我们并不指望新年的钟声能够让河流准时化冻,因为统治我们的时间已经带有不分青红皂白的机械性。以人类活动为标准制订的公元历和我们以自然活动为标准制订的农历截然相反,它几乎是在强迫我们去执行生活:在雪地里庆祝还相当遥远的春天,在大雾中完成回家的驾驶,在球线已经发硬的时候开始新赛季——不过那是在南半球。 We do not expect that the New Year’s bell will allow the river to freeze on time, because the time that ruled us has taken on an indiscriminate and mechanical nature. The calendar of events, which is based on the standard of human activity, is the opposite of the lunar calendar which we set for the standard of nature. It almost forces us to carry out our life: we celebrate the snow in a rather distant spring, Driving, starting the season as the ball has been stiff - but that’s in the southern hemisphere.