Sonnets of William Shakespeare-Sonnet 154

　　Laid by his side his heart-inflaming brand,

　　Whilst many nymphs that vow'd chaste life to keep

　　Came tripping by; but in her maiden hand

　　The fairest votary took up that fire

　　Which many legions of true hearts had warm'd;

　　And so the general of hot desire

　　Was sleeping by a virgin hand disarm'd.

　　This brand she quenched in a cool well by,

　　Which from Love's fire took heat perpetual,

　　Growing a bath and healthful remedy

　　For men diseased; but I, my mistress' thrall,

　　Came there for cure, and this by that I prove,

　　Love's fire heats water, water cools not love.

　　小小愛(ài)神有一次呼呼地睡著，

　　把點(diǎn)燃心焰的火炬放在一邊，

　　一群蹁躚的貞潔的仙女恰巧

　　走過(guò);其中最美的一個(gè)天仙

　　用她處女的手把那曾經(jīng)燒紅

　　萬(wàn)千顆赤心的火炬偷偷拿走，

　　于是這玩火小法師在酣睡中

　　便繳械給那貞女的纖纖素手。

　　她把火炬往附近冷泉里一浸，

　　泉水被愛(ài)神的烈火燒得沸騰，

　　變成了溫泉，能消除人間百病;

　　但我呵，被我情婦播弄得頭疼，

　　跑去溫泉就醫(yī)，才把這點(diǎn)弄清：

　　愛(ài)燒熱泉水，泉水冷不了愛(ài)情。