Edith M. Thomas - The Deep-Sea Pearl 汉译

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As love unto others is cast;

For mine was a secret wound—

But the wound grew a black pearl, at last.

The divers may come and go,

The tides, they arise and fall;

The pearl in its shell lies sealed,
And the Deep sea covers all.

深海下的珍珠

——伊迪丝·M·托马斯

生活中我爱情的来临

同人家的爱情都相殊；

我爱情是隐秘的创伤——

但最终却长出颗珍珠。

任潜水采珠者来又去，

任潮汐涨起了又退掉；

这珍珠密封在壳里面，

而深海把一切都笼罩。