W. B. Yeats - Solomon to Sheba 汉译

Sang Solomon to Sheba,  

And kissed her dusky face,  

‘All day long from mid-day  

We have talked in the one place,  

All day long from shadowless noon     

We have gone round and round  

In the narrow theme of love  

Like an old horse in a pound.’  

To Solomon sang Sheba,  

Planted on his knees,  

‘If you had broached a matter  

That might the learned please,  

You had before the sun had thrown  

Our shadows on the ground  

Discovered that my thoughts, not it,  

Are but a narrow pound.’  

Said Solomon to Sheba,  

And kissed her Arab eyes,  

‘There’s not a man or woman  

Born under the skies   

Dare match in learning with us two,  

And all day long we have found  

There’s not a thing but love can make  

The world a narrow pound.’