英文
121. My Life Closed Twice before Its Close
——E. Dickinson
My life closed twice before its close;
It yet remains to see
If Immortality unveil
A third event to me,
So huge, so hopeless to conceive,
As these that twice befell.
Parting is all we know of heaven,
And all we need of hell.
中文
121 我的生命在终结前已终结过两次
狄金森
我的生命在终结前已终结过两次,
然而,它依然存在,想看看
不朽是否会为我
展示第三次终结,
那么严峻,那么无望,
就像前两次那样。
分离,是我们对天堂所知的一切,
也是我们对地狱所需的全部。