饕餮的时间，你磨钝狮的爪子，

Devouring Time, blunt thou the lion's paws,

使大地把自己心爱的子女吞掉；

And make the earth devour her own sweet brood;

从猛虎的颌中拔下锋利的牙齿，

Pluck the keen teeth from the fierce tiger's jaws,

让长生的凤凰在自己血中焚烧；

And burn the long-lived phoenix in her blood;

Make glad and sorry seasons as thou fleet'st,

你飞驰着带来或喜或忧的时季，

And do whate'er thou wilt, swift-footed Time,

捷足的时间啊，随你恣意发落

To the wide world and all her fading sweets;

这广大世界和她会消退的美丽；

But I forbid thee one most heinous crime:

但我禁止你一桩最凶残的罪恶：

O! carve not with thy hours my love's fair brow,

Nor draw no lines there with thine antique pen;

呵！别用时刻雕琢我爱人的玉颜，

Him in thy course untainted do allow

也不要用你古谲的笔添画皱纹；

For beauty's pattern to succeeding men.

在你的行进中宽许他不受污玷，

  Yet, do thy worst old Time: despite thy wrong,

以给后世的人留下美貌的范本。

  My love shall in my verse ever live young.

但凭你时间老贼坏事做尽罪孽深，

我的爱会在我的诗篇里永葆青春。