Sonnet 29
十四行诗·第二十九首
William Shakespeare · 威廉·莎士比亚
When, in disgrace with fortune and men's eyes,
I all alone beweep my outcast state,
And trouble deaf heaven with my bootless cries,
And look upon myself, and curse my fate,
Wishing me like to one more rich in hope,
Featured like him, like him with friends possessed,
Desiring this man's art and that man's scope,
With what I most enjoy contented least;
Yet in these thoughts myself almost despising,
Haply I think on thee, and then my state,
Like to the lark at break of day arising
From sullen earth, sings hymns at heaven's gate;
For thy sweet love remembered such wealth brings
That then I scorn to change my state with kings.
当我遭逢命运的冷眼与世人的白眼，
独自哭泣我沦落的身世，
徒劳地叩问充耳不闻的苍天，
审视自己，诅咒命运，
但愿自己像某个更有希望的人，
像他那样英俊，像他那样朋友成群，
渴慕这人的才华，那人的机遇，
偏偏最不满自己最得意的；
可是在这些几乎自轻自贱的念头里，
我偶然想起你，于是我的境遇，
像黎明时分的云雀，
从阴沉的大地振翅，在天的门口歌唱；
因为想起你的爱，我获得了这样的财富，
从此我宁愿不与众王交换。
莎士比亚写失意时的自我怀疑，而一想起爱，心境便如云雀高飞。