W. B. Yeats - Under Ben Bulben (VI) 汉译

Under bare Ben Bulben’s head

In Drumcliff churchyard Yeats is laid.

An ancestor was rector there

Long years ago, a church stands near,

By the road an ancient cross.

No marble, no conventional phrase;

On limestone quarried near the spot

By his command these words are cut:

Cast a cold eye

On life, on death.

Horseman, pass by!

布尔本山下（六）

威廉·巴特勒·叶芝

在光秃的布尔本山头下面，

叶芝被安葬在脊崖墓园；

古老的十字架矗立道旁，

邻近座落的是一幢教堂，

昔时祖上曾在此住持讲经。

不用大理石，也不用传统碑铭，

只就近采一方石灰岩石，

遵他的遗嘱镌刻如下文字：

冷眼一瞥

生命，死亡

骑手，驰过！

（1938年9月4日）