如果记住就是忘却---狄金森

如果记忆就是忘却
我将不再回忆
如果忘却就是记住
我多么接近于忘却
如果相思
是娱乐
而哀悼
是喜悦
那些手指何等欢快
今天 采撷到了这些
If
recollecting were forgetting
Then I
remember not
And if
forgetting recollecting
How near I
had forgot
And if to
miss were merry
And to
mourn were gay
How very
blithe the fingers
That
gathered this Today
假如我没有见过太阳
如果我不曾见过太阳
然而阳光已使我的荒凉
成为更新的荒凉
Had I not seen the Sun
by Dickinson
Had I not seen the
sun I could have borne the shade But Light a newer Wilderness My
Wilderness has made
按:该诗秉承了狄金森一贯简洁的诗风,四行两句,意蕴无穷。当你拥有过幸福的体验,任何一点苦难都会变得格外明显强烈。人为什么会麻木,因为从出生到死亡都生活在一种单一的情绪中,所以安于这种生活而没有任何跌宕的感受,就像《美丽新世界》被安排好的人生,但一旦某个人的感情被触动,他体会到一种别样的而前所未有的东西,就再也没办法忍受那固有的“黑暗”了。
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