When You Are Old

When you are similarly old, falls ill in bed's time, you are also willing by him to look after you?

当你同样年老、生病在床的时候，你也愿意由他来照顾你吗？

When you are old and gray and full of sleep

当你老了，头白了，睡思昏沉，

Train up a fig tree in the way it should go, and when you are old sit under the shade of it.

把一颗无花果树种成它应该长成的样子，这样老了你就可以坐在它的树荫下。（中国的“前人栽树，后人乘凉”的境界要高的多了。）

When you are old and gray and full of sleep,

当你老了，白发苍苍，睡思昏沉，

When you are old, you can still be a winner, because winning truly means being the best of what you are.

当你年老，你仍旧可以赢，因为赢真正地意味着做最好的自己。

Because when you are old, you will only remember that gentleness.

因为在年老时，你将只会记得这温柔。

When you are old and grey and full of sleep, And nodding by the fire ， take down this book, And slowly read, and dream of the soft look Your eyes had once, and of their shadows deep;

当你老了，头发花白，睡意沉沉，倦坐在炉边，取下这本书来，慢慢读着，追梦当年的眼神你那柔美的神采与深幽的晕影。

When you are old and grey and full of sleep And nodding by the fire, take down this book And slowly read, and dream of the soft look Your eyes had once,

叶芝当你老了，头发花白，睡意沉沉，倦坐在炉边，取下这本书来，慢慢读着，追梦当年的眼神那柔美的神采与深幽的晕影。

When you are old, I will still carry you and be your walking stick; when you have no teeth, I will feed you.

等你老了，我依然背着你，我给你当拐杖；等你没牙了，我就嚼碎了喂给你。

When you are old When you are old and grey and full of sleep, And nodding by the fire, take down this book, And slowly read, and think of the soft look Your eyes had once, and of their shadows deep;

当你老了当你老了，头发花白，睡意沉沉，倦坐在炉边，取下这本书来，慢慢读着，追梦当年的眼神，你那柔美的神采与深幽的晕影。

Yeats and his` When You Are Old'

叶之和他的《当你老了》

When You Are Old----William Butler Yeats When you are old and grey and full of sleep,

当你老了，头发花白，睡意沉沉，

Perhaps a daughter is deemed to join another family on marriage and you want someone to care for you when you are old.

可能认为嫁出去的女儿泼出去的水，需要养儿防老；

You should pay more attention to your health when you are getting old.

当人们变老时，应该更加注意自己的健康。

When you are old and grey and full of sleep, And nodding by the fire, take down this book, And slowly read, and dream of the soft lookYour eyes had once, and of their shadows deep;

当你老了当你老了，头白了，睡思昏沉，炉火旁打盹，请取下这部诗歌，慢慢读，回想你过去眼神的柔和，回想它们昔日浓重的阴影；

When you are ten years old, you may ask me about it, and I will tell you."

当你十岁的时候,你可以问我这件事,我会告诉你的。"

When you are old and grey and full of sleep,

当你年老鬓白，昏沉欲睡，

When you are old, I will still carry you and be your walking stick;

等你老了，我依然背着你，我给你当拐杖；

"When You Are Old" is an oft-guoted lyric Yeats wrote for his first girlfriend Maud Gonne, a noble-minded fighter for the cause of national liberation in modern Ireland.

《当你老了》是叶之为其初恋女友、爱尔兰民族解放志士莫德龚因所写的诸多抒情诗中最脍灸人口的一首。

When you are old and grey and full of sleep, And nodding by the fire, take down this book.

当你年老，鬓斑，睡意昏沉，在炉旁打盹时，取下这本书。

When you are old and gray, and look back on your life, you will want to be proud of what you have done.

当你白发苍苍、垂垂老矣、回首人生时，你需要为自己做过的事感到自豪。

When you are old and grey and full of sleep

当你老了，发也灰了睡意阵阵地在炉边打盹

And when you are old, you will wonder who is going to take care of you in your dotage and why you didn't have children and grandchildren to be with.

当你老了，你会问谁将照顾你的晚年，以及为什么别人儿孙绕膝，而你，没有。

We'll take care of you when you are old.

你老了以后我们会照顾你。

Stand by each other, when you are too old to chew.

站在对方，当你太老了咀嚼。

When you are old and gray and full of sleep and nodding by the fire.

当你老了，满头白发，昏昏沉沉在炉火旁打盹。

When you are old enough, you know, you will share my money, and we shall use it together.'

你知道，等你长大以后，你将跟我一起享有我的钱。我们将一起使用它。

But when you are old you will stretch out your hands, and someone else will dress you and lead you where you do not want to go.

但年老的时候，你要伸出手来，别人要把你束上，带你到不愿意去的地方。

Well! When you are old enough, you know, you will share my money, and we shall use it together.'

“唔！你知道，等你长大以后，你将跟我一起享有我的钱。我们将一起使用它。”

When you are old, and when your energy is getting poorer,

等到精力衰退时，