莎士比亞十四行情詩精選（四十二）

　　That thou hast her it is not all my grief,

And yet it may be said I loved her dearly;

That she hath thee is of my wailing chief,

A loss in love that touches me more nearly.

Loving offenders thus I will excuse ye:

Thou dost love her, because thou know'st I love her;

And for my sake even so doth she abuse me,

Suffering my friend for my sake to approve her.

If I lose thee, my loss is my love's gain,

And losing her, my friend hath found that loss;

Both find each other, and I lose both twain,

And both for my sake lay on me this cross:

But here's the joy; my friend and I are one;

Sweet flattery! then she loves but me alone.

翻譯：
　　你追求她，並非我全部的悲慘，

而且我會愛她直到，海枯石爛；

她青睞你，才是我主要的煩憂，

這愛的缺失，能更加使我傷感。

愛的插足者，我這樣原諒你們：

是因為明知我愛她，故意搗亂；

對於她的虐行，我卻如此縱容，

甚至讓我的友人，都感到心寒。

倘我失掉你，我的她定有斬獲，

若我失掉她，你亦是得益非淺。

你倆互相試探，讓我左右為難，

都為我的緣故，共同把我作踐：

但這就是快樂！她愛由我獨佔；

而你和我，仍是哥們緊密相聯。

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