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-liv'd 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:
Oh! 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.
翻譯：
饕餮著時光，磨礪你雄獅的爪，
逼令大地吞噬，自己寶貝兒郎；
從猛虎口中，拔出尖利的牙齒，
又在血泊中燒烤，不死的鳳凰；
使季節在你飛逝時，或悲或喜，
並且隨心所欲，快步驅趕時光；
為大千世界和它那，衰敗的美，
我禁你犯此令人髮指的，罪狀；
喔！別想費時用你的古董爛筆，
在我摯愛的美額上，刻弄文章；
它作為，男人功成名就的象徵，
原本就帶有，不可磨滅的滄桑；
儘管去擺弄，你錯誤的老時尚；
我的愛，將在我詩裡萬古流芳。
推薦理由：這首是莎士比亞154首十四行情詩中的Sonnet19《時惡》，我們一起來看看吧。
