無人關注的小薔薇

文◎Emily Dickinson

無人關注的小薔薇

文◎Emily Dickinson

Nobody Knows this Little Rose

Nobody knows this little Rose

It might a pilgrim①pilgrim 英 ['p?lgr?m] 美 ['p?lɡr?m] n. 朝圣者；漫游者；（美）最初的移民vi. 去朝圣；漫游be

Did I not take it from the ways

And lift it up to thee.

Only a Bee will miss it

Only a Butterfly,

Hastening②hasten 英 ['he?s(?)n] 美 ['hesn] vt. 加速；使趕緊；催促vi. 趕快；急忙from far journey

On its breast to lie

Only a Bird will wonder

Only a Breeze will sigh

Ah Little Rose — how easy

For such as thee to die!

沒有人知道這枝小小薔薇

若不是我把它 摘下獻給你

它依舊會在路邊

像個朝圣者 花開寂寂

僅有一只蜜蜂會思念它

僅有一只蝴蝶

經(jīng)過遙遠的旅程 匆匆飛來在它的花蕊中停歇

僅有鳥兒會驚奇

僅有微風會嘆息

唉 這枝小小薔薇 同你一樣這么容易枯萎至死