W. B. Yeats - Among School Children (VIII) 汉译

Labour is blossoming or dancing where

The body is not bruised to pleasure soul.

Nor beauty born out of its own despair,

Nor blear-eyed wisdom out of midnight oil.

O chestnut-tree, great-rooted blossomer,

Are you the leaf, the blossom or the bole?

O body swayed to music, O brightening glance,

How can we know the dancer from the dance?

在学童中间（八）

威廉·巴特勒·叶芝

只要肉体不为取悦灵魂而受损伤，

劳动就会绽开花朵或起舞蹁跹，

美不是生于它自身的绝望，

两眼昏花的智慧也不是出自夜半灯残。

呵，栗子树，根须粗壮繁花兴旺，

你究竟是叶子、花朵还是枝干？

呵，伴着音乐摇摆的身体，呵，照人的眼神，

我们怎能区别舞蹈和跳舞的人？