莎士比亚十四行情诗精选（四十二）

That thou hast her it is not all my grief,

And yet it may be said I loved her dearly;

That she hath thee is of my wailing chief,

A loss in love that touches me more nearly.

Loving offenders thus I will excuse ye:

Thou dost love her, because thou know'st I love her;

And for my sake even so doth she abuse me,

Suffering my friend for my sake to approve her.

If I lose thee, my loss is my love's gain,

And losing her, my friend hath found that loss;

Both find each other, and I lose both twain,

And both for my sake lay on me this cross:

But here's the joy; my friend and I are one;

Sweet flattery! then she loves but me alone.

　　翻译：
你追求她，并非我全部的悲惨，

而且我会爱她直到，海枯石烂；

她青睐你，才是我主要的烦忧，

这爱的缺失，能更加使我伤感。

爱的插足者，我这样原谅你们：

是因为明知我爱她，故意捣乱；

对于她的虐行，我却如此纵容，

甚至让我的友人，都感到心寒。

倘我失掉你，我的她定有斩获，

若我失掉她，你亦是得益非浅。

你俩互相试探，让我左右为难，

都为我的缘故，共同把我作践：

但这就是快乐！她爱由我独占；

　　而你和我，仍是哥们紧密相联。

推荐理由：这首十四行情诗精选（四十二）是莎士比亚笔下的Sonnet42《情敌》，如果你是莎翁的忠实读者怎能错过呢？