The expense of spirit in a waste of shame; Is lust in action;
把精力消耗在恥辱的沙漠里,就是色欲在行動;而在行動前,
and till action, lust; Is perjured, murderous, bloody, full of blame, Savage, extreme, rude, cruel, not to trust,
色欲賭假咒、嗜血、好殺、滿身是罪惡,兇殘、粗野、不可靠、走極端;
Enjoy'd no sooner but despised straight,
歡樂尚未央,馬上就感覺無味:
Past reason hunted, and no sooner had,
毫不講理地追求;可是一到手,
Past reason hated, as a swallow'd bait, On purpose laid to make the taker mad;
又毫不講理地厭惡,像是專為引上鉤者發狂而設下的釣鉤;
Mad in pursuit and in possession so;
在追求時瘋狂,占有時也瘋狂;
Had, having, and in quest to have, extreme;
不管已有、現有、未有,全不放松;
A bliss in proof, and proved, a very woe;
感受時,幸福;感受完,無上災殃;
Before, a joy proposed; behind, a dream.
事前,巴望著的歡樂;事后,一場夢。
All this the world well knows; yet none knows well,
這一切人共知;但誰也不知怎樣
To shun the heaven that leads men to this hell.
逃避這個引人下地獄的天堂。