William Butler Yeats - A Dream of Death 汉译

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Near no accustomed hand;

And they had nailed the boards above her face

The peasants of that land,

Wondering to lay her in that solitude,

And raised above her mound

A cross they had made out of two bits of wood,

And planted cypress round;

And left her to the indifferent stars above

Until I carved these words:

She was more beautiful than thy first love,

But now lies under boards.

梦死

威廉·巴特勒·叶芝

我梦见有一人死在一个陌生地方，

身边无故又无亲；

他们钉起几块木板遮盖她的面庞，

那些当地的农民

好奇地把她安置在那荒郊野地里，

又在她的坟顶上

把一具两根木头做的十字架竖起，

四周种柏树成行；

从此把她留给头顶上冷漠的星辉

直到我刻下此话：

她曾经比你初恋的爱人还要美丽，

如今却睡在地下。