Alas, 'tis true I have gone here and there

And made myself a motley to the view,

Gored mine own thoughts, sold cheap what is most dear,

Made old offences of affections new;

Most true it is that I have look'd on truth

Askance and strangely: but, by all above,

These blenches gave my heart another youth,

And worse essays proved thee my best of love.

Now all is done, have what shall have no end:

Mine appetite I never more will grind

On newer proof, to try an older friend,

A god in love, to whom I am confined.

Then give me welcome, next my heaven the best,

Even to thy pure and most most loving breast.

唉，我的确曾经常东奔西跑，

扮作斑衣的小丑供众人赏玩，

违背我的意志，把至宝贱卖掉，

为了新交不惜把旧知交冒犯；

更千真万确我曾经斜着冷眼

去看真情；但天呀，这种种离乖

给我的心带来了另一个春天，

最坏的考验证实了你的真爱。

现在一切都过去了，请你接受

无尽的友谊：我不再把欲望磨利，

用新的试探去考验我的老友--

那拘禁我的、钟情于我的神袛。

　　那么，欢迎我吧，我的人间的天，

　　迎接我到你最亲的纯洁的胸间。