译 陈沫
I dwell in Possibility –
我的居所 唤作「可能」——
A fairer House than Prose –
一座比「文章」更雅致的阁
More numerous of Windows –
窗何其多
Superior – for Doors –
户何其奢
Of Chambers as the Cedars –
我有屋室 屏似雪松
Impregnable of eye –
窥不可测
And for an everlasting Roof
延绵的屋顶
The Gambrels of the Sky –
将天空遮合
Of Visitors – the fairest –
我有门客 光明磊落
For Occupation – This –
共襄要事——
The spreading wide my narrow Hands
大张我受限的五指
To gather Paradise –
撷取天赐
Source: The Poems of Emily Dickinson, Edited by R. W. Franklin (Harvard University Press, 1999), selected from Poetry Foundation’s website.