Success is Counted Sweetest 成功最为甜蜜

Success is Counted Sweetest——Emily Elizabeth Dickinson

成功最为甜蜜

陈绍鹏 译

Success is counted sweetest

从未获得成功的人

By those who ne'er succeed.

认为成功最为甜蜜。

To comprehend a nectar

为了领略美酒的滋味

Requires sorest need.

需要经历痛苦的困境。

Not one of all the purple Host

那些王者之师

Who took the Flag today

如今夺取大旗

Can tell the definition

他们无法明确讲述

So clear of victory

成功的定义

As he defeated,dying,

战败者奄奄一息，

On whose forbidden ear

压抑的耳边响起

The distant strains of triumph

远方凯旋的乐曲

Burst agonized and clear!

让人心碎，痛苦，如此清晰！