莎士比亚十四行诗全集:第116篇

 　　Let me not to the marriage of true minds 呵，我绝不让两颗真心遇到障碍

　　Admit impediments. Love is not love 难成百年之好。爱不是真爱，

　　Which alters when it alteration¹ finds, 如果对方转弯自己立刻转向，

　　Or bends with the remover to remove: 如果对方变心自已立刻收场。

　　O no! it is an ever-fixed mark 啊，不，爱应该是灯塔永远为人导航，

　　That looks on tempests and is never shaken; 虽直面暴风疾雨，绝不动摇晃荡。

　　It is the star to every wandering bark, 爱是星斗，指引着迷舟，

　　Whose worth's unknown, although his height be taken. 它的纬度可测，其价值却难求。

　　Love's not Time's fool, though rosy² lips and cheeks Within his bending sickle's compass come: 尽管红颜皓齿难逃过无常的镰刀，爱却绝不是受时光愚弄的小丑。

　　Love alters not with his brief hours and weeks, 沧桑轮回，爱却长生不改，

　　But bears it out even to the edge of doom³. 雄立千秋万世直到末日的尽头。

　　If this be error and upon me proved, 假如有人能证明我这话说得过火，

　　I never writ⁴, nor no man ever loved. 那就算我从未写诗，世人从未爱过。

1 alteration   

n.变更，改变；蚀变

参考例句：

• The shirt needs alteration.这件衬衣需要改一改。
• He easily perceived there was an alteration in my countenance.他立刻看出我的脸色和往常有些不同。

2 rosy   

adj.美好的，乐观的，玫瑰色的

参考例句：

• She got a new job and her life looks rosy.她找到一份新工作，生活看上去很美好。
• She always takes a rosy view of life.她总是对生活持乐观态度。

3 doom   

n.厄运，劫数；v.注定，命定

参考例句：

• The report on our economic situation is full of doom and gloom.这份关于我们经济状况的报告充满了令人绝望和沮丧的调子。
• The dictator met his doom after ten years of rule.独裁者统治了十年终于完蛋了。

4 writ   

n.命令状，书面命令

参考例句：

• This is a copy of a writ I received this morning.这是今早我收到的书面命令副本。
• You shouldn't treat the newspapers as if they were Holy Writ. 你不应该把报上说的话奉若神明。