Romeo and Juliet: ACT I SCENE I

MONTAGUE

Many a morning hath he there been seen,

many a morning he hath been seen there

With tears augmenting the fresh morning dew，
Adding to clouds more clouds with his deep sighs;

But all so soon as the all-cheering sun
Should in the furthest east begin to draw
The shady curtains from Aurora's bed,

All so soon as : as soon as
Should : was bound to
Aurora: 黎明女神

Away from the light steals home my heavy son,

My heavy son teals home away from light
Heavy是心情沉重的意思，light 是双关语既有光的意思，也有轻的意思（与heavy相对）

And private in his chamber pens himself,
Shuts up his windows, locks far daylight out

pen做动词的时候是把...关起来的意思

And makes himself an artificial night:
Black and portentous must this humour prove,

This humour must prove black and portenous

Unless good counsel may the cause remove.
Unless good counsel may remove the cause
除非good counsel能把the cause（郁闷的起因）解除

BENVOLIO

My noble uncle, do you know the cause?

MONTAGUE

I neither know it nor can learn of him.

我既不知道也不可能从他那里了解到。

BENVOLIO

Have you importuned him by any means?

你有没有想尽办法缠着他让他告诉你？
Importune: 纠缠

MONTAGUE

Both by myself and many other friends:
But he, his own affections' counsellor,
Is to himself--I will not say how true--
But to himself so secret and so close,
So far from sounding and discovery,

sound是个双关语，既有听见的意思也有探测（深度）的意思
离sounding 和 discovery都很远，就是没听说过，也无从打探

As is the bud bit with an envious worm,
Ere he can spread his sweet leaves to the air,
Or dedicate his beauty to the sun.

我还想了会为什么不用she而用he呢？因为Romeo是男的。

Could we but learn from whence his sorrows grow.
We would as willingly give cure as know.

Enter ROMEO

BENVOLIO

See, where he comes: so please you, step aside;
I'll know his grievance, or be much denied.

MONTAGUE

I would thou wert so happy by thy stay,
To hear true shrift. Come, madam, let's away.

I would thou wert so happy to hear true shrift by thy stay: I hope that by remaining here you will be fortunate enough to hear true shrift.

shrift: confession 坦白

Exeunt MONTAGUE and LADY MONTAGUE