莎士比亞十四行詩第十八首

William Shakespeare (1564-1616) Sonnet 18 Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? Thou art more lovely and more temperate: Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May, And summer's lease hath all too short a date: Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines, And often is his gold complexion dimm'd; And every fair from fair sometime declines, By chance or nature's changing course untrimm'd But thy eternal summer shall not fade Nor lose possession of that fair thou owest; Nor shall Death brag thou wander'st in his shade, When in eternal lines to time thou growest: So long as men can breathe or eyes can see, So long lives this and this gives life to thee.                                          梁宗岱 译                              莎士比亞十四行詩第十八首                              我怎么能够把你来比作夏天？                              你不独比它可爱也比它温婉：                              狂风把五月宠爱的嫩蕊作践，                              夏天出赁的期限又未免太短：                              天上的眼睛有时照得太酷烈，                              它那炳耀的金颜又常遭掩蔽：                              被机缘或无常的天道所摧折，                              没有芳艳不终于雕残或销毁。                              但是你的长夏永远不会雕落，                              也不会损失你这皎洁的红芳，                              或死神夸口你在他影里漂泊，                              当你在不朽的诗里与时同长。                              只要一天有人类，或人有眼睛，                              这诗将长存，并且赐给你生命。