莎士比亞十四行情詩精選（十九）

　　Devouring Time, blunt thou the lion's paws,

And make the earth devour her own sweet brood;

Pluck the keen teeth from the fierce tiger's jaws,

And burn the long-liv'd phoenix, in her blood;

Make glad and sorry seasons as thou fleet'st,

And do whate'er thou wilt, swift-footed Time,

To the wide world and all her fading sweets;

But I forbid thee one most heinous crime:

Oh! carve not with thy hours my love's fair brow,

Nor draw no lines there with thine antique pen;

Him in thy course untainted do allow

For beauty's pattern to succeeding men.

Yet, do thy worst old Time: despite thy wrong,

My love shall in my verse ever live young.

　　翻譯：
　　饕餮着時光，磨礪你雄獅的爪，

逼令大地吞噬，自己寶貝兒郎；

從猛虎口中，拔出尖利的牙齒，

又在血泊中燒烤，不死的鳳凰；

使季節在你飛逝時，或悲或喜，

並且隨心所欲，快步驅趕時光；

為大千世界和它那，衰敗的美，

我禁你犯此令人髮指的，罪狀；

喔！別想費時用你的古董爛筆，

在我摯愛的美額上，刻弄文章；

它作為，男人功成名就的象徵，

原本就帶有，不可磨滅的滄桑；

儘管去擺弄，你錯誤的老時尚；

我的愛，將在我詩裏萬古流芳。

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