[ZT] 叶芝的诗--当你老了

在《The Rose》 诗集中，还有他的另外一首名诗 “When You Are Old”。

When You Are Old
by: William Butler Yeats (1865-1939)

When you are old and grey and full of sleep,
And nodding by the fire, take down this book,
And slowly read, and dream of the soft look
Your eyes had once, and of their shadows deep;

How many loved your moments of glad grace,
And loved your beauty with love false or true,
But one man loved the pilgrim soul in you,
And loved the sorrows of your changing face;

And bending down beside the glowing bars,
Murmur, a little sadly, how Love fled
And paced upon the mountains overhead
And hid his face amid a crowd of stars.


《当你老了》

当你老了，白发苍苍，睡思昏沉，
炉火旁打盹，请取下这部诗歌，
慢慢读，回想你过去眼神的柔和，
回想它们过去的浓重的阴影；

多少人爱你年轻欢畅的时候，
爱慕你的美丽，假意或真心地，
只有一个人爱你那朝圣者的灵魂，
爱你已改的容颜所呈现出的哀伤；

躬身在红光闪耀的炉火旁，
凄然地轻轻诉说那爱情的消逝，
他漫步走上高高的山峦，
在群星间隐藏着脸庞。


*转自广陵晓阳的博客，很喜欢，收藏了