若是我毋捌看過日頭 ◎Emily Dickinson

若是我毋捌看過日頭

Nā-sī guá m̄ bat khuànn kuè li̍t-thâu

◎É-mi-lì Tí-khin-siàn (Emily Dickinson)／Ông Sìn-lû 譯 i̍k

若是我毋捌看過日頭

Nā-sī guá m̄ bat khuànn kuè li̍t-thâu

我本底會使忍受陰影

Guá pún-té ē-sái lím-siū im-iánn

毋過光照出新的荒埔

M̄-koh kng tsiò-tshut sin ê hng-poo

我的荒埔就已經生成

Guá ê hng-poo tio̍h í-king senn-tsiânn

【註解】tsù-kái

若是（nā-sī）：如果

毋捌（m̄ bat）：不曾

日頭（li̍t/ji̍t-thâu）：太陽

本底（pún-té）：本來

會使（ē-sái）：可以

毋過（m̄-kò）：不過

荒埔（hng-poo）：荒原、荒地

生成（senn-tsiânn/senn-sîng/sinn-tsiânn/sinn-sîng）：為押韻唸「tsiânn」

【英文原文】Ing-bûn guân-bûn

Had I not seen the Sun

◎Emily Dickinson

Had I not seen the Sun

I could have borne the shade

But Light a newer Wilderness

My Wilderness has made—