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

XXV. The Delphic Oracle upon Plotinues

Behold that great Plotinus swim,

Buffeted by such seas;

Bland Rhadamanthus beckons him,

But the Golden Race looks dim,

Salt blood blocks his eyes.

Scattered on the level grass

Or winding through the grove

Plato there and Minos pass,

There stately Pythagoras

And all the choir of Love.

或许可谱曲的歌词

廿五、关于普罗提诺的德尔斐神谕

威廉·巴特勒·叶芝

看那伟大的普罗提诺泅水游泳，

被这一片汪洋簸颠；

温和的拉达曼堤斯把他欢迎，

但那金色的种族显得朦胧，

咸腥的鲜血淤塞他的双眼。

散坐在平坦的草地

或穿行于小树林间，

柏拉图在那里和弥诺斯

走过那里的尊贵的毕达哥拉斯

和所有的爱的合唱队身边。