就用苦辣味儿去刺激舌头；
With eager compounds we our palate urge,
好比我们要预防未发的病症，
As to prevent our maladies unseen,
就吃下泻药，跟生病一样别扭；
We sicken to shun sickness when we purge;
同样，吃厌了你的甘美（其实
Even so, being full of your ne'er-cloying sweetness,
永远吃不厌），我就把苦酱当食粮；
To bitter sauces did I frame my feeding;
厌倦了健康，就去得病，说是
And, sick of welfare, found a kind of meetness
这样才舒服，其实不需要这样。
To be diseased ere that there was true needing.
这样，为了预防未发的病痛，
Thus policy in love, t' anticipate
爱的策略就成了确定的过失：
The ills that were not, grew to faults assured,
把十分健康的身心投入医药中，
And brought to medicine a healthful state,
使它餍足善，反要让恶来医治。
Which, rank of goodness, would by ill be cured.
但是，我因此学到了真正的教训：
But thence I learn, and find the lesson true,
药，毒害了对你厌倦的那个人。
Drugs poison him that so fell sick of you.