Foreign classical poetry

First, "When You Are Old"-(Irish) Ye Zhi

When you are old, gray-haired and sleepy,

Tired of sitting by the fire, take down this book,

Read slowly, chasing the eyes of the year.

The soft eyes and the deep halo.

How many people loved your youth,

Love your beauty, hypocrisy or truth,

Only one person loves your pilgrim soul,

Love the scars of years on your sad face.

In front of the fireplace, you bend down,

Whispering, with shallow sadness,

How did love die and how did it step on the mountain?

How to hide your face among the stars?

Second, "If Life Deceives You"-(Russia) Pushkin

If life deceives you,

Don't be sad, don't be impatient!

You need to keep calm in blue days;

Believe it, happy days will come!

The heart always yearns for the future;

I am often depressed now.

Everything is instantaneous, everything will pass,

And what has passed will become a kind of nostalgia.

The full text of the poem expresses a positive, optimistic and strong attitude towards life, and because of its kind tone, many people write it down in their notebooks and become the motto to motivate themselves to go forward and never give up.