（Emily Dickinson，1830 – 1886）

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译记：充满活力的夏日，不可避免地要逝去。而几丝惆怅、释然、还有超越的希望，难以察觉，无从衡量，却被狄金森的诗行捕捉到了。

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“无法察觉地，犹如愁绪”

（美）狄金森
舒啸 译

无法察觉地，犹如愁绪

夏日已然逝去 —

丝毫无法察觉，简直

不像是背信弃义 — 

这是净化出的静寂

暮色已经开始了许久

或许是自然与她自己

度过了幽居的午后 -- 

黄昏提前临莅 — 

晨光已形如陌路 — 

礼貌而又烦扰的风仪

就像宾客即将离去 —

就这样，没有羽翼

或是龙骨支撑的船体

我们的夏日轻轻地逃逸

进入美丽的境地

(J1540 / Fr935)

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Dickinson 原诗：

“As imperceptibly as Grief”

As imperceptibly as Grief

The Summer lapsed away —

Too imperceptible, at last

To seem like Perfidy —

A Quietness distilled

As Twilight long begun

Or Nature spending with herself

Sequestered Afternoon —

The Dusk drew earlier in —

The Morning foreign shone —

A courteous, yet harrowing Grace

As Guest that would be gone —

And thus without a Wing

Or service of a Keel

Our Summer made her light escape

Into the Beautiful

(J1540 / Fr935)

另：该诗有五个版本。第一个版本有8节，如下：

As imperceptibly as Grief

The Summer lapsed away -

Too imperceptible at last

To feel like Perfidy -

A Quietness distilled -

As Twilight long begun -

Or Nature - spending with Herself

Sequestered Afternoon -

Sobriety inhered

Though gaudy influence

The Maple lent unto the Road

And graphic Consequence

Invested sombre place -

As suddenly be worn

By sober Individual

A Homogeneous Gown.

Departed was the Bird -

And scarcely had the Hill -

A flower to help His straightened face

In stress of Burial -

The Winds came closer up -

The Cricket spoke so clear

Presumption was - His Ancestors

Inherited the Floor -

The Dusk drew earlier in -

The Morning foreign shone -

The courteous, but harrowing Grace

Of Guest who would be gone -

And thus, without a Wing

Or service of a Keel -

Our Summer made Her light Escape

Unto the Beautiful -