William Shakespere
That time of year thou mayst in me behold
When yellow leaves, or none, or few, do hang
Upon those boughs which shake against the cold,
bare ruin'd choirs, where late the sweet birds sang.
In me thou see'st the twilight of such day
as after sunset fadeth in the west;
which by and by black night doth take away,
death's second self, that seals all up in rest.
In me thou see'st the golwing of such fire,
that on the ashes of his youth doth lie,
as the death-bed whereon it must expire,
consumed with that which it was nourish'd by.
This thou perceivest, which makes thy love more strong,
to love that well which thou must leave ere long.
在我身上妳或許會看見秋天
英 威廉·莎士比亞
在我身上妳或許會看見秋天，
當黃葉，或盡脫，或只三三兩兩
掛在瑟縮的枯枝上索索抖顫——
荒廢的歌壇，那裏百鳥曾合唱。
在我身上妳或許會看見暮靄，
它在日落後向西方徐徐消退：
黑夜，死的化身，漸漸把它趕開，
嚴靜的安息籠住紛壇的萬類。
在我身上妳或許會看見余燼，
它在青春的寒灰裏奄奄壹息，
在慘淡靈床上早晚總要斷魂，
給那滋養過它的烈焰所銷毀。
看見了這些，妳的愛就會加強，
因為他轉瞬要辭妳溘然長往。