1、When you are oldby WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS 叶芝,By Christina,This poem was written in 1893 by William Butler Yeats（Ireland）.The poet declared love for Maud Gonne many times, but he never get her response. So Yeats wrote this poem to imagine she could realized that he is the one who would love her forever
2、 when the woman read this poem by chance many years later.,When you are old and gray and full of sleep 当你老了，头白了，睡思昏沉And nodding by the fire, take down this book, 炉火旁打盹，请取下这部诗歌，,And slowly read, and dream of the soft look 慢慢读，回想你过去眼神的柔和 Your eyes had once, and of their shadows deep; 回想它们过去的浓重的阴影；,How
3、 many loved your moments of glad grace, 多少人爱你年轻环畅的时候 And loved your beauty with love false or true;爱慕你的美貌出于假意或真心，,But one man loved the pilgrim soul in you, 只有一个人爱你那朝圣者的灵魂， And loved the sorrows of your changing face; 爱你老去的容颜的痛苦的皱纹。,And bending down beside the glowing bars, 躬身在红光闪耀的炉火旁,Murmur, a lit
4、tle sadly, how love fled 凄然的低语，爱为何消逝，,And paced upon the mountains overhead, 在头顶的山上他缓缓踱着步子， And hid his face amid a crowd of stars. 将脸隐没在了群星之中。,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
5、, and of their shadows deep.,This paragraph imagines a picture about an old woman who seemed to be old and clumsy. Meanwhile, the picture is warm.,Imagination,How many loved your moments of glad grace, And loved your beauty with love false or true. But one man loved the pilgrim soul in you, And love
6、d the sorrow of your changing face.,This paragraph makes a contrast between an attractive young girl and an old lady Contrast between other peoples love and his,Contrast,And bending down beside the glowing bars, Murmur, a little sadly, how love fled And paled upon the mountains overhead, And hid his face amid a crowd of stars.,This paragraph writes the fire again. The fire is so warm, but he felt despair for his love.,Emphasis,When I first read this poem, I just wanted to cry. I hope when everyone is old, someone will love your changing face. Tragic beauty,By Christina,
