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

My mediaeval knees lack health until they bend,

But in that woman, in that household where

Honour had lived so long, all lacking found.

Childless I thought, “My children may find here

Deep-rooted things,” but never foresaw its end,

And now that end has come I have not wept;

No fox can foul the lair the badger swept.

重访市立美术馆 （五）

威廉·巴特勒·叶芝

我的中世纪的双膝在弯曲下来之前缺少健康，

但是在那女人身上，在那荣誉居留了

如此之久的家庭里，一切都觉得缺乏。

没有子女时我曾想“我的子女会在这里找到

植根深固的东西，”却从未预见其结局，

现在那结局到来了，我没有哭泣；

没有狐狸能够弄脏獾子清扫的洞穴。