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He Tells of the Perfect Beauty

《述绝代佳人(译本二)》

–William Butler Yeats威廉·巴特勒·叶芝

译/李景琪George Lee

(2011年5月20日 星期五)

O cloud-pale eyelids, dream-dimmed eyes,

The poets labouring all their days

To build a perfect beauty in rhyme

Are overthrown by a woman's gaze

And by the unlabouring brood of the skies:

And therefore my heart will bow, when dew

Is dropping sleep, until God burn time,

Before the unlabouring stars and you.

嗟乎！

眼帘如薄雲兮，

伊目梦幻迷离；

诗人终生劳兮，

以韵律造佳丽。

然某女之凝眸，

与夜空懒星兮，

致伊分崩离析：

故露滴降落安眠兮，

吾心匍匐在地；

拜众星与侬兮，

至上苍将时光燃起!