譬如，见到天才注定了做乞丐，
As, to behold desert a beggar born,
见到草包穿戴得富丽堂皇，
And needy nothing trimmed in jollity,
见到纯洁的盟誓遭恶意破坏，
And purest faith unhappily forsworn,
见到荣誉被可耻地放错了位置，
And gilded honor shamefully misplaced,
见到暴徒糟蹋了贞洁的处子，
And maiden virtue rudely strumpeted,
见到不义玷辱了至高的正义，
And right perfection wrongfully disgraced,
见到瘸腿的权贵残害了壮士，
And strength by limping sway disabled,
见到文化被当局封住了嘴巴，
And art made tongue-tied by authority,
见到愚蠢（像博士）控制着聪慧，
And folly (doctorlike) controlling skill,
见到单纯的真理被瞎称做呆傻，
And simple truth miscalled simplicity,
见到善被俘去给罪恶将军当侍卫，
And captive good attending captain ill.
对这些都倦了，我要离开这人间，
Tired with all these, from these would I be gone,
只是，我死了，要使我爱人孤单。
Save that to die, I leave my love alone.