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Line / No.
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Word or Phrase
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Annotation
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2
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Admit impediments |
允許阻礙之介入。本句倒裝，原為Let me not admit impediments to the marriage of true minds。意謂不要讓阻礙真正有情人結合之事實介入；亦即我不透露他或她過去的行為、缺點，以免影響彼此對方的觀感，以致不能結合。Impediment這個字是結婚儀式 (marriage service)裏的用語。主持儀式的牧師或神父在婚禮中宣稱："If any of you know cause or just impediment why these persons should not be joined together?" [back] |
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3
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alteration |
改變，指愛情的改變，亦即同行第二字alters 的名詞。[back] |
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4
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Or bends…remove |
Or wishes to change when the loved one is inconstant。[back] |
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5
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ever-fixed mark |
固定不動的星球或燈塔或任何可作為航行標誌的燈光。[back] |
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7
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wandering bark |
漂泊的（帆）船；暗喻迷惘徬徨的人。[back] |
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8
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his height be taken |
height指的是高度；星星的高度為人所曉，對航行方位之辨認有實際裨益。[back] |
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9
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Time's fool |
mocked by Time。全句Love's not Time's fool意謂愛情不為時間所愚弄；亦即愛情永恒。此處Time已擬人化。 |
| rosy lips and cheeks |
青春美貌。[back] |
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10
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Within his…come |
Come within his bending sickle's compass; "his"指的是Time; bending sickle's彎彎的鐮刀的；compass作range（範圍）解。全行大意是：在時間彎彎的鐮刀的範圍之內；亦即青春美貌將為時間所摧毀。『時間』比作手持鐮刀的reper。[back] |
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12
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bears it out even to the edge of doom |
永久保持不變。 |
| doom |
Doomsday，亦即the Day of Judgement；the end of the world：最後審判日；世界末日。[back] |
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13
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upon |
against。全行If this be error and upon the proved = if there is evidence that my love has changed。[back] |
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14
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wrt: pt. & pp. Of write |
全行I never writ, nor no man ever loved. =I have written nothing about love, neither has any one ever loved. [back] |
