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As a decrepit father takes delight
正像陽精痿頓的父親喜歡觀看
To see his active child do deeds of youth,
年輕氣盛的孩子演示風流韻事，
So I, made lame by fortune's dearest spite,
我雖曾蒙受命運最大的摧殘，
Take all my comfort of thy worth and truth.
卻也能從你的美德與真誠獲得快意。
For whether beauty, birth, or wealth, or wit,
美色、門第、才華或財富、
Or any of these all, or all, or more,
無論其中一樣或更多或全部，
Entitled in thy parts do crowned sit,
都在你身上發揮得恰到好處，
I make my love engrafted to this store:
我于是把自己的愛植入你這寶庫。
So then I am not lame, poor, nor despised,
從此，我不再殘廢，或受人鄙視。
Whilst that this shadow doth such substance give
既然這庇護之所讓充實代替了幻影，
That I in thy abundance am sufficed
我當滿足于你的富裕豐盈，
And by a part of all thy glory live.
活下去，憑借你這一抹濃蔭。
Look, what is best, that best I wish in thee:
我但望你的庫內有無價的奇珍至寶，
This wish I have; then ten times happy me!
而一旦如愿，我便十倍地快樂逍遙。
