Or whether doth my mind, being crown'd with you,

Drink up the monarch's plague, this flattery?

Or whether shall I say, mine eye saith true,

And that your love taught it this alchemy,

To make of monsters and things indigest

Such cherubins as your sweet self resemble,

Creating every bad a perfect best,

As fast as objects to his beams assemble?

O,'tis the first; 'tis flattery in my seeing,

And my great mind most kingly drinks it up:

Mine eye well knows what with his gust is 'greeing,

And to his palate doth prepare the cup:

If it be poison'd, 'tis the lesser sin

That mine eye loves it and doth first begin.

是否我的心，既把你当王冠戴，

喝过帝王们的鸩毒--自我阿谀？

还是我该说，我眼睛说的全对，

因为你的爱教会它这炼金术，

使它能够把一切蛇神和牛鬼

转化为和你一样柔媚的天婴，

把每个丑恶改造成尽善尽美，

只要事物在它的柔辉下现形？

哦，是前者；是眼睛的自我陶醉，

我伟大的心灵把它一口喝尽：

眼睛晓得投合我心灵的口味，

为它准备好这杯可口的毒饮。

　　尽管杯中有毒，罪过总比较轻，

　　因为先爱上它的是我的眼睛。