Line of Phantasy in Chinatown, NYC(纽约城·唐人街虚拟线条)
2023-12-08 Pretend To Be A Time Traveler Day
Wallace Stevens (1879—1955)
How mad would he have to be to say, "He beheld
An order and thereafter he belonged
To it"? He beheld the order of the northern sky.
But the beggar gazes on calamity
And thereafter he belongs to it, to bread
Hard found, and water tasting of misery.
For him cold's glacial beauty is his fate.
Without understanding, he belongs to it
And the night, and midnight, and after, where it is.
What has he? What he has he has. But what?
It is not a question of captious repartee.
What has he that becomes his heart's strong core?
He has his poverty and nothing more.
His poverty becomes his heart's strong core—
A forgetfulness of summer at the pole.
Sordid Melpomene, why strut bare boards,
Without scenery or lights, in the theatre's bricks,
Dressed high in heliotrope's inconstant hue,
The muse of misery? Speak loftier lines.
Cry out, "I am the purple muse." Make sure
The audience beholds you, not your gown.
—— ? —— ? —— ? —— ? —— ? —— ? —— ? ——
异乡人·史蒂文斯(1879生—1955卒)
【红霞译】
他必须多么疯狂才能说：“他看到
秩序，此后就属于
它吗”？他看到北方天空的秩序。
但乞丐却凝视灾难
此后他就属于它，吃着
难以找到的面包，喝着凄怆的苦水。
于他寒冷的冰河之美就是他的命运。
不知怎的，他属于它
还有晚间、还有午夜、还有此后，所在的地方。
他拥有什么？他拥有该有的。但是什么？
这不算强辩性回答问题。
是什么成为他内心坚强的核心？
他囊空如洗。
是贫困成为他内心坚强的核心——
对极地夏天的忘却。
色彩暗淡的悲剧女神，何以撑着光秃秃的木板，
没有布景或灯光，在剧院的砖头里，
身着天芥菜变幻莫测的色调，
凄怆的女神？背些非常高深的台词。
大声喊道：“我是紫色女神。”确保
观众看到的是你，而不是你的礼服。
【注】从纽约唐人街地铁站下车，我取道美国电话电报公司长途线(AT&T Long Lines)大厦出口，眼前晃动着中国城虚拟的线条和混杂的石头。
Today in History(历史上的今天):
2023: The World Is A Commonwealth, NYC(纽约城中华公所·天下为公)
2023: A Beacon for the Catholic Faithful, NYC(纽约城天主教的灯塔)
2023: NYC's Most Admirable Synagogue(纽约城·叹为观止的犹太教堂)
2023: Biggest Chinese Catholic Church in US(全美最大的华人天主教堂)
2023: Mahayana Temple in the Great Vehicle, NYC(纽约城·大乘寺)
2023: Times Sq, the Crossroads of the World(时代广场·世界十字路口)
2023: Wandering in Midtown Manhattan-II, NYC(纽约市·浪迹中城之二)
2023: St. Bartholomew's Church, NYC(纽约城·农夫之子使徒圣公会)
2023: St. Patrick's Cathedral, NYC(纽约城·高贵圣徒大教堂)
2023: Rockefeller Ctr Christmas Tree, NYC(纽约城·黑麦田中心圣诞树)
2023: Dior's Carousel of Dreams, NYC(纽约城·金色梦想转盘)
2023: Chinatown & Little Italy, NYC(纽约市·华埠与小意大利城)
2016: Argumentative─For the Flavor(议论文─利益)
2013: Top of the World, Dubai, UAE(阿联酋迪拜世界之巅)
2010: 自己的事自己做(DIY)
Canal St, the Coolest Venue in Chinatown
(运河街·中国城最酷的景地 04-08-1995)
Canal St, the Hawkers' Haven
(运河街·小贩的天堂 04-30-2016)
Eastbank (大东银行 11-04-2023)
AT&T Long Lines Bldg, 32 Avenue of the Americas in the Art Deco Style (1932), a Datacommunications Ctr, but No Longer Owned by AT&T
(美国电话电报公司长途线大厦即美洲大道32号大厦·建于1932年，装饰艺术风格，虽已不再属于 AT&T所有，但依旧是数据通信中心)
Eagle Mosaic Ceiling @ the Lobby of AT&T Long Lines Bldg
(美国电话电报公司长途线大厦·天鹰镶嵌天花板 12-08-2023)
Africa Mosaic Ceiling @ the Lobby of AT&T Long Lines Bldg
(美国电话电报公司长途线大厦·非洲镶嵌天花板)
Asia Mosaic Ceiling @ the Lobby of AT&T Long Lines Bldg
(美国电话电报公司长途线大厦·亚洲镶嵌天花板)
Condor Ceiling Mosaic @ the Lobby of AT&T Long Lines Bldg
(美国电话电报公司长途线大厦·秃鹰天花板镶嵌画)
Australia Mosaic Ceiling @ the Lobby of AT&T Long Lines Bldg
(美国电话电报公司长途线大厦·澳洲镶嵌天花板)
Europe Mosaic Ceiling @ the Lobby of AT&T Long Lines Bldg
(美国电话电报公司长途线大厦·欧洲镶嵌天花板)
World Map in Mosaics @ the Lobby of AT&T Long Lines Bldg
(美国电话电报公司长途线大厦·世界地图镶嵌画)
American Thread Company in Renaissance & Renaissance Revival (1896)
(建于1896年的美国棉线公司·新老文艺复兴风格)
Old Bowery Savings Bank (1893)
(建于1893年的老树荫街储蓄银行)
Fa?ade of Bowery Savings Bank (树荫街储蓄银行·正门)
Everlasting Pine Apt as Subsidized Housing
(长青松柏公寓·救济住房)
Firehouse, Engine Company 31 after an Early-16th-Century Chateau
(第31消防分队消防站·16世纪初城堡风格)
Hotel 50 Bowery & HSBC (Former Citizens Savings Bank)
(树荫街50号酒店和汇丰银行即前市民储蓄银行)
On Leong Merchants Association, Tong Society Operating out of Its Territory at the Intersection of Canal St & Mott St Established in 1893
(安良工商总会·成立于1893年，位于运河街与树丛街交道口处)
Museum at Eldridge Street in the Moorish Revival Style (1887), the 1st Grand Synagogue Built in the US by Eastern European Jews
(建于1887年的圣王街博物馆·北非复兴式，东欧犹太人在美国建造的第一座大犹太教堂)
Supreme, an Urban Streetwear Store Packed w/ Young People
(深受年轻人喜爱的至尊店·城市街头服饰铺)
Relief @ New York County Supreme Court
(纽约郡最高法院·浮雕)
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