What happens when you die? A poetic inquiry

Take a ride in Emily Dickinson's chariot.

翻译人员: 校对人员: Carol Wang

让我们登上埃米莉·狄更生 (Emily Dickinson) 的马车，

But beware... there's no turning back.

不过请当心，

此路可一去不返。

"Because I could not stop for Death" by Emily Dickinson

《因为我不能为死亡停下脚步》

作者：埃米莉·狄更生

（马蹄声）

(马嘶声）

Because I could not stop for Death – He kindly stopped for me –

因为我不能为死亡停下脚步——

他为我停下，友善和气——

（关门声）（马嘶声）

The Carriage held but just Ourselves – And Immortality.

马车只载着我俩——

还有永生。

We slowly drove – He knew no haste And I had put away

我们驱车慢行——

他知道不急；

而我已放下工作，

My labor and my leisure too, For His Civility –

也放下了闲暇，

缘他彬彬有礼——

We passed the School, where Children strove

我们经过一所学校，

正值课间休息——

At Recess – in the Ring – We passed the Fields of Gazing Grain –

孩子们围圈游戏——

我们经过谷穗闪光的田野——

We passed the Setting Sun –

我们经过徐徐落日——

Or rather – He passed Us – The Dews drew quivering and Chill –

或者确切地说——

落日路过了我们——

露珠瑟瑟，

寒意来袭——

For only Gossamer, my Gown – My Tippet – only Tulle –

我的长袍，只是薄纱——

我的披肩，仅是绢网——

We paused before a House that seemed A Swelling of the Ground –

我们在一座房前止步，

它像地里凸起的鼓包——

The Roof was scarcely visible – The Cornice – in the Ground –

屋顶几乎不可见——

屋檐——埋入土里——

（马嘶声）

Since then – 'tis Centuries – and yet Feels shorter than the Day

自那以后——

多个世纪过去——

却感觉

不及一天漫长，

I first surmised the Horses' Heads Were toward Eternity –

那天我第一次发现

马车

在驶向永恒——