叶芝不仅有《当你老了》这首名篇 | 柳园下也有我们的爱
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斯莱戈郊外的一条小河边上，一棵棵青青的柳树在风中摇曳。春夏季节傍晚，这里可真是个约会的好去处。
我第一次见到她，就是在这柳树园边。那时候她光着脚丫，慢慢的走在小径上，阳光透过柳叶，散落在她金黄的头发上。一瞬间，我就坠入了爱之河。
她告诉我，想要一份简简单单的爱，就如同柳枝上新发的芽儿，纯粹而干净，充满新生和自然。但是，那时候年少无知的我，血气方刚，一心想着轰轰烈烈，从没认真倾听过她的心声。
柳园的河岸边有一片田野，我们曾一起在那里，散步，谈笑，静静的看着天空，思考。她轻轻地依靠在我的肩膀上，柔软的手环绕着。她告诉我，简简单单、朴实的生活才是人生的所在，就像河边生长着的韧草一样，清风拂来，盛开一片绿色的海。
那时候的我呀，心想着，好男儿志在四方，想追寻诗和远方；现在的我，每当想起那时候的场景，不由得湿润了眼眶。
"Take love easy, as the leaves grow on the tree”
Down by the Salley Gardens was written by W B Yeats, who is generally known as one of Ireland’s greatest poets and not usually associated with being a song writer.
本文源自一首爱尔兰著名诗人叶芝的作品《柳园下》，英文即 Down by the Salley Gardens，这是诗人根据爱尔兰传统的一首老歌 Rambling Boys of Pleasure 改编的诗歌，并被音乐家 Herbert Hughes 重新进行了编曲，曲风很有爱尔兰的味道。
叶芝的作品 When You Are Old， 中文翻译为《当你老了》在世界文学史上享有盛誉。与这首《柳园下》曲风相同的还有著名的爱尔兰诗歌 Auld Lang Syne《友谊地久天长》~
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Down by the Salley Gardens
W. B. Yeats
Down by the salley gardens
My love and I did meet
She passed the salley gardens
With little snow-white feet
She bid me take love easy
As the leaves grow on the tree
But I being young and foolish
With her would not agree
In a field by the river
My love and I did stand
And on my leaning shoulder
She laid her snow-white hand
She bid me take life easy
As the grass grows on the weirs
But I was young and foolish
And now I'm full of tears
A Tale of Unrequited Love
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