What is your substance, whereof are you made,
That millions of strange shadows on you tend?
Since every one, hath every one, one shade,
And you but one, can every shadow lend.
Describe Adonis, and the counterfeit
Is poorly imitated after you;
On Helen's cheek all art of beauty set,
And you in Grecian tires are painted new:
Speak of the spring, and foison of the year,
The one doth shadow of your beauty show,
The other as your bounty doth appear;
And you in every blessed shape we know.
In all external grace you have some part,
But you like none, none you, for constant heart.
究竟是什么材料造就了你?
為何千萬個影子與你同形?
一個人通常只有一個形體,
偏你一人出租千萬個倩影。
摹繪阿多尼斯吧,那幅贗品
充其量是對你拙劣的模仿;
當一切畫技用來描繪海倫,
那張臉又是你,著希臘衣裝。
說起一年中春和秋的美景,
前者彰顯出你外表的風采,
后者記錄下你德操的豐盈;
我們知道:你的美無處不在。
一切外表的美有你的一份,
如論內在,唯有你一片赤誠。