Success is Counted Sweetest——Emily Elizabeth Dickinson

成功最為甜蜜

陳紹鵬 譯

Success is counted sweetest

從未獲得成功的人

By those who ne'er succeed.

認(rèn)為成功最為甜蜜。

To comprehend a nectar

為了領(lǐng)略美酒的滋味

Requires sorest need.

需要經(jīng)歷痛苦的困境。

Not one of all the purple Host

那些王者之師

Who took the Flag today

如今奪取大旗

Can tell the definition

他們無法明確講述

So clear of victory

成功的定義

As he defeated,dying,

戰(zhàn)敗者奄奄一息，

On whose forbidden ear

壓抑的耳邊響起

The distant strains of triumph

遠方凱旋的樂曲

Burst agonized and clear!

讓人心碎，痛苦，如此清晰！