Life marches on, but I've been staying on that island.
(Emily Dickinson, translated by Viv)
我与每一阵吹来的风打赌
我与每一阵吹来的风打赌
直到把自然激怒
他便派一个真相来探访我
将我的气球击落——
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I Bet With Every Wind That Blew
I bet with every Wind that blew
Till Nature in chagrin
Employed a Fact to visit me
And scuttle my Balloon —