“多少人曾爱慕你年轻时的容颜,可是谁能承受岁月无情的变迁”,爱尔兰诗人威廉·巴特勒·叶芝创作的《当你老了》叩响了无数人的心扉。这首诗的深情众所周知,所以今天我们并不是来赏析这首诗的,而是看看将这首外文诗翻译成中文,究竟有多美。【英文原文】When you are old--- William Butler YeatsWhen 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。