（Emily Dickinson，1830 – 1886）

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譯記：充滿活力的夏日，不可避免地要逝去。而幾絲惆悵、釋然、還有超越的希望，難以察覺，無從衡量，卻被狄金森的詩行捕捉到了。

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“無法察覺地，猶如愁緒”

（美）狄金森
舒嘯 譯

無法察覺地，猶如愁緒

夏日已然逝去 —

絲毫無法察覺，簡直

不像是背信棄義 — 

這是淨化出的靜寂

暮色已經開始了許久

或許是自然與她自己

度過了幽居的午後 -- 

黃昏提前臨蒞 — 

晨光已形如陌路 — 

禮貌而又煩擾的風儀

就像賓客即將離去 —

就這樣，沒有羽翼

或是龍骨支撐的船體

我們的夏日輕輕地逃逸

進入美麗的境地

(J1540 / Fr935)

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Dickinson 原詩：

“As imperceptibly as Grief”

As imperceptibly as Grief

The Summer lapsed away —

Too imperceptible, at last

To seem like Perfidy —

A Quietness distilled

As Twilight long begun

Or Nature spending with herself

Sequestered Afternoon —

The Dusk drew earlier in —

The Morning foreign shone —

A courteous, yet harrowing Grace

As Guest that would be gone —

And thus without a Wing

Or service of a Keel

Our Summer made her light escape

Into the Beautiful

(J1540 / Fr935)

另：該詩有五個版本。第一個版本有8節，如下：

As imperceptibly as Grief

The Summer lapsed away -

Too imperceptible at last

To feel like Perfidy -

A Quietness distilled -

As Twilight long begun -

Or Nature - spending with Herself

Sequestered Afternoon -

Sobriety inhered

Though gaudy influence

The Maple lent unto the Road

And graphic Consequence

Invested sombre place -

As suddenly be worn

By sober Individual

A Homogeneous Gown.

Departed was the Bird -

And scarcely had the Hill -

A flower to help His straightened face

In stress of Burial -

The Winds came closer up -

The Cricket spoke so clear

Presumption was - His Ancestors

Inherited the Floor -

The Dusk drew earlier in -

The Morning foreign shone -

The courteous, but harrowing Grace

Of Guest who would be gone -

And thus, without a Wing

Or service of a Keel -

Our Summer made Her light Escape

Unto the Beautiful -