W. B. Yeats - Words for Music Perhaps (VIII) 汉译

VIII. Girl's Song

I went out alone

To sing a song or two,

My fancy on a man,

And you know who.

Another came in sight

That on a stick relied

To hold himself upright;

I sat and cried.

And that was all my song -

When everything is told,

Saw I an old man young

Or young man old?

或许可谱曲的歌词

八、少女的歌

威廉·巴特勒·叶芝

我独自走出门

去唱一两支歌，

心想着一个男人，

你知道是哪个。

另一个却来到眼前，

他拄着一根棍子

撑直自己的腰杆：

我不禁坐倒哭泣。

这就是我所有的歌声

当一切都说尽的时候，

我看见一个老人年轻

还是少年人老朽？