William Butler Yeats - The Unappeasable Host 汉译

THE Danaan children laugh, in cradles of wrought gold,

And clap their hands together, and half close their eyes,

For they will ride the North when the ger-eagle flies,

With heavy whitening wings, and a heart fallen cold:

I kiss my wailing child and press it to my breast,

And hear the narrow graves calling my child and me.

Desolate winds that cry over the wandering sea;

Desolate winds that hover in the flaming West;

Desolate winds that beat the doors of Heaven, and beat

The doors of Hell and blow there many a whimpering ghost;

O heart the winds have shaken, the unappeasable host

Is comelier than candles at Mother Mary's feet.

无法平息的大军

威廉·巴特勒·叶芝

妲娜的孩子们在纯金制造的摇篮中大笑，

拍合着他们的手掌，半闭着他们的眼睛，

因为他们将驰往北方，当那秃鹰煽动

沉重的白翼和一颗冷却了的心飞起之时：

我亲吻我的孩子，把他贴在我的前胸，

听见那些狭窄的墓穴呼唤我的孩子和我。

那在漫流的大海之上呼啸的凄凉的风；

那在燃烧的西方翱翔的凄凉的风；

那敲击天堂之门，敲击地狱之门，

在那里抽打许多呜咽鬼魂的凄凉的风；

呵，被风撼动了的心，那无法平息的大军

比圣母马利亚脚前的烛光更美丽。