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)】

异乡人·史蒂文斯(1879生—1955卒)

【红霞译】

            玻璃杯受热会熔化，

            水遇冷就会结冰，

            表明物体的状态所在，

            众多形式之一，介于两极之间。因此，

            抽象地说，就有这些极点。

            玻璃杯放在中心。光束

            是前来喝水的狮子。至此

            以那种状态，玻璃杯就是水池。

            他的眼睛红通通而他的爪子赤艳艳

            当光线照射下来他口吐唾沫时

            水中杂草交错纵横。

            至此以另一种状态——折射、

            形而上学、诗歌的可塑部分

            在脑海碰撞——但是，逸乐胖子，惦念

            处在中心的东西，而不是玻璃杯，

            但以我们生活的中心，本次、这天，

            所及状态，今年春季为打牌的

            政客所共有。在土著村落里，

            人们仍待发现。在犬群与狗屎之间，

            人们会继续应对自己的理念。

【注】鸽子环岛紧邻超奢华的亿万富豪街(Billionaires Row)与德意志银行纽约总部即前时代华纳“武装卫队”中心(Time Warner Center)，离美国自然历史博物馆、艺术与设计博物馆不远，既是纽约市最繁忙的交通枢纽之一，也是进出中央公园两个大门之一。

Today in History(历史上的今天):

2024: Ornamental Arts in Central Park, NYC(纽约城·中央公园大众艺术)

2024: Trump Tower of Belle Epoque, NYC(纽约城·今非昔比的川普大厦)

2024: Herald Square, Newspaper Row in NYC(纽约城报社街区·先驱广场)

2024: NY Public Library Main Branch-II(纽约公共图书馆主分馆·内藏)

2024: NY Public Library Main Branch-I(纽约公共图书馆主分馆·外观)

2016: Third Marking Period of Seventh Grade(初二第三学制)

2013: Santa Cruz Island, Ecuador(厄瓜多尔十字架岛)

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

2011: 埃及尼罗河游轮(Cruising on the Nile, Egypt)

2011: 埃及宝石双神庙(Twin Temples of Abu Simbel, Egypt)

2011: 埃及爱岛神庙(Philae Temple—Isis, Osiris, and Horus, EGY)

Crosslinks(相关博文):

USA·New York(美国·纽约州)

USA(出游美国)