When I do count the clock that tells the time

And see the brave day sunk in hideous night,

我數著報時的鐘聲，

看著大好的白晝陷入夜晚;

Hideous

[英][?h?di?s][美][?h?di?s]

adj.令人驚駭的; 極其丑陋的，可怕的; 丑惡的，討厭的; 媸

When I behold the violet past prime

And sable curls all silvered o’er with white,

我看到紫羅蘭開過了全盛，

一層銀白罩上了貂黑的發鬈;

silvered

[’s?lv?d]

鍍銀的，飾以銀的，銀白色的

When lofty trees I see barren of leaves,

Which erst from heat did canopy the herd,

我看見曾為牧群遮蔭的高樹，

如今樹葉已經完全脫光，

lofty

[’l?ft?]

a.高聳的，巍峨的，高尚的，傲慢的

Erst

[?:st]

adv.<古>以前，往昔的;

And summer’s green all girded up in sheaves

Borne on the bier with white and bristly beard;

夏季的綠苗都緊緊捆扎成束，

帶著白硬芒須被抬了去埋葬;

Bier

[b?r]

n .棺材，棺材架;

Then of thy beauty do I question make

That thou among the wastes of time must go,

Since sweets and beauties do themselves for sake

And die as fast as they see others grow;

于是對于斧美貌我就開始擔心，

恐怕你要隨著時間而被淘汰，

因為美妙的事物總要蠲棄自身，

很快的死去，看著別個生長起來;

And nothing ’gainst Time’s scy the can make defense

Save breed, to brave him when he takes thee hence.

時間的鐮刀沒人能夠阻擋，

除非是你被抓走，讓孩子去抵抗。