十四行詩 Sonnet 153
Cupid laid by his brand, and fell asleep:
A maid of Dian's this advantage found,
And his love-kindling fire did quickly steep
In a cold valley-fountain of that ground;
Which borrow'd from this holy fire of Love
A dateless lively heat, still to endure,
And grew a seething bath, which yet men prove
Against strange maladies a sovereign cure.
But at my mistress' eye Love's brand new-fired,
The boy for trial needs would touch my breast;
I, sick withal, the help of bath desired,
And thither hied, a sad distemper'd guest,
But found no cure: the bath for my help lies
Where Cupid got new fire--my mistress' eyes.
愛神放下他的火炬，沉沉睡去：
月神的一個仙女乘了這機會
趕快把那枝煽動愛火的火炬
浸入山間一道冷冰冰的泉水；
泉水，既從這神聖的火炬得來
一股不滅的熱，就永遠在燃燒，
變成了沸騰的泉，一直到現在
還證實具有起死回生的功效。
但這火炬又在我情婦眼裏點火，
爲了試驗，愛神碰一下我胸口，
我馬上不舒服，又急躁又難過，
一刻不停地跑向溫泉去求救，
但全不見效：能治好我的溫泉
只有新燃起愛火的、我情人的眼。
