When You Are Old (當你老了) by William Yates A lovely song based on Yates' poem... Some parts of the English and the original Chinese do not match. My translation (not set to music) of the original poem. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fyYOzl1RbBE&t=31s When you are old and grey and full of sleep,老來蒼髮眠滿間 And nodding by the fire, take down this book,壁爐火邊欲瞌時 And slowly read, and dream of the soft look取落此書緩閱夢 Your eyes had once, and of their shadows deep1;曾經麗眼深皺影 How many loved your moments of glad grace2,天香國色憐惜悅 And loved your beauty with love false3 or true,貪色真情得若干 But one man loved the pilgrim soul4 in you,一人戀彼行者心 And loved the sorrows of your changing face;移變愁容亦無異 And bending down beside the glowing bars,熱紅橫柱余伏伴 Murmur, a little sadly, how Love fled自喃微悲恩逃脫 And paced upon the mountains overhead奔騰山頭徘徊避 And hid his face amid a crowd of stars.他顏群星心中蔽 William Yates 1. "deep wrinkles" or past events that cannot be forgotten 2. "glad" can be "happy", "grateful", "innocence" etc, all the qualities men may find enticing. 3. Greediness for beauty is not true love. 4. I am using the term from Monkey King 西遊記 to describe all the qualities of a pilgrim. Easier this way than trying to second guess the poet.