Elinor Wylie - Prophecy 汉译

  In the middle of an elder wood,

With the back door blind and bolted shut,

  And the front door locked for good.

I shall lie folded like a saint,

  Lapped in a scented linen sheet,

On a bedstead striped with bright-blue paint,

  Narrow and cold and neat.

The midnight will be glassy black

  Behind the panes, with wind about

To set his mouth against a crack

  And blow the candle out.

预言

埃莉诺·怀利

在一片赤杨树林的中间，

有间屋把躺着的我藏匿；

它堵死的后门下了门闩，

前门也永远锁起。

我将被包得像圣徒一样，

薰香的亚麻被单裹一条，

躺在翠蓝条纹的床架上，

细狭洁净又冷峭。

窗玻璃外面将昏沉漆黑，

午夜时只听得风声呼啸；

它要找一条墙缝凑上嘴，

吹得那残烛灭掉。