2023-11-24 Black Friday

【The World as Meditation (1952)】

Wallace Stevens (1879—1955)

J’ai passé trop de temps à travailler mon violon, à voyager. Mais l'exercice essentiel du compositeur—la méditation—rien ne l'a jamais suspendu en moi … Je vis un rêve permanent, qui ne s'arrête ni nuit ni jour.

Georges Enesco

    Is it Ulysses that approaches from the east,

    The interminable adventurer? The trees are mended.

    That winter is washed away. Someone is moving

    On the horizon and lifting himself up above it.

    A form of fire approaches the cretonnes of Penelope,

    Whose mere savage presence awakens the world in which she dwells.

    She has composed, so long, a self with which to welcome him,

    Companion to his self for her, which she imagined,

    Two in a deep-founded sheltering, friend and dear friend.

    The trees had been mended, as an essential exercise

    In an inhuman meditation, larger than her own.

    No winds like dogs watched over her at night.

    She wanted nothing he could not bring her by coming alone.

    She wanted no fetchings. His arms would be her necklace

    And her belt, the final fortune of their desire.

    But was it Ulysses? Or was it only the warmth of the sun

    On her pillow? The thought kept beating in her like her heart.

    The two kept beating together. It was only day.

    It was Ulysses and it was not. Yet they had met,

    Friend and dear friend and a planet's encouragement.

    The barbarous strength within her would never fail.

    She would talk a little to herself as she combed her hair,

    Repeating his name with its patient syllables,

    Never forgetting him that kept coming constantly so near.

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【《沉思的世界》(1952)】

异乡人·史蒂文斯(1879生—1955卒)

【红霞译】

像旅行一样，我花了太多时间练习小提琴，但基本训练对于作曲家来说必不可少——如同沉思——我从未间断过……我生活在永恒的梦想之中，不分昼夜。

罗马尼亚裔法国籍音乐家“农夫·优雅”(1881-1955)

        是从东方来的尤利西斯“愤怒”吗？

        永不停息的冒险家？树木得以修复。

        那个冬天被一扫而尽。有人开始

        改变与超越。

        一种火焰接近帕涅罗泊“织工”的提花饰布，

        以凶猛的现身唤醒她栖居的世界。

        长久以来她塑造自我来迎候他，

        想象着他为她做自我的伴侣，

        在彼此中呵护，朋友那亲爱的朋友。

        树木已被修复，作为

        超然沉思的必要练习，大过她自己的。

        夜里没有风像狗一样守护着她。

        她不想要他无法提供的东西。

        她不想要任何玩艺。他的臂膀就是她的项链

        还有她的腰带，它们欲望的最后财富。

        但这是“愤怒”吗？还只是

        她枕头上阳光的温暖？思绪好似心在跳动。

        两者互相贯通。就在这天。

        是“愤怒”但又不是。然而他们却早已相遇，

        朋友那亲爱的朋友那整个星球的鞭策。

        她内心的洪荒之力永不消退。

        她一边梳头一边自言自语，

        重复他那含有耐性音节的名字，

        岂能忘怀永远亲密的他。

【注】感恩节是我们与家人朋友团聚的日子，是我们重温感恩于心回报于行的时刻：留不住的是岁月年华，忘不了的是亲朋好友，谢不尽的是关心照顾，丢不掉的是人情义理。

Today in History(历史上的今天):

2022: Thankful Dinner @ Bamboo Szechuan, PA(蜀苑川菜馆·感恩节晚餐)

2017 Thanksgiving @ CGCC(2017年神州基督教会感恩节)

2011: Narrative─Thanksgiving Turkey(记叙文─感恩节火鸡)

Crosslinks(相关博文):

2022 Thanksgiving @ CGCC, PA(宾州·2022年神州基督教会感恩节)

2019 Thanksgiving @ CGCC, PA(宾州·2019年神州基督教会感恩节)

2017 Thanksgiving @ CGCC, PA(宾州·2017年神州基督教会感恩节)

2016 Thanksgiving @ CGCC, PA(宾州·2016年神州基督教会感恩节)

2015 Thanksgiving @ CGCC, PA(宾州·2015年神州基督教会感恩节)

Junior(大学三年级'2023-24)