W. B. Yeats - Colonel Martin (VIII) 汉译

“And did you keep no gold, Tom?

You had three kegs,” said he.

“I never thought of that, Sir.”

“Then want before you die.”

And want he did; for my own grand-dad

Saw the story’s end,

And Tom make out a living

From the sea-weed on the strand.

The Colonel went out sailing.

马丁上校（八）

威廉·巴特勒·叶芝

“你难道一个金币也没留，汤姆？

你可有三桶呀，”他说。

“我从来没有想到这个，老爷；”

“那么你老死之前会受穷的。”

他确实受穷了；因为我的爷爷

看到了故事的结尾，

看见过汤姆靠岸边的海草

勉强维持着生计。

上校外出去航海。