2023-12-08 National Lard Day

【The River of Rivers in Connecticut (1954)】

Wallace Stevens (1879—1955)

        There is a great river this side of Stygia

        Before one comes to the first black cataracts

        And trees that lack the intelligence of trees.

        In that river, far this side of Stygia,

        The mere flowing of the water is a gayety,

        Flashing and flashing in the sun. On its banks,

        No shadow walks. The river is fateful,

        Like the last one. But there is no ferryman.

        He could not bend against its propelling force.

        It is not to be seen beneath the appearances

        That tell of it. The steeple at Farmington

        Stands glistening and Haddam shines and sways.

        It is the third commonness with light and air,

        A curriculum, a vigor, a local abstraction...

        Call it, one more, a river, an unnamed flowing,

        Space-filled, reflecting the seasons, the folk-lore

        Of each of the senses; call it, again and again,

        The river that flows nowhere, like a sea.

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【《長潮河邊萬河之河》(1954)】

異鄉人·史蒂文斯(1879生—1955卒)

【紅霞譯】

            冥河這邊有一條大河

            人們到達第一道黑色瀑布

            和缺乏樹木之靈的森林之前。

            那條大河，遠離冥河這邊，

            僅僅河水流動就使人快樂，

            陽光下燦然閃爍。沿河兩岸，

            沒有影子行走。大河命運攸關，

            就像最後那條。但沒有船夫擺渡。

            他無法抵抗河水的衝力。

            看不見外表下面

            所述的樣子。農場的尖塔

            閃閃發亮而破碎城忽明忽暗。

            僅次於光和空氣的第三個共性，

            流程、活力、局部抽象……

            再次稱其為一條河，一條無名的河，

            豐腴大地，展示季節氣息，民間風俗

            各具意蘊；一次又一次地召喚它，

            大河不知流往何處，如同大海。

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Today in History(歷史上的今天):

2023: Chinatown & Little Italy, NYC(紐約市·華埠與小意大利城)

2016: Argumentative─For the Flavor(議論文─利益)

2013: Top of the World, Dubai, UAE(阿聯酋迪拜世界之巔)

2010: 自己的事自己做(DIY)

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