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O, that you were yourself, but, love, you are
啊，愿你就是你自身，但是愛啊，
No longer yours than you yourself here live;
你擁有自己的時間長不過你的生命，
Against this coming end you should prepare,
勢不可免的末日會來，你該做好準(zhǔn)備，
And your sweet semblance to some other give.
把你那嬌美的形象轉(zhuǎn)讓與別人，
So should that beauty which you hold in lease
這樣一來，你那租借來的美色，
Find no determination, then you were
就總不會到期——一旦你殞命，
Yourself again after your self's decease,
你會再一次成為活生生的自己，
When your sweet issue your sweet form should bear.
因為你的后嗣會保留你的原形。
Who lets so fair a house fall to decay,
誰會讓如此美麗的房舍傾圮，
Which husbandry in honour might uphold
假如細(xì)心的照料會贏來無損，
Against the stormy gusts of winter's day
使它免遭受隆冬的狂風(fēng)凜冽
And barren rage of death's eternal cold?
和死神橫掃時的冷酷無情？
O, none but unthrifts! Dear my love, you know,
哦，只有浪子才會這樣，愛，你既知道，
You had a father; let your son say so.
你自己有父親，就該讓你兒子也有父親。
