Let me confess that we two must be twain,

Although our undivided loves are one:

So shall those blots¹ that do with me remain

Without thy help by me be borne alone.

In our two loves there is but one respect,

Though in our lives a separable spite,

Which though it alter not love's sole effect,

Yet doth it steal sweet hours from love's delight.

I may not evermore acknowledge thee,

Lest my bewailed guilt² should do thee shame,

Nor thou with public kindness honour me,

Unless thou take that honour from thy name:

But do not so; I love thee in such sort

As, thou being mine, mine is thy good report.

让我承认我们俩一定要分离，

尽管我们那分不开的爱是一体：

这样，许多留在我身上的瑕疵，

将不用你分担，由我独自承起。

你我的相爱全出于一片至诚，

尽管不同的生活把我们隔开，

这纵然改变不了爱情的真纯，

却偷掉许多密约佳期的欢快。

我再也不会高声认你做知己，

生怕我可哀的罪过使你含垢，

你也不能再当众把我来赞美，

除非你甘心使你的名字蒙羞。

可别这样做；我既然这样爱你，

你是我的，我的荣光也属于你。