Sonnets of William Shakespeare-Sonnet 101

　　For thy neglect of truth in beauty dyed?

　　Both truth and beauty on my love depends;

　　So dost thou too, and therein dignified.

　　Make answer, Muse: wilt thou not haply say

　　'Truth needs no colour, with his colour fix'd;

　　Beauty no pencil, beauty's truth to lay;

　　But best is best, if never intermix'd?'

　　Because he needs no praise, wilt thou be dumb?

　　Excuse not silence so; for't lies in thee

　　To make him much outlive a gilded tomb,

　　And to be praised of ages yet to be.

　　Then do thy office, Muse; I teach thee how

　　To make him seem long hence as he shows now.

　　偷懶的詩神呵，你將怎樣補救

　　你對那被美渲染的真的怠慢?

　　真和美都與我的愛相依相守;

　　你也一樣，要倚靠它才得通顯。

　　說吧，詩神;你或許會這樣回答：

　　"真的固定色彩不必用色彩繪;

　　美也不用翰墨把美的真容畫;

　　用不著攙雜，完美永遠是完美。"

　　難道他不需要贊美，你就不作聲?

　　別替緘默辯護，因為你有力量

　　使他比鍍金的墳?zāi)垢礤邶g，

　　并在未來的年代永受人贊揚。

　　當(dāng)仁不讓吧，詩神，我要教你怎樣

　　使他今后和現(xiàn)在一樣受景仰。