Emily Elisabeth Dickinson - I Died for Beauty 汉译

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When One who died for Truth, was lain

In an adjoining Room—

He questioned softly “why I failed”?

“For Beauty,” I replied—

“And I—for Truth—Themselves are One—

We Brethren, are,” He said—

And so, as Kinsmen, met a Night—

We talked between the Rooms—

Until the Moss had reached our lips—

And covered up—our names—

我为美而死

艾米丽·伊丽莎白·狄金森

我为美而死，对坟墓

几乎还不适应

一个殉真理的烈士

就成了我的近邻——

他轻声问我“为什么倒下”？

我回答他：“为了美”——

他说：“我为真理，真与美——

是一体，我们是兄弟” ——

就这样，像亲人，黑夜相逢——

我们隔着房间谈心——

直到苍苔上我们的嘴唇——

覆盖掉，我们的姓名——