莎士比亚十四行诗全集:第138篇

 　　When my love swears that she is made of truth 我的爱赌咒发誓说她遍体忠诚，

　　I do believe her, though I know she lies, 我明知此语有假却乐得信以为真；

　　That she might think me some untutor'd youth, Unlearned in the world's false subtleties¹. 这样她就会认为我是不晓事的孩子，对世间的一切骗局从不存戒心。

　　Thus vainly thinking that she thinks me young, 我于是会玄想她还以为我年少，

　　Although she knows my days are past the best, 虽然她知道我早已过青春妙龄。

　　Simply I credit her false speaking tongue: 我傻乎乎地相信她的胡编乱造，

　　On both sides thus is simple truth suppress'd. 这一来我和她都在隐瞒真情。

　　But wherefore says she not she is unjust? 然而她为何不说她话中有假？

　　And wherefore say not I that I am old? 为何我不说我已经老迈无能？

　　O, love's best habit is in seeming trust, 唉，爱的堂皇服装是表面忠贞，

　　And age in love loves not to have years told: 年岁大的人最不喜把年龄谈论。

　　Therefore I lie with her and she with me, 于是我糊弄了她，她也糊弄了我，

　　And in our faults by lies we flatter'd be. 我们互相糊弄，乐在骗里纵情。

1 subtleties   

细微( subtlety的名词复数 )； 精细； 巧妙； 细微的差别等

参考例句：

• I think the translator missed some of the subtleties of the original. 我认为译者漏掉了原著中一些微妙之处。
• They are uneducated in the financial subtleties of credit transfer. 他们缺乏有关信用转让在金融方面微妙作用的知识。