<p class="ql-block">同樣是寫給莫德的詩，【當(dāng)你老了】貌似流傳更廣，繾綣的愛意令多少人向往。而【兩棵樹】則更多的是因愛而生的擔(dān)憂和勸告，語言也更加抽象。</p> <p class="ql-block">親愛的，</p><p class="ql-block">凝視你自己的心,</p><p class="ql-block">神圣的樹在那里生長，</p><p class="ql-block">神圣的枝條從歡樂長出，</p><p class="ql-block">還有它們結(jié)成的顫顫的花。</p><p class="ql-block">它的果實像多變的色彩</p><p class="ql-block">以快樂的光贈予星星，</p><p class="ql-block">它隱藏的根確定可靠，</p><p class="ql-block">為夜晚種下了安寧；</p><p class="ql-block">它多葉的腦袋搖晃，</p><p class="ql-block">把樂曲給了海波，</p><p class="ql-block">使我的嘴唇和音樂結(jié)合，</p><p class="ql-block">為你低哼一支奇異的歌。</p> <p class="ql-block">The Two Trees</p><p class="ql-block">By William Butler Yeats</p><p class="ql-block">BELOVED, gaze in thine own heart,</p><p class="ql-block">The holy tree is growing there;</p><p class="ql-block">From joy the holy branches start,</p><p class="ql-block">And all the trembling flowers they bear.</p><p class="ql-block">The changing colours of its fruit</p><p class="ql-block">Have dowered the stars with merry light;</p><p class="ql-block">The surety of its hidden root</p><p class="ql-block">Has planted quiet in the night;</p><p class="ql-block">The shaking of its leafy head</p><p class="ql-block">Has given the waves their melody,</p><p class="ql-block">And made my lips and music wed,</p><p class="ql-block">Murmuring a wizard song for thee.</p>