Sonnets of William Shakespeare-Sonnet 114
Or whether doth my mind, being crown'd with you,
Drink up the monarch's plague, this flattery?
Or whether shall I say, mine eye saith true,
And that your love taught it this alchemy,
To make of monsters and things indigest
Such cherubins as your sweet self resemble,
Creating every bad a perfect best,
As fast as objects to his beams assemble?
O,'tis the first; 'tis flattery in my seeing,
And my great mind most kingly drinks it up:
Mine eye well knows what with his gust is 'greeing,
And to his palate doth prepare the cup:
If it be poison'd, 'tis the lesser sin
That mine eye loves it and doth first begin.
是否我的心,既把你当王冠戴,
喝过帝王们的鸩毒--自我阿谀?
还是我该说,我眼睛说的全对,
因为你的爱教会它这炼金术,
使它能够把一切蛇神和牛鬼
转化为和你一样柔媚的天婴,
把每个丑恶改造成尽善尽美,
只要事物在它的柔辉下现形?
哦,是前者;是眼睛的自我陶醉,
我伟大的心灵把它一口喝尽:
眼睛晓得投合我心灵的口味,
为它准备好这杯可口的毒饮。
尽管杯中有毒,罪过总比较轻,
因为先爱上它的是我的眼睛。
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