Then let not winter's ragged¹ hand deface

你还没提炼出香精，那你就别让

In thee thy summer ere thou be distilled².

严冬的粗手来抹掉你脸上的盛夏：

Make sweet some vial; treasure thou some place

你教玉瓶生香吧；用美的宝藏

With beauty's treasure ere it be self-killed.

使福地生光吧，趁它还没有自杀。

That use is not forbidden usury³

取这种重利并不是犯禁放高利贷，

Which happies those that pay the willing loan;

它能够教愿意还债的人们高兴；

That's for thyself to breed another thee,

这正是要你生出另一个你来，

Or ten times happier be it ten for one.

或高兴十倍，要是你一人生十人；

Ten times thyself were happier than thou art,

你十个儿女描画你十幅肖像，

If ten of thine ten times refigured thee:

你就要比你独个儿添十倍欢乐：

Then what could death do if thou shouldst depart,

你将来去世时，死神能把你怎样，

Leaving thee living in posterity⁴?

既然在后代身上你永远存活？

Be not self-willed, for thou art much too fair,

别刚愎自用，你太美丽了，不应该

To be death's conquest and make worms thine heir.

让死神掳去、教蛆虫做你的后代。