Accuse me thus: that I have scanted all

Wherein I should your great deserts repay,

Forgot upon your dearest love to call,

Whereto all bonds do tie me day by day;

That I have frequent been with unknown minds

And given to time your own dear-purchased right

That I have hoisted sail to all the winds

Which should transport me farthest from your sight.

Book both my wilfulness and errors down

And on just proof surmise accumulate;

Bring me within the level of your frown,

But shoot not at me in your waken'd hate;

Since my appeal says I did strive to prove

The constancy and virtue of your love.

请这样控告我：说我默不作声，

尽管对你的深恩我应当酬谢；

说我忘记向你缱绻的爱慰问，

尽管我对你依恋一天天密切；

说我时常和陌生的心灵来往，

为偶尔机缘断送你宝贵情谊；

说我不管什么风都把帆高扬，

任它们把我吹到天涯海角去。

请把我的任性和错误都记下，

在真凭实据上还要积累嫌疑，

把我带到你的颦眉蹙额底下，

千万别唤醒怨毒来把我射死；

　　因为我的诉状说我急于证明

　　你对我的爱多么忠贞和坚定。