湖心島茵尼斯弗利威廉·巴特勒·葉芝

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(fù)興運動”的領(lǐng)袖，也是艾比劇院(Abbey Theatre)的創(chuàng)建者之一，被詩人艾略特譽為"當(dāng)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 will arise and go now, and go to Innisfree,

And a small cabin build there, of clay and wattles made:

Nine bean-rows will I have there, a hive for the honeybee,

And live alone in the bee-loud glade.

我就要起身走了，到茵尼斯弗利島，造座小茅屋在那里，枝條編墻糊上泥;我要養(yǎng)上一箱蜜蜂，種上九行豆角，獨住在蜂聲嗡嗡的林間草地。

And I shall have some peace there, for peace comes dropping slow,

Dropping from the veils of the mourning to where the cricket sings;

There midnight’s all a glimmer, and noon a purple glow,

And evening full of the linnet’s wings.

那兒安寧會降臨我，安寧會慢慢兒滴下來，從晨的面紗滴落到蛐蛐歌唱的地方;那兒半夜閃著微光，中午染著紫紅光彩，而黃昏織滿了紅雀的翅膀。

I will arise and go now, for always night and day

I hear lake water lapping with low sounds by the shore;

While I stand on the roadway, or on the pavements grey,

I hear it in the deep heart’s core.我就要起身走了，因為從早到晚從夜到朝我聽得湖水在不斷地輕輕拍案;不論我站在馬路上還是在灰色人行道總聽見它在我心靈深處呼喚。