They say that Time assuages by Emily Dickinson

Мол, скажут, «время утолит» -
не утолить ему,-
как с ростом крепнуть связкам,
так с днями - яви мук...

Жизнь - испытанье бед,
не умеренье мук... 
А "время - лечит" то же, что
"не возникал недуг".





[David Preest:
Emily characteristically wonders if a commonly held belief,
in this poem the belief that ‘Time is a great healer,’
is true after all, and, having concluded that it is not,
adds the point that if Time were a Remedy, it would prove
that there had been no Malady in the first place.
Emily, also characteristically, does not say what malady
was teaching her this lesson at the time of writing the poem,
but three years later she quoted the second stanza in
a letter (L319) to Thomas Higginson to show him that
she was still suffering from the death of her dog, Carlo,
six months after it had happened.]

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They say that "Time assuages" -- by Emily Dickinson

They say that "Time assuages" --    
Time never did assuage --            
An actual suffering strengthens      
As Sinews do, with age --            

Time is a Test of Trouble --         
But not a Remedy --               
If such it prove, it prove too      
There was no Malady --