Emily Dickinson

As coisas que queríamos ter feito

Outras fizemos

E a tantas empreitadas

Nem começo se deu ―

As terras que queríamos ter visto

E nunca percorremos

A Hipótese deixada

Hipótese morrer ―

O Céu onde queríamos descanso

De tudo que sofremos

A Lógica não prova

Porém esse talvez ―

The things we thought that we should do

We other things have done

But those peculiar industries

Have never been begun ―

The Lands we thought that we should seek

When large enough to run

By Speculation ceded

To Speculation’s Son ―

The Heaven in which we hoped to pause

When Discipline was done

Untenable to Logic

But possibly the one ―

DICKINSON, Emily. Alguns poemas. Trad. José Lira. São Paulo: Iluminuras, 2008, p.102-103.