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Since brass, nor stone, nor earth, nor boundless sea,
既然大地滄海巨石堅金
But sad mortality o'er-sways their power,
均難與無常永世并存，
How with this rage shall beauty hold a plea,
那么，嬌若柔花的美
Whose action is no stronger than a flower?
又如何能與死的嚴威抗衡？
O, how shall summer's honey breath hold out
夏日的嫩蕊香風如何能擋住
Against the wreckful siege of battering days,
來日霜刀雪劍的摧凌？
When rocks impregnable are not so stout,
縱然是壁立巉巖鋼門如鑄，
Nor gates of steel so strong, but Time decays?
終必在時間的磨礪下消殞。
O fearful meditation! where, alack,
啊，令人膽寒的思想！我只能哀嘆，
Shall Time's best jewel from Time's chest lie hid?
時間的珍珠難免埋進時間的荒墳。
Or what strong hand can hold his swift foot back?
問，可有巨手能擋住這過客般的光陰？
Or who his spoil of beauty can forbid?
可有猛士能止住他掠奪美物的暴行？
O, none, unless this miracle have might,
沒有，沒有，要使我的愛輝耀千載，
That in black ink my love may still shine bright.
唯一的高招是借我的墨跡顯圣通靈。
