【英诗鉴赏】I'll Tell You How the Sun Rose

Toyger

I'll Tell You How the Sun Rose
by Emily Dickinson

I'll tell you how the sun rose,
A ribbon at a time.
The steeples swam in amethyst,
The news like squirrels ran.
The hills untied their bonnets,
The bobolinks begun.
Then I said softly to myself,
“That must have been the sun!”

……

But how he set,I know not.
There seemed a purple stile
That little yellow boys and girls
Were climbling all the while
Till when they reached the other side,
A dominie1 in gray
Put gently up the evening bars,
And led the flock away.

Toyger

我将告诉你——太阳怎样升起

我将告诉你
太阳怎样升起
每次一条缎带
一些尖塔在紫色里漂游
这些新奇的景象仿佛松鼠一样跳跃
群山解开了头上的纱巾
食米鸟醒来了
这时，我轻轻地对自己说，
“太阳一定升起来了！”
……
但它怎样升起，我不知道
那儿看起来像一个帝王的台阶
那些小小的鲜嫩的男孩女孩
每时每刻都在攀登
当他们走到另一边
一个灰色的牧师
柔和地支起夜的栅栏
并且领着他们
离开

李杰玲 译