虽有繁多的叶子,根却只有一条;
在青春的谎言岁月里
我招摇着叶与花,在阳光下
如今,我不妨凋萎成真理
Though leaves are many,the root is one;
Through all the lying days of my youth
I swayed my leaves and flowers in the sun;
Now I may wither into the truth.
——威廉·巴特勒·叶芝《时间的智慧》(The Coming of Wisdom with Time)
李立玮/译