淚灑珍珠｜莎士比亞十四行詩 34

Why didst thou promise such a beauteous day
問卿為何故，許諾我晴天，
And make me travel forth without my cloak,
卻無蓑笠戴，啟程旅途間，
To let base clouds o’ertake me in my way,
橫跨任低雲，忽然我身前，
Hiding thy brav’ry in their rotten smoke?
亮麗卻隱藏，混濁起雲煙？

’Tis not enough that through the cloud thou break
如此仍有缺，雲破出光線，
To dry the rain on my storm-beaten face,
擦乾風雨淚，暴風打容顏；
For no man well of such a salve can speak
藥箋縱然好，讚美無人言，
That heals the wound and cures not the disgrace.
創傷能醫治，羞辱難癒全。

Nor can thy shame give physic to my grief;
不能平我痛，憑卿羞恥見，
Though thou repent, yet I have still the loss.
縱得卿懺悔，我心有憾焉。
Th’ offender’s sorrow lends but weak relief
負荊者雖悲，寬慰微薄憐，
To him that bears the strong offense’s cross.
而對負傷者，十字沉甸甸。

Ah, but those tears are pearl which thy love sheds,
淚灑成珍珠，情生而展現，
And they are rich and ransom all ill deeds.
此物貴天下，贖回眾罪愆。

河水再流：
深河莎譯