W. B. Yeats - In Memory of Major Robert Gregory（1）汉译

NOW that we’re almost settled in our house  

I’ll name the friends that cannot sup with us  

Beside a fire of turf in the ancient tower,  

And having talked to some late hour  

Climb up the narrow winding stair to bed:     

Discoverers of forgotten truth  

Or mere companions of my youth,  

All, all are in my thoughts to-night, being dead. 

纪念罗伯特•格雷戈里少校(一)

 威廉·巴特勒·叶芝

既然我们在我们的宅子里差不多都安顿停当，

我就要提起那些不能在这古塔中

烧着泥炭的壁炉边与我们共进晚餐，

畅谈到深夜某个时辰，然后

爬上狭窄的螺旋楼梯去睡觉的朋友们：

久已遗忘了的真理的发现者们

或仅仅是我青年时代的伙伴们，

今夜全都，全都在我的思忆中，虽说已故去。