讓我現在就啓行，我要動身去湖島，
在島上建一間小小的樹枝土屋，
還有九畦豆苗，和一座蜂巢。
我會在林地獨居，置身蜂鳴環抱。
我將得到安寧，安寧總是慢慢地降臨，
從晨曦的薄紗，到蟋蟀的輕吟；
夜半星光隱隱，正午紫蕾綻放清新，
傍晚紅鳥雙翅的顫動，在空氣中充盈。
我現在就要啓行，在無數個黑夜和白日，
細品湖水拍岸低低的樂韻；
我佇立於大道，或在青石板小徑，
傾聽那深沈的心靈回音。
叶芝此诗创作于1888年，诗人将其美好的幻想，倾注在对Innisfree湖岛的描写上。在他的笔下，湖岛有一种远离喧闹尘寰，世外桃源般的安谧宁静。诗人的另一个目的，就是要打造出一首富有爱尔兰民族特色的诗篇。
The Lake Isle of Innisfree
I will arise and go now, and go to Innisfree,
And a small cabin build there, of clay and wattles made;
Nine bean-rows will I have there, a hive for the honey-bee,
And live alone in the bee-loud glade.
And I shall have some peace there, for peace comes dropping slow,
Dropping from the veils of the morning to where the cricket sings;
There midnight’s all a glimmer, and noon a purple glow,
And evening full of the linnet’s wings.
I will arise and go now, for always night and day
I hear lake water lapping with low sounds by the shore;
While I stand on the roadway, or on the pavements grey,
I hear it in the deep heart’s core.