《I’m Nobody! Who Are You?》——Emily Dickinson

I’m nobody! Who are you?
Are you nobody, too?
Then there’s a pair of us — don’t tell!
They’d banish us, you know.
How dreary to be somebody!
How public, like a frog
To tell your name the livelong day
To an admiring bog!

《论享乐主义》（On Hedonism）

安妮·卡森

Beauty makes me hopeless.
I don’t care why anymore I just want to get away.
When I look at the city of Paris I long to wrap my legs around it.
When I watch you dancing there is a heartless immensity like a sailor in a dead - calm sea.
Desires as round as peaches bloom in me .
all night, I no longer gather what falls.

美使我绝望。
我不再介意为何我只想逃开。
看着巴黎城时，我渴望用腿缠绕它。
欣赏你跳舞时，那无情的浩渺如死寂大海中的水手。
欲望像桃子一样圆，整夜在我内部开放，我不再收集那些落下的。

《她走在美的光彩中》（She Walks in Beauty）是英国浪漫主义诗人乔治·戈登·拜伦（George Gordon Byron）的经典抒情诗。这首诗创作于1814年，首次发表于诗集《希伯来旋律》（Hebrew Melodies）。

1814年6月11日，拜伦在好友引荐下参加舞会，邂逅了身着丧服的表妹霍顿夫人（Lady Wilmot Horton），她的美丽容貌和优雅仪态令拜伦怦然心动，第二天拜伦便创作了此诗。

诗歌以其细腻的描写、深刻的主题和精妙的艺术手法，成为世界诗歌宝库中的璀璨明珠，传唱至今。

� She Walks in Beauty �
George Gordon Byron

She walks in beauty, like the night
Of cloudless climes and starry skies;
And all that’s best of dark and bright
Meet in her aspect and her eyes;
Thus mellowed to that tender light
Which heaven to gaudy day denies.

One shade the more, one ray the less,
Had half impaired the nameless grace
Which waves in every raven tress,
Or softly lightens o’er her face;
Where thoughts serenely sweet express
How pure, how dear their dwelling place.

And on that cheek, and o’er that brow,
So soft, so calm, yet eloquent
The smiles that win, the tints that glow.
But tell of days in goodness spent,
A mind at peace with all below,
A heart whose love is innocent!

� 她走在美丽的光彩中 �
乔治·戈登·拜伦

她走在美的光彩中，像夜晚皎洁无云而且繁星漫天；
明与暗的最美妙的色泽在她的仪容和秋波里呈现；
耀目的白天只嫌光太强，
它比那光亮柔和而幽暗。
增加或减少一份明与暗就会损害这难言的美。
美波动在她乌黑的发上，
或者散布淡淡的光辉在那脸庞，
恬静的思绪指明它的来处纯洁而珍贵。
呵，那额际，那鲜艳的面颊，
如此温和，平静，而又脉脉含情，
那迷人的微笑，那容颜的光彩，
都在说明一个善良的生命：
她的头脑安于世间的一切，
她的心充溢着真纯的爱情！

艾米莉·狄金森（Emily Dickinson，1830—1886），美国传奇诗人。她从25岁开始弃绝社交，在孤独中埋头写诗30年，留下诗稿1800余首，生前只发表过10首，其余都是去世后才出版为大众所知的。狄金森的诗主要写生活情趣，主题涉及自然、生命、信仰、友谊、爱情。她被视为20世纪现代主义诗歌的先驱之一。I Took One Draught of Life一诗凝练婉约、意向清新，描绘真切、精微，思想深沉，极富独创性。

I Took One Draught of Life
Emily Dickinson
I took one draught of life
I'll tell you what I paid
Precisely an existence
The market price, they said.

They weighed me, dust by dust
They balanced film with film,
Then handed me my being's worth
A single dram of heaven!




我啜饮过生活的芳醇
我啜饮过生活的芳醇——
付出了什么，告诉你吧——
不多不少，整整一生——
他们说，这是市价。

他们称了称我的分量——
锱铢必计，毫厘不爽，
然后给了我我的生命所值——
一滴，幸福的琼浆！
江枫 译

《She Walks in Beauty》——拜伦


这首诗描绘了一位美丽女子的形象，将外在美与内在美完美融合

She walks in beauty, like the night /

Of cloudless climes and starry skies; /

And all that's best of dark and bright /

Meet in her aspect and her eyes.

她走在美的光彩中，像夜晚 /

皎洁无云而且繁星漫天； /

明与暗的最美妙的色泽 /

在她的仪容和秋波里呈现。

《Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening》创作于1922年6月，当时罗伯特·弗罗斯特在佛蒙特州沙夫茨伯里的家中，他刚完成诗集《新罕布什尔》的长诗创作，通宵未眠的他在清晨出门观赏日出时，突然灵感涌现，在短短几分钟内便完成了此诗.

