Sonnets of William Shakespeare-Sonnet 117

　　Wherein I should your great deserts repay,

　　Forgot upon your dearest love to call,

　　Whereto all bonds do tie me day by day;

　　That I have frequent been with unknown minds

　　And given to time your own dear-purchased right

　　That I have hoisted sail to all the winds

　　Which should transport me farthest from your sight.

　　Book both my wilfulness and errors down

　　And on just proof surmise accumulate;

　　Bring me within the level of your frown,

　　But shoot not at me in your waken'd hate;

　　Since my appeal says I did strive to prove

　　The constancy and virtue of your love.

　　请这样控告我：说我默不作声，

　　尽管对你的深恩我应当酬谢;

　　说我忘记向你缱绻的爱慰问，

　　尽管我对你依恋一天天密切;

　　说我时常和陌生的心灵来往，

　　为偶尔机缘断送你宝贵情谊;

　　说我不管什么风都把帆高扬，

　　任它们把我吹到天涯海角去。

　　请把我的任性和错误都记下，

　　在真凭实据上还要积累嫌疑，

　　把我带到你的颦眉蹙额底下，

　　千万别唤醒怨毒来把我射死;

　　因为我的诉状说我急于证明

　　你对我的爱多么忠贞和坚定。