William Shakespeare - The Sonnets (23) 汉译

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As an unperfect actor on the stage,

Who with his fear is put besides his part,

Or some fierce thing replete with too much rage,

Whose strength’s abundance weakens his own heart;

So I, for fear of trust, forget to say

The perfect ceremony of love’s rite,

And in mine own love’s strength seem to decay,

O’ ercharged with burthen of mine own love’s might.

O let my books be then the eloquence

And dumb presagers of my speaking breast,

Who plead for love and look for recompense

More than that I tongue that more bath more expressed.

   O learn to read what silent love hath writ.

   To hear with eyes belongs to love’s fine wit.

 

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象没有经验的演员初次登台，

慌里慌张，忘了该怎样来表演，

又象猛兽，狂暴地吼叫起来，

过分的威力反而使雄心发软；

我，也因为缺乏自信而惶恐，

竟忘了说出爱的完整的辞令，

强烈的爱又把我压得太重，

使我的爱力仿佛市区了热情。

呵，但愿我无声的试卷能够

滔滔不绝地说出我满腔的语言，

来为爱辩护，并且期待报酬，

比那能言的舌头更为雄辩。

学会读缄默的爱情写下的诗啊；

用眼睛来听，方是爱情的睿智啊！