莎士比亚十四行诗全集:第102篇

 　　My love is strengthen'd, though more weak in seeming; 我的爱骨子里已加强，外表上显得弱，

　　I love not less, though less the show appear: 我脸上虽显淡漠，心里却热恋如火。

　　That love is merchandized whose rich esteeming¹ The owner's tongue doth publish every where. 爱既然不是商品，爱者的舌头就无需四处将其价值传播。

　　Our love was new and then but in the spring 想起我们的初恋，那时正值阳春，

　　When I was wont² to greet it with my lays, As Philomel in summer's front doth sing And stops her pipe in growth of riper days: 我总是唱着歌儿去迎接爱的来临，有如夜莺婉转鸣嘀于初夏，要到夏末之时才停止歌吟。

　　Not that the summer is less pleasant now 不是说此刻的夏季不如当年惬意，

　　Than when her mournful hymns³ did hush⁴ the night, 那时，他那哀伤之调曾使万籁无声。

　　But that wild music burthens every bough⁵ 我是说而今百鸟狂噪孤枝欲坠，

　　And sweets grown common lose their dear delight. 曲儿太多太俗，必失宠于心庭。

　　Therefore like her I sometime hold my tongue, 因此，我学夜莺，偶尔也紧闭双唇，

　　Because I would not dull you with my song. 以免我用过多的曲儿使你烦心。

1 esteeming   

v.尊敬( esteem的现在分词 )；敬重；认为；以为

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2 wont   

adj.习惯于；v.习惯；n.习惯

参考例句：

• He was wont to say that children are lazy.他常常说小孩子们懒惰。
• It is his wont to get up early.早起是他的习惯。

3 hymns   

n.赞美诗，圣歌，颂歌( hymn的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• At first, they played the hymns and marches familiar to them. 起初他们只吹奏自己熟悉的赞美诗和进行曲。 来自英汉非文学 - 百科语料821
• I like singing hymns. 我喜欢唱圣歌。 来自辞典例句

4 hush   

int.嘘，别出声；n.沉默，静寂；v.使安静

参考例句：

• A hush fell over the onlookers.旁观者们突然静了下来。
• Do hush up the scandal!不要把这丑事声张出去！

5 bough   

n.大树枝，主枝

参考例句：

• I rested my fishing rod against a pine bough.我把钓鱼竿靠在一棵松树的大树枝上。
• Every bough was swinging in the wind.每条树枝都在风里摇摆。