光晕拱门)

Gübelin (古柏林宝石实验室)

Swiss Cow Bells (瑞士牛铃)

Swiss Wrestling (代言瑞士表的本国摔跤三剑客)

Crosslinks(相关博文):

Switzerland(出游瑞士)

Europe(欧洲掠影)

8th Grade(初中三年级)