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 Romeo And Juliet: Act 5,Scene 3

罗密欧与朱丽叶:第五幕,第三场

Romeo: My love! My wife!

罗密欧：我的爱人！我的妻子！

Death, that hath sucked the honey of thy breath,

死神虽然吸干了你甜蜜的气息，

Hath had no power yet upon thy beauty.

却没有力量摧毁你的美丽。 

Thou are not conquered. Beauty's ensign yet

你没有被征服，美丽的红旗仍然

Is crimson¹ in thy lips and in thy cheeks,

轻拂着你的嘴唇和面颊，

And death's pale flag is not advanced there.

死神的白旗还未插到那里。

Dear Juliet,

亲爱的朱丽叶，

Why art thou yet so fair? Shall I believe

你为什么依然如此美丽？难道要我相信

That unsubstantial Death is amorous²,

无形的死神很多情，

Keeps thee here in dark to be his paramour?

把你藏在这暗洞里做他的情妇？

Here. O, here will I set up my everlasting³ rest

这儿，啊，我要在这儿永远安息

And shake the yoke⁴ of inauspicious stars from this world-wearied flesh.

从我这厌恶人生的躯体上挣脱厄运的奴役。

Eyes,look your last!

眼睛，最后再看一次！

Arms, take your last embrace! And, lips, O you

手臂，最后拥抱一次吧！嘴唇，啊！

The doors to breath, seal with a righteous kiss

气息的大门，用一个合法的吻

A dateless bargain to engrossing⁵ death!

跟贪婪的死神订立一份永久的契约！

1 crimson   

n./adj.深(绯)红色(的)；vi.脸变绯红色

参考例句：

• She went crimson with embarrassment.她羞得满脸通红。
• Maple leaves have turned crimson.枫叶已经红了。

2 amorous   

adj.多情的；有关爱情的

参考例句：

• They exchanged amorous glances and clearly made known their passions.二人眉来眼去，以目传情。
• She gave him an amorous look.她脉脉含情的看他一眼。

3 everlasting   

adj.永恒的，持久的，无止境的

参考例句：

• These tyres are advertised as being everlasting.广告上说轮胎持久耐用。
• He believes in everlasting life after death.他相信死后有不朽的生命。

4 yoke   

n.轭；支配；v.给...上轭，连接，使成配偶

参考例句：

• An ass and an ox,fastened to the same yoke,were drawing a wagon.驴子和公牛一起套在轭上拉车。
• The defeated army passed under the yoke.败军在轭门下通过。

5 engrossing   

adj.使人全神贯注的，引人入胜的v.使全神贯注( engross的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• He told us an engrossing story. 他给我们讲了一个引人入胜的故事。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• It might soon have ripened into that engrossing feeling. 很快便会发展成那种压倒一切的感情的。 来自辞典例句