W. B. Yeats - The Choice 汉译

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Perfection of the life, or of the work,

And if it take the second must refuse

A heavenly mansion, raging in the dark.

When all that story’s finished, what’s the news?

In luck or out the toil has left its mark:

That old perplexity an empty purse,

Or the day’s vanity, the night’s remorse.

选择

威廉·巴特勒·叶芝

人的理智被迫要选择

生活，或工作的完美，

如果选取后者它就得弃绝

天堂般的住宅，在黑暗中愤激。

故事全部结束后，消息又如何？

在运气里或外辛苦留下了印记：

那古老的困惑是个空空的钱袋，

或白昼的虚荣，黑夜的痛悔。