疲れた風が――ノックする――

The Wind — tapped like a tired Man —

 

The Wind — tapped like a tired Man —

And like a Host — “Come in”

I boldly answered — entered then

My Residence within

 

A Rapid — footless Guest —

To offer whom a Chair

Were as impossible as hand

A Sofa to the Air —

 

No Bone had He to bind Him —

His Speech was like the Push

Of numerous Humming Birds at once

From a superior Bush —

 

His Countenance — a Billow —

His Fingers, as He passed

Let go a music — as of tunes

Blown tremulous in Glass —

 

He visited — still flitting —

Then like a timid Man

Again, He tapped — ’twas flurriedly —

And I became alone –

 

Emily Dickinson

 

疲れた風が――ノックする――

 

疲れた風が――ノックする――

屋敷の主のように――

「どうぞ」と応えると――

中に入ってくる

 

足がないのに――敏捷な客――

椅子を勧めるのは

大気にソファーを

出せないのと同じ――

 

形を整える骨はなく――

声は高い繁みから

ハチドリが大勢

一度に現れたよう――

 

彼の顔は膨らみ――

通り過ぎると

指は窓に調べを

かき鳴らす――

 

震えながらやってきた――

今度もおずおずと――

いきなり激しくドアの音を立てる――

私は独りになった――

 

エミリー・ディキンソン