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 knowst 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.
你占有她,并非我最大的哀愁,
可是我對(duì)她的愛不能說不深;
她占有你,才是我主要的煩憂,
這愛情的損失更能使我傷心。
愛的冒犯者,我這樣原諒你們:
你所以愛她,因?yàn)闀缘梦覑鬯?
也是為我的原故她把我欺瞞,
讓我的朋友替我殷勤款待她。
失掉你,我所失是我情人所獲,
失掉她,我朋友卻找著我所失;
你倆互相找著,而我失掉兩個(gè),
兩個(gè)都為我的原故把我磨折:
但這就是快樂:你和我是一體;
甜蜜的阿諛!她卻只愛我自己。