莎士比亚十四行诗全集:第7篇

 　　Lo, in the orient when the gracious light 瞧呀，瞧东方仁慈的朝阳抬起了

　　Lifts up his burning head, each under eye 火红的头颅，每一双尘世的眼晴

　　Doth homage¹ to his new-appearing sight, 都向它初升的景象致敬，

　　Serving with looks his sacred majesty²; 仰望的目光膜拜着神圣的光明。

　　And having climbed the steep-up heavenly hill, 瞧它登上了陡峭的天峰，

　　Resembling strong youth in his middle age, 宛如正当盛年的年轻人，

　　Yet mortal looks adore his beauty still, 而人间的眼睛依然仰慕他的美貌，

　　Attending on his golden pilgrimage; 追随他那金色的旅程。

　　But when from highmost pitch, with weary car, 但当随疲乏的车辇越过高峰，

　　Like feeble age he reeleth from the day, 他渐渐在远离白昼，如老迈之人，

　　The eyes, 'fore³ duteous, now converted are 于是那从前恭候的百光就不再追逐

　　From his low tract⁴ and look another way: 他下行之道而转顾他途。

　　So thou, thyself outgoing in thy noon, 而你呵，也一样，如今正值赫日当午，

　　Unlooked on diest unless thou get a son. 若不养个儿子，便会死而无人盼顾。

1 homage   

n.尊敬，敬意，崇敬

参考例句：

• We pay homage to the genius of Shakespeare.我们对莎士比亚的天才表示敬仰。
• The soldiers swore to pay their homage to the Queen.士兵们宣誓效忠于女王陛下。

2 majesty   

n.雄伟，壮丽，庄严，威严；最高权威，王权

参考例句：

• The king had unspeakable majesty.国王有无法形容的威严。
• Your Majesty must make up your mind quickly!尊贵的陛下，您必须赶快做出决定！

3 fore   

adv.在前面；adj.先前的；在前部的；n.前部

参考例句：

• Your seat is in the fore part of the aircraft.你的座位在飞机的前部。
• I have the gift of fore knowledge.我能够未卜先知。

4 tract   

n.传单，小册子，大片(土地或森林)

参考例句：

• He owns a large tract of forest.他拥有一大片森林。
• He wrote a tract on this subject.他曾对此写了一篇短文。