Spring

By Thomas Nashe

Spring, the sweet spring, is the year’s pleasant king;

Then blooms each thing, then maids dance in a ring,

Cold doth not sting, the pretty birds do sing,

Cuckoo, jug-jug, pu-we, to-witta-woo!

The palm and may make country houses gay,

Lambs frisk and play, the shepherds pipe all day,

And we hear aye birds tune this merry lay,

Cuckoo, jug-jug, pu-we, to-witta-woo!

The fields breathe sweet, the daisies kiss our feet,

Young lovers meet, old wives a sunning sit,

In every street these tunes our ears do greet,

Cuckoo, jug-jug, pu-we, to-witta-woo!

Spring! the sweet Spring!        

春

春，甘美之春，一年之中的尧舜，

处处都有花树，都有女儿环舞，

微寒但觉清和，佳禽争着唱歌，

啁啁，啾啾，哥哥，割麦、插一禾！

榆柳呀山楂，打扮着田舍人家，

羊羔嬉游，牧笛儿整日在吹奏，

百鸟总在和鸣，一片悠扬声韵，

啁啁，啾啾，哥哥，割麦、插一禾！

郊原荡漾香风，雏菊吻人脚踵，

情侣作对成双，老妪坐晒阳光，

走向任何通衢，都有歌声悦耳，

啁啁，啾啾，哥哥，割麦、插一禾！

春！甘美之春！  (郭沫若 译)

When You Are Old 

By William Butler Yeats

When you are old and grey and full of sleep, 

And nodding by the fire, take down this book, 

And slowly read, and dream of the soft look 

Your eyes had once, and of their shadows deep; 

How many loved your moments of glad grace, 

And loved your beauty with love false or true, 

But one man loved the pilgrim soul in you, 

And loved the sorrows of your changing face; 

And bending down beside the glowing bars, 

Murmur, a little sadly, how Love fled 

And paced upon the mountains overhead 

And hid his face amid a crowd of stars.

当你老了

当你老了，头白了，睡思昏沉，

炉火旁打盹，请取下这部诗歌，

慢慢读，回想你过去眼神的柔和，

回想它们过去的浓重的阴影；

多少人爱你年轻欢畅的时候，

爱慕你的美丽、假意或真心，

只有一个人爱你那朝圣者的灵魂，

爱你衰老了的脸上的痛苦的皱纹；

垂下头来，在红光闪耀的炉子旁，

凄然地轻轻诉说那爱情的消逝，

在头顶的山上它缓缓踱着步子，

在一群星星中间隐藏着脸庞。(袁可嘉 译)

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