當你年老的時候 (圖)

老三吟：春之早晨，夏之黃昏，秋日午後，江南天井那份況味別有一番韻致。

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---經典重溫　

葉芝William Butler Yeats （June 13， 1865-January 28， 1939）　



當你老了，白發蒼蒼，睡意朦朧，　　

在爐前打盹，請取下這本詩篇，　　

慢慢吟詠，夢見你當年的雙眼　　

那柔美的光芒與青幽的暈影；　　

多少人真情假意，愛過你的美麗，

愛過你歡樂而迷人的青春，

唯獨一人愛過你朝聖者的心，　

愛你日益凋謝的臉上的哀戚；　

當你佝僂著，在灼熱的爐柵邊，　

你將輕輕訴說，帶著一絲傷感，

逝去的愛，如今已步上高山，

在密密星群裏埋藏著它的赧顏。

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 lookYour 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 fledAnd paced upon the mountains overheadAnd hid his face amid a crowd of stars.