Sonnets of William Shakespeare-Sonnet 117

　　Wherein I should your great deserts repay,

　　Forgot upon your dearest love to call,

　　Whereto all bonds do tie me day by day;

　　That I have frequent been with unknown minds

　　And given to time your own dear-purchased right

　　That I have hoisted sail to all the winds

　　Which should transport me farthest from your sight.

　　Book both my wilfulness and errors down

　　And on just proof surmise accumulate;

　　Bring me within the level of your frown,

　　But shoot not at me in your waken'd hate;

　　Since my appeal says I did strive to prove

　　The constancy and virtue of your love.

　　請這樣控告我：說我默不作聲，

　　盡管對你的深恩我應(yīng)當酬謝;

　　說我忘記向你繾綣的愛慰問，

　　盡管我對你依戀一天天密切;

　　說我時常和陌生的心靈來往，

　　為偶爾機緣斷送你寶貴情誼;

　　說我不管什么風(fēng)都把帆高揚，

　　任它們把我吹到天涯海角去。

　　請把我的任性和錯誤都記下，

　　在真憑實據(jù)上還要積累嫌疑，

　　把我?guī)У侥愕娘A眉蹙額底下，

　　千萬別喚醒怨毒來把我射死;

　　因為我的訴狀說我急于證明

　　你對我的愛多么忠貞和堅定。