弗罗斯特一生多闲居乡里，其作品常以美国新英格兰乡村为背景，具有浓厚乡土气息和田园情趣，此诗也不例外.20世纪上半叶，美国现代文学流派众多，意象派、旋涡派、芝加哥派等异彩纷呈，而弗罗斯特选择了遵循和发展古罗马田园诗歌创作传统，以乡村生活为主题进行创作，与当时主流创作道路不同，这一选择使他在创作过程中倍感孤独与艰辛，此诗某种程度上也是他对自己所坚守的创作道路和生活方式的坚定表达.
《Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening》（雪夜林畔小驻）——Robert Frost（罗伯特·弗罗斯特）

Whose woods these are I think I know.
His house is in the village though;
He will not see me stopping here
To watch his woods fill up with snow.

My little horse must think it queer
To stop without a farmhouse near
Between the woods and frozen lake
The darkest evening of the year.

He gives his harness bells a shake
To ask if there is some mistake.
The only other sound's the sweep
Of easy wind and downy flake.

The woods are lovely, dark and deep,
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep.

这首诗描绘了一个雪夜，主人公在树林边停留的场景。诗中通过对自然景色（树林、雪等）的描写，还有马的反应，来体现一种静谧的氛围，同时也表达出自己还有职责（“promises to keep”）在身，不能久留的复杂情绪。

The Goodness of Life
Though there is much to be concerned about, there is far, far more for which to be thankful. Though life’s goodness can at times be overshadowed, it is never outweighed.
For every single act that is senselessly destructive, there are thousands more small, quiet acts of love, kindness and compassion.
For every person who seeks to hurt, there are many, many more who devote their lives to helping and to healing.
There is goodness to life that cannot be denied.In the most magnificent vistas and in the smallest details, look closely, for that goodness always comes shining through.
There is no limit to the goodness of life.
It grows more abundant with each new encounter.
The more you experience and appreciate the goodness of life, the more there is to be lived.
Even when the cold winds blow and the world seems to be covered in foggy shadows, the goodness of life lives on.
Open your eyes, open your heart, and you will see that goodness is everywhere.
Though the goodness of life seems at times to suffer setbacks, it always endures.
For in the darkest moment it becomes vividly clear that life is a priceless treasure.
And so the goodness of life is made even stronger by the very things that would oppose it.
Time and time again when you feared it was gone forever you found that the goodness of life was really only a moment away.
Around the next corner, inside every moment, the goodness of life is there to surprise and delight you.
Take a moment to let the goodness of life touch your spirit and calm your thoughts.
Then, share your good fortune with another.
For the goodness of life grows more and more magnificent each time it is given away.
Though the problems constantly scream for attention and the conflicts appear to rage ever stronger, the goodness of life grows stronger still, quietly, peacefully, with more purpose and meaning than ever before.

生命的美好尽管有很多事让人忧虑，但相比而言，值得感激的事要多得多。尽管生命的美好有时被蒙上阴影，但它却永远不会被埋没。相对于每一个无谓的破坏行为而言，都有更多数以千计更为微小的，包含着爱，友善和同情的举动静静地上演着。相对于每一个试图伤害他人的人而言，都有更多的人致力于帮助他人，治愈他人的创伤。生命的美好不能否认。在最为壮观的前景和最为琐碎的细节中，请仔细观察，因为美好的事物总是散发着耀眼的光芒闪亮登场。生命的美好没有界限。每一次相遇都会使这美好变得越发丰富。你经历得越多，越能欣赏生命的美好，生命中的美好就会变得越多。即使当寒风袭来，整个世界似乎被雾气掩盖之时，生命的美好仍会存在。睁开双眼，打开心扉，你就会发现这美好无处不在。尽管生命的美好有时似乎遭受挫折，但它总会挺过来。因为，在最黑暗的时刻，有一点变得格外清楚，那就是，生命是无价的财富。因此，下正是与生命的美好相对立的事物使其越发强大。无数次地，当你担心这美好已经远离之时，你会发现生命的美好其实只与你相隔须臾。它就在下一角落，存在于每个时刻之间，等着给你惊喜。花些时间让生命的美好感动自己的灵魂，放松自己的思绪。然后，把你的幸运与他人分享。因为生命的美好会在每次给予之间变得越来越壮观。尽管总是有问题让你去关注，冲突也似乎愈演愈烈，但生命的美好却总是静静地，平和地，带着比以往更强的意志和更多的价值变得更加强大。