I Died For Beauty Poem by Luo Zhihai

★ I Died For Beauty

☆ by Emily Dickinson

I died for beauty, but was scarce
Adjusted in the tomb,
When one who died for truth was lain
In an adjoining room.

He questioned softly why I failed?
'For beauty, ' I replied.
'And I for truth - the two are one;
We brethren are, ' he said.

And so, as kinsmen met a-night,
We talked between the rooms,
Until the moss had reached our lips,
And covered up our names.


▲ Chinese Translation
★ 我为美而死

☆ [美] 艾米丽•狄金森（1830-1886） 诗
☆ [中] 罗志海 译

我为美而死，但缺乏
墓中的调整
其时，一位为真理而死的人就躺在
隔壁房间里

他轻轻地问我为什么失败？
"为了美，"我回答说
"我为真理，二者居一
我们是兄弟"他说

因此，如同一宿相逢的弟兄
我们隔着房间交谈
直到青苔爬上我们的嘴唇
掩盖了我们的名字


北京时间2014年12月14日翻译
Beijing time 12/14/2014 translation