My Mistress’ Eyes Are Nothing like the Sun

My mistress’ eyes are nothing like the sun；
Coral is far more red than her lips’ red：
If snow be white, why then her breasts are dun；
If hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head．
I have seen roses damasked*, red and white,be in pink
But no such roses see I in her cheeks；
And in some perfumes is there more delight
Than in the breath that from my mistress reeks．
I love to hear her speak, yet well I know
That music hath a far more pleasing sound：
I grant I never saw a goddess go,---
My mistress, when she walks, treads on the ground．
And yet, by heaven, I think my love as rare
As any she belied with false compare．

我的愛人沒有陽光一般明亮的眼睛
威廉•莎士比亞

我的愛人沒有陽光一般明亮的眼睛,
也遠遠沒有賽過珊瑚的紅唇；
她的胸脯比白雪幽暗,
如麻的黑發長在她的頭頂。
我見過紅、白各色的玫瑰,
可玫瑰的顏色在她面頰上全無蹤影；
如果說香水氣味芬芳,
可她的呼吸中香味難尋。
我愛聽她開口講話,
雖遠不如音樂悅耳動聽：
我的愛人走路是常人的步態,
我承認從未見過仙女的身形。
然而,天啊,我的愛人彌足珍貴,
盡管難與那些美妙的比喻相提并論。

威廉•莎士比亞(William Shakespeare 1564—1616)英國劇作家 人們常常用各種美好的事物來比喻自己的愛人。而這首詩正好相反,直陳那些美好的比喻都不能用在自己的愛人身上。盡管這也比不上、那也比不上,但無法用語言 解釋清楚的是,自己的愛人比一切都更加珍貴。