SONNET 18
十四行诗第十八首
Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?
我是否能把你与夏日比较?
Thou art more lovely and more temperate:
尽管你的美丽和温柔远超:
- 拓展学习:小词详解 | temperate
Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,
狂风肆虐五月柔嫩的花苞,
And summer's lease hath all too short a date;
孟夏总叹吉日良辰的短少:
- 拓展学习:熟词僻义 | date 是一种什么水果?
Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines,
太阳普照下时而炎热难当,
And often is his gold complexion dimm'd;
夕阳西沉处常常金辉黯淡;
And every fair from fair sometime declines,
无奈花开花谢中红颜易伤,
- 拓展学习:熟词僻义 | fair是一种怎样的天气?
By chance or nature's changing course untrimm'd;
苦于滚滚红尘里世事无常;
But thy eternal summer shall not fade,
唯有你好似永夏经年不衰,
- 拓展学习:小词详解 | eternal
Nor lose possession of that fair thou owest;
不失优雅气质而风华绝代;
Nor shall Death brag thou wander'st in his shade,
死亡阴霾遮掩不住的美态,
When in eternal lines to time thou growest:
定格在不朽诗篇字里行外:
So long as men can breathe or eyes can see,
只要人文延续,诵读不止,
So long lives this and this gives life to thee.
传承此诗,你也流芳百世。
作者简介
莎士比亚(1564-1616),英国文艺复兴时期伟大的剧作家、诗人,欧洲文艺复兴时期人文主义文学的集大成者。莎士比亚的代表作有四大悲剧:《哈姆雷特》(Hamlet)、《奥赛罗》(Othello)、《李尔王》(KingLear)、《麦克白》(Mac Beth)。著名的四大喜剧:《仲夏夜之梦》、《威尼斯商人》、《第十二夜》、《皆大欢喜》(《As you like it》)。历史剧:《亨利四世》、《亨利五世》、《查理三世》。正剧、悲喜剧:《罗密欧与朱丽叶》。还写过154首十四行诗,二首长诗。