菲奥纳·肖 | 朗读诗歌《政治》

Politics

《政治》

——by W.B Yeats

‘In our time the destiny of man prevents its meanings in political terms.’ — Thomas Mann.

“在我们的时代，人类命运通过政治表现它的意义”。——托马斯·曼

How can I, that girl standing there,

那姑娘站在那里，

My attention fix

我怎能集中神志

On Roman or on Russian

去考虑罗马或俄国

Or on Spanish politics?

或者西班牙的政治？

Yet here’s a travelled man that knows

但此公曾周游列国，

What he talks about,

知道说的是什么话，

And there’s a politician

那一个博学而且多思，

That has read and thought,

还是个政治家。

And maybe what they say is true

战争和警报已来临，

Of war and war’s alarms,

他们也讲得有理，

But O that I were young again

不过但愿我还年轻，

And held her in my arms!

把她抱在我怀里！

袁可嘉 译