English Poetry. William Butler Yeats. A Faery Song. Уильям Батлер Йейтс.

William Butler Yeats (Уильям Батлер Йейтс)

A Faery Song

Sung by the people of Faery over Diarmuid and Grania,
in their bridal sleep under a Cromlech.

WE who are old, old and gay,
O so old!
Thousands of years, thousands of years,
If all were told:
Give to these children, new from the world,
Silence and love;
And the long dew-dropping hours of the night,
And the stars above:
Give to these children, new from the world,
Rest far from men.
Is anything better, anything better?
Tell us it then:
Us who are old, old and gay,
O so old!
Thousands of years, thousands of years,
If all were told. 

William Butler Yeats’s other poems:

1. In Memory of Alfred Pollexfen
2. Under Ben Bulben
3. To Be Carved on a Stone at Ballylee
4. The Municipal Gallery Revisited
5. Maid Quiet

1286

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