Ye Zhi-"When you are old"
When you are old, gray-haired and sleepy.
Take a nap by the fire and take down the book.
Reading slowly, dreaming of the gentle eyes.
Your eyes were once, and their shadows were deep.
How many people love your happy and elegant moments,
Loving your beauty with true or false love,
But there is one person who loves your pilgrim soul,
Love the sadness on your aging face;
Bend down by the glowing fireplace,
Whispering a little sadly, how love dies.
Pacing on the mountains overhead.
Hide his face among the stars.
When you are old, gray-haired and sleepy,
Take a nap in front of the stove, please take down this poem.
Read slowly and think back to your eyes.
The soft light and faint shadow of youth;
How many people have loved your beauty with sincerity and hypocrisy,
Love your happy and charming youth,
Only one person loves your pilgrim heart,
Love your faded face:
When you lean over the burning fireplace,
You will speak softly, with a hint of sadness:
The lost love has now set foot on the mountain.
Hide its face in a dense cluster of stars.
When You Are Old is a poem written by William Butler Yeats in 1893. This is a passionate and sincere love poem dedicated by Ye Zhi to his girlfriend Maud Gunny. The language of poetry is concise, but the emotion is rich and true. The poet used a variety of artistic expressions. Through in-depth analysis of the artistic expression techniques used by the poet in his poems, such as imaginary imagination, comparison and contrast, image emphasis and symbolic sublimation, the poet's faithful love for his girlfriend is reproduced.