Sonnet 023 As an unperfect actor on the stage (by William Shakespeare)
As an unperfect
actor on the stage,
Who with his fear is put beside his part,
Or some fierce thing replete with too much rage,
Whose strength's abundance weakens his own heart;
So I, for fear of trust, forget to say
The perfect ceremony of love's rite,
And in mine own love's strength seem to decay,
O'ercharged with burthen of mine own love's might.
O! let my looks be then the eloquence
And dumb presagers of my speaking breast,
Who plead for love, and look for recompense,
More than that tongue that more hath more express'd.
O! learn to
read what silent love hath writ:
To hear with eyes belongs to love's fine
wit.
Notes:
To hear with eyes belongs to love's fine wit.
To hear with eyes = to hear with your eyes what my heart is silently speaking;
belongs to = is
a characteristic of. Cupid was traditionally blind but he could
compensate for blindness by hearing with his
eyes.
SONNET 023 权威汉译:
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