Emily Dickinson : I died for beauty

Romona Youngquist 畫作

I died for beauty / Emily Dickinson

I died for Beauty – but was scarce

我為美而死 – 但我在墳裡

Adjusted in the Tomb,

才剛適應不久，

When one who died for Truth, was lain

一個為真理而死的人

In an adjoining Room –

於我鄰室躺臥 –

He questioned softly “why I failed? “

他輕聲問：「為何殞落？」

"For Beauty," I replied –

「為美。」我回答 –

"And I – for Truth, Themself are One

「而我 – 為了真理，這兩者本是一體，

We brethren, are," He said –

是兄弟啊，我們。」他說 –

And so, as Kinsmen, met a Night–

於是，如親人般，於夜相遇 –

We talked between the Rooms –

我們隔牆侃侃而談 –

Until the Moss had reached our lips –

直到青苔漫延至我們雙唇 –

And covered up – our names –

掩蓋了– 我們的名字 –

(Mary May 譯）