莎士比亚十四行情诗精选（四十四）

　　If the dull substance of my flesh were thought,

Injurious distance should not stop my way;

For then despite of space I would be brought,

From limits far remote, where thou dost stay.

No matter then although my foot did stand

Upon the farthest earth remov'd from thee;

For nimble thought can jump both sea and land,

As soon as think the place where he would be.

But, ah! thought kills me that I am not thought,

To leap large lengths of miles when thou art gone,

But that so much of earth and water wrought,

I must attend time's leisure with my moan;

Receiving nought by elements so slow

But heavy tears, badges of either's woe.

翻译：
　　假如，我这笨拙的躯体是思想，

严刑和苛律都休想，把我阻拦；

那样我就能，免遭尘世的留难，

从肢体行为上升到，想象空间。

纵使我站在最远的，地球那端，

又有什么实质的，区别和意涵？

空灵的思想，没有物质能束缚，

它可以，自由飞越大海和高山。

唉！可惜躯体连累了我的思想，

不能追随心灵意念，翱翔去远，

我躯体也全由，地球物质组成，

只能无奈地遵从，时光的调遣；

领受未知精华竟是，如此之慢；

只把眼泪作为，荣和辱的标签。

推荐理由：这首十四行情诗精选（四十四）是莎士比亚笔下的Sonnet44《幂思》，如果你是莎翁的忠实读者怎能错过呢？