十四行詩 Sonnet 42
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 knowst 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.
你佔有她，並非我最大的哀愁，
可是我對她的愛不能說不深；
她佔有你，纔是我主要的煩憂，
這愛情的損失更能使我傷心。
愛的冒犯者，我這樣原諒你們：
你所以愛她，因爲曉得我愛她；
也是爲我的原故她把我欺瞞，
讓我的朋友替我殷勤款待她。
失掉你，我所失是我情人所獲，
失掉她，我朋友卻找着我所失；
你倆互相找着，而我失掉兩個，
兩個都爲我的原故把我磨折：
但這就是快樂：你和我是一體；
甜蜜的阿諛！她卻只愛我自己。
