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Look in thy glass and tell the face thou viewest
Now is the time that face should form another,
Whose fresh repair if now thou not renewest,
Thou dost beguile the world, unbless some mother.
For where is she so fair whose uneared womb
Disdains the tillage of thy husbandry?
Or who is he so fond will be the tomb
Of his self-love to stop posterity?
Thou art thy mother's glass, and she in thee
Calls back the lovely April of her prime;
So thou through windows of thine age shalt see,
Despite of wrinkles, this thy golden time.
But if thou live rememb'red not to be,
Die single and thine image dies with thee.
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照照镜子去,把脸儿看个清楚,
是时候了,这脸儿该找个替身;
如果你现在不给它修造新居,
你就是欺世,不让人家做母亲。
有那么美的女人么,她那还没人
耕过的处女地会拒绝你来耕耘?
有那么傻的汉子么,他愿意做个坟
来埋葬对自己的爱,不要子孙?
你是你母亲的镜子,她在你身上
唤回了自己可爱的青春四月天:
那么不管皱纹,通过你老年的窗,
你也将看到你现在的黄金流年。
要是你活着,不愿意被人记牢,
就独个儿死吧,教美影与你同凋。
【译解】
诗人对他的爱友说:“你不结婚,等于是在剥夺某一个女子做母亲的权利!你是你母亲的镜子,她在这镜子里看到了她昔日的青春;同样,如果你有孩子的话,那么你到了老年,你的孩子将成为你的窗子(镜子),通过它,你将看到你自己的青春年华(黄金时代)。那么,别独自死吧,结婚吧,教你的美影在你儿子身上留下来,除非你不愿被人记住。”——第七行:他不爱别人,只爱自己,因此只有对自己的爱;他本人总要死亡,因此他就是埋葬自爱的坟墓,这使他没有子孙。