Emily Dickinson, ”Paradoxal, experiența – Experience is the Angled Road”

Paradoxal, experiența,
Drum întortocheat,
E preferată minții – asta presupunând
Că ar conduce mintea …
Exact pe dos! – Prea complicată,
Autodisciplina obligă omul
S-aleagă – cu propria-i mână –
Predestinate, durerile.
-traducere de Catalina Franco-
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Experience is the Angled Road
Preferred against the Mind
By — Paradox — the Mind itself —
Presuming it to lead
Quite Opposite — How Complicate
The Discipline of Man —
Compelling Him to Choose Himself
His Preappointed Pain —