[漣漪] 若是我毋捌看過日頭 ◎Emily Dickinson

 

若是我毋捌看過日頭

Nā-sī guá m̄ bat khuànn kuè li̍t-thâu

◎É-mi-lì Tí-khin-siàn (Emily Dickinson)

若是我毋捌看過日頭

Nā-sī guá m̄ bat khuànn kuè li̍t-thâu

我本底會使忍受陰影

Guá pún-té ē-sái lím-siū im-iánn

毋過光照出新的荒埔

M̄-koh kng tsiò-tshut sin ê hng-poo

我的荒埔就已經生成

Guá ê hng-poo tio̍h í-king senn-tsiânn

【註解】tsù-kái

若是 nā-sī：如果

毋捌 m̄ bat：不曾

日頭 li̍t-thâu/ji̍t-thâu：太陽

本底 pún-té：本來

會使 ē-sái：可以

毋過 m̄-kò：不過

荒埔 hng-poo：荒原、荒地

生成 senn-tsiânn/senn-sîng/sinn-tsiânn/sinn-sîng：為押韻唸tsiânn

英文原文：

Had I not seen the Sun

◎Emily Dickinson

Had I not seen the Sun

I could have borne the shade

But Light a newer Wilderness

My Wilderness has made—