2010-01-17

叶芝《当你老了》

英文原作:

When You Are Old

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.

袁可嘉翻译的版本:

当你老了,头白了,睡意昏沉,
炉火旁打盹,请取下这部诗歌,
慢慢读,回想你过去眼神的柔和,
回想它们昔日浓重的阴影;

多少人爱你青春欢畅的时辰,
爱慕你的美丽,假意或真心,
只有一个人爱你那朝圣者的灵魂,
爱你衰老了的脸上痛苦的皱纹;

垂下头来,在红光闪耀的炉子旁,
凄然地轻轻诉说那爱情的消逝,
在头顶的山上它缓缓踱着步子,
在一群星星中间隐藏着脸庞。

是不是让你想起了一首歌词,对的,这就是水木年华的《一生有你》,歌词如下:

因为梦见你离开
我从哭泣中醒来
看夜风吹过窗台
你能否感受我的爱
等到老去的一天
你是否还在我身边
看那些誓言谎言
随往事慢慢飘散
多少人曾爱慕你年轻时的容颜
可是谁能承受岁月无情的变迁
多少人曾在你生命中来了又还
可知一生有你我都陪在你身边

当所有一切都已看平淡
是否有一种精致还留在心田
喔哦~~~~~~

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