Experiment to me by Emily Dickinson

Испытан пробой мной
знакомый мне, любой -
пуста ли сердцевина?
Чертами скорлупа
на дереве родном
блага на вид вполне,
но суть внутри нужна ядром
как белкам, так и мне.



[David Preest:
Emily in her unusually restricted life was understandably
always on the look out for kindred spirits. Just as all nuts
on the tree look the same but only those with kernels inside
are of use to squirrels, so Emily is only interested in a new
acquaintance if his ‘inner man’ provides food for her spirit.
Vinnie once remarked that Emily was always on the lookout for
the rewarding person. In her novel 'Anne of Ingleside'
L.M. Montgomery shows the heroine on the lookout for people who,
as she puts it, ‘belong to the house of Joseph.’]

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Experiment to me by Emily Dickinson

Experiment to me               
Is every one I meet             
If it contain a Kernel?         
The Figure of a Nut             
Presents upon a Tree            
Equally plausibly,               
But Meat within, is requisite   
To Squirrels, and to Me.