葉芝經典英語詩歌

庫爾的野天鵝

William Butler Yeats



Unwearied still, lover by lover,
They paddle in the cold
Companionable streams or climb the air;
Their hearts have not grown old;
Passion or conquest, wander where they will,
Attend upon them still.

它們比翼雙飛，永不厭倦，
時而蕩漿于多情的湖面，
時而雙翼淩空，一舉千裡，
活力永不衰減。
無論遊往何地，激情和志向，
将伴随它們日久天長。

But now they drift on the still water,
Mysterious, beautiful;
Among what rushes will they build,
By what lake’s edge or pool
Delight men’s eyes when I awake some day
To find they have flown away?

如今，它們悠遊于幽靜的水面，
神秘而又美研。
它們将沿着怎樣的湖邊，
在怎樣的蒲葦中築起家園，
讓人們把喜悅寫入眼簾，
當某天早晨我突然起身，
發現它們早已杳無蹤痕？