拉爾夫·費因斯 | 朗誦 Sonnet 129

Sonnet 129

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The expense of spirit in a waste of shame

把精力消耗在恥辱的沙漠里，

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Is lust in action; and till action, lust

就是色欲在行動；而在行動前，

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Is perjured, murderous, bloody, full of blame,

色欲賭假咒、嗜血、好殺、滿身是

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Savage, extreme, rude, cruel, not to trust,

罪惡，兇殘、粗野、不可靠、走極端；

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Enjoy'd no sooner but despised straight,

歡樂尚未央，馬上就感覺無味：

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Past reason hunted, and no sooner had

毫不講理地追求；可是一到手，

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Past reason hated, as a swallow'd bait

又毫不講理地厭惡，像是專為

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On purpose laid to make the taker mad;

引上鉤者發(fā)狂而設(shè)下的釣鉤；

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Mad in pursuit and in possession so;

在追求時瘋狂，占有時也瘋狂；

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Had, having, and in quest to have, extreme;

不管已有、現(xiàn)有、未有，全不放松；

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A bliss in proof, and proved, a very woe;

感受時，幸福；感受完，無上災(zāi)殃；

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Before, a joy proposed; behind, a dream.

事前，巴望著的歡樂；事后，一場夢。

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All this the world well knows; yet none knows well

這一切人共知；但誰也不知怎樣

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To shun the heaven that leads men to this hell.

逃避這個引人下地獄的天堂。