Sonnets of William Shakespeare-Sonnet 54

　　By that sweet ornament which truth doth give!

　　The rose looks fair, but fairer we it deem

　　For that sweet odour which doth in it live.

　　The canker-blooms have full as deep a dye

　　As the perfumed tincture of the roses,

　　Hang on such thorns and play as wantonly

　　When summer's breath their masked buds discloses:

　　But, for their virtue only is their show,

　　They live unwoo'd and unrespected fade,

　　Die to themselves. Sweet roses do not so;

　　Of their sweet deaths are sweetest odours made:

　　And so of you, beauteous and lovely youth,

　　When that shall fade, my verse distills your truth.

　　哦，美看起来要更美得多少倍，

　　若再有真加给它温馨的装潢!

　　玫瑰花很美，但我们觉得它更美，

　　因为它吐出一缕甜蜜的芳香。

　　野蔷薇的姿色也是同样旖旎，

　　比起玫瑰的芳馥四溢的姣颜，

　　同挂在树上，同样会搔首弄姿，

　　当夏天呼息使它的嫩蕊轻展：

　　但它们唯一的美德只在色相，

　　开时无人眷恋，萎谢也无人理;

　　寂寞地死去。香的玫瑰却两样;

　　她那温馨的死可以酿成香液：

　　你也如此，美丽而可爱的青春，

　　当韶华雕谢，诗提取你的纯精。