英国人最爱的英语诗歌:莎士比亚十四行诗第18首

Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?

能不能让我来把你比拟做夏日?

Thou art more lovely and more temperate.

你可是更加温和,更加可爱:

Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,

狂风会吹落五月里开的好花儿,

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

夏季的生命又未免结束得太快:

Sometimes too hot the eys of heaven shines,

有时候苍天的巨眼照得太灼热,

And often is his gold complexion dimmed;

他那金彩的脸色也会被遮暗;

And every fair from fair somethme declines,

每一样美呀,总会离开美而凋落,

By chance, or nature's changing course, untrimmed:

被时机或者自然的代谢所摧残;

But thy eternal summer shall not fade,

但是你永久的夏天决不会凋枯,

Nor lose possession of that fair thou owest;

你永远不会失去你美的仪态;

Nor shall Death brag thou wanderest in his shade

死神夸不着你在他的影子里踯躅,

When in eternal lines to time thou growest.

你将在不朽的诗中与时间同在;

So long as men can breathe or eyes can see,

只要人类在呼吸,眼睛看得见,

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

我这诗就活着,使你的生命绵延.