Provider:Fr. Pierre Demer /談德義神父

Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? 1
Thou art more lovely and more temperate:
Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,
And summer's lease hath all too short a date:
Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines 5
And often is his gold complexion dimmed;
And every fair from fair sometime declines,
By chance or nature's changing course untrimmed;
But thy eternal summer shall not fade,
Nor lose possession of that fair thou ow'st; 10
Nor shall Death brag thou wand'rest in his shade,
When in eternal lines to time thou grow'st:
So long as men can breathe or eyes can see,
So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.
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1
 compare 「比較」之意。在伊麗莎白時代，有「比做」的含意，為一明喻。[back]
2
 Thou…more temperate 你（的美）比夏日之美更溫和可愛。[back]
3
 Rough winds…of May 強風會吹壞五月心愛的嫩芽，意指夏日雖美，但仍有缺陷。[back]
4
 summer's lease 夏季的租期，也就是自然所定的夏季這段時間。"lease"原為法律用語，租約或租期之意。
date 在莎士比亞時代，法律的簽約上，"date"這個字來表示「期約」。[back]
5
 the eye of heaven 太陽。[back]
6
 gold complexion dimmend 夏日容光煥發的面貌有時會被鳥雲遮住。[back]
7
 every fair… declines 每種美好的事物，都有衰落之時。[back]
8
 By chance by accident偶然地。
nature's changing course 自然運轉的過程。
untrimmed stripped of gay dress，脫去華麗的衣服。[back]
9
 thy eternal summer 你那永駐的夏日。[back]
10
 lose possession of 失去；喪失。
ow'st ownest擁有；所有。（意指那永駐的夏日之美永不退色。）[back]
11
 brag 吹噓。
thou wander'st in his shade 你是徘徊在他（死亡）的蔭影之下。（受死亡所控制）。[back]
12
 in eternal lines 在（我）不朽的詩行裏。
thou grow'st 你繼續生長。（永生不滅。）[back]
13
 So long as 只要。[back]
14
 So long…to thee 只要我的詩行一天存在，你的美就一天活著。（這種自我誇張的寫法，是文藝復興時期的一種習俗，也是古典的傳統。這並不表示詩人自吹自擂，而表示對詩歌藝術深具信心。）[back]

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