第15章 When You Are Old(1 / 2)

William

Butler

Yeats

When

you

are

old

and

grey

and

full

of

sleep,

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.

當你老了

威廉·巴特勒·葉芝

當你老了,頭發灰白,睡思昏沉,

爐火旁打盹,請取下這部詩歌,

慢慢讀,回想你過去眼神中的柔和

回想它們過去的濃重的陰影;

多少人愛你優雅歡暢的時候

愛慕你的美貌,不論出於假意或真心,

隻有一個人愛你那堅貞的靈魂,

愛你老去的容顏上那痛苦的皺紋。

躬身在紅光閃耀的爐火旁,