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When I have seen by Time's fell hand defaced
曾見過時間的毒手跋扈飛揚，
The rich proud cost of outworn buried age;
抹掉前代留下的豪華與榮光；
When sometime lofty towers I see down-razed
曾見過高樓俄傾成平地，
And brass eternal slave to mortal rage;
浩劫塵封了鐵壁銅墻。
When I have seen the hungry ocean gain
曾見過饑海層翻滾滾浪，
Advantage on the kingdom of the shore,
吞蝕了周遭沃土岸邊王；
And the firm soil win of the watery main,
轉眼陸地又反攻侵大海，
Increasing store with loss and loss with store;
唉，這念頭令我死一般迷茫，
When I have seen such interchange of state,
得失盈虧無常事，幾度滄桑。
Or state itself confounded to decay;
睜淚眼強抓住惟恐失掉的情郎，
Ruin hath taught me thus to ruminate,
看透了天道循環無止歇，
That Time will come and take my love away.
今日偉大風光，難免他日凄涼。
This thought is as a death, which cannot choose
天災人禍，忍教我細細思量，
But weep to have that which it fears to lose.
時辰若到，我的愛終究水涸蒼江。
