歌词与中文翻译
From fairest creatures we desire increase,
对天生的尤物我们要求蕃盛，
That thereby beauty's rose might never die,
好让美的玫瑰永远也不凋零。
But as the riper should by time decease,
纵然时序难逆，物壮必老，
His tender heir might bear his memory:
自有年轻的子孙来一脉相承。
But thou, contracted to thine own bright eyes,
而你，却只与自己的明眸定婚，
Feed'st thy light's flame with self-substantial fuel,
焚身为火，好烧出眼中的光明。
Making a famine where abundance lies,
你与自我为敌，作践可爱的自身，
Thyself thy foe, to thy sweet self too cruel.
有如在丰饶之乡偏造成满地饥民。
你是当今世界鲜美的装饰，
Thou that art now the world's fresh ornament
你是锦绣春光里报春的先行。
And only herald to the gaudy spring,
你用自己的花苞埋葬了自己的花精，
Within thine own bud buriest thy content
如纤弱的吝啬者用吝啬将血本赔尽。
And, tender churl, makest waste in niggarding.
可怜这个世界吧，你这贪得无厌之人，
Pity the world, or else this glutton be,
不留遗嗣在人间，只落得萧条葬孤坟。
To eat the world's due, by the grave and thee.