William Butler Yeats - The Lover Pleads With His Friend for Old Friends 汉译

THOUGH you are in your shining days,

Voices among the crowd

And new friends busy with your praise,

Be not unkind or proud,

But think about old friends the most:

Time’s bitter flood will rise,

Your beauty perish and be lost

For all eyes but these eyes.

恋人替旧友们恳求女友

威廉·巴特勒·叶芝

虽然你正当闪光年华，

群众和新交的嗓音

都忙于把你赞夸，

但不要薄情或骄矜，

而应最多地想念旧友：

时光的苦涩洪水将泛起，

除了在这些眼里，在所有

眼里，你的美都将消失。