William Shakespeare - The Sonnets (56) 汉译

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Sweet love renew thy force, be it not said

Thy edge should blunter be than appetite,

Which but to-day by feeding is allayed,

To-morrow sharpened in his former might.

So love be thou, although to-day thou fill

Thy hungry eyes, even till they wink with fulness,

To-morrow see again, and do not kill

The spirit of love, with a perpetual dulness:

Let this sad interim like the ocean be

Which parts the shore, where two contracted new,

Come daily to the banks, that when they see:

Return of love, more blest may be the view.

Or call it winter, which being full of care,

Makes summer’s welcome, thrice more wished, more rare.

 

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甜蜜的爱哟，请你把力量恢复；

别让人说你的锋刃比食欲还钝，

食欲不过今朝饱餐后心满意足，

明天它又会嚣然思食大嚼大吞。

请你也这样；虽然今天已看够，

甚至你饥饿的眼睛已餍饱欲闭，

但请明日再睁开你的灿灿明眸，

别用沉沉昏睡把爱的灵魂窒息。

就让这阴沉的间隔像退潮海水，

一对刚订情的恋人每日到岸边，

当他俩看见爱的浪潮汹涌回归，

那景象看上去也许更令人开颜；

或称它为冬天，充满忧思的冬

使夏天更显美好，更值得憧憬。

 

（曹明伦 译）