英语诗歌精选 十四行诗

Sonnet¹ 18 - William Shakespeare

十四行诗 - William Shakespeare

Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?

能否把你比作夏日璀璨？

Thou art more lovely and more temperate²;

你却比夏季更可爱温存；

Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,

狂风摧残五月花蕊娇妍，

And summer's lease hath all too short a date;

夏天匆匆离去毫不停顿；

Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines,

苍天明眸有时过于灼热，

And often is his gold complexion³ dimm'd;

金色面容往往蒙上阴翳；

And every fair from fair sometime declines,

一切优美形象不免褪色，

By chance or nature's changing course untrimm'd;

偶然摧折或自然地老去；

But thy eternal summer shall not fade,

而你如仲夏繁茂不凋谢，

Nor lose possession of that fair thou ow'st;

秀雅风姿将永远翩翩；

Nor shall Death brag⁴ thou wander'st in his shade,

死神无法逼你气息奄奄，

When in eternal lines to time thou grow'st;

你将永生与不朽诗篇；

So long as men can breathe or eyes can see,

只要人能呼吸眼不盲，

So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.

这诗和你将千秋流芳。

1 sonnet   

n.十四行诗

参考例句：

• The composer set a sonnet to music.作曲家为一首十四行诗谱了曲。
• He wrote a sonnet to his beloved.他写了一首十四行诗，献给他心爱的人。

2 temperate   

adj.温和的，温带的，自我克制的，不过分的

参考例句：

• Asia extends across the frigid,temperate and tropical zones.亚洲地跨寒、温、热三带。
• Great Britain has a temperate climate.英国气候温和。

3 complexion   

n.肤色；情况，局面；气质，性格

参考例句：

• Red does not suit with her complexion.红色与她的肤色不协调。
• Her resignation puts a different complexion on things.她一辞职局面就全变了。

4 brag   

v./n.吹牛，自夸；adj.第一流的

参考例句：

• He made brag of his skill.他夸耀自己技术高明。
• His wealth is his brag.他夸张他的财富。