【英诗鉴赏】Because I Could not Stop for Death

Toyger

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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Toyger

因我不能停下来等待死亡

因我不能停下来等待死亡
他就好心地停下来等我
灵车只载着我们连个
和永生的承诺

车慢慢地开着
他不知着急
我也抛开劳作与安逸
为了他的礼待

我们经过学堂
铃声里学子们休息时还在努力
我们经过片片张望的庄稼地
我们又经过落日

或者说落日经过了我们
颗颗露珠颤抖寒战
我的墓服只是清透的纱绢
我只抱着薄纱的披肩

我们在一处房前流连
那房好似鼓起的地面
鼓胀的部分
几乎看不见屋顶
飞檐在泥土间

几世纪的光阴已过
可总觉得比一天还短
当初我还猜测
这车马驶向永远

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