因我无法为死亡留步 

狄艾 狄金森 林木译

因我无法为死亡留步——

他好心为我停留——

马车只载着我们俩——

和永生。

我们缓慢前驶——他不着急

我也放下

我的劳作和休闲，

回应他的礼貌——

我们路过学校，学童

课间休息时——在圆环里扭打——

我们路过凝视的粮田——

我们经过落日——

或毋宁说——他经过了我们——

凝露引起寒颤——

因为我的长袍，薄如蛛丝——

我的披肩——只是绢网（薄纱）——

我们在一座房前驻足，它看似

从地面隆起——

屋顶几乎看不见——

屋檐——埋在土里——

从那时起——已过了数个世纪——然而

感觉短于第一次

我猜测马头朝向

永恒的那一天——

Because I could not stop for Death

Emily Dickinson

Because I could not stop for Death –

He kindly stopped for me –

The Carriage held but just Ourselves –

And Immortality.

We slowly drove – He knew no haste

And I had put away

My labor and my leisure too,

For His Civility –

We passed the School, where Children strove

At Recess – in the Ring –

We passed the Fields of Gazing Grain –

We passed the Setting Sun –

Or rather – He passed Us –

The Dews drew quivering and Chill –

For only Gossamer, my Gown –

My Tippet – only Tulle –

We paused before a House that seemed

A Swelling of the Ground –

The Roof was scarcely visible –

The Cornice – in the Ground –

Since then – 'tis Centuries – and yet

Feels shorter than the Day

I first surmised the Horses' Heads

Were toward Eternity –