莎士比亚十四行诗全集:第59篇

 　　If there be nothing new, but that which is 假如天下无新东西，万古如斯，

　　Hath been before, how are our brains beguiled¹, 那么我们的大脑多么容易痴迷，

　　Which, labouring for invention, bear amiss 尽管想发明创造用心良苦，

　　The second burden of a former child! 到头来免不了是依样画葫芦。

　　O, that record could with a backward look, 啊，但愿有历史记载供我追溯，

　　Even of five hundred courses of the sun, 至少五百年前的某一本古书，

　　Show me your image in some antique² book, 你的形象早已显现在那里。

　　Since mind at first in character was done! 自从人的思想开始用文字来记录，

　　That I might see what the old world could say 我想看看古人曾用什么妙笔，

　　To this composed wonder of your frame; 描摹过你光彩照人的绝世风姿，

　　Whether we are mended, or whether better they, 究竟是我们技高还是他们笔拙，

　　Or whether revolution be the same. 究竟千古轮回是否毫无新意。

　　O, sure I am, the wits of former days 但有一事我敢肯定，前朝的才子，

　　To subjects worse have given admiring praise. 曾滥用笔墨赞美过远不如你的主题。

1 beguiled   

v.欺骗( beguile的过去式和过去分词 )；使陶醉；使高兴；消磨（时间等）

参考例句：

• She beguiled them into believing her version of events. 她哄骗他们相信了她叙述的事情。
• He beguiled me into signing this contract. 他诱骗我签订了这项合同。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》

2 antique   

adj.古时的，古代的；n.古物，古器，古玩

参考例句：

• The Sunday antique market is a happy hunting ground for collectors.周日的古董市场是收藏家的淘物乐园。
• I saw the vase in the window of an antique shop.我在一家古玩店的橱窗里看见了这个花瓶。