讀詩 - 葉慈《當你老了》

 

《當你老了》

詩/葉慈 譯/余光中

當你年老，頭白，

睡意正昏昏，

在爐火邊打盹，

請取下此書，

慢慢閱讀，

且夢見你的美目

往昔的溫婉，眸影有多深；

夢見多少人愛你優雅的韶光，

愛你的美貌，

不論假意或真情，

可是有一人愛你朝聖的心靈，

愛你臉上青春難駐的哀傷；

於是你俯身在熊熊的爐邊，

有點惘然，

低訴愛情已飛颺，

而且逡巡在群峰之上，

把臉龐隱藏在星座之間。

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When You Are Old

BY WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS

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;

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.