(英汉对照) (美) 狄更生 Emily Dickinson

[朱松壑]

These are the days when Birds come back 这是鸟儿们回来的日子

These are the days when Birds come back

These are the days when Birds come back --
A very few -- a Bird or two --
To take a backward look.

These are the days when skies resume
The old -- old sophistries of June --
A blue and gold mistake.

Oh fraud that cannot cheat the Bee --
Almost thy plausibility
Induces my belief.

Till ranks of seeds their witness bear --
And softly thro' the altered air
Hurries a timid leaf.

Oh Sacrament of summer days,
Oh Last Communion in the Haze --
Permit a child to join.

Thy sacred emblems to partake --
They consecrated bread to take
And thine immortal wine!

这是鸟儿们回来的日子

这是鸟儿们回来的日子——
零零落落——一只或两只——
仿佛是依依不舍。

这是天空重新明亮的日子——
似乎六月的魔术未曾离去——
荡漾着蓝色和金色。

你的诡诈不可能瞒过蜜蜂——
但你这逼真的障眼法
几乎让我深信不疑。

甚至那些种子都在为你作证——
趁着暖意，温柔地送出
一片怯生生的叶子。

啊，繁华夏日的美丽庆典，
啊，秋日雾霭里的最后圣餐——
请牵住一个孩子的手。

让她分享你神圣的符号——
让她领受你神圣的面包
和你永生的葡萄酒！

（灵石 译）


At least -- to pray -- is left -- is left -- 至少——还可以——还可以——祷告——

At least -- to pray -- is left -- is left --

At least -- to pray -- is left -- is left --
Oh Jesus -- in the Air --
I know not which thy chamber is --
I'm knocking -- everywhere --

Thou settest Earthquake in the South --
And Maelstrom, in the Sea --
Say, Jesus Christ of Nazareth --
Hast thou no Arm for Me?

至少——还可以——还可以——祷告——

至少——还可以——还可以——祷告——
啊，耶稣——在缥缈的空中——
我不知道你住在哪间屋子——
我四处敲着门——一片迷茫——

你唤起了地震，在南国——
唤起了漩涡，在海洋——
说啊，拿撒勒的耶稣基督——
难道你没有伸向我的臂膀？

（灵石 译）


I cannot live with You -- 我不能和你一起生活——

I cannot live with You --

I cannot live with You --
It would be Life --
And Life is over there --
Behind the Shelf

The Sexton keeps the Key to --
Putting up
Our Life -- His Porcelain --
Like a Cup --

Discarded of the Housewife --
Quaint -- or Broke --
A newer Sevres pleases --
Old Ones crack --

I could not die -- with You --
For One must wait
To shut the Other's Gaze down --
You -- could not --

And I -- Could I stand by
And see You -- freeze --
Without my Right of Frost --
Death's privilege?

Nor could I rise -- with You --
Because Your Face
Would put out Jesus' --
That New Grace

Glow plain -- and foreign
On my homesick Eye --
Except that You than He
Shone closer by --

They'd judge Us -- How --
For You -- served Heaven -- You know,
Or sought to --
I could not --

Because You saturated Sight --
And I had no more Eyes
For sordid excellence
As Paradise

And were You lost, I would be --
Though My Name
Rang loudest
On the Heavenly fame --

And were You -- saved --
And I -- condemned to be
Where You were not --
That self -- were Hell to Me --

So We must meet apart --
You there -- I -- here --
With just the Door ajar
That Oceans are -- and Prayer --
And that White Sustenance --
Despair --

