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

XXIV. Old Tom again

Things out of perfection sail,

And all their swelling canvas wear,

Nor shall the self-begotten fail

Though fantastic men suppose

Building-yard and stormy shore,

Winding-sheet and swaddling- clothes.

或许可谱曲的歌词

廿四、又是老汤姆

威廉·巴特勒·叶芝

事物从完美之中航行出来。

都披着它们的鼓涨的风帆。

那自生者也将不会失败，

虽然异想天开的人们设想

造船场和风暴肆虐的海岸，

裹尸布和襁褓。