你有力量重新把金字塔建起，
Thy pyramids built up with newer might
我看它可并不希奇，并不新鲜；
To me are nothing novel, nothing strange;
那是旧景象穿上新衣裳而已。
They are but dressings of a former sight.
我们活不长，所以我们要赞扬
Our dates are brief, and therefore we admire
你鱼目混珠地拿给我们的旧货；
What thou dost foist upon us that is old,
宁可使它们合乎我们的愿望，
And rather make them born to our desire
而不想：我们早听见它们被说过。
Than think that we before have heard them told.
我是瞧不起你和你的记载的，
Thy registers and thee I both defy,
也不惊奇于你的现在和过去，
Not wond'ring at the present, nor the past;
因为那由你的长跑编造出来的
For thy records and what we see doth lie,
记载和我们见到的景象是骗局：
Made more or less by thy continual haste.
我如此起誓，以后也始终如此，
This I do vow, and this shall ever be:
不怕你跟你的镰刀，我永远忠实。
I will be true despite thy scythe and thee.