"Love is blind"

恋爱是盲目的

"...But love is blind and lovers cannot see

The pretty follies¹ that themselves commit;..."

“可是恋爱是盲目的，

恋人们瞧不见他们自己所干的傻事。” （朱生豪译）

莎士比亚用法：

Technically², Chaucer first wrote the phrase "For loue is blynd alday and may nat see." But Shakespeare was the one who popularized it.

严格说来，这个短语是乔叟首次使用的：“因为恋人整天是盲目的，他们也许看不见其他事情。”但莎士比亚让这句话变得家喻户晓。

In the scene, Jessica has disguised herself as a boy to see her lover, Lorenzo, but feels quite "ashamed" of her get-up. Still, she comments that love is blind and people are unable to see the shortcomings of their lovers.

在这一场戏中，杰西卡假扮成一个男孩，去见他的情人洛伦佐，但却对自己的装扮感到十分“羞愧”。不过，她评价道爱情是盲目的，人们无法看到自己情人的缺点。

现代用法：

The meaning of the phrase is more or less unchanged.

意义基本没有改变。

Source: "The Merchant of Venice," Act 2, Scene 6

出处：《威尼斯商人》，第二幕，第六场。