莎士比亞十四行情詩精選（三十九）

　　O! how thy worth with manners may I sing,

When thou art all the better part of me?

What can mine own praise to mine own self bring?

And what is't but mine own when I praise thee?

Even for this, let us divided live,

And our dear love lose name of single one,

That by this separation I may give.

That due to thee which thou deserv'st alone.

O absence! what a torment wouldst thou prove,

Were it not thy sour leisure gave sweet leave,

To entertain the time with thoughts of love,

Which time and thoughts so sweetly doth deceive,

And that thou teachest how to make one twain,

By praising him here who doth hence remain.

翻譯：
　　喔！這是件多麼值得稱頌的事，

你的舉止禮儀，全是我的精華？

我自己怎麼可以，讚美我自己？

讚美你豈不等於讚美，我自家？

就是為這點，我們也得要分手，

讓這無名無份的愛，各自開花；

以便我可以，在這樣處置之後，

悄然離去，讓你能夠芬芳獨霸。

喔！你會明白這不是一種折磨，

並非解聘，而是給你蜜月休假，

得以用思念之情，來梳理時光，

那是幅多麼令人心動的，圖畫；

是你，教會我怎樣把鏡像分化；

還因此稱讚，保持的姿態絕佳。

推薦理由：這首十四行情詩是出自於莎士比亞筆下的Sonnet39《鏡像》，如果你是莎翁的忠實讀者怎能錯過呢？