[转载]疑难解答：Shall hate be fai

SONNET 10 (by William Shakespeare)

For shame deny that thou bear'st love to any,

Who for thy self art so unprovident.

Grant, if thou wilt, thou art beloved of many,

But that thou none lov'st is most evident:

For thou art so possessed with murderous hate,

That 'gainst thy self thou stick'st not to conspire,

Seeking that beauteous roof to ruinate

Which to repair should be thy chief desire.

O! change thy thought, that I may change my mind:

Shall hate be fairer lodged than gentle love?

Be, as thy presence is, gracious and kind,

Or to thyself at least kind-hearted prove:

   Make thee another self for love of me,

   That beauty still may live in thine or thee.

Notes:

1. For shame deny that thou bear'st love to any,

For shame may have an exclamatory sense (shame on you!) and is printed with an exclamation mark in some editions. Otherwise the meaning is 'Prompted by feelings of shame you ought to admit that etc.'

2. That 'gainst thy self thou stick'st not to conspire,

'gainst = against;

thou stick'st not = you do not hesitate, you find no objection to (sticking point).

3. Shall hate be fairer lodged than gentle love?

Will you, who are the most fair of all creatures, be the house in which hate is lodged

4. Be, as thy presence is, gracious and kind,

Be as your behaviour indicates you to be, generous, noble, graceful. presence is indicative of stature, mien, bearing, presence of mind in company, and so on.

Paraphrase:

Out of a sense of shame you, who are so unwilling to provide for the future, should admit that you don’t love anyone. I grant you, if you like, that you are loved by many, but it’s very clear that you don’t love anyone; because, being someone who doesn’t hesitate to conspire against himself, you are determined to murder your potential progeny. You are prepared to end your noble line, which it should be your main concern to maintain. Oh! Change your mind, so that I can change my opinion of you. Do you, the most beautiful creature, want to be the house where hate lives? Be as gracious and generous to your relatives as you are to everyone else, or at least be generous to yourself. Change your mind for my sake so that you will be a noble person and that your beauty will live on in your descendants.

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