当你老了

鲍海飞 译2010-4-20

When You are Old

W. B. 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. 

炉火闪闪腰下弯，

喃喃哀语爱逝远,

仿佛漫步高山颠，

融入群星藏起脸。