Down By The Salley Gardens~William Butler Yeats
Down by the salley gardens my love and I did meet;
She passed the salley gardens with little snow-white feet.
She bid me take love easy, as the leaves grow on the tree;
But I, being young and foolish, with her would not agree.
In a field by the river my love and I did stand,
And on my leaning shoulder she laid her snow-white hand.
She bid me take life easy, as the grass grows on the weirs;
But I was young and foolish, and now am full of tears.
Down by the salley gardens my love and I did meet;
She passed the salley gardens with little snow-white feet.
She bid me take love easy, as the leaves grow on the tree;
But I, being young and foolish, with her would not agree.
In a field by the river my love and I did stand,
And on my leaning shoulder she laid her snow-white hand.
She bid me take life easy, as the grass grows on the weirs;
But I was young and foolish, and now am full of tears.
William Butler Yeats
Written in 1889
Salley=Willow
In Chinese:
走進莎莉花園，我和我的愛人相遇；
她踏著雪白的纖足，穿越莎莉花園。
她請我從容的對待這份愛，像依偎在樹上的群葉；
但我是如此年輕而無知，不曾細聽她的心聲。
在河畔的曠野，我和我的愛人併肩佇立，
在我微傾的肩膀，是她柔白的手所依持。
她請我珍重生命，像生長在河畔的草；
但我是如此年輕而無知，如今只剩下無限的淚水
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