莎士比亚十四行情诗精选（三十七）

　　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!

翻译：
　　就像年迈的父亲那样地，喜悦，

看儿子，活泼青春节目的表演；

受过命运，恶毒摧残伤害的我，

在你的价值体现中，寻找慰安；

无论，门第美丽财富抑或才华，

所有这一切，甚或更多的加添；

眼看着，你登峰造极紫袍加身，

我的平生之志，借你得以舒展；

幻影成真，一切都是那么现实，

我已，不因残废贫穷而被轻贱；

并因为你的腾达，而获得满足，

还分享，沾有你的风光和体面；

能满足你希望，是我最大心愿；

只要你满意，我就会快乐无限。

推荐理由：这首十四行情诗出自于莎士比亚笔下的Sonnet37《夙愿》，如果你是莎士比亚的读者怎能错过呢？