狄金森雙語詩歌:小草無事可做

小草無事可做

小草無事可做——

一片樸素的綠色——

只能育養(yǎng)幾只蝴蝶

款待幾只蜜蜂——

它整日伴著和風

美妙的曲調(diào)搖曳——

把陽光抱在膝頭

向萬物鞠躬行禮——

它徹夜把露滴串成珠鏈——

悉心裝扮自己

容貌如此出眾

令公爵夫人黯然失色——

即使它死去，也將帶著——

神圣的氣味消逝——

像卑微的香料，長眠

像香松，枯萎——

然后，住進尊貴的谷倉——

把歲月虛度，

小草無事可做

我愿成為干草一株——

The Grass so little has to do

The Grass so little has to do—

A Sphere of simple Green—

With only Butterflies to brood

And Bees to entertain—

And stir all day to pretty Tunes

The Breezes fetch along—

And hold the Sunshine in its lap

And bow to everything—

And thread the Dews, all night, like

Pearls—

And make itself so fine

A Duchess were too common

For such a noticing—

And even when it dies—to pass—

In Odors so divine—

Like Lowly spices, lain to sleep

Or Spikenards, perishing—

And then, in Sovereign Barns to dwell—

And dream the Days away,

The Grass so little has to do

I wish I were a Hay—