莎士比亚十四行诗全集:第41篇

 　　Those petty wrongs that liberty commits, 你趁我不在你心头的时候，

　　When I am sometime absent from thy heart, 便放荡不羁，肆意风流。

　　Thy beauty and thy years full well befits, 论青春论美色你二者兼备，

　　For still temptation follows where thou art. 行迹所至，总会有诱惑追求。

　　Gentle thou art and therefore to be won, 你文雅高贵，当然有人想赢得你芳心；

　　Beauteous thou art, therefore to be assailed¹; 你美色出众，必有人尾随你大献殷勤。

　　And when a woman woos, what woman's son Will sourly leave her till she have prevailed? 面对一个女人的勾引，哪一个男子会忍心拒绝不趁机享用桃花运？

　　Ay me! but yet thou mightest my seat forbear, 但是唉，求你别把我的位儿占，

　　And chide² thy beauty and thy straying youth, 求你管住你的美色和浪荡的青春。

　　Who lead thee in their riot even there 求你别随心所欲去闯下乱子，

　　Where thou art forced to break a twofold truth, 到头来被迫毁掉双重的信誉：

　　Hers by thy beauty tempting³ her to thee, 毁她和你的，因你用美色使她失身：

　　Thine, by thy beauty being false to me. 毁你和我的，因你的美色对我不忠实。

1 assailed   

v.攻击( assail的过去式和过去分词 )；困扰；质问；毅然应对

参考例句：

• He was assailed with fierce blows to the head. 他的头遭到猛烈殴打。
• He has been assailed by bad breaks all these years. 这些年来他接二连三地倒霉。 来自《用法词典》

2 chide   

v.叱责；谴责

参考例句：

• However,they will chide you if you try to speak French.然而，如果你试图讲法语，就会遭到他们的责骂。
• He thereupon privately chide his wife for her forwardness in the matter.于是他私下责备他的妻子，因为她对这种事热心。

3 tempting   

a.诱人的, 吸引人的

参考例句：

• It is tempting to idealize the past. 人都爱把过去的日子说得那么美好。
• It was a tempting offer. 这是个诱人的提议。