After Long Silence

William Bulter Yeats

Speech after long silence: it is right,
All other lovers being estranged or dead,
Unfriendly lamplight hid under its shade,
The curtains drawn upon unfriendly night,
That we descant and yet again descant
Upon the supreme theme of Art and Song:
Bodily decrepitude is wisdom; young
We loved each other and were ignorant.


長久沉默之後

長久沉默之後的談話; 對的,
其他戀人疏遠或是死亡,
不相宜的燈光藏在陰影下,
窗帘拉上隔開寡情的夜晚,
我們一再地詳細述說
藝術與詩歌至高無上的主題:
肉體老朽是智慧; 年輕時
我們相愛但是無知.