A Poet To His Beloved 
詩人寫給他的至愛

by William Butler Yeats
葉芝

I BRING you with reverent hands
我用虔敬的雙手帶給你

The books of my numberless dreams,
由我的無數夢想填滿的書籍

White woman that passion has worn
潔白的女子，那激情已經消彌

As the tide wears the dove-grey sands,
猶如潮水磨洗鴿子般的灰色沙粒

And with heart more old than the horn
並帶著顆比號角更老的心

That is brimmed from the pale fire of time:
因時光的蒼白火焰而被充盈：

White woman with numberless dreams,
有著無數夢想的潔白女子，

I bring you my passionate rhyme.
我帶給你我熾熱的詩韻。