Sonnet 98: From you have I been absent inthe spring

BY WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

From you have I been absent in the spring,

我离开你的时候正好是春天，

When proud-pied April, dressed in all histrim,

当绚烂的四月，披上新的锦袄，

Hath put a spirit of youth in everything,

把活泼的春心给万物灌注遍，

That heavy Saturn laughed and leaped withhim.

连沉重的土星也跟着笑和跳。

Yet nor the lays of birds, nor the sweetsmell

可是无论小鸟的歌唱，

Of different flowers in odour and in hue,

或万紫千红、芬芳四溢的一簇簇鲜花，

Could make me any summer’s story tell,

都不能使我诉说夏天的故事，

Or from their proud lap pluck them wherethey grew:

或从烂熳的山洼把它们采掐：

Nor did I wonder at the lily’s white,

我也不羡慕那百合花的洁白，

Nor praise the deep vermilion in the rose;

也不赞美玫瑰花的一片红晕；

They were but sweet, but figures of delight

它们不过是香，是悦目的雕刻，

Drawn after you, – you pattern of allthose.

你才是它们所要摹拟的真身。

Yet seem’d it winter still, and, you away,

因此，于我还是严冬，而你不在，

As with your shadow I with these did play.

像逗着你影子，我逗它们开怀。

莎士比亚十四行诗成书大约于1590年至1598年之间，其诗作的结构技巧和语言技巧都很高，几乎每首诗都有独立的审美价值。

诗集分为两部分，第一部分为前126首，献给一个年轻的贵族（Fair Lord），诗人的诗热烈地歌颂了这位朋友的美貌以及他们的友情；第二部分为第127首至最后，献给一位“黑女士”（Dark Lady），描写爱情。