當你老了 (十三姨夫 譯)
文章來源: 十三姨夫2009-08-23 08:02:52





當你老了

W.B.葉芝
翻譯:十三姨夫


當你老了,滿頭白發
在爐火旁昏昏欲睡
目光,緩緩滑過
往日的詩行
你是否夢見自己依然年輕
低垂的睫毛和溫柔的目光


多少人曾癡迷你青春的魅力
多少人曾傾心你美麗的麵龐
但是,隻有他一心愛著你的靈魂
和老去容顏下淡淡的憂傷


爐火,映出傴僂的身影
空屋,回蕩著愛情消逝的吟唱
抬頭遙望遠山
他的笑容卻在滿天的星鬥中
隱隱綻放



When You are Old

William Butler Yeats


WHEN you are old and gray 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.