莎士比亞十四行情詩精選(七十七)


  Thy glass will show thee how thy beauties wear,

莎士比亞十四行情詩精選(七十七)

Thy dial how thy precious minutes waste;

The vacant leaves thy mind's imprint will bear,

And of this book, this learning mayst thou taste.

The wrinkles which thy glass will truly show

Of mouthed graves will give thee memory;

Thou by thy dial's shady stealth mayst know

Time's thievish progress to eternity.

Look what thy memory cannot contain,

Commit to these waste blanks, and thou shalt find

Those children nursed, deliver'd from thy brain,

These offices, so oft as thou wilt look,

Shall profit thee and much enrich thy book.

翻譯:
  鏡像會告訴你,紅顏如何老去,

日晷如何消耗你,珍貴的英年;

紙頁將記錄下,你心靈的軌跡,

這裏面所含學問,值得你把玩;

鏡裏將真實顯示,敞口的墓穴,

那些皺紋會給你,這樣的理念;

從日晷陰影的潛移,你就知道,

時光是如何悄然,行進至永遠;

有什麼是,你記憶無法保留的,

交給這些日誌,讓你以後翻看;

這些管護你大腦記憶的,紙頁,

會像久違春風,吹進你的心田。

這些日常事務,若是司空見慣;

將會極大添加、豐富你的書典。

推薦理由:這首十四行情詩精選(七十七)是莎士比亞筆下的Sonnet77《日誌》,如果你是莎翁的忠實讀者怎能錯過呢?