時而沉默｜莎士比亞十四行詩 102

My love is strengthened, though more weak in seeming;
我情更深厚，縱然似淺薄，
I love not less, though less the show appear.
實非情轉怯，對外雖怯露。
That love is merchandized whose rich esteeming
情意若交易，珍貴變商貨，
The owner’s tongue doth publish everywhere.
主人以其舌，無處不傳播。

Our love was new, and then but in the spring,
新生我倆情，逢春昔日得，
When I was wont to greet it with my lays,
曾經我迎接，習慣以詩歌；
As Philomel in summer’s front doth sing,
猶似夜鶯唱，初夏與歌喉，
And stops his pipe in growth of riper days.
漸歇其歌曲，漸熟季節過。

Not that the summer is less pleasant now
並非今夏日，歡樂更蕭索，
Than when her mournful hymns did hush the night,
甚於其哀歌，歌使夜寂寞；
But that wild music burdens every bough,
而是百鳥鳴，沉重壓枝頭，
And sweets grown common lose their dear delight.
甜美若常見，甘爽則失落。

Therefore, like her, I sometime hold my tongue,
是以如夜鶯，時而我沉默，
Because I would not dull you with my song.
不願把歌唱，惹卿厭煩多。

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