down by the sally gardens 这首歌，在2004年我就在我买的d版《天籁地球村》里听过，不久还学会唱了。来长沙上学后，我在寝室里也经常唱这首歌，旁边的室友也会跟着哼上几句了。叶芝这个大诗人，我也是认识很久了。但也只是知道他是一个爱尔兰的爱国者而已，他的诗，我并没有读过。直到有一天，我报了长线自考，买了本《英美文学选读》，我才知道，这首经常挂在我嘴边的down by the sally gardens 原来就是叶芝的作品。也直到这一天，我才真正领会到了这首歌的含义。过去的日子里，我从来没有去在乎过它的歌词，只是被曲子给吸引了而已。
这首歌创作于诗人24岁时，这首富有浪漫格调的抒情短诗在复沓之中显示出魅力，很像一首民歌。实际上，据诗人自称，他在自己的家乡Sligo常听到一个年迈的农妇对自己吟唱这首歌，他试图把差不多忘掉了的歌付诸文字并加以重构。
诗的主题很简单：一个男孩爱上一个女孩，他将她理想化，说她有雪白的手足，而那个女孩无忧无虑，劝告他不要对爱情、生活太严肃。但是，他并没有接受这个劝告，所以结果受了不少折磨。

It was down by the Sally Gardens, my love and I did meet.
She crossed the Sally Gardens with little snow-white feet.
She bid me take love easy, as the leaves grow on the tree,
But I was young and foolish, and with her did not agree.

In a field down by the river, my love and I did stand
And on my leaning shoulder, she laid her snow-white hand.
She bid me take life easy , as the grass grows on the weirs
But I was young and foolish, and now am full of tears.

Down by the Sally Gardens, my love and I did meet.
She crossed the Sally Gardens with little snow-white feet.
She bid me take love easy, as the leaves grow on the tree,
But I was young and foolish, and with her did not agree.

听过很多遍了，还是稀饭

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