If the dull substance of my flesh were thought,
Injurious distance should not stop my way;
For then despite of space I would be brought,
From limits far remote, where thou dost stay.
No matter then although my foot did stand
Upon the farthest earth remov'd from thee;
For nimble thought can jump both sea and land,
As soon as think the place where he would be.
But, ah! thought kills me that I am not thought,
To leap large lengths of miles when thou art gone,
But that so much of earth and water wrought,
I must attend time's leisure with my moan;
Receiving nought by elements so slow
But heavy tears, badges of either's woe.
翻译：
假如，我这笨拙的躯体是思想，
严刑和苛律都休想，把我阻拦；
那样我就能，免遭尘世的留难，
从肢体行为上升到，想象空间。
纵使我站在最远的，地球那端，
又有什么实质的，区别和意涵？
空灵的思想，没有物质能束缚，
它可以，自由飞越大海和高山。
唉！可惜躯体连累了我的思想，
不能追随心灵意念，翱翔去远，
我躯体也全由，地球物质组成，
只能无奈地遵从，时光的调遣；
领受未知精华竟是，如此之慢；
只把眼泪作为，荣和辱的标签。
推荐理由：这首十四行情诗精选（四十四）是莎士比亚笔下的Sonnet44《幂思》，如果你是莎翁的忠实读者怎能错过呢？
