谜样墨西哥

Mexico the Architectural Enigma

奥克塔维奥·帕斯在他恢弘的作品《孤独之迷境》中对墨西哥的民族性给予了诗意的剖析。在自豪与哀惋并存的语言中,他指出,在每一个墨西哥灵魂的深处都存在一种难以言表的神秘孤独。当然,对一个既欢庆又抵触死亡、既拥抱又拒绝集体纪念性、既自我歌颁又自我否定的民族来说,这种谜一样的孤独心性是确实存在的。

In his epic essay The Labyrinth o f Solitude,Octavio Paz gave a poetic dissection of the Mexican identity.He argued,not without lament and pride at the same time,that there is a mysterious solitude beneath every Mexican soul.Indeed,to a people who both celebrate and repel death,a country that both embraces and evades collective monumentality,and a nation that celebrates both self-denial and self-esteem,the enigma of that solitude truly holds.