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傅正明譯
譯者按：莎士比亞的許多作品寫於倫敦瘟疫時期，据學者的研究統計，瘟疫 「plague」一詞在莎士比亞作品中共出現九十八次，有瘟疫、災禍、折磨等多重意義，或用作比喻意義上的精神瘟疫。在其十四行詩中，先後出現四次，筆者早就有莎士比亞十四行詩全譯，此處先後刊載出現plague一詞的四首詩。
Shakespeare's Sonnets
114
Or whether doth my mind, being crowned with you,
Drink up the monarch's plague, this flattery?
Or whether shall I say, mine eye saith true,
And that your love taught it this alchemy,
To make of monsters and things indigest
Such cherubins as your sweet self resemble,
Creating every bad a perfect best,
As fast as objects to his beams assemble?
O! 'tis the first, 'tis flattery in my seeing,
And my great mind most kingly drinks it up:
Mine eye well knows what with his gust is 'greeing,
And to his palate doth prepare the cup:
If it be poisoned, 'tis the lesser sin
That mine eye loves it and doth first begin.
一一四
與君同加冕，捫心自問心靈
莫非染上王家瘟疫，飲盡一杯阿諛？
抑或我眼光只說眼見之真，
君之厚愛教它眼眶煉金術，
把地獄群魔情場色鬼
練成天使赤子，與君酷肖比瑰態，
天下醜惡入丹爐，化作人間至美，
眼中也許集藏了萬種風采？
噢，答案是前者，我眼光之阿諛，
遞給海量之心，滿心歡喜
乾杯見底。眼光摸透心欲，
依其味覺置辦一桌宴席：
倘若杯中有毒，飲鴆只是輕罪，
因我眼光垂涎，搶先飲它一杯。
第2行的“一杯阿諛”（this flattery），指次行的“我的眼睛”（eye，中譯或譯為“眼光”、“眼眶”）輸送給心靈的對“英俊青年”的阿諛。原文“眼睛”用單數時，往往是性器官的隱喻。
