Under the Mountain and the Moon

《山月记》

中岛敦 著

梁艳萍 译

关于一段话

"There I remained a hundred years; and I said in my heart, Whosoever shall liberate me, I shall enrich him for ever:—but the hundred years passed over me, and no one liberated me: and I entered upon another hundred years; and I said, Whosoever shall liberate me, I will open to him the treasures of the earth;—but no one did so: and four hundred years more passed over me, and I said, Whosoever shall liberate me, I will perform for him three wants:—but still no one liberated me. I then fell into a violent rage, and said within myself, Whosoever shall liberate me now, I will kill him; and only suffer him to choose in what manner he will die."

AKI的文中，有一段话过了多少年也都记得。

“他说你知道么，魔鬼被苏丹封在瓶子里。

第一个世纪，魔鬼发誓，谁在这时救出他，他便给他所有的财富；第一个世纪过去了，没有人来。

第二个世纪，魔鬼发誓，谁在这时救出他，他就给他所有的权力；第二个世纪也过去了，没有人来。

第三个世纪，魔鬼发誓，谁在这时救出他，他就满足他所有的愿望，但第三个世纪过去了，仍旧没有人来。

于是，第四个世纪，魔鬼诅咒，谁在这时解救他，他一定杀死他。

……一生一世都落空了。”

真用得好的典故。

春季古董展

在DC CONVENTION CENTER看了。东西对我来说都没啥意思，但是看到一个很有趣的古董商人。

看不出是欧洲人，美国人，还是有亚裔，或者拉丁血统， 深色的健康的皮肤，深框的黑边眼镜，半旧的，看得出来打整过了，可是还是皱皱的土黄色的西装，始终低声而面带微笑地同慢慢聚集过来的女人们谈话，为她们戴上古董的金饰，介绍着，拿回饰品之后再放回柜中，继续低声回答问题。

很不同，就像福尔莫斯小说里，或者其他发黄的小说里面出来的“角色”。

本地音乐人

跟Jacky去看了Daniel和朋友们还有很多local musician 参加的音乐聚会。

and i love Daniel and friends' performance the most. esp. the last piece from 4 of them. it was really intense. the mood flew out from the strings, and it was a piece that people really physically feel. and it was ancient and nature, like come from the woods the lord of the rings story where the elves were from. it is strong.