Alas, 'tis true I have gone here and there

And made myself a motley to the view,

Gored mine own thoughts, sold cheap what is most dear,

Made old offences of affections new;

Most true it is that I have look'd on truth

Askance and strangely: but, by all above,

These blenches gave my heart another youth,

And worse essays proved thee my best of love.

Now all is done, have what shall have no end:

Mine appetite I never more will grind

On newer proof, to try an older friend,

A god in love, to whom I am confined.

Then give me welcome, next my heaven the best,

Even to thy pure and most most loving breast.

唉，我的確曾經常東奔西跑，

扮作斑衣的小丑供眾人賞玩，

違背我的意志，把至寶賤賣掉，

為了新交不惜把舊知交冒犯；

更千真萬確我曾經斜著冷眼

去看真情；但天呀，這種種離乖

給我的心帶來了另一個春天，

最壞的考驗證實了你的真愛。

現在一切都過去了，請你接受

無盡的友誼：我不再把欲望磨利，

用新的試探去考驗我的老友--

那拘禁我的、鐘情于我的神袛。

　　那么，歡迎我吧，我的人間的天，

　　迎接我到你最親的純潔的胸間。