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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【《长潮河边万河之河》(1954)】

异乡人·史蒂文斯(1879生—1955卒)

【红霞译】

            冥河这边有一条大河

            人们到达第一道黑色瀑布

            和缺乏树木之灵的森林之前。

            那条大河，远离冥河这边，

            仅仅河水流动就使人快乐，

            阳光下灿然闪烁。沿河两岸，

            没有影子行走。大河命运攸关，

            就像最后那条。但没有船夫摆渡。

            他无法抵抗河水的冲力。

            看不见外表下面

            所述的样子。农场的尖塔

            闪闪发亮而破碎城忽明忽暗。

            仅次于光和空气的第三个共性，

            流程、活力、局部抽象……

            再次称其为一条河，一条无名的河，

            丰腴大地，展示季节气息，民间风俗

            各具意蕴；一次又一次地召唤它，

            大河不知流往何处，如同大海。

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