走过柳园
[爱尔兰] 叶芝 裘小龙 译

走过柳园，我遇上我的爱；
她正走过柳园，纤足雪白。
她要我自然地相爱，像绿叶生于树枝，
但是我年轻而愚蠢，她的话我不同意。
在河边的田野里，我的爱和我伫留，
在我倾斜的肩上，她放下雪白的手。
她要我自然地生活，像青草长在堤堰，
但那时我年轻而愚蠢；如今泪湿衣衫。

威廉 · 巴特勒 · 叶芝（William Butler Yeats，1865—1939），爱尔兰诗人、剧作家和散文家，神秘主义者，爱尔兰文艺复兴运动的领袖。

1922年10月21日， 叶芝致信毛特· 冈回忆他们初次见面的场景， 那时叶芝看到毛特：“ 她伫立窗畔， 身旁盛开着一大团苹果花；她光彩夺目， 仿佛自身就是洒满了阳光的花瓣。”

Down by the salley gardens my love and I did meet;
斯遇佳人，仙苑重深
She passed the salley gardens with little snow-white feet.
玉人雪趾，往渡穿林
She bid me take love easy, as the leaves grow on the tree;
瞩我适爱，如叶逢春
But I, being young and foolish, with her would not agree.
我愚且顽，负此明言
In a field by the river my love and I did stand,
斯水之畔，与彼曾伫
And on my leaning shoulder she laid her snow-white hand.
比肩之处，玉手曾拂
She bid me take life easy, as the grass grows on the weirs;
嘱我适世，如荇随堰
But I was young and foolish, and now I am full of tears.
惜我愚顽，唯余泣叹！

《Down by the salley gardens》

（漫步在莎莉花园）

Down by the salley gardens，My love and I did meet.
斯遇佳人，仙苑重深

She passed the salley gardens，With little snow-white feet.
玉人雪趾，往渡穿林

She bid me take love easy，As the leaves grow on the tree.
瞩我适爱，如叶逢春

But I being young and foolish，With her would not agree.
我愚且顽，负此明言

In a field by the river，My love and I did stand.
斯水之畔，与彼曾伫

And on my leaning shoulder，She laid her snow-white hand.
比肩之处，玉手曾拂

She bid me take life easy，As the grass grows on the weirs.
嘱我适世，如荇随堰

But I was young and foolish，And now I'm full of tears.
惜我愚顽，唯余泣叹

Love not your golden dress, I pray.
More than your youthful golden hours!
Gather sweet blossoms while you may
And not the twig devoid of flowers!
（The Golden Dress）
劝君莫惜金缕衣，劝君须惜少年时。
花开堪折直须折，莫待无花空折枝。

——唐《金缕衣》