莎士比亚十四行诗全集:第1篇

 　　From fairest creatures we desire increase, 我们总愿美的物种繁衍昌盛，

　　That thereby¹ beauty's rose might never die, 好让美的玫瑰永远也不凋零。

　　But as the riper should by time decease, 纵然时序难逆，物壮必老，

　　His tender heir might bear his memory; 自有年轻的子孙来一脉相承。

　　But thou contracted to thine own bright eyes, 而你，却只与自己的明眸定婚，

　　Feed'st thy light's flame with self-substantial fuel, 焚身为火，好烧出眼中的光明。

　　Making a famine where abundance lies, 你与自我为敌，作践甜蜜的自身，

　　Thyself thy foe², to thy sweet self too cruel. 有如在丰饶之地偏造成满目饥民。

　　Thou that art now the world's fresh ornament³, 你是当今世界鲜美的装饰，

　　And only herald⁴ to the gaudy⁵ spring, 你是锦绣春光里报春的先行。

　　Within thine own bud buriest thy content, 你用自己的花苞埋葬了自己的花精，

　　And, tender churl⁶, mak'st waste in niggarding. 如慷慨的吝啬者用吝啬将血本赔尽。

　　Pity the world, or else this glutton⁷ be, 可怜这个世界吧，否则你就无异贪夫，

　　To eat the world's due, by the grave and thee. 不留遗嗣在人间，只落得萧条葬孤坟。

1 thereby   

adv.因此，从而

参考例句：

• I have never been to that city,,ereby I don't know much about it.我从未去过那座城市，因此对它不怎么熟悉。
• He became a British citizen,thereby gaining the right to vote.他成了英国公民，因而得到了投票权。

2 foe   

n.敌人，仇敌

参考例句：

• He knew that Karl could be an implacable foe.他明白卡尔可能会成为他的死敌。
• A friend is a friend;a foe is a foe;one must be clearly distinguished from the other.敌是敌，友是友，必须分清界限。

3 ornament   

v.装饰，美化；n.装饰，装饰物

参考例句：

• The flowers were put on the table for ornament.花放在桌子上做装饰用。
• She wears a crystal ornament on her chest.她的前胸戴了一个水晶饰品。

4 herald   

vt.预示...的来临，预告，宣布，欢迎

参考例句：

• In England, the cuckoo is the herald of spring.在英国杜鹃鸟是报春的使者。
• Dawn is the herald of day.曙光是白昼的先驱。

5 gaudy   

adj.华而不实的；俗丽的

参考例句：

• She was tricked out in gaudy dress.她穿得华丽而俗气。
• The gaudy butterfly is sure that the flowers owe thanks to him.浮华的蝴蝶却相信花是应该向它道谢的。

6 churl   

n.吝啬之人；粗鄙之人

参考例句：

• The vile person shall be no more called liberal,nor the churl said to be bountiful.愚顽人不再称为高明、吝啬人不再称为大方。
• He must have had some ups and downs in life to make him such a churl.他一生一定经历过一些坎坷，才使他变成这么一个粗暴的人。

7 glutton   

n.贪食者，好食者

参考例句：

• She's a glutton for work.She stays late every evening.她是个工作狂，每天都很晚才下班。
• He is just a glutton.He is addicted to excessive eating.他就是个老饕，贪吃成性。