Then let not winter's ragged hand deface

　　In thee thy summer, ere thou be distill'd:

　　Make sweet some vial; treasure thou some place

　　With beauty's treasure, ere it be self-kill'd.

　　That use is not forbidden usury,

　　Which happies those that pay the willing loan;

　　That's for thyself to breed another thee,

　　Or ten times happier, be it ten for one;

　　Ten times thyself were happier than thou art,

　　If ten of thine ten times refigured thee:

　　Then what could death do, if thou shouldst depart,

　　Leaving thee living in posterity?

　　Be not self-will'd, for thou art much too fair

　　To be death's conquest and make worms thine heir.

　　那么，别让冬天嶙峋的手抹掉

　　你的夏天，在你未经提炼之前：

　　熏香一些瓶子;把你美的财宝

　　藏在宝库里，趁它还未及消散。

　　这样的借贷并不是违禁取利，

　　既然它使那乐意纳息的高兴;

　　这是说你该为你另生一个你，

　　或者，一个生十，就十倍地幸运;

　　十倍你自己比你现在更快乐，

　　如果你有十个儿子来重现你：

　　这样，即使你长辞，死将奈你何，

　　既然你继续活在你的后裔里?

　　别任性：你那么标致，何必甘心

　　做死的胜利品，让蛆虫做子孙。