William Shakespeare - The Sonnets (37) 汉译

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As a decrepit father takes delight

To see his active child do deeds of youth,

So I, made lame by fortune’s dearest spite,

Take all my comfort of thy worth and truth;

For whether beauty, birth, or wealth, or wit,

Or any of these all, or all, or more,

Entitled in thy parts do crowned sit,

I make my love engrafted to this store:

So then I am not lame, poor, nor despis’d

Whilst that this shadow doth such substance give

That I in thy abundance am suffic’d,

And by a part of all thy glory live.

Look what is best, that best I wish in thee:

This wish I have; then ten times happy me!

 

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像一个衰老的父亲高兴去看

活泼的儿子表演青春的伎俩，

同样，我，受了命运的恶毒摧残，

从你的精诚和美德找到力量。

因为，无论美、门第、财富或才华，

或这一切，或其一，或多于这一切，

在你身上登峰造极，我都把

我的爱在你这个宝藏上嫁接。

那么，我并不残废、贫穷、被轻藐，

既然这种种幻影都那么充实，

使我从你的富裕得满足，并倚靠

你的光荣的一部分安然度日。

看，生命的至宝，我暗祝你尽有：

既有这心愿，我便十倍地无忧。

 

（梁宗岱 译）