If You Were Coming in the Fall
[美]艾米莉·狄更生
Emily Dic kinson
如果你能在秋天到來，
我會把夏季拂掉，
半含輕蔑，半含微笑，
像管家婦把蒼蠅趕跑。
如果一年後能看到你，
我將把月份繞成團，
分別放在不同的抽屜，
直到那些時間來到。
如果隻是耽擱幾個世紀，
我會用我的手指來數計，
把手指逐一彎曲，直到
全部落在亡者的國度裏。
如果確定我們將相聚在，
你我生命的終結之時，
我願意把生命像果皮一樣，
遠遠地拋棄。
但是現在還不能確知，
你我何時才能相聚，
這像毒蜂一樣把我刺痛，
而它並未亮出它的毒刺。
If you were coming in the fall，
I'd brush the summer by
With half a smile and half a spurn，
As housewives do a fly.
If I could see you in a year，
I'd wind the months in balls，
And put them each in separate drawers，
Until their time befalls.
If only centuries delayed，
I'd count them on my hand，
Subtracting till my fingers dropped
Into Van Diemen's land.
If certain when this life was out，
That yours and mine should be，
I'd toss it yonder like a rind，
And taste eternity.
But now all ignorant of the length
Of time's uncertain wing，
It goads me like the goblin bee，
That will not state its sting.