When-you-are-old朗诵和赏析

Whenyouareold———byWILLIAMBUTLERYEATS叶芝•Thispoemwaswrittenin1893byWilliamButlerYeats（Ireland）.•ThepoetdeclaredloveforMaudGonnemanytimes,buthenevergetherresponse.SoYeatswrotethispoemtoimagineshecouldrealizedthatheistheonewhowouldloveherforeverwhenthewomanreadthispoembychancemanyyearslater.Whenyouareoldandgrayandfullofsleep当你老了，头白了，睡思昏沉Andnoddingbythefire,takedownthisbook,炉火旁打盹，请取下这部诗歌，Andslowlyread,anddreamofthesoftlook慢慢读，回想你过去眼神的柔和Youreyeshadonce,andoftheirshadowsdeep;回想它们过去的浓重的阴影；Howmanylovedyourmomentsofgladgrace,多少人爱你年轻环畅的时候Andlovedyourbeautywithlovefalseortrue;爱慕你的美貌出于假意或真心，Butonemanlovedthepilgrimsoulinyou,只有一个人爱你那朝圣者的灵魂，Andlovedthesorrowsofyourchangingface;爱你老去的容颜的痛苦的皱纹。Andbendingdownbesidetheglowingbars,躬身在红光闪耀的炉火旁,Murmur,alittlesadly,howlovefled凄然的低语，爱为何消逝，Andpaceduponthemountainsoverhead,在头顶的山上他缓缓踱着步子，Andhidhisfaceamidacrowdofstars.将脸隐没在了群星之中。•Whenyouareoldandgreyandfullofsleep,•Andnoddingbythefire,takedownthisbook.•Andslowlyread,anddreamofthesoftlook,•Youreyeshadonce,andoftheirshadowsdeep.•Thisparagraphimaginesapictureaboutanoldwomanwhoseemedtobeoldandclumsy.•Meanwhile,thepictureiswarm.•Howmanylovedyourmomentsofgladgrace,•Andlovedyourbeautywithlovefalseortrue.•Butonemanlovedthepilgrimsoulinyou,•Andlovedthesorrowofyourchangingface.•Thisparagraphmakesacontrastbetweenanattractiveyounggirlandanoldlady•Contrastbetweenotherpeople’sloveandhis•Andbendingdownbesidetheglowingbars,•Murmur,alittlesadly,howlovefled•Andpaleduponthemountainsoverhead,•Andhidhisfaceamidacrowdofstars.•Thisparagraphwritesthefireagain.•Thefireissowarm,buthefeltdespairforhislove.•WhenIfirstreadthispoem,Ijustwantedtocry.Ihopewheneveryoneisold,someonewillloveyourchangingface.•Tragicbeauty