Sonnet 75

So are you to my thoughts as food to life,          我心需要你犹如粮之于生命，

Or as sweet-season'd showers are to the ground;     又如大地依赖甘霖滋养众生。

And for the peace of you I hold such strife         为了有你的安宁我竭尽所能，

As 'twixt a miser and his wealth is found;          如同吝啬鬼与财富自相斗争。

Now proud as an enjoyer and anon                    一会自夸是财主，财富傲拥，

Doubting the filching age will steal his treasure,  一会又怕时光惯偷窃之一空。

Now counting best to be with you alone,             有时我想把你独占手掌之中，

Then bettered that the world may see my pleasure;   有时又渴望世人睹你的芳容。

Sometime all full with feasting on your sight,      有时饱餐你的秀色颇感懒慵，

And by and by clean starved for a look;             有时又像饿汉瞟你一眼也行。

Possessing or pursuing no delight,                  我没有也不想追求其他欢欣，

Save what is had or must from you be took.          只要你已给和要给我的恩宠。

Thus do I pine and surfeit day by day,              这样我便可整日暴食或垂涎，

Or gluttoning on all, or all away.                要么茶饭不思，要么狼吞虎咽。

－by William Shakespeare (1564－1616)               东海仙子译