Or whether doth my mind, being crown'd with you,

Drink up the monarch's plague, this flattery?

Or whether shall I say, mine eye saith true,

And that your love taught it this alchemy,

To make of monsters and things indigest

Such cherubins as your sweet self resemble,

Creating every bad a perfect best,

As fast as objects to his beams assemble?

O,'tis the first; 'tis flattery in my seeing,

And my great mind most kingly drinks it up:

Mine eye well knows what with his gust is 'greeing,

And to his palate doth prepare the cup:

If it be poison'd, 'tis the lesser sin

That mine eye loves it and doth first begin.

是否我的心，既把你當王冠戴，

喝過帝王們的鴆毒--自我阿諛？

還是我該說，我眼睛說的全對，

因為你的愛教會它這煉金術，

使它能夠把一切蛇神和牛鬼

轉化為和你一樣柔媚的天嬰，

把每個丑惡改造成盡善盡美，

只要事物在它的柔輝下現形？

哦，是前者；是眼睛的自我陶醉，

我偉大的心靈把它一口喝盡：

眼睛曉得投合我心靈的口味，

為它準備好這杯可口的毒飲。

　　盡管杯中有毒，罪過總比較輕，

　　因為先愛上它的是我的眼睛。