人隨歲月長進
威廉·巴特勒·葉芝(William Butler Yeats)(1865～1939)，亦譯“葉慈”、“耶茨”，愛爾蘭詩人、劇作家，著名的神秘主義者，是“愛爾蘭文藝復興運動”的領袖，也是艾比劇院(Abbey Theatre)的創建者之一，被詩人艾略特譽為"當代最偉大的詩人"。葉芝對戲劇也有濃厚的興趣，先后寫過26部劇本。
I am worn out with dreams;
A weather-worn, marble triton
Among the streams;
And all day long I look
Upon this lady’s beauty
As though I had found in book
我因多夢而憔悴衰減;
像一個風雨剝蝕的石雕海神
在溪流中間;
整整一天我都在觀看
這位女士的美貌，
好像我在一本書里發現
A pictured beauty,
Pleased to have filled the eyes
Or the discerning ears,
Delighted to be but wise,
For men improve with the years;
And yet and yet
Is this my dream, or the truth?
O would that we had met
When I had my burning youth;
But I grow old among dreams,
A weather-worn, marble triton
Among the streams.
一幅美人圖畫，
因眼睛或靈敏的耳朵
充實而歡欣，
因僅僅變得聰明而愉悅，
因為人們隨歲月長進;
然而，然而，
這是我的夢，還是真實?
呵，但愿我們曾相識
在我青春如火時!
但是我在夢中已變衰殘，
像一個風雨剝蝕的石雕海神
在溪流中間。
