英文

Devouring Time, blunt thou the lion's paws

And make the earth devour her own sweet brood;

Pluck the keen teeth from the fierce tiger's jaws,

And burn the long-lived phoenix in her blood;

Make glad and sorry seasons as thou fleet'st

And do whate'er thou wilt, swift-footed Time,

To the wide world and all her fading sweets.

But I forbid thee one most heinous crime:

O, carve not with thy hours my love's fair brow,

Nor draw no lines there with thine antique pen;

Him in thy course untainted do allow

For beauty's pattern to succeeding men.

Yet do thy worst, old Time; despite thy wrong,

My love shall in my verse ever live young.

中文

饕餮的时间，请去磨钝狮爪，

让大地吞噬她自己的子孙，

从猛虎嘴里拔下它的钢牙，

让长寿的凤凰在血中自焚；

你飞行时，让季节哭笑不得，

捷足的时间，任你为所欲为，

摆布这世界和可爱的过客，

但我要禁止你犯一桩大罪：

别用时辰刀剐我爱人的脸，

别用你的旧笔画什么条纹，

允许他在你那里一成不变，

以便为后人留下美的范本。

　　时间老人，我不怕你的恶行，

　　在诗中，我的爱将永远年轻。