《當(dāng)你年老時(shí)》 是葉芝 ( Yeats, —1939)早期名詩(shī) ,發(fā)表于 1893年 ,獻(xiàn)給比他小一歲多的愛爾蘭著名民族主義者毛德 · 崗 ( Maud Gonne, - 1953) 。該詩(shī)文字淺顯 ,敘述直白 ,意境優(yōu)美 ,深受讀者的喜愛 , 也被眾多國(guó)內(nèi)學(xué)者從不同角度進(jìn)行解讀。

When you are old

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.( 文章閱讀網(wǎng)：www.sanwen.net )

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(dāng)你老了（袁可嘉 譯）

當(dāng)你老了，頭發(fā)白了，睡意昏沉，

爐火旁打盹，請(qǐng)取下這部詩(shī)歌，

慢慢讀，回想你過(guò)去眼神的柔和，

回想它們昔日濃重的陰影；

多少人愛你青春歡暢的時(shí)辰，

愛慕你的美麗，假意或真心，

只有一個(gè)人愛你那朝圣者的靈魂，

愛你衰老了的臉上痛苦的皺紋；

垂下頭來(lái)，在紅光閃耀的爐子旁，

凄然地輕輕訴說(shuō)那愛情的消逝，

在頭頂?shù)纳缴纤従忰庵阶樱?/p>

在一群星星中間隱藏著臉龐。

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