W. B. Yeats - The Old Men Admiring themselves in the Water 汉译

I heard the old, old men say,

“Everything alters,

And one by one we drop away.”

They had hands like claws, and their knees

Were twisted like the old thorn-trees

By the waters.

I heard the old, old men say,

“All that’s beautiful drifts away

Like the waters.”

水中自我欣赏的老人

威廉·巴特勒·叶芝

我听很老的老人说：

“万物都变易，

我们也一个个凋落。”

他们手如雀爪，双膝

似水边的老荆棘树枝，

疤节生累累。

我听很老的老人语：

“美好的一切终逝去，

就象这流水。”