英语诗歌：Sonnet 18

Sonnet¹ 18 

William Shakespeare

Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?  

我能否把你比作夏天？

Thou art more lovely and more temperate 

你比它可爱也比它温婉。

Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May 

狂风把五月的嫩芽摧残，

And summer’s lease hath all too short a date 

夏日的期限又未免太短。

Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines 

天上那金眼有时太强烈，

And often is his gold complexion² dimmed 

它的容颜又常常被遮掩。

And every fair from fair sometime declines 

世上娇艳之物都会凋零，

By chance or nature’s changing course untrimmed 

受机缘或大自然的局限。 

But thy eternal summer shall not fade 

你的长夏永远不会消逝， 

Nor lose possession of that fair thou owe’st 

永不会失去迷人的光彩。

Nor shall Death brag³ thou wander’st in his shade 

不会在死神阴影中漂泊，

When in eternal lines to time thou growest

这诗句将与你与时同在。 

So long as men can breathe， or eyes can see 

只要人活着，眼睛还能看，

So long lives this,and this gives life to thee.

这诗将永存，赋予你生命。

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 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。

3 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。