Betwixt mine eye and heart a league is took,

And each doth good turns now unto the other:

When that mine eye is famish'd for a look,

Or heart in love with sighs himself doth smother,

With my love's picture then my eye doth feast

And to the painted banquet bids my heart;

Another time mine eye is my heart's guest

And in his thoughts of love doth share a part:

So, either by thy picture or my love,

Thyself away art resent still with me;

For thou not farther than my thoughts canst move,

And I am still with them and they with thee;

Or, if they sleep, thy picture in my sight

Awakes my heart to heart's and eye's delight.

现在我的眼和心缔结了同盟，

为的是互相帮忙和互相救济：

当眼儿渴望要一见你的尊容，

或痴情的心快要给叹气窒息，

眼儿就把你的画像大摆筵桌，

邀请心去参加这图画的盛宴；

有时候眼睛又是心的座上客，

去把它缱绻的情思平均分沾：

这样，或靠你的像或我的依恋，

你本人虽远离还是和我在一起；

你不能比我的情思走得更远，

我老跟着它们，它们又跟着你；

　　或者，它们倘睡着，我眼中的像

　　就把心唤醒，使心和眼都舒畅。