When you are old ? 當(dāng)你老了

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--- William Butler Yeats ? 威廉·巴特勒·葉芝

When you are old and grey and full of sleep, ? 當(dāng)你老了，頭發(fā)花白，睡意沉沉，

And nodding by the fire，take down this book, ? 倦坐在爐邊，取下這本書來，

And slowly read,and dream of the soft look ? 慢慢讀著，追夢當(dāng)年的眼神

Your eyes had once,and of their shadows deep; ? 你那柔美的神采與深幽的暈影。

How many loved your moments of glad grace, ? 多少人愛過你曇花一現(xiàn)的身影，

And loved your beauty with love false or true, ? 愛過你的美貌，以虛偽或真情，

But one man loved the pilgrim Soul in you ? 惟獨一人曾愛你那朝圣者的心，

And loved the sorrows of your changing face; ? 愛你哀戚的臉上歲月的留痕。

And bending down beside the glowing bars, ? 在爐罩邊低眉彎腰，

Murmur,a little sadly,how Love fled ? 憂戚沉思，喃喃而語，

And paced upon the mountains overhead ? 愛情是怎樣逝去，又怎樣步上群山，

And hid his face amid a crowd of stars. ? 怎樣在繁星之間藏住了臉。

多少人曾愛慕你年輕時的容顏，可知誰愿承受歲月無情的變遷。

多少人曾在你生命中來了又還，可知一生有你我都陪在你身邊

你是一個浪漫的詩人，而她喜歡強壯的戰(zhàn)士。