莎士比亚十四行诗全集：Sonnet 84(mp3+双语)

Who is it that says most? which can say more
谁说得最好？哪个说得更圆满
Than this rich praise, that you alone are you?
比起这丰美的赞词："只有你是你"？
In whose confine immured is the store
这赞词蕴藏着你的全部资产，
Which should example where your equal grew.
谁和你争妍，就必须和它比拟。
Lean penury within that pen doth dwell
那枝文笔实在是贫瘠得可怜，
That to his subject lends not some small glory;
如果它不能把题材稍事增华；
But he that writes of you, if he can tell
但谁写到你，只要他能够表现
That you are you, so dignifies his story,
你就是你，他的故事已够伟大。
Let him but copy what in you is writ,
让他只照你原稿忠实地直抄，
Not making worse what nature made so clear,
别把造化的清新的素描弄坏，
And such a counterpart shall fame his wit,
这样的摹本已显出他的巧妙，
Making his style admired every where.
使他的风格到处受人们崇拜。
You to your beauteous blessings add a curse,
你将对你美的祝福加以咒诅：
Being fond on praise, which makes your praises worse.

太爱人赞美，连美也变成庸俗。