A Coat
by William Butler Yeats
I made my song a coat
Covered with embroideries
Out of old mythologies
From heel to throat;
But the fools caught it,
Wore it in the worlds eyes
As though theyd wrought it.
Song, let them take it,
For theres more enterprise
In walking naked.
外套
威廉巴特勒叶芝(著)
我用古老的神话作为衣料,
为我的歌缝制一件外套,
上面铺满刺绣,
层层秘密,从头到脚;
可是愚蠢的人们把它夺去,
穿起来在世人面前炫耀,
似乎是他们亲手织造。
让他们拿走吧,
歌啊,没有衣服更好,
因为裸体行走,
需要胆识更加高超。
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