一人得道

昨晚在厨房坐着,想明天吃嘛饭的事,不知怎么,就想起“一人得道,鸡犬升天”这句话来。寻思一回,心中不免有些鬼火冒,替鸭子打抱不平。“一人得道,鸡犬升天,那鸭子哪去了?人家鸭子倒嘛霉了?平时年节,鸡鸭鱼肉,你一样也没少,怎么到了升天的时候,就只有鸡犬了呢?”又一想,气又不打一处来:“谁家没个阿猫阿狗,怎么到了升天的时候,就只有那个狗腿子能去,人家阿猫就不是人了呢?”
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无从追忆的第四个

光秃秃的教堂墙壁。泥泞。马匹。远处,一条河,一片黑沉沉的土地。旷古的荒寂。两条腿已经坐僵了。我站起来,在房间里来回踱步。屋里光线昏暗。墙上挂着几幅小小的带框的画:不知道什么地方的风景,不知道什么地方的一座村庄,一座桥,一片斜阳。远处的墙角摆着一架老钢琴。我走过时,按了一个琴键,心思却不知道在哪里。又按了一下。

Moderato cantabile。如歌的行板。

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活女神库玛丽

库玛丽与另一个古老的传统之间,有一种很奇特的相似之处。那就是西方教堂唱诗班里的男童高音。一个来自加德满都谷地印度教与佛教交汇的宗教传统,一个来自欧洲基督教古老的教堂音乐传统。两者之间,在历史上几乎没有任何关系。

但是,它们都依赖于人生中同一个短暂的阶段:童年。库玛丽之所以能够成为库玛丽,是因为她还是一个尚未进入青春期的小女孩。男童高音之所以能够拥有那种清澈而高亢的声音,是因为他还是一个尚未进入青春期的小男孩。

有一天,库玛丽不再是女神了,因为小女孩的身体开始变成一个女人的身体。有一天,男童高音不再是男童高音了,因为小男孩的身体开始变成一个男人的身体,嗓音变成了男人的声音。不是他们做错了什么。他们只是长大了。
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The Story of the Boy Treble

M.I. Glinka Choral College, Boys’ Choir, St. Petersburg There is a voice that exists only for a few years in a human life. It belongs to a boy before adolescence, when his larynx is still small and his vocal cords are still short and thin. He can sing high notes naturally, sometimes reaching well intoContinueContinue reading “The Story of the Boy Treble”

The Story of the Kumari

In Kathmandu, Nepal, there lives a little girl whom people worship as a goddess. She is called the Kumari. The word kumari means an unmarried young girl, or virgin. There are several Kumaris in the old Newar towns of the Kathmandu Valley, but the best known is the Royal Kumari of Kathmandu, who lives inContinueContinue reading “The Story of the Kumari”

契诃夫的1124个字

伊凡开始讲那个故事。彼得累了。他心中害怕。他深爱着耶稣。耶稣被捕以后,他一路跟着,远远地看着耶稣受辱挨打。接下来,是他三次不认主,是拂晓,随后是鸡鸣,是彼得突然明白自己做了什么。彼得走出去,止不住的呜呜哭泣。瓦西丽莎也哭了。就在这一刻,一件不可思议的事情发生了。一个已经死去近一千九百年的人,让一个站在俄罗斯一堆火旁不识字的乡下女人流下了眼泪。伊凡看见了。两个夜晚开始流入彼此。彼得的悲痛出现在瓦西丽莎的眼泪里。彼得曾经烤过火的那堆火,又在寡妇家的菜园里燃烧起来。那个寒冷的夜晚,就是这个寒冷的夜晚。那些恐惧、痛苦的人,就是这些恐惧、痛苦的人。
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What Chekhov Did in 1,124 Words

Soviet artistAristarkh Lentulov 1 Anton Chekhov’s “The Student” is 1,124 words long in the Russian original. The number is worth keeping in mind. It is not a piece of literary trivia. It tells us something about the magnitude of the accomplishment. In a little over a thousand words, Chekhov takes us through two nights separatedContinueContinue reading “What Chekhov Did in 1,124 Words”

The Story of Allegri’s Miserere

Miserere mei, Deus, Allegri, Tenebrae Miserere mei, Deus. “Have mercy on me, O God.” These are the opening words of Psalm 51 in the Latin Bible, and from the first word, Miserere—“have mercy”—the psalm came to be known simply as the Miserere. According to the biblical story, the words belong to King David after hisContinueContinue reading “The Story of Allegri’s Miserere”