《When You Are Old》
When you are old and gray and full of sleep
And nodding by the fire, take down this book,
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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,< /p>
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;< /p>
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.
When you are old (Yeats)
When you are old, gray-haired and sleepy,
When taking a nap by the fire, please take down this poem,
Read it slowly, recalling the softness of your eyes in the past
Recall their past heavy shadows;
p>How many people loved you when you were young and cheerful
Fakely or sincerely admired your beauty,
Only one loved your pilgrim soul,< /p>
Love the painful wrinkles of your aging face.
Bow down by the red-gleaming fire,
Whispering sadly, why love fades away,
On the mountain above, it paces slowly Step by step,
Hidden his face among the stars.
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The Songbird of the Vicissitudes of the World
Author: [American] Robert Penn Warren
That's just a bird It was chirping at night, and I couldn’t identify what kind of bird it was.
When I came back from fetching water from the spring and walked through the pasture full of stones,
I stood so still, with the The sky is as still as the sky in the bucket.
How many years have passed, so many places and so many faces have become indifferent, and some people have passed away.
But I stand far away, the night is so quiet, I am finally sure
< p>What I miss most is not the things that will eventually disappear,but the tranquility when the birds sing.
《Ornithology in a World of Flux》
It was only a bird call at evening,unidentified,
As I came from the spring with water,across the rocky back-pasture;
But I stood so still sky above was not stiller than sky in pail-water.
Years pass, all places and faces fade, some people have died ,
And I stand in a far land, the evening still, and am at last sure
That I miss more that stillness at bird-call than some things that were to fail later
Robert Penn Warren (1905-1989), the first poet laureate of the United States. In his early years, he was one of the representatives of the "New Criticism School". In his later years, his poetic style underwent a major change. He has been called by critics "our most outstanding literary man" and "the most important American poet of the second half of the twentieth century."
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The furthest distance in the world
Tagore
The furthest distance in the world
It’s not the distance between life and death
It’s me standing in front of you
You don’t know I love you
The farthest distance in the world< /p>
It’s not that I’m standing in front of you
You don’t know that I love you
It’s that I love you to the point of obsession
But I can’t say I love you
The furthest distance in the world
It’s not that I can’t say I love you
It’s that I miss you so much
But I can only bury it deep in my heart
The furthest distance in the world
It’s not that I can’t say I miss you
It’s that we love each other
But we can’t be together
The farthest distance in the world
It’s not loving each other
But we can’t be together
It’s knowing Knowing that true love is invincible
But pretending not to care
The furthest distance in the world
is not the distance between trees
but They are branches growing from the same root
But they cannot depend on each other in the wind
The furthest distance in the world
It is not that the branches cannot depend on each other
They are stars looking at each other
But there is no intersecting trajectory
The farthest distance in the world
It is not the trajectory between stars
But even if the trajectories intersect
In an instant, they are nowhere to be found
The furthest distance in the world
It is not that they are nowhere to be found in an instant
But before we meet
We are destined not to be together
The farthest distance in the world
is the distance between fish and birds
One is in the sky, but the other is deep under the sea
《The most distant way in the world》
The most distant way in the world
is not the way from birth to the end.
it is when i sit near you
that you don't understand i love u.
The most distant way in the world
is not that you're not sure i love u.
It is when my love is bewildering the soul
but i can't speak it out.
The most distant way in the world
is not that i can't say i love u.
it is after looking into my heart
i can't change my love.
The most distant way in the world
is not that i'm loving u.
< p>it is in our lovewe are keeping between the distance.
The most distant way in the world
is not the distance across us.< /p>
it is when we're breaking through the way
we deny the existence of love.
So the most distant way in the world
< p>is not in two distant trees.it is the same branches rooted
can't enjoy the co-existance.
So the most distant way in the world
is not in the being sepearated branches.
it is in the blinking stars
they can't burn the light.
So the most distant way in the world
is not the burning stars.
it is after the light
they can't be seen from afar.
So the most distant way in the world
is not the light that is fading away.
it is the coincidence of us
is not supposed for the love.
So the most distant way in the world
is the love between the fish and bird.
one is flying at the sky,
the other is looking upon into the sea.