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愛爾蘭機師眺望死亡

吾軀此役必殞

畢命青空一角

余心於敵無恨

弗愛所衛之國

吾鄉基爾塔坦

吾鄰乃城貧苦

劫難不增不減

未聞功祿榮富

余戰毋因刑責

莫須悅眾媚貴

孤身剎那豁達

鐵翅直闖天際

回眸泰山鴻毛

來日乏善足陳

往昔咎譽俱無

生死功過浮塵

威廉·巴特勒·葉慈

(Takki Ma 譯)

An Irish Airman Foresees His Death

I know that I shall meet my fate

Somewhere among the clouds above;

Those that I fight I do not hate,

Those that I guard I do not love;

My country is Kiltartan Cross,

My countrymen Kiltartan’s poor,

No likely end could bring them loss

Or leave them happier than before.

Nor law, nor duty bade me fight,

Nor public men, nor cheering crowds,

A lonely impulse of delight

Drove to this tumult in the clouds;

I balanced all, brought all to mind,

The years to come seemed waste of breath,

A waste of breath the years behind

In balance with this life, this death.

William Butler Yeats

謹念各位守護香港的人

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