英文
21. Sonnet 129
——W. Shakespeare
The expense of spirit in a waste of shame
Is lust in action; and till action, lust
Is perjured, murderous, bloody, full of blame,
Savage, extreme, rude, cruel, not to trust;
Enjoyed no sooner but despised straight;
Past reason hunted, and no sooner had,
Past reason hated, as a swallowed bait,
On purpose laid to make the taker mad:
Mad in pursuit, and in possession so;
Had, having, and in quest to have, extreme;
A bliss in proof and proved, a very woe;
Before, a joy proposed; behind, a dream.
All this the world well knows; yet none knows well
To shun the heaven that leads men to this hell.
中文
21 十四行诗第129首
莎士比亚
损耗着精气，还伴随着耻辱，
这就是宣泄情欲；宣泄之前，
情欲即为伪证、凶杀和血污，
还有残暴、无信、野蛮和极端；
快乐刚过去，旋即产生厌腻；
丧智的追求，但追求一得手，
便是丧智的恨，像吞了诱饵，
只怪人家下套，害他昏了头。
追求时疯狂，占有时也疯狂，
分不清今天明天，贪无止境，
云雨时上天堂，云雨后懊丧，
期待着大欢喜，事后一场梦。
情欲是天堂，能引人下地狱，
这道理谁都懂，仍趋之若鹜。
