艾蜜莉．狄金森：Tell all the truth but tell it slant

Vilhelm Hammershøi 畫作

Tell all the truth but tell it slant / Emily Dickinson

Tell all the truth but tell it slant —

Success in Circuit lies

Too bright for our infirm Delight

The Truth's superb surprise

As Lightning to the Children eased

With explanation kind

The Truth must dazzle gradually

Or every man be blind —

訴說一切真理，但啊，斜斜的說—

成功坐落於迴圈

我們微弱的喜悅承受不起這光輝

這真理極致的驚喜

一如閃電，我們以慈悲的說辭

來安撫孩子

真理必須漸進的讓人目眩

否則每人都會瞎眼

(Mary May 譯）