因为诽谤专爱把美人作箭靶；
For slander's mark was ever yet the fair;
被人猜忌恰好是美人的装饰，
The ornament of beauty is suspect,
像在明丽的天空中飞翔的乌鸦。
A crow that flies in heaven's sweetest air.
假如你是个好人，诽谤只证明
So thou be good, slander doth but approve
你有偌大的才德，被时代所钟爱，
Thy worth the greater, being wooed of time;
因为恶虫顶爱在娇蕾里滋生，
For canker vice the sweetest buds doth love,
而你有纯洁无瑕的青春时代。
And thou present'st a pure unstained prime.
你已经通过了青春年华的伏兵阵，
Thou hast passed by the ambush of young days,
没遇到袭击，或者征服了对手；
Either not assailed, or victor being charged;
不过这种对你的赞美并不能
Yet this thy praise cannot be so thy praise
缝住那老在扩大的嫉妒的口：
To tie up envy, evermore enlarged.
恶意若不能把你的美貌遮没，
If some suspect of ill masked not thy show,
你就将独占多少座心灵的王国。
Then thou alone kingdoms of hearts shouldst owe.