湖心岛茵尼斯弗利威廉·巴特勒·叶芝

威廉·巴特勒·叶芝(William Butler Yeats)(1865～1939)，亦译“叶慈”、“耶茨”，爱尔兰诗人、剧作家，著名的神秘主义者，是“爱尔兰文艺复兴运动”的领袖，也是艾比剧院(Abbey Theatre)的创建者之一，被诗人艾略特誉为"当代最伟大的诗人"。叶芝对戏剧也有浓厚的兴趣，先后写过26部剧本。

I will arise and go now, and go to Innisfree,

And a small cabin build there, of clay and wattles made:

Nine bean-rows will I have there, a hive for the honeybee,

And live alone in the bee-loud glade.

我就要起身走了，到茵尼斯弗利岛，造座小茅屋在那里，枝条编墙糊上泥;我要养上一箱蜜蜂，种上九行豆角，独住在蜂声嗡嗡的林间草地。

And I shall have some peace there, for peace comes dropping slow,

Dropping from the veils of the mourning to where the cricket sings;

There midnight’s all a glimmer, and noon a purple glow,

And evening full of the linnet’s wings.

那儿安宁会降临我，安宁会慢慢儿滴下来，从晨的面纱滴落到蛐蛐歌唱的地方;那儿半夜闪着微光，中午染着紫红光彩，而黄昏织满了红雀的翅膀。

I will arise and go now, for always night and day

I hear lake water lapping with low sounds by the shore;

While I stand on the roadway, or on the pavements grey,

I hear it in the deep heart’s core.我就要起身走了，因为从早到晚从夜到朝我听得湖水在不断地轻轻拍案;不论我站在马路上还是在灰色人行道总听见它在我心灵深处呼唤。