As a decrepit father takes delight.
To see his active child do deeds of youth,
So I, made lame by Fortune's dearest spite,
Take all my comfort of thy worth and truth;
For whether beauty, birth, or wealth, or wit,
Or any of these all, or all, or more,
Entitled in thy parts, do crowned sit,
I make my love engrafted to this store:
So then I am not lame, poor, nor despis'd,
Whilst that this shadow doth such substance give.
That I in thy abundance am suffic'd,
And by a part of all thy glory live.
Look what is best, that best I wish in thee:
This wish I have; then ten times happy me!
翻譯：
就像年邁的父親那樣地，喜悅，
看兒子，活潑青春節目的表演；
受過命運，惡毒摧殘傷害的我，
在你的價值體現中，尋找慰安；
無論，門第美麗財富抑或才華，
所有這一切，甚或更多的加添；
眼看着，你登峯造極紫袍加身，
我的平生之志，借你得以舒展；
幻影成真，一切都是那麼現實，
我已，不因殘廢貧窮而被輕賤；
並因爲你的騰達，而獲得滿足，
還分享，沾有你的風光和體面；
能滿足你希望，是我最大心願；
只要你滿意，我就會快樂無限。
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