试译狄金森《Because I could not stop for Death》

《因为我不能停止走向死亡》

艾米莉 · 狄金森
翻译：忒绿
 

因为我不能停止走向死亡 —
他亲切地为我停留 —
这俩马车可容纳的只有我们自己 —
和永生。

我们缓慢前行，他不知道着急
我也就放松了
我的工作与起居，
为应合他的从容 —

我们经过学校，孩子们
在课间休息 — 尽情嬉戏 —
我们经过谷穗晶莹的田园
我们经过落日 —

或者更确切地说 — 他经过了我们 —
霜露带来颤栗与寒意 —
因我只着单衣 — 我的罩袍 —
我的披肩 — 只是一片纱巾 —

我们驻足一所房前
看上去就是一个地面的隆凸 —
屋顶依稀可见 —
屋檐 — 陷入地里 —

从那时起 — 已是数百年 — 可
感觉就是昨天
当初我曾以为那些车马奔向的
是永恒 —



Because I could not stop for Death
by Emily Dickinson

Because I could not stop for Death –
He kindly stopped for me –
The Carriage held but just Ourselves –
And Immortality.

We slowly drove – He knew no haste
And I had put away
My labor and my leisure too,
For His Civility –

We passed the School, where Children strove
At Recess – in the Ring –
We passed the Fields of Gazing Grain –
We passed the Setting Sun –

Or rather – He passed Us –
The Dews drew quivering and Chill –
For only Gossamer, my Gown –
My Tippet – only Tulle –

We paused before a House that seemed
A Swelling of the Ground –
The Roof was scarcely visible –
The Cornice – in the Ground –

Since then – 'tis Centuries – and yet
Feels shorter than the Day
I first surmised the Horses' Heads
Were toward Eternity –








 

 

 

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