狄金森雙語詩歌:在我的一只眼失明前

在我的一只眼失明前

在我的一只眼失明前

我愿意去看——

像其他擁有雙眼的生靈一樣

我知道別無他法——

假如今天，有人說——

我可以擁有

天空，我會告訴你我的心

將因此裂開，我無法容納——

草場，屬于我——

群山，屬于我——

萬林，浩瀚的星河——

正午的景象，我盡可取拿

以我有限的視野——

翻飛騰躍的小鳥——

清晨琥珀色的小路——

屬于我，任憑我喜愛時去看——

多看一眼將令我死去——

更安全的方式，我猜想，是將靈魂

置于窗臺之上——

那里存放著生靈的眼睛——

對陽光毫無戒心——

Before I got my eye put out

Before I got my eye put out

I liked as well to see—

As other Creatures, that have Eyes

And know no other way—

But were it told to me—Today—

That I might have the sky

For mine—I tell you that my Heart

Would split, for size of me—

The Meadows—mine—

The Mountains—mine—

All Forests—Stintless Stars—

As much of Noon as I could take

Between my finite eyes—

The Motions of the Dipping Birds—

The Morning’s Amber Road—

For mine—to look at when I liked—

The News would strike me dead—

So safer—guess—with just my soul

Upon the Window pane—

Where other Creatures put their eyes—

Incautious—of the Sun—