William Yeats - Words for Music Perhaps (XVII) 汉译

XVII. After Long Silence

Speech after long silence: it is right,

All other lovers being estranged or dead,

Unfriendly lamplight hid under its shade,

The curtains drawn upon unfriendly night,

That we descant and yet again descant

Upon the supreme theme of Art and Song :

Bodily decrepitude is wisdom: young

We loved each other and were ignorant.

或许可谱曲的歌词

十七、长久沉默之后

威廉·巴特勒·叶芝

长久沉默之后说话；没错

别的恋人们或疏远或亡故，

冷漠的灯光躲入灯罩深处，

层层窗帘挡住冷漠的夜色

我们谈论了却又再次谈起

那艺术与诗歌的至高主题：

肉体的衰老即智慧；年轻时

我们曾彼此相爱却愚昧无知。