提起叶芝，最为人知的应该是那首《当你老了》，独立音乐人、民谣摇滚歌手赵照曾把它编成曲，在春晚演唱。

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赵照演唱《当你老了》

《When You Are Old》

William Butler Yeats

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;

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 loved the sorrows of your changing face;

And bending down beside the glowing bars,

Murmur, a little sadly, how love fled

And paced upon the mountains overhead

And hid his face amid a crowd of stars.

＃pilgrim

a religious person who travels a long way to a holy place 朝圣者，香客

＃murmur

to say something in a soft quiet voice that is difficult to hear clearly 小声说，低语，咕哝

＃fled

flee过去式，逃走，逃离

＃amid

在……中间

希望通过这本小书对叶芝有更多的认识，之所以称它小，因为很短，总共两章，可能只选了几首经典，看完再作评价。