After Long Silence

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长久静寂之后
by William Butler 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.



长久静寂后，等到的是正确的话语

当所有其它恋人们，不是早早分手就是死去

蓄意为敌的灯火隐匿在阴影底下

连帷幕，也投靠不怀好心的闇夜

我们反复地论证推敲

那占领艺术与歌咏的至高命题：

肉体之衰朽，夙为智能

因我们在涉世未深时，曾经眷爱着彼此