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

XIV. His Bargain

Who talks of Plato's spindle;

What set it whirling round?

Eternity may dwindle,

Time is unwound,

Dan and Jerry Lout

Change their loves about.

However they may take it,

Before the thread began

I made, and may not break it

When the last thread has run,

A bargain with that hair

And all the windings there.

或许可谱曲的歌词

十四、他的契约

威廉·巴特勒·叶芝

谁在谈论柏拉图的纺锤；

是什么使它开始旋转？

永恒会缩小衰退，

时光破放松解散，

丹和杰瑞•劳特

到处更换他们的爱

不管他们信与不信，

在那根线开头之前，

我就与那一头发丝连同

那上面的所有曲卷

订立了一份契约，直至

最后一缕线纺尽，也不会中止。