2024-04-06 International Firewalk Day

【The Glass of Water (1942)】

Wallace Stevens (1879—1955)

    That the glass would melt in heat,

    That the water would freeze in cold,

    Shows that this object is merely a state,

    One of many, between two poles. So,

    In the metaphysical, there are these poles.

    Here in the centre stands the glass. Light

    Is the lion that comes down to drink. There

    And in that state, the glass is a pool.

    Ruddy are his eyes and ruddy are his claws

    When light comes down to wet his frothy jaws

    And in the water winding weeds move round.

    And there and in another state – the refractions,

    The metaphysica, the plastic parts of poems

    Crash in the mind – But, fat Jocundus, worrying

    About what stands here in the centre, not the glass,

    But in the centre of our lives, this time, this day,

    It is a state, this spring among the politicians

    Playing cards. In a village of the indigenes,

    One would have still to discover. Among the dogs and dung,

    One would continue to contend with one's ideas.

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【《玻璃水杯》(1942)】

異鄉人·史蒂文斯(1879生—1955卒)

【紅霞譯】

            玻璃杯受熱會熔化，

            水遇冷就會結冰，

            表明物體的狀態所在，

            眾多形式之一，介於兩極之間。因此，

            抽象地說，就有這些極點。

            玻璃杯放在中心。光束

            是前來喝水的獅子。至此

            以那種狀態，玻璃杯就是水池。

            他的眼睛紅通通而他的爪子赤艷艷

            當光線照射下來他口吐唾沫時

            水中雜草交錯縱橫。

            至此以另一種狀態——折射、

            形而上學、詩歌的可塑部分

            在腦海碰撞——但是，逸樂胖子，惦念

            處在中心的東西，而不是玻璃杯，

            但以我們生活的中心，本次、這天，

            所及狀態，今年春季為打牌的

            政客所共有。在土著村落里，

            人們仍待發現。在犬群與狗屎之間，

            人們會繼續應對自己的理念。

【注】鴿子環島緊鄰超奢華的億萬富豪街(Billionaires Row)與德意志銀行紐約總部即前時代華納“武裝衛隊”中心(Time Warner Center)，離美國自然歷史博物館、藝術與設計博物館不遠，既是紐約市最繁忙的交通樞紐之一，也是進出中央公園兩個大門之一。

Today in History(歷史上的今天):

2024: Ornamental Arts in Central Park, NYC(紐約城·中央公園大眾藝術)

2024: Trump Tower of Belle Epoque, NYC(紐約城·今非昔比的川普大廈)

2024: Herald Square, Newspaper Row in NYC(紐約城報社街區·先驅廣場)

2024: NY Public Library Main Branch-II(紐約公共圖書館主分館·內藏)

2024: NY Public Library Main Branch-I(紐約公共圖書館主分館·外觀)

2016: Third Marking Period of Seventh Grade(初二第三學制)

2013: Santa Cruz Island, Ecuador(厄瓜多爾十字架島)

2012: 佛州迪斯尼世界神奇王國(Walt Disney Magic Kingdom, FL)

2011: 埃及尼羅河遊輪(Cruising on the Nile, Egypt)

2011: 埃及寶石雙神廟(Twin Temples of Abu Simbel, Egypt)

2011: 埃及愛島神廟(Philae Temple—Isis, Osiris, and Horus, EGY)

Crosslinks(相關博文):

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