歌词与中文翻译
So is it not with me as with that Muse
我的诗神并不像那一位诗神
Stirr'd by a painted beauty to his verse,
只知运用脂粉涂抹他的诗句，
Who heaven itself for ornament doth use
连苍穹也要搬下来作妆饰品
And every fair with his fair doth rehearse
罗列每个佳丽去赞他的佳丽
Making a couplement of proud compare,
用种种浮夸的比喻作成对偶，
With sun and moon, with earth and sea's rich gems,
把他比太阳、月亮、海陆的瑰宝，
With April's first-born flowers, and all things rare
四月的鲜花，以及一切奇珍异物
That heaven's air in this huge rondure hems.
蕴藏在它的怀里的一切奇妙。
O' let me, true in love, but truly write,
哦，让我真心地爱，真心地写吧，
And then believe me, my love is as fair
请相信我，我的爱虽难与
As any mother's child, though not so bright
苍穹金烛台般的星斗争光
As those gold candles fix'd in heaven's air:
但其美恰如任何母亲的孩子一样:
Let them say more than like of hearsay well;
谁喜欢空话，让他尽说个不穷；
I will not praise that purpose not to sell.
我志不在出售，自用不着祷颂。