[转载]疑难解答: Sonnet 030（by William Shakespeare）

Sonnet 030 When to the sessions of sweet silent thought

When to the sessions of sweet silent thought
I summon up remembrance of things past,
I sigh the lack of many a thing I sought,
And with old woes new wail my dear time’s waste:
Then can I drown an eye, unused to flow,
For precious friends hid in death’s dateless night,
And weep afresh love’s long since cancell’d woe,
And moan the expense of many a vanish’d sight:
Then can I grieve at grievances foregone,
And heavily from woe to woe tell o’er
The sad account of fore-bemoaned moan,
Which I new pay as if not paid before.
    But if the while I think on thee, dear friend,
    All losses are restored and sorrows end.

Paraphrase(Shakespeare Online):

When in these sessions of gratifying silent thought
I think of the past,
I lament my failure to achieve all that I wanted,
And I sorrowfully remember that I wasted the best years of my life:
Then I can cry, although I am not used to crying,
For dear friends now hid in death's unending night,
And cry again over woes that were long since healed,
And lament the loss of many things that I have seen and loved:
Then can I grieve over past griefs again,
And sadly repeat (to myself) my woes
The sorrowful account of griefs already grieved for,
Which (the account) I repay as if I had not paid before.
But if I think of you while I am in this state of sadness, dear friend,
All my losses are compensated for and my sorrow ends.

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