我啜饮过生活的芳醇

我啜饮过生活的芳醇

付出了什么，告诉你吧

不多不少，整整一生

他们说，这是市价。

他们称了我的分量

锱铢比计，毫厘不爽，

然后给了我我的生命所值

一滴，幸福的琼浆！

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I took one Draught of Life  (1725)

by Emily Dickinson 

I took one Draught of Life

I'll tell you what I paid

Precisely an existence

The market price, they said.

They weighed me, Dust by Dust

They balanced Film with Film,

Then handed me my Being's worth

A single Dram of Heaven!