19. 试译艾米莉·狄金森诗选 第一部分 生活

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    THE MYSTERY OF PAIN

    Pain has an element of blank;

    It cannot recollect

    When it began,or if there were

    A day when it was not.

    It has no future but itself,

    Its infinite realms contain

    Its past,enlightened to perceive

    New periods of pain.

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痛苦的奥秘

痛苦有种空白要素;

它无法回溯

何时开始，或否存在

某一天它了无踪迹。

它没有未来，只有自己。

它的无限领域包括

它的过去，启迪感知

新的痛苦周期。