Though loud years come

  • Though loud years come and loud years go
  • A friend is the best thing here below.
  • Shall we a better marvel find
  • When the loud years have fallen behind?

尽管热闹岁月来

  • 尽管热闹岁月来，热闹岁月去，
  • 剩下最好的东西是一个朋友。
  • 等热闹的岁月落到身后之时，
  • 我们还可能找到更好的奇迹？

傅浩　译

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中文标题采自《叶芝诗集（增订本）》。

维护者注——

This quatrain appears at the bottom of a page also containing a draft of “A Poet to His Beloved,” later published in The Wind Among the Reeds.

George Bornstein—