W. B. Yeats - An Appointment 汉译

Being out of heart with government

I took a broken root to fling

Where the proud, wayward squirrel went,

Taking delight that he could spring;

And he, with that low whinnying sound

That is like laughter, sprang again

And so to the other tree at a bound.

Nor the tame will, nor timid brain,

Nor heavy knitting of the brow

Bred that fierce tooth and cleanly limb

And threw him up to laugh on the bough;

No govermnent appointed him.

任命

威廉·巴特勒·叶芝

对政府感到心灰意冷，

我捡起一块断树根抛向

那骄傲、任性的松鼠活动的地方，

让它跳跃起来以取乐；

它，发出象笑声似的

低低的响鼻，再次起跳，

一跃而上了另一棵树枝。

驯顺的意志，羞怯的大脑，

眉头的紧锁都不会

培育那凶猛的牙齿和清洁的肢体，

把它撵上高枝去大笑；

没有政府任命它。