我不能和你一起生活——

我不能和你一起生活——
那将是生命本身——
而生命在那边——
橱柜的后面——

钥匙在教堂司事的手里——
他把我俩的生命——
他的瓷器——放在高处——
像一只茶瓶——

被主妇弃置——
模样古怪——或是有些残缺——
新的法国餐具更讨人欢心——
旧的那些迟早会碎裂——

我不能死去——和你一起——
因为我俩必须有一人——
等着合上另一人的眼睛——
你——不能——

而我——我能忍心在一旁——
看着你——慢慢冻僵——
我自己却得不到死神的恩赐——
领受他的寒霜——

我也不能复活——和你一起——
因为你的面容——
将会盖过耶稣的面容——
那种新的光芒——

将清晰——而陌生地——
照在我怀乡的眼睛上——
只不过是你，而不是他——
闪耀在我身旁——

他们会审判我们——怎样——
因为你——曾是天堂的仆人——
你知道——或者那是你的愿望——
我，不能——

你占据了我的一切视觉——
我没有多余的眼睛——
不会把污秽的神圣——
当作乐园的风景——

如果你下地狱，我也去——
即使我的名字——
响亮地在天堂回荡——
尊荣无比——

如果你——被神拯救——
而我——却受咒诅——
必须去没有你的地方——
那我自己——就是我的地狱——

所以，我俩只能望着对方——
你那里——我——这里——
隔着一扇虚掩的门——
海一样深——只剩祷告——
和那白色的食粮——
绝望——

（灵石 译）


Summer for thee, grant I may be 但愿我是，你的夏季

Summer for thee, grant I may be

Summer for thee, grant I may be
When Summer days are flown!
Thy music still, when Whipporwill
And Oriole -- are done!

For thee to bloom, I'll skip the tomb
And row my blossoms o'er!
Pray gather me --
Anemone --
Thy flower -- forevermore!

但愿我是，你的夏季

但愿我是，你的夏季，
当夏季的日子插翅飞去！
我依旧是你耳边的音乐，
当夜莺和黄鹂精疲力竭。

为你开花，逃出墓地，
让我的花开得成行成列！
请采撷我吧—秋牡丹——
你的花—永远是你的！

江枫 译


You cannot put a Fire out -- 你无法扑灭一种火

You cannot put a Fire out --

You cannot put a Fire out --
A Thing that can ignite
Can go, itself, without a Fan --
Upon the slowest Night --

You cannot fold a Flood --
And put it in a Drawer --
Because the Winds would find it out --
And tell your Cedar Floor --

你无法扑灭一种火

你无法扑灭一种火——
有一种能够发火之物
能够自燃，无需人点——
当漫长的黑夜刚过——

你无法把洪水包裹起来——
放在一个抽屉里边——
因为风会把它找到——
再告诉你的松木地板——

江枫 译


If recollecting were forgetting 如果记住就是忘却　

If recollecting were forgetting,

If recollecting were forgetting,
Then I remember not.
And if forgetting, recollecting,
How near I had forgot.
And if to miss, were merry,
And to mourn, were gay,
How very blithe the fingers
That gathered this, Today!

如果记住就是忘却　

如果记住就是忘却
我将不再回忆，
如果忘却就是记住
我多么接近于忘却。

如果相思，是娱乐，
而哀悼，是喜悦，
那些手指何等欢快，今天，
采撷到了这些。

江枫 译


Our share of night to bear 我们有一份黑夜要忍受

Our share of night to bear

Our share of night to bear --
Our share of morning --
Our blank in bliss to fill
Our blank in scorning --

Here a star, and there a star,
Some lose their way!
Here a mist, and there a mist,
Afterwards -- Day!

我们有一份黑夜要忍受　

我们有一份黑夜要忍受—
我们有一份黎明—
我们有一份欢乐的空白要填充—
我们有一份憎恨—

这里一颗星那里一颗星，
有些，迷了方向！
这里一团雾那里一团雾，
然后，阳光！

江枫 译


The Brain -- is wider than the Sky -- 头脑，比天空辽阔

The Brain -- is wider than the Sky --

The Brain -- is wider than the Sky --
For -- put them side by side --
The one the other will contain
With ease -- and You -- beside --

The Brain is deeper than the sea --
For -- hold them -- Blue to Blue --
The one the other will absorb --
As Sponges -- Buckets -- do --

The Brain is just the weight of God --
For -- Heft them -- Pound for Pound --
And they will differ -- if they do --
As Syllable from Sound --

头脑，比天空辽阔

头脑，比天空辽阔——
因为，把他们放在一起——
一个能包含另一个
轻易，而且，还能容你——

头脑，比海洋更深——
因为，对比他们，蓝对蓝——
一个能吸收另一个
象水桶，也象，海绵——

头脑，和上帝相等——
因为，称一称，一磅对一磅——
他们，如果有区别——
就象音节，不同于音响——

江枫 译