That thou art blamed shall not be thy defect,

For slander's mark was ever yet the fair;

The ornament of beauty is suspect,

A crow that flies in heaven's sweetest air.

So thou be good, slander doth but approve

Thy worth the greater, being woo'd of time;

For canker vice the sweetest buds doth love,

And thou present'st a pure unstained prime.

Thou hast pass'd by the ambush of young days,

Either not assail'd or victor being charged;

Yet this thy praise cannot be so thy praise,

To tie up envy evermore enlarged:

If some suspect of ill mask'd not thy show,

Then thou alone kingdoms of hearts shouldst owe.

你受人指摘，并不是你的瑕疵，

因?yàn)槊利愑肋h(yuǎn)是誹謗的對象；

美麗的無上的裝飾就是猜疑，

像烏鴉在最晴朗的天空飛翔。

所以，檢點(diǎn)些，讒言只能更恭維

你的美德，既然時(shí)光對你鐘情；

因?yàn)閻呵類勰翘鹈鄣哪廴铮?/P>

而你的正是純潔無瑕的初春。

你已經(jīng)越過年輕日子的埋伏，

或未遭遇襲擊，或已克服敵手；

可是，對你這樣的贊美并不足

堵住那不斷擴(kuò)大的嫉妒的口：

　　若沒有猜疑把你的清光遮掩，

　　多少個(gè)心靈的王國將歸你獨(dú)占。