狄金森雙語詩歌:在我腦海中，一場葬禮正在進行

在我腦海中，一場葬禮正在進行

在我腦海中，一場葬禮正在進行，

哀悼者來來回回

不停地踏步，踏步，直到

我的感覺被穿透——

當他們全體落座，

儀式開始，像鼓點——

不斷地敲擊，敲擊，直到

我的意識逐漸麻木——

我聽見人們抬起棺木——

從我的靈魂上嘎吱走過

仍舊穿著同樣的，鉛靴，

空間，響起鐘鳴，

天堂仿佛化為喪鐘，

存在，僅以耳朵聽見，

我與寂靜，形同異族

在此孤獨，朽爛——

接著理性的木板，開始崩裂

我不斷跌落，跌落——

每次下墜，都撞擊著彼岸，

之后，失去所有知覺——

I felt a Funeral, in my Brain

I felt a Funeral, in my Brain,

And Mourners to and fro

Kept treading—treading—till it seemed

That Sense was breaking through—

And when they all were seated,

A Service, like a Drum—

Kept beating—beating—till I thought

My Mind was going numb—

And then I heard them lift a Box

And creak across my Soul

With those same Boots of Lead, again,

Then Space—began to toll,

As all the Heavens were a Bell,

And Being, but an Ear,

And I, and Silence, some strange Race

Wrecked, solitary, here—

And then a Plank in Reason, broke,

And I dropped down, and down—

And hit a World, at every plunge,

And Finished knowing—then—