莎士比亞十四行情詩精選（二十三）

　　As an unperfect actor on the stage,

Who with his fear is put beside his part,

Or some fierce thing replete with too much rage,

Whose strength's abundance weakens his own heart;

So I, for fear of trust, forget to say.

The perfect ceremony of love's rite,

And in mine own love's strength seem to decay,

O'ercharg'd with burthen of mine own love's might.

O! let my looks be then the eloquence,

And dumb presagers of my speaking breast,

Who plead for love, and look for recompense,

More than that tongue that more hath more express'd.

O! learn to read what silent love hath writ:

To hear with eyes belongs to love's fine wit.

翻譯：
　　就像是，首次登上舞臺的藝人，

惶惶不安地，踏錯了自己腳步；

或因，某些充滿激烈情緒場景，

其強力的張度令他，視作畏途；

就像我司儀，完美的愛情盛典，

卻因怕辜負信任而，忘記片語；

對我而言，愛慾似乎正在衰退，

它超過了我身心，所能的擔負；

喔！就讓我以這沉默寡言示人，

這遠遠超過，那些個為愛辯護；

並且還企求報償的，口舌者們，

大費周章和不厭其煩的，表述；

喔！學會閱讀緘默寫就的情書；

耳聽眼看，那才是愛情的妙術。

推薦理由：這是莎士比亞154首十四行情詩其中的Sonnet23《寡言》，如果你莎翁的忠實讀者，那你就一定不能錯過了。