W. B. Yeats - The Municipal Gallery Re-visited (IV) 汉译

Mancini’s portrait of Augusta Gregory,

“Greatest since Rembrandt,” according to John Synge;

A great ebullient portrait certainly;

But where is the brush that could show anything

Of all that pride and that humility,

And I am in despair that time may bring

Approved patterns of women or of men

But not that selfsame excellence again.

重访市立美术馆 (四)

威廉·巴特勒·叶芝

曼西尼所作的奥古斯塔•格雷戈里肖像，

“伦勃朗以来最伟大者，”据约翰•辛格说；

确实是一幅伟大的热情奔放的肖像；

可是能够展现那全部骄傲和谦和的

任何细节的那杆画笔现在什么地方，

我感到绝望，时光也许会再次产生

令人赞许的女人或男人的样板，

却无法带来那完全同样的优点。