Sonnets of William Shakespeare-Sonnet 25

　　Of public honour and proud titles boast,

　　Whilst I, whom fortune of such triumph bars,

　　Unlook'd for joy in that I honour most.

　　Great princes' favourites their fair leaves spread

　　But as the marigold at the sun's eye,

　　And in themselves their pride lies buried,

　　For at a frown they in their glory die.

　　The painful warrior famoused for fight,

　　After a thousand victories once foil'd,

　　Is from the book of honour razed quite,

　　And all the rest forgot for which he toil'd:

　　Then happy I, that love and am beloved

　　Where I may not remove nor be removed.

　　讓那些人(他們既有吉星高照)

　　到處夸說(shuō)他們的顯位和高官，

　　至于我，命運(yùn)拒絕我這種榮耀，

　　只暗中獨(dú)自賞玩我心里所歡。

　　王公的寵臣舒展他們的金葉

　　不過(guò)像太陽(yáng)眷顧下的金盞花，

　　他們的驕傲在自己身上消滅，

　　一蹙額便足雕謝他們的榮華。

　　轉(zhuǎn)戰(zhàn)沙場(chǎng)的名將不管多功高，

　　百戰(zhàn)百勝后只要有一次失手，

　　便從功名冊(cè)上被人一筆勾消，

　　畢生的勛勞只落得無(wú)聲無(wú)臭：

　　那么，愛(ài)人又被愛(ài)，我多么幸福!

　　我既不會(huì)遷徙，又不怕被驅(qū)逐。