He Wishes for the Cloths of Heaven
[愛爾蘭]威廉·巴特勒·葉芝
William Butler Yeats
若我有天國的錦緞，
以金銀色的光線編織，
還有湛藍的夜色與潔白的晝光
以及黎明和黃昏錯綜的光芒，
我將用這錦緞鋪展在你的腳下。
可我，如此貧窮，僅僅擁有夢；
就把我的夢鋪展在你的腳下，
輕一點啊，因為你腳踩著我的夢。
Had I the heavens'embroidered cloths，
Enwrought with golden and silver light，
The blue and the dim and the dark cloths
of night and light and the half-light，
I would spread the cloths under your feet：
But I， being poor， have only my dreams；
I have spread my dreams under your feet，
Tread softly because you tread on my dreams.