2023-09-16 National Dance Day

【Two Letters—A Letter From (1954)】

Wallace Stevens (1879—1955)

    Even if there had been a crescent moon

    On every cloud-tip over the heavens,

    Drenching the evening with crystals' light,

    One would have wanted more—more—more—

    Some true interior to which to return,

    A home against one's self, a darkness,

    An ease in which to live a moment's life,

    The moment of life's love and fortune,

    Free from everything else, free above all from thought.

    It would have been like lighting a candle,

    Like leaning on the table, shading one's eyes,

    And hearing a tale one wanted intensely to hear,

    As if we were all seated together again

    And one of us spoke and all of us believed

    What we heard and the light, though little, was enough.

—— • —— • —— • —— • —— • —— • —— • ——

【《两封信·来函》(1954)】

异乡人·史蒂文斯(1879生—1955卒)

【红霞译】

            即使一轮新月

            挂到天空的每片云朵，

            晶莹的光芒浸透夜晚，

            人们依旧渴望更多——更多——更多——

            一些回归真实的内在，

            一处衬托自我的家园，一片深沉，

            一种活在当下的闲适，

            此时此刻缘定之爱，

            超脱其它，率先从思想中释放出来。

            就像点燃蜡烛，

            亦或趴在桌上，眯起眼睛，

            听着热切期盼的故事，

            仿佛我们重又坐在一块

            自己人一番话唤起

            大家的共鸣而烛光，虽然微弱，却足够明亮。

【注】九月初劳工节长周末，几乎在纽约城过了整个大二暑假的儿子(暂且直呼“纽约仔”)不想往返折腾，而我刚度假归来也需要恢复元气，直到第三个星期六才去纽约共庆大三开学。事先我刻意托付纽约仔找好馆子搓顿午餐，他顺杆子往下溜，附近恰好有家“正巧”(Cagen)日式料理，我接过话把夸下海口，纽约仔做东老妈买单！

晌午时分，我大汗淋漓赶到纽约仔已入住一个月的宿舍新居，两位刚起床的同年级室友迎面打过招呼，还有两位仍在补觉，借着大家寒暄的功夫，我心里顿觉凉快了许多。

都市的正餐堂吃大多要挨到黄昏，纽约仔嫌晚懒得预约，因此我们临时改去位于东村的金满庭粤菜馆。谁都知道在城里吃中餐，手头最好备点真金实银，而在城外却不尽然，现钞纸币几乎被信用卡流动支付所取缔，我今早摸黑出门忘掉这岔子事也是无心之失，偶然间反倒成就了纽约仔坐庄请客，廿年来头一遭！

15^th Grader (Junior) on 2^nd Ave @ 4^th St

(第二大道与四街交道口·大三生 09-16-2023)

15^th Grader (Junior) @ Dim Sum Palace

(金满庭粤菜馆·大三生 09-16-2023)

Middle Collegiate Church (1892) @ 112 2^nd Ave

(第二大道112号·建于1892年的中教堂)

Church of the Transfiguration for Holy Cucumber Vine (1848) in the Early English Neo-Gothic Style

(早期英国新哥特式风格、成立于1848年的圣公会显圣容教堂)

The Little Church Around the Corner @ Church of the Transfiguration

(圣公会显圣容教堂·拐角小教堂 09-16-2023)

East End of the Courtyard @ Church of the Transfiguration

(圣公会显圣容教堂·庭院东头)

Grace Church w/ Marble Steeple in Gothic Revival (1883

(恩宠教堂·建于1883年、哥特式复兴风格)

Nave of Grace Church (恩宠教堂·主厅 09-16-2023)

Stout NYC @ 133 W 33^rd St 

(西33街133号·纽约勇敢酒吧 09-16-2023)

Strand Bookstore in 18 Miles Of Books @ 828 Broadway, the Undisputed King of the City's Independent Bookstores

(百老汇828号海滨书店“书陈十八里”·无可争议的纽约独立书店之王)

Money Never Sleeps by Warren Buffet: If you don't find a way to make money while you sleep, you will work until you die.

(“守园者·橱柜”《金钱永不眠》：如果你没法在睡觉时赚钱，那么你得劳作一辈子。)

East End Gateway @ Penn Station

(山林交通总站·东边进出口)

NJ Transit Waiting Area of Penn Station @ 8:00 PM

(山林交通总站晚上八点钟·新州通勤火车候车室)

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