W. B. Yeats - Blood and the Moon (IV) 汉译

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And seem to cling upon the moonlit skies,

Tortoiseshell butterflies, peacock butterflies,

A couple of night-moths are on the wing.

Is every modern nation like the tower,

Half dead at the top? No matter what I said,

For wisdom is the property of the dead,

A something incompatible with life; and power,

Like everything that has the stain of blood,

A property of the living; but no stain

Can come upon the visage of the moon

When it has looked in glory from a cloud.

血和月(四)

威廉·巴特勒·叶芝

紧贴那些尘封的、微明的窗户，

仿佛在明月辉映的天空上紧贴，

龟背纹蝴蝶、孔雀斑蝴蝶。

一两只夜蛾在翩翩飞舞。

是否每个现代国家都象这塔，

顶端半死？无论我说什么，

因智慧是死者的财富，

一种与生命不相容的东西；而权力，

象一切沾有血污的东西一样

是生者的财富；但是没有污迹

能够沾染月亮的面容，

当它从云缝中得意地窥望时。