在河畔

我與小情人，在楊柳園畔幽會。
她輕輕踏過，小腳白皙。
她說，愛要耐過時間，如葉子隨樹生長。
我年少輕狂，不聽她言。

河畔綠地，我與小情人相擁。
她雙手環抱我雙肩。
她說，生命要耐過時間，如草隨水而生。
我年少輕狂，現在淚流滿面。
 
                                                                     葉慈1889

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 I'm full of tears.
                                                                       
                                                                     Yeats 1889


斯遇佳人，仙苑重深
玉人雪趾，往渡穿林
矚我適愛，如葉逢春
我愚且頑，負此明言

斯水之畔，與彼曾佇
比肩之處，玉手曾拂
囑我適世，如荇隨堰
惜我愚頑，唯余泣嘆！

耶茨 1889

曾經有人在書內頁上謄寫過《當你老了》