William Shakespeare - The Sonnets (14) 汉译

XIV

Not from the stars do I my judgment pluck;

And yet methinks I have astronomy,

But not to tell of good or evil luck,

Of plagues, of dearths, or seasons’ quality;

Nor can I fortune to brief minutes tell,

Pointing to each his thunder, rain and wind,

Or say with princes if it shall go well

By oft predict that I in heaven find:

But from thine eyes my knowledge I derive,

And constant stars in them I read such art

As ‘Truth and beauty shall together thrive,

If from thyself, to store thou wouldst convert;’

Or else of thee this I prognosticate:

‘Thy end is truth’s and beauty’s doom and date.’

十四

我的判断不是靠星象而来，

但是星象学我想我也懂一点，

不过我不会预言运气的好坏，

疫疠，灾荒，或四季的吉凶变迁；

我也不能为人卜算流年，

指点出某时某刻有迅雷风雨，

我也不能靠什么朕兆出现在天边，

就对帝王们预报什么灾异。

但是从你的眼睛我获得了学问，

从你的两颗星眸我得到这样的指点，

“真与美将同时并存，

 如果你肯把你自己传诸久远”；

否则我可以对你预告：

“你死亡之日便是真与美的末日来到。”