W. B. Yeats - A Woman Young and Old (V) 汉译

V. CONSOLATION

O but there is wisdom

In what the sages said;

But stretch that body for a while

And lay down that head

Till I have told the sages

Where man is comforted.

How could passion run so deep

Had I never thought

That the crime of being born

Blackens all our lot?

But where the crime's committed

The crime can be forgot.

一个女人的青年和老年

五、慰藉

威廉·巴特勒·叶芝

呵，但愿有智慧

在贤哲所说的话里；

且把那身体舒展片刻，

把那脑袋放低，

直到我告知贤哲们

哪里的人感到满意。

情欲怎会如此深沉，

如果我从不思寻

那降生出世的罪过

笼罩我们全部的命运？

但是罪过在哪里犯下

就能够在哪里被忘尽。