SHAKESPEARE'S SONNET 130                   莎士比亞十四行詩第130 首

My mistress’ eyes are nothing like the sun;              吾情婦之眼全不似朝陽;

Coral is far more red than her lips’ red;                  珊瑚殷红遠勝其丹唇;

If snow be white, why then her breasts are dun;      雪若瑩白, 那其雙乳何滯暗；

If hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head.       發若金絲, 其蓬頭色似铁深。

I have seen roses damasked, red and white,              絹玫瑰屢見不鮮, 紅白相間，

But no such roses see I in her cheeks;                       然吾不見其有此桃頰;

And in some perfumes is there more delight            有些清香更教人怡悅舒顏，   

Than in the breath that from my mistress reeks.      不似吾情婦氣息不雅。

I love to hear her speak, yet well I know                  樂聞其鶯鶯軟語, 然諳知

That music hath a far more pleasing sound.              輕歌韶樂則更令我沉醉。

I grant I never saw a goddess go;                              自認從未見過天仙飄逸，

My mistress, when she walks, treads on the ground.  吾情婦，行走，只腳踏實地。

And yet, by heaven, I think my love as rare               然天可鑑，自認吾愛世皆罕，

As any she belied with false compare.                       無遜於任何嬌飾之紅顏。

hkdcsh 2019.04.18 譯於香港