英语诗歌精选 十四行诗第十八首

SONNET¹ 18—By Shakespeare.

十四行诗第十八首——莎士比亚著

Shall I compare thee to asummer's day?

我是否能把你与夏日比较？

Thou art more lovely and more temperate²,

尽管你的美丽和温柔远超：

Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,

狂风肆虐五月柔嫩的花苞，

And summer's lease hath all too short a date,

孟夏总叹吉日良辰的短少：

Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines,

太阳普照下时而炎热难当，

And often is his gold complexion³ dimm'd,

夕阳西沉处常常金辉黯淡；

And every fair from fair sometime declines,

无奈花开花谢中红颜易伤，

By chance or nature's changing course untrimm'd,

苦于滚滚红尘里世事无常；

But thy eternal summer shall not fade,

唯有你好似永夏经年不衰，

Nor lose possession of that fair thou owest.

不失优雅气质而风华绝代；

Nor shall Death brag⁴ thou wander'st in his shade,

不失优雅气质而风华绝代；

When in eternal lines to time thou growest.

定格在不朽诗篇字里行外：

So long as men can breathe or eyes can see,

只要人文延续，诵读不止，

So long lives this and this gives life to thee.

传承此诗，你也流芳百世。

1 sonnet   

n.十四行诗

参考例句：

• The composer set a sonnet to music.作曲家为一首十四行诗谱了曲。
• He wrote a sonnet to his beloved.他写了一首十四行诗，献给他心爱的人。

2 temperate   

adj.温和的，温带的，自我克制的，不过分的

参考例句：

• Asia extends across the frigid,temperate and tropical zones.亚洲地跨寒、温、热三带。
• Great Britain has a temperate climate.英国气候温和。

3 complexion   

n.肤色；情况，局面；气质，性格

参考例句：

• Red does not suit with her complexion.红色与她的肤色不协调。
• Her resignation puts a different complexion on things.她一辞职局面就全变了。

4 brag   

v./n.吹牛，自夸；adj.第一流的

参考例句：

• He made brag of his skill.他夸耀自己技术高明。
• His wealth is his brag.他夸张他的财富。