莎士比亚十四行诗全集:第83篇

 　　I never saw that you did painting need 从来不觉得你需要画眉敷粉，

　　And therefore to your fair no painting set; 所以我从来不往你脸上贴金；

　　I found, or thought I found, you did exceed The barren tender of a poet's debt; 我发现或自以为发现，你的丰采使诗人们报恩的颂词更美妙十分。

　　And therefore have I slept in your report, 于是我忙里偷闲暂停把你歌唱，

　　That you yourself being extant well might show 好让活生生的你把自己的美证明。

　　How far a modern quill¹ doth come too short, 时下摇鹅毛管的人显得多么愚笨，

　　Speaking of worth, what worth in you doth grow. 空嚷嚷你有美德却愈说愈说不清。

　　This silence for my sin you did impute², 你将我一时沉默看作是我的过错，

　　Which shall be most my glory, being dumb; 其实我装聋作哑更添我荣光数层。

　　For I impair³ not beauty being mute, 因为我隐忍不发璧全你美色无双，

　　When others would give life and bring a tomb. 他人欲锦上添花反害了卿卿性命。

　　There lives more life in one of your fair eyes Than both your poets can in praise devise. 你即使一只眼眸也暗藏生机万点，远胜我辈诗人，徒奉颂词三千。

1 quill   

n.羽毛管；v.给（织物或衣服）作皱褶

参考例句：

• He wrote with a quill.他用羽毛笔写字。
• She dipped a quill in ink,and then began to write.她将羽毛笔在墨水里蘸了一下，随后开始书写。

2 impute   

v.归咎于

参考例句：

• I impute his failure to laziness.我把他的失败归咎于他的懒惰。
• It is grossly unfair to impute blame to the United Nations.把责任归咎于联合国极其不公。

3 impair   

v.损害，损伤；削弱，减少

参考例句：

• Loud noise can impair your hearing.巨大的噪音有损听觉。
• It can not impair the intellectual vigor of the young.这不能磨灭青年人思想活力。