Devouring Time, blunt thou the lion’s paws,
And make the earth devour her own sweet brood;
Pluck the keen teeth from the fierce tiger’s jaws,
And burn the long-lived phoenix in her blood;
Make glad and sorry seasons as thou fleet’st,
And do whate’er thou wilt, swift-footed Time,
To the wide world and all her fading sweets;
But I forbid thee one most heinous crime:
O, carve not with thy hours my love’s fair brow,
Nor draw no lines there with thine antique pen;
Him in thy course untainted do allow
For beauty’s pattern to succeeding men.
Yet do thy worst, old Time; despite thy wrong,
My love shall in my verse ever live young.
饕餮的時(shí)光，去磨鈍雄獅的爪，
命大地吞噬自己寵愛(ài)的幼嬰，
去猛虎的顎下把它利牙拔掉，
焚毀長(zhǎng)壽的鳳凰，滅絕它的種，
使季節(jié)在你飛逝時(shí)或悲或喜；
而且，捷足的時(shí)光，盡肆意地摧殘
這大千世界和它易謝的芳菲；
只有這極惡大 罪我禁止你犯：
哦，別把歲月刻在我愛(ài)的額上，
或用古老的鐵筆亂畫(huà)下皺紋：
在你的飛逝里不要把它弄臟，
好留給后世永作美麗的典型。
但，盡管猖狂，老時(shí)光，憑你多狠，
我的愛(ài)在我詩(shī)里將萬(wàn)古長(zhǎng)青。
