當(dāng)你老了(冰心譯)

當(dāng)你老了（冰心譯）當(dāng)你老了，頭發(fā)花白，睡意沉沉，倦坐在爐邊，取下這本書來，慢慢讀著，追夢當(dāng)年的眼神，那柔美的神采與深幽的暈影。

多少人愛過你青春的片影，愛過你的美貌，以虛偽或是真情，惟獨(dú)一人愛你那朝圣者的心，愛你哀戚的臉上歲月的留痕。

在爐柵邊，你彎下了腰，

低語著，帶著淺淺的傷感，愛情是怎樣逝去，又怎樣步上群，怎樣在繁星之間藏住了臉。

WhenyouareOldPoemsbyWilliamButlerYeatsAbriefintroductiontoYeatsAfamouswriter,poetandpatriotlovedhiscountryandpeopleofIrelandWontheNobelPrizeforLiteraturein1923HisworksarecharacterizedbyRomanticismBackgroundofthepoemYeatsfirstmetthebeautifulactressMaudGonne,andfellinlovewithherdeeply.FormisunderstoodGonner’sletter,heproposedtoGonner,however,sherejected.Intotal,YeatsproposedtoGonnerforthreetimesinhislife,andturneddown.YeatslovedGonnerwithhisheartandsoul.Andthispoemwaswrittenforhispermanentlover-Gonner.ReadthispoemWhenyouareoldandgreyandfullofsleep,Andnoddingbythefire,takedownthisbook.

Andslowlyread,anddreamofthesoftlook,Youreyeshadonce,andoftheirshadowsdeep.

ReadthispoemHowmanylovedyourmomentsofgladgrace,

Andloveyourbeautywithlovefalseortrue.

Butonemanlovethepilgrimsoulinyou,

Andlovedthesorrowofyourchangingface.

grace~elegancepilgrim：朝圣者ReadthispoemAndbendingdownbesidetheglowingbars,Murmur,alittlesadly,howlovefled

Andpaleduponthemountainsoverhead,Andhidhisfaceamidacrowdofstars.murmur~whisperamid：在…其中FeatureofthepoemAstrongrhythmPlainlanguage,thewordsarecommomUnderstandingWhenyouareoldandgreyandfullofsleep,Andnoddingbythefire,takedown

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