老人水中自赞

作者：威廉·巴特勒·叶芝

来源：中学生英语, 2018, (41): 1.

<正>I HEARD the old,old men say,"Everything alters1,And one by one we drop away."They had hands like claws, and their knees Were twisted2 like the old thorn-trees"By the waters.I heard the old,old men say,"All that’s beautiful drifts4 away Like the waters."曾听老人言:"万事可变。依次而下,吾等皆归。"盈盈水畔,双手成兽爪,扭膝为荆祙。曾听老人言:"昔日美丽,如水长东,消逝难寻。"Notes:1.alter[’(?)]v.改变,更改2. twist [twist] vi.扭动;弯曲3. thorn-tree [(?)]n.棘刺树4. drift [drift]vi.漂流,漂移;漂泊