Mine eye and heart are at a mortal war

How to divide the conquest of thy sight;

Mine eye my heart thy picture's sight would bar,

My heart mine eye the freedom of that right.

My heart doth plead that thou in him dost lie--

A closet never pierced with crystal eyes--

But the defendant doth that plea deny

And says in him thy fair appearance lies.

To 'cide this title is impanneled

A quest of thoughts, all tenants to the heart,

And by their verdict is determined

The clear eye's moiety and the dear heart's part:

As thus; mine eye's due is thy outward part,

And my heart's right thy inward love of heart.

我的眼和我的心在作殊死战，

怎样去把你姣好的容貌分赃；

眼儿要把心和你的形象隔断，

心儿又不甘愿把这权利相让。

心儿声称你在它的深处潜隐，

从没有明眸闯得进它的宝箱；

被告却把这申辩坚决地否认，

说是你的倩影在它里面珍藏。

为解决这悬案就不得不邀请

我心里所有的住户--思想--协商；

它们的共同的判词终于决定

明眸和亲挚的心应得的分量

如下：你的仪表属于我的眼睛，

而我的心占有你心里的爱情。

How heavy do I journey on the way,

When what I seek, my weary travel's end,

Doth teach that ease and that repose to say

'Thus far the miles are measured from thy friend!'

The beast that bears me, tired with my woe,

Plods dully on, to bear that weight in me,

As if by some instinct the wretch did know

His rider loved not speed, being made from thee:

The bloody spur cannot provoke him on

That sometimes anger thrusts into his hide;

Which heavily he answers with a groan,

More sharp to me than spurring to his side;

For that same groan doth put this in my mind;

My grief lies onward and my joy behind.

多么沉重地我在旅途上跋涉，

当我的目的地（我倦旅的终点）

唆使安逸和休憩这样对我说：

"你又离开了你的朋友那么远！"

那驮我的畜牲，经不起我的忧厄，

驮着我心里的重负慢慢地走，

仿佛这畜牲凭某种本能晓得

它主人不爱快，因为离你远游：

有时恼怒用那血淋淋的靴钉

猛刺它的皮，也不能把它催促；

它只是沉重地报以一声呻吟，

对于我，比刺它的靴钉还要残酷，

因为这呻吟使我省悟和熟筹，

我的忧愁在前面，快乐在后头。

When most I wink, then do mine eyes best see,

For all the day they view things unrespected;

But when I sleep, in dreams they look on thee,

And darkly bright are bright in dark directed.

Then thou, whose shadow shadows doth make bright,

How would thy shadow's form form happy show

To the clear day with thy much clearer light,

When to unseeing eyes thy shade shines so!

How would, I say, mine eyes be blessed made

By looking on thee in the living day,

When in dead night thy fair imperfect shade

Through heavy sleep on sightless eyes doth stay!

All days are nights to see till I see thee,

And nights bright days when dreams do show thee me.

我眼睛闭得最紧，看得最明亮：

它们整天只看见无味的东西；

而当我入睡，梦中却向你凝望，

幽暗的火焰，暗地里放射幽辉。

你的影子既能教黑影放光明，

对闭上的眼照耀得那么辉煌，

你影子的形会形成怎样的美景，

在清明的白天里用更清明的光！

我的眼睛，我说，会感到多幸运

若能够凝望你在光天化日中，

既然在死夜里你那不完全的影

对酣睡中闭着的眼透出光容！

天天都是黑夜一直到看见你，

夜夜是白天当好梦把你显示！