The Lake Isle of Innisfree

茵尼斯弗利湖心岛

William Butler Yeats · 威廉·巴特勒·叶芝

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 honey-bee,

And live alone in the bee-loud glade.

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

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

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

And evening full of the linnet's wings.

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

I hear the 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.

我要起身，现在就走，去茵尼斯弗利，

在那里造一座小木屋，用黏土和柳条：

我要种九行菜豆，养一箱蜜蜂，

独自住在蜜蜂嗡嗡的林间空地。

我在那里会获得安宁，因为安宁缓缓滴落，

从晨雾中滴下，落到蟋蟀鸣唱的地方；

那里午夜的微光，正午的紫晕，

傍晚满是红雀的翅膀。

我要起身，现在就走，因为无论晨昏

我都听见湖水在岸边轻轻拍打；

当我站在马路上，或灰色的铺石道上，

我在内心深处，也听见它。

叶芝向往的世外桃源：一座小木屋、泉水与蜜蜂，内心深处的安宁与湖水声。