As a decrepit father takes delight.
To see his active child do deeds of youth,
So I, made lame by Fortune's dearest spite,
Take all my comfort of thy worth and truth;
For whether beauty, birth, or wealth, or wit,
Or any of these all, or all, or more,
Entitled in thy parts, do crowned sit,
I make my love engrafted to this store:
So then I am not lame, poor, nor despis'd,
Whilst that this shadow doth such substance give.
That I in thy abundance am suffic'd,
And by a part of all thy glory live.
Look what is best, that best I wish in thee:
This wish I have; then ten times happy me!
翻译：
就像年迈的父亲那样地，喜悦，
看儿子，活泼青春节目的表演；
受过命运，恶毒摧残伤害的我，
在你的价值体现中，寻找慰安；
无论，门第美丽财富抑或才华，
所有这一切，甚或更多的加添；
眼看着，你登峰造极紫袍加身，
我的平生之志，借你得以舒展；
幻影成真，一切都是那么现实，
我已，不因残废贫穷而被轻贱；
并因为你的腾达，而获得满足，
还分享，沾有你的风光和体面；
能满足你希望，是我最大心愿；
只要你满意，我就会快乐无限。
推荐理由：这首十四行情诗出自于莎士比亚笔下的Sonnet37《夙愿》，如果你是莎士比亚的读者怎能错过呢？
