2022-03-05

【The Man with the Blue Guitar ·III (1937)】

Wallace Stevens (1879—1955)

            Ah, but to play man number one,

            To drive the dagger in his heart,

            To lay his brain upon the board

            And pick the acrid colors out,

            To nail his thought across the door,

            Its wings spread wide to rain and snow,

            To strike his living hi and ho,

            To tick it, tock it, turn it true,

            To bang it from a savage blue,

            Jangling the metal of the strings…

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【《彈藍色吉他的人》之三(1937年)】

威爾士人•史蒂文斯(1879生—1955卒)

                彈奏頭號人物作品吧，

                利劍插進他的心臟，

                腦袋擱到琴板上

                突出呈現辛辣的色彩，

                思想穿越房門，

                迎着雨雪展翅飛翔，

                人生跌宕起伏，

                靈動的音符譜寫真實樂章，

                奏響深藍色旋律

                琴弦發出刺耳的聲音……

【注】紅人市是美國現代詩人威爾士人•史蒂文斯(1879生—1955卒)的出生地，他熟諳東方陰陽思想，很多作品因蘊含禪機且極富哲理而流傳天下。

紅人市共有三棟建築被列入《國家史跡名錄》(Natl. Register of Historic Places)：

• 寶塔(Pagoda, 1908)

• 勇將·潘消防紀念塔(William Penn Memorial Fire Tower, 1939)

• 護目鏡工坊藝術中心(GoggleWorks Center for the Arts)

Today in History(歷史上的今天):

2017: Grandma’s 80th BD @ Golden City(金城酒家慶外婆八十歲生日)

2012: 新論大智若愚(Still Water Runs Deep)

2011: 生日聚會後續─自選禮物(Gift Selection)

Crosslinks(相關博文):

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