down by the salley gardens by Yeats

Down By the Salley Gardens

BY WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS

 

Down by the salley gardens

   my love and I did meet;

She passed the salley gardens

   with little snow-white feet.

She bid me take love easy,

   as the leaves grow on the tree;

But I, being young and foolish,

   with her would not agree.

 

In a field by the river

   my love and I did stand,

And on my leaning shoulder

   she laid her snow-white hand.

She bid me take life easy,

   as the grass grows on the weirs;

But I was young and foolish,

   and now am full of tears.   

 

悠悠垂柳園

 

悠悠垂柳園

有我心愛相依陪， 

她漫步穿柳園

纖足盈瑩似雪飛

囑我愛情需柔緩

當如枝梢葉萌芽；

悔我年少又癡狂，

執意不從她。

 

河畔芳草田

有我心愛相倚傍，

纖手棲我肩

玉指潤白如雪揚。

囑我生活宜釋然，

當如青草擇堰昌；

悔我年少又癡狂，

今夕淚滿裳。