when you are old
When you are old, gray-haired and sleepy,
Take a nap by the fire, take down this 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.
Translation:
China died that year.
When Hua died, you were gray-haired and sleepy.
Sit by the fire and take a slow nap. Please take down my collection of poems.
Please read slowly, like a dream, and you will relive it.
Your eyes used to be so affectionate and gentle.
How many people have loved your radiant charm,
Love your beautiful face, either sincerely or playfully,
But there is only one person! He loves your holy and devout heart!
When you wash away the lead and grieve for the beauty, she still loves you deeply!
The flame in the furnace is warm and bright, so you lower your head gently.
With a touch of sadness, whispering for the dying love,
At this time, he was wandering alone in Qian Shan,
Hide your face behind the stars staring at you all over the sky.
Extended data:
The Creative Background of When You Are Old
1October 30th, 23-year-old Ye Zhi met the beautiful actress Maud Gunny for the first time. She is 22 years old and the daughter of a British colonel in Ireland. Recently, she inherited a large fortune after her father died.
Maud Gunny is not only beautiful, slim and moving, but also after feeling the miserable situation of the Irish people being oppressed by the British, she began to sympathize with the Irish people, resolutely gave up the social life of Dublin's upper class, devoted herself to the movement for Irish national independence and became one of the leaders. This adds a special aura to Maud Gunny in Ye Zhi's mind.
Ye Zhi fell in love with Maud Gunn at first sight and was infatuated with him. Ye Zhi described the first time he met Maud Gunn: "She was standing by the window, surrounded by a mass of apple blossoms; She is dazzling, like a petal full of sunshine. " Ye Zhi loved her deeply, but she felt desperate because of her lofty image in his mind. Young Ye Zhi felt "immature and lacking in achievement". So although his love tortured him, he never confessed to her, for one thing, because he was shy, and for another, he felt that she could not marry a poor student.
Maud Gunn has always kept a certain distance from Ye Zhi. 189 1 In July, Ye Zhi misunderstood the information in a letter she gave herself, thinking that she had made a hint of love for herself, and immediately rushed to Maud Gunny to propose for the first time. She refused, saying that she could not marry him, but hoped to keep friendship with Ye Zhi. Since then, Maud Gunny has always rejected Ye Zhi's pursuit.
She married Major McBride, an Irish officer, in 1903. This marriage is quite tortuous, even disastrous, but she is very stubborn. Even when her marriage was completely frustrated, she still refused Ye Zhi's pursuit. Nevertheless, Ye Zhi's love for her is lifelong. Therefore, Ye Zhi's life has been filled with intractable pain for a long time. ?
Ye Zhi has been waiting, even though his Prince Charming is someone else's wife, and he didn't get married until he was 52. It was after her dead husband Maud Gunny rejected Ye Zhi's proposal again and Ye Zhi's proposal to Maud Gunny's daughter Isabella was rejected, that Ye Zhi finally stopped this hopeless idea. But in fact, Ye Zhi still can't forget Maud Ghosn. In the last few months of his life, he wrote to Maud Gunny and asked her out for tea, but she was refused. Moreover, Maud Gunny resolutely refused to attend his funeral.
Ye Zhi's hopeless pain and misfortune for Maud Gunny's love prompted Ye Zhi to write many poems about Maud Gunny. For decades, Maud Gunny has constantly inspired Ye Zhi's creation from various angles. Sometimes it is passionate love, sometimes it is desperate resentment, and more often it is the complex tension between love and hate.