英文
34. That Women Are But Men's Shadows
——B. Jonson
Follow a shadow, it still flies you;
Seem to fly it, it will pursue:
So court a mistress, she denies you;
Let her alone, she will court you.
Say, are not women truly, then,
Styled but the shadows of us men?
At morn and even shades are longest;
At noon they are or short or none:
So men at weakest, they are strongest,
But grant us perfect, they're not known.
Say, are not women truly, then,
Styled but the shadows of us men?
中文
34 女人是男人的影子
琼生
你跟踪影子，它竭力逃避，
想要摆脱它，它又追随你：
同样，向女人求爱，她总是摇头，
你不理睬她，她又把你来追求。
那么，我们是否可以这样称呼：
女人只是男人的影子？
早上与晚上影子最长，
正午影子缩短甚至消失。
同样，男人最弱时她们最强；
而当我们完美，她们就湮没不见。
那么，我们是否可以这样称呼：
女人只是男人的影子？
