There is no Frigate like a Book (1286)
EMILY DICKINSON
THERE is no frigate like a book
To take us lands away,
Nor any coursers like a page
Of prancing poetry.
This traverse may the poorest take
Without oppress of toll;
How frugal is the chariot
That bears a human soul!
書—無以比擬的快帆
埃米莉•狄更生
沒有快帆象書本那樣
把我們帶入異國他鄉
沒有駿馬象書頁那樣
上麵騰躍著鮮活詩章
哪怕是最最貧窮的人
也能乘著它遊山涉水
如此廉價的四輪馬車
承載的卻是人的靈魂
徐英才譯