1.
Little Stone
Emily Dickinson
How happy is the little Stone
That rambles in the Road alone,
And doesn't care about Careers
And Exigencies never fears --
Whose Coat of elemental Brown
A passing Universe put on,
And independent as the Sun
Associates or glows alone,
Fulfilling absolute Decree
In casual simplicity –
小石
艾米莉•狄金森
一粒小石
在路上悠然独步
何等幸福!
把功名抛在脑后
也不为危难担忧---
行经的宇宙为之披上
自然的棕裳
不管是与众同在
抑或独放光彩
皆如太阳般独立不羁
以随意之简朴
行绝对之天命
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2.
I Hide Myself within my Flower
By Emily Dickinson
I hide myself within my flower,
That wearing on your breast
You, unsuspecting, wear me too--
And angels know the rest.
I hide myself with my flower,
That fading from your vase,
You, unsuspectingly, feel for me--
Almost a loneliness.
我藏在我的花里
艾米莉•狄金森
我藏在我的花里
你把花戴在胸前
毫不猜疑的你啊, 也戴着我---
其余的事天使们明鉴
我藏在我的花里
花儿在你瓶中凋零
毫不猜疑的你啊, 同情我---
一个近乎孤独的魂灵.
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3.
The Sky Is Low, The Clouds Are Mean
Emily Dickinson
The sky is low, the clouds are mean,
A travelling flake of snow
Across a barn or through a rut
Debates if it will go.
A narrow wind complains all day
How some one treated him;
Nature, like us, is sometimes caught
Without her diadem.
天空低垂, 阴霾可恶
艾米莉•狄金森
天空低垂, 阴霾可恶
一片雪花忙着赶路
穿过马厩, 钻入车辙
盘算着该不该离去
小心眼的风整天
抱怨别人如何亏待他
正如吾辈, 大自然
偶尔也丢了桂冠
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4.
I Taste a Liquor Never Brewed
Emily Dickinson
I taste a liquor never brewed,
From tankards scooped in pearl;
Not all the vats upon the Rhine
Yield such an alcohol!
Inebriate of air am I,
And debauchee of dew,
Reeling, through endless summer days,
From inns of molten blue.
When the landlord turn the drunken bee
Out of the foxglove's door,
When butterflies renounce their drams,
I shall but drink the more!
Till seraphs swing their snowy hats,
And saints to windows run,
To see the little tippler
Leaning against the sun!
我品尝未酿的美酒
艾米莉•狄金森
我品尝未酿的美酒,
杯中闪烁珍珠点点;
并非莱茵河畔所有的酒坊
都盛产这等佳酿!
这般醉人的空气,
让我沉迷的露浆,
无边的夏日里我步履蹒跚,
天空蔚蓝的酒栈任我飘然游荡.
当店家把吃醉酒的蜜蜂
撵出毛地黄的门庭,
当蝴蝶也断绝些微的供给,
我仍要畅饮不停!
直到天使们舞动雪白的帽子,
直到圣人们奔到窗前,
看我这个小酒鬼
醉倚太阳!
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