Accuse me thus: that I have scanted all

Wherein I should your great deserts repay,

Forgot upon your dearest love to call,

Whereto all bonds do tie me day by day;

That I have frequent been with unknown minds

And given to time your own dear-purchased right

That I have hoisted sail to all the winds

Which should transport me farthest from your sight.

Book both my wilfulness and errors down

And on just proof surmise accumulate;

Bring me within the level of your frown,

But shoot not at me in your waken'd hate;

Since my appeal says I did strive to prove

The constancy and virtue of your love.

請這樣控告我：說我默不作聲，

盡管對你的深恩我應當酬謝；

說我忘記向你繾綣的愛慰問，

盡管我對你依戀一天天密切；

說我時常和陌生的心靈來往，

為偶爾機緣斷送你寶貴情誼；

說我不管什么風都把帆高揚，

任它們把我吹到天涯海角去。

請把我的任性和錯誤都記下，

在真憑實據上還要積累嫌疑，

把我帶到你的顰眉蹙額底下，

千萬別喚醒怨毒來把我射死；

　　因為我的訴狀說我急于證明

　　你對我的愛多么忠貞和堅定。