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Down By the Salley Gardens
Down by the salley gardens my love and I did meet;
斯遇佳人，仙苑重深；
She passed the salley gardens with little snow-white feet.
玉人雪趾，往渡穿林；
She bid me take love easy, as the leaves grow on the tree;
嘱我适爱，如叶逢春；
But I, being young and foolish, with her would not agree.
我愚且顽，负此明言；
In a field by the river my love and I did stand;
斯水之畔，与彼曾伫；
And on my leaning shoulder she laid her snow-white hand.
比肩之处，玉手曾拂；
She bid me take life easy, as the grass grows on the weirs;
嘱我适世，如荇生堰；
But I was young and foolish, and now I am full of tears.
惜我愚顽，唯余泣叹。
Down By the Salley Gardens是爱尔兰诗人、剧作家叶慈（Yeats）所作的一首古风诗，后来被谱以爱尔兰风笛曲。词和曲都让人联想到《诗经》的《蒹葭》。
《诗经·国风·秦风·蒹葭》
蒹葭苍苍，白露为霜。
所谓伊人，在水一方。
溯洄从之，道阻且长。
溯游从之，宛在水中央。
蒹葭萋萋，白露未晞。
所谓伊人，在水之湄。
溯洄从之，道阻且跻。
溯游从之，宛在水中坻。
蒹葭采采，白露未已，
所谓伊人，在水之涘。
溯洄从之，道阻且右。
溯游从之，宛在水中沚。
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