英诗中译

一只垂死的老虎——为解渴悲鸣

作者：狄金森  Emily Dickinson

翻译：Tulip

一只垂死的老虎——为解渴悲鸣

我搜遍了整个沙漠

抓住了一个滴水岩

用我的手把水托起

上帝浩瀚的地球——在死亡中朦胧——

但在搜索——我能看到

在视网膜上的幻觉

有水的——还有我的——

我没有归咎于他——速度太慢——

他没有过失——他死了

当我赶到他面前时——

不过这是——事实,他已死了——

2012年6月23日

翻译：Tulip

A Dying Tiger—moaned for Drink

by Emily Dickinson

A Dying Tiger—moaned for Drink—
I hunted all the Sand—
I caught the Dripping of a Rock
And bore it in my Hand—

His Mighty Balls—in death were thick—
But searching—I could see
A Vision on the Retina
Of Water—and of me—

'Twas not my blame—who sped too slow—
'Twas not his blame—who died
While I was reaching him—
But 'twas—the fact that He was dead—