莎士比亚十四行诗节选

一二 、

　　当我数着壁上报时的自鸣钟，

　　见明媚的白昼坠入狰狞的夜，

　　当我凝望着紫罗兰老了春容，

　　青丝的卷发遍洒着皑皑白雪；

　　当我看见参天的树枝叶尽脱，

　　它不久前曾荫蔽喘息的牛羊；

　　夏天的青翠一束一束地就缚，

　　带着坚挺的白须被舁上殓床；

　　于是我不禁为你的朱颜焦虑：

　　终有天你要加入时光的废堆，

　　既然美和芳菲都把自己抛弃，

　　眼看着别人生长自己却枯萎；

　　没什么抵挡得住时光的毒手，

　    除了生育，当他来要把你拘走。

When I do count the clock that tells the time,

And see the brave day sunk in hideous night;

When I behold the violet past prime,

And sable curls all silver'd o'er with white:

When lofty trees I see barren of leaves,

Which erst from heat did canopy the herd,

And summer's green, all girded up in sheaves,

Born on the bier with white and bristly beard;

Then of thy beauty do I question make,

That thou among the wastes of time must go,

Since sweets and beauties do themselves forsake,

And die as fast as they see others grow;

And nothing 'gainst Time's scythe can make defence

Save breed, to brave him when he takes thee hence.