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Because I Could Not Stop For Death

By Emily Dickinson



Because I could not stop for Death,
因我不能停候死神

He kindly stopped for me;
死神好意地停候我

The carriage held but just ourselves
馬車僅乘載祂與我

And Immortality.
外加上永生



We slowly drove, he knew no haste,
馬車緩緩地而行

And I had put away
死神知悉不趕忙

My labor, and my leisure too,
只因祂殷勤好禮

For his civility.
吾將作息置一旁



We passed the school, where children strove 我們經過了學校

At recess, in the ring;
學童下課操場奔

We passed the fields of gazing grain,
我們經過佇立的稻田

We passed the setting sun.
我們經過落日



Or rather, he passed us;
寧說落日經過我們

The dews drew quivering and chill,
露水帶來了寒意

For only gossamer my gown,
只因吾衣服單薄

My tippet only tulle.
圍巾只是柔絲綢



We paused before a house that seemed
我們停於一屋前

A swelling of the ground;
猶如凸起之地面

The roof was scarcely visible,
屋頂幾乎看不見

The cornice in the ground.
隱藏於地下飛檐



Since then ’tis centuries, and yet
自該程後已數百年

Feels shorter than the day
感覺不比當日長久

I first surmised the horses’ heads
當初推測馬車頭

Were toward eternity.
朝永恆方向邁進

跟衣爺讀

致敬死亡

致敬永生

顺便 安利一首歌

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谢谢。