Sonnets of William Shakespeare-Sonnet 121

　　When not to be receives reproach of being,

　　And the just pleasure lost which is so deem'd

　　Not by our feeling but by others' seeing:

　　For why should others false adulterate eyes

　　Give salutation to my sportive blood?

　　Or on my frailties why are frailer spies,

　　Which in their wills count bad what I think good?

　　No, I am that I am, and they that level

　　At my abuses reckon up their own:

　　I may be straight, though they themselves be bevel;

　　By their rank thoughts my deeds must not be shown;

　　Unless this general evil they maintain,

　　All men are bad, and in their badness reign.

　　宁可卑劣，也不愿负卑劣的虚名，

　　当我们的清白蒙上不白之冤，

　　当正当的娱乐被人妄加恶声，

　　不体察我们的感情，只凭偏见。

　　为什么别人虚伪淫猥的眼睛

　　有权赞扬或诋毁我活跃的血?

　　专侦伺我的弱点而比我坏的人

　　为什么把我认为善的恣意污蔑?

　　我就是我，他们对于我的诋毁

　　只能够宣扬他们自己的卑鄙：

　　我本方正，他们的视线自不轨;

　　这种坏心眼怎么配把我非议?

　　除非他们固执这糊涂的邪说：

　　恶是人性，统治着世间的是恶。