A Narrow Fellow in the Grass

DCCCCLXXXVI（986）

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 A narrow Fellow in the Grass
Occasionally rides—
You may have met Him—did you not
His notice sudden is— 

The Grass divides as with a Comb—
A spotted shaft is seen—
And then it closes at your feet
And opens further on— 

He likes a Boggy Acre
A Floor too cool for Corn—
Yet when a Boy, and Barefoot—
I more than once at Morn 

Have passed, I thought, a Whip lash
Unbraiding in the Sun
When stooping to secure it
It wrinkled, and was gone— 

Several of Nature's People
I know, and they know me—
I feel for them a transport
Of cordiality— 

But never met this Fellow
Attended, or alone
Without a tighter breathing
And Zero at the Bone— 

一个细长的家伙 986．

艾米莉•迪金森（1830-1886）
王道余译

一个细长的家伙
有时在草丛里驰骋——
你可能见过——是不？
他的出现，很突兀——

草儿像被梳子分开——
现出利箭带斑——
然后在你的脚边合拢，
又一路打开向前——

它喜欢潮湿的地盘，
泥土要凉得不生五谷——
但当年小孩时，赤着足——
我曾多次在上午

走过，当它是阳光里
摊开的绳鞭
想弯腰把它拾起
它却蜷缩，然后不见——

自然界好些人士

我也认识，他们对我也熟悉——
他们让我心里涌起
一片真情实意——

但每次碰见这个家伙，
不管是有伴，还是单独
总是呼吸急促
还冰凉侵骨——