英文诗歌 | Will there really be a "Morning"? 果真会有个“黎明”?

Will there really be a "Morning"?
果真会有个“黎明”?

Will there really be a "Morning"?

Is there such a thing as "Day"?

Could I see it from the mountains

If I were as tall as they?

果真会有个“黎明”?

是否有“天亮”这种东西?

我能否越过山头看见,

如果我高与山齐?

Has it feet like Water lilies?

Has it feathers like a Bird?

Is it brought from famous countries

Of which I have never heard?

是否像睡莲有须根?

是否像小鸟有羽毛?

是否来自著名的国家

为我从不知晓?

Oh some Scholar! Oh some Sailor!

Oh some Wise Man from the skies!

Please to tell a little Pilgrim

Where the place called "Morning" lies!

哦,学者!哦,水手!

哦,天上的哪位圣人!

请告诉这小小的漂泊者

那地方何在,它叫“黎明”?

作者简介

艾米莉·狄金森(Emily Dickinson,1830年12月10日—1886年5月15日),美国传奇诗人,出生于律师家庭,青少年时代生活单调而平静受正规宗教教育。从二十五岁开始弃绝社交,在孤独中埋头写诗三十年,留下诗稿一千七百余首;生前只是发表过七首,其余的都是她死后才出版,并被世人所知,名气极大。她被视为二十世纪现代主义诗歌的先驱之一。

她深锁在盒子里的大量创作诗篇是她留给世人的最大礼物。在她有生之年,她的作品未能获得青睐,然而周遭众人对她的不解与误会,却丝毫无法低损她丰富的创作天分。

狄金森的诗主要写生活情趣、自然、生命、信仰、友谊、爱情。诗风凝练婉约、意象清新,描绘真切、精微,思想深沉、凝聚力强,极富独创性。