英语美文:莎士比亚十四行诗第四首 Unthrifty loveliness, why dostthou spend

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欧洲网(http://www.ouzhou.cc)英语学习之英语美文:《莎士比亚十四行诗》第四首Unthrifty loveliness, why dost thou spend 不懂节俭的可人呵,你凭什么:

No.4

Unthrifty loveliness, why dost thou spend

不懂节俭的可人呵,你凭什么

Upon thyself thy beauty's legacy?

在自己身上浪费传家宝——美丽?

Nature's bequest gives nothing but doth lend,

造化不送人颜色,却借人颜色,

And being frank she lends to those are free.

总是借给慷慨的人,不吝啬。

Then,beauteous niggard, why dost thou abuse

美丽的小气鬼,为什么你要这样

The bounteous largess given thee to give?

糟蹋那托你转交的丰厚馈赠?

Profitless usurer, why dost thou use

无利可图的放债人,为什么你手上

So great a sum of sums yet canst not live?

掌握着大量金额,却还是活不成?

For having traffic with thyself alone,

你这样一个人跟自己做买卖,

Thou of thyself thy sweet self dost deceive.

完全是敲诈美好的自己。

Then how when Nature calls thee to be gone,

造化总要召唤你回去的, 到头来,

What acceptable audit canst thou leave?

你怎能留下清账,教人满意?

Thy unused beauty must be tombed with thee,

美,没有用过的,得陪你进坟墓,

Which, used, lives th' executor to be.

用了的,会活过来执行你的遗嘱。