The Lover tells of the Rose in his Heart

恋人述说他心中的玫瑰

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。

All things uncomely and broken, all things worn out and old,

The cry of a child by the roadway, the creak of a lumbering cart,

The heavy steps of the ploughman, splashing the wintry mould,

Are wronging your image that blossoms a rose in the deeps of my heart.

万物衰老腐朽，万事破败荒凉，

路边孩童哀哀哭叫，路上马车嘎嘎作响;

农夫耕地脚步沉重，冬日泥土翻浪：

你的幻影遭到扭曲，那是一朵玫瑰在我心底绽放。

The wrong of unshapely things is a wrong too great to be told;

I hunger to build them anew and sit on a green knoll apart,

With the earth and the sky and the water, remade, like a casket of gold

For my dreams of your image that blossoms a rose in the deeps of my heart.

世上的一切都被扭曲，这种扭曲难以言状;

我渴求重塑世界，让绿色围在我的身旁，

再造的天、地、山、水是黄金的宝盒，

把你在我梦中的幻影珍藏，那是一朵玫瑰在我心底绽放。

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