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When You Are Old
——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》
冰心译
当你老了，头发花白，睡意沉沉，
倦坐在炉边，取下这本书来，
慢慢读着，追梦当年的眼神
那柔美的神采与深幽的晕影。
多少人爱过你青春的片影，
爱过你的美貌，以虚伪或是真情，
惟独一人爱你那朝圣者的心，
爱你哀戚的脸上岁月的留痕。
在炉栅边，你弯下了腰，
低语着，带着浅浅的伤感，
爱情是怎样逝去，又怎样步上群山，
怎样在繁星之间藏住了脸。

I Travel Faraway Across the Sea to See You
漂洋过海来看你



I spent half year’s savings sailing

为你我用了半年的积蓄

to see you for which

漂洋过海的来看你

I practiced every breath repeatedly

为了这次相聚

我连见面时的呼吸都曾反复练习

Not a word could carry my feelings ut you

言语从来没能

将我的情意表达千万分之一

I tossed and turned

为了这个遗憾

at night thinking ut you

我在夜里想了又想不肯睡去

Memory is the thing that

记忆它总是慢慢的累积

cannot be erased easily

在我心中无法抹去

For what you said

为了你的承诺

I held tears in my eyes with desperation

我在最绝望的时候都忍住不哭泣

At the same corner

陌生的城市啊

in an unacquainted city

熟悉的角落里

We once comforted each other

也曾彼此安慰

and we signed in each other’s arms

也曾相拥叹息

For whatever the result was

不管将面对什么样的结局

I saw you off in a windy day

在漫天风沙里

望着你远去

Couldn’t help weeping sorrowfully

我竟悲伤得不能自己

How I expectd to be accompanying you

多盼望送君千里直到山穷水尽

to the end of my life

一生和你相依

I Travel Faraway Across the Sea to See You
漂洋过海来看你



I spent half year’s savings sailing

为你我用了半年的积蓄

to see you for which

漂洋过海的来看你

I practiced every breath repeatedly

为了这次相聚

我连见面时的呼吸都曾反复练习

Not a word could carry my feelings ut you

言语从来没能

将我的情意表达千万分之一

I tossed and turned

为了这个遗憾

at night thinking ut you

我在夜里想了又想不肯睡去

Memory is the thing that

记忆它总是慢慢的累积

cannot be erased easily

在我心中无法抹去

For what you said

为了你的承诺

I held tears in my eyes with desperation

我在最绝望的时候都忍住不哭泣

At the same corner

陌生的城市啊

in an unacquainted city

熟悉的角落里

We once comforted each other

也曾彼此安慰

and we signed in each other’s arms

也曾相拥叹息

For whatever the result was

不管将面对什么样的结局

I saw you off in a windy day

在漫天风沙里

望着你远去

Couldn’t help weeping sorrowfully

我竟悲伤得不能自己

How I expectd to be accompanying you

多盼望送君千里直到山穷水尽

to the end of my life

一生和你相依

无论你身处何处,也不管你是谁,然而在一刻抑或是我们生命存在的每一个瞬间,有一件事对我们来说都是一样的：我们没有停留；我们正在旅途上.

我们的生命是一种移动,是一种趋势,是一个向着未知目标奋进的无休止的行进.在我们生活的每一天,我们有所得亦有所失.我们时时刻刻都在改变,即使我们的状态和角色看上去没有丝毫的变化.

只因为时间推移的本身就是一种变化.对于一块荒芜的土地,一月和七月是截然不同的.因为季节的变化让他有所区别.能力的局限在孩子们的身上只是一种天真,而在大人的身上却表现出一种幼稚.

我们做的所有事情都是向着某个方向迈出了一步.即使是失败,本身也是一个选择,左右着我们的进退.磁针的负极作用与正极作用是一样的真实.