Emily Dickinson's 'If You Were Coming in the Fall' 中文版

Emily Dickinson's "If You Were Coming in the Fall" 中文版

《如果你秋天来》
作者：艾米莉·狄金森 （美国）
翻译：忒绿 （Tweeting Green)


If you were coming in the Fall,
如果你秋天来，

I'd brush the Summer by
我就轻轻把夏天扫过

With half a smile, and half a spurn,
用一半微笑，和一半轻蔑，

As Housewives do, a Fly.
如同家庭主妇们赶走，一只苍蝇。



If I could see you in a year,
如果能在一年内见你，

I'd wind the months in balls---
我将把月份缠成圆球—-

And put them each in separate Drawers,
把它们放在不同的抽屉，

For fear the numbers fuse---
唯恐这些数字融在一起—-



If only Centuries, delayed,
如果只是几个世纪，等待，

I'd count them on my Hand,
我会在我的手上将它们数记，

Subtracting, til my fingers dropped
一点一点地减除，直到我的手指脱落
Into Van Dieman's Land,
全部掉进范·迪鄂曼的土地，

If certain, when this life was out---
如果能够知道，生命的完结—-

That yours and mine, should be
你的和我的，该完结的时间

I'd toss it yonder, like a Rind,
我会把这一生抛到远方，就如扔掉一块果皮，

And take Eternity---
然后拥抱我们生命之后的永恒—-



But, now, uncertain of the length
可是，现在，这个长度

Of this, that is between,
却是不能确定，模棱两可，

It goads me, like the Goblin
Bee---
困扰着我，像一只嗡嗡作响着了魔的蜜蜂—-

That will not state--- its sting.
不告诉—- 何时螫咬我。