双语读诗| Sonnet 18 莎士比亚十四行诗 18

          William Shakespeare 威廉·莎士比亚

Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?

或许我可用夏日把你来比方，

Thou art more lovely and more temperate:

但你比夏日更可爱也更温良。

Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,

夏风狂作常摧落五月的娇蕊，

And summer's lease hath all too short a date:

夏季的期限也未免还不太长。

Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines,

有时天眼如炬人间酷热难当，

And often is his gold complexion dimmed;

但转瞬金面如晦，云遮雾障。

And every fair from fair sometime declines,

每一种美都终究会凋残零落，

By chance or nature's changing course untrimmed:

难免见弃于机缘与天道无常。

But thy eternal summer shall not fade,

但你永恒的夏季却不会消亡，

Nor lose possession of that fair thou ow'st;

你优美的形象也永不会消亡。

Nor shall Death brag thou wander'st in his shade

死神难夸口说你深陷其罗网，

When in eternal lines to time thou grow'st:

只因你借我诗行可长寿无疆。

So long as men can breathe or eyes can see,

只要人眼能看，人口能呼吸，

So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.

我诗必长存，使你万世流芳。