William Butler Yeats - When You Are Old 汉译

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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，头白了，睡意昏沉，

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，

回想它们昔日浓重的阴影；

多少人爱你青春欢畅的时辰，

爱慕你的美丽，假意或真心，

只有一个人爱你那朝圣者的灵魂，

爱你衰老了的脸上痛苦的皱纹；

垂下头来，在红光闪耀的炉子旁，

凄然地轻轻诉说那爱情的消逝，

在头顶的山上它缓缓踱着步子，

在一群星星中间隐藏着脸庞。

（袁可嘉 译）