莎士比亚十四行情诗精选（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.

翻译：
　　喔！这是件多么值得称颂的事，

你的举止礼仪，全是我的精华？

我自己怎么可以，赞美我自己？

赞美你岂不等于赞美，我自家？

就是为这点，我们也得要分手，

让这无名无份的爱，各自开花；

以便我可以，在这样处置之后，

悄然离去，让你能够芬芳独霸。

喔！你会明白这不是一种折磨，

并非解聘，而是给你蜜月休假，

得以用思念之情，来梳理时光，

那是幅多么令人心动的，图画；

是你，教会我怎样把镜像分化；

还因此称赞，保持的姿态绝佳。

推荐理由：这首十四行情诗是出自于莎士比亚笔下的Sonnet39《镜像》，如果你是莎翁的忠实读者怎能错过呢？