有人推荐过这首歌，很好听，分享一下。歌词源自诗人叶芝的诗 《When You Are Old》。
看过杜拉斯小说《情人》吗？（年轻时看过梁家辉主演的这部电影，囫囵吞枣，快进快退，现在想起了，只记住美女年轻柔嫩的身体。当然，没什么好惭愧的，不能指望年轻的时候会像现在这样,慢慢品味一些美好的事物。）小说有个非常经典的开头：
“我已经老了，有一天，在一处公共场所的大厅里，有一个男人向我走来。他主动介绍自己，他对我说：‘我认识你，永远记得你。那时候，你还很年轻，人人都说你美，现在，我是特为来告诉你，对我来说，我觉得现在你比年轻的时候更美，那时你是年轻女人，与你那时的面貌相比，我更爱你现在备受摧残的面容。”
大概，只能等到百年之际，行将就木之时，才能知道什么是美，是否爱过。
By William Butler Yeats 1865–1939
When you are old and grey and full of sleep,
And nodding by the fire, take down this book,
And slowly read, and dream of the soft look
Your eyes had once, and of their shadows deep;
How many loved your moments of glad grace,
And loved your beauty with love false or true,
But one man loved the pilgrim soul in you,
And loved the sorrows of your changing face;
And bending down beside the glowing bars,
Murmur, a little sadly, how Love fled
And paced upon the mountains overhead
And hid his face amid a crowd of stars.
