The English versions of Ye Zhi's poems are as follows:
When you are old and grey and full of sleep, and nodding by the fire, taking down this book, and slowly reading, and dream of the soft lookYour 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 to love flown and packed upon the mountains overhead and hid his face amid a crowd of stars.
A brief introduction to Ye Zhi
William Butler Yeats (June 13, 1865-January 28, 1939), also translated as "Yeats" and "Yates", Irish poet, playwright and essayist, a famous mystic, is the leader of "Irish Renaissance" and one of the founders of Abbey Theatre.
influenced by romanticism, aestheticism, mysticism, symbolism and metaphysical poetry, Ye Zhi's poetry has evolved its unique style. Ye Zhi's art represents the epitome of the transition of English poetry from tradition to modernity. Ye Zhi's early works have a gorgeous romantic style, and he is good at creating a fantastic atmosphere. The collection of essays published in 1893, Dusk of Celtic, belongs to this style.