But be contented when that fell arrest
Without all bail shall carry me away,
My life hath in this line some interest,
Which for memorial still with thee shall stay.
When thou reviewest this, thou dost review
The very part was consecrate to thee:
The earth can have but earth, which is his due;
My spirit is thine, the better part of me:
So then thou hast but lost the dregs of life,
The prey of worms, my body being dead;
The coward conquest of a wretch's knife,
Too base of thee to be remembered.
The worth of that is that which it contains,
And that is this, and this with thee remains.
翻译：
别担心！即使死亡传票的召唤，
无情地把我的一切，带入黄泉；
我生命的精彩，早已载入篇章，
始终伴随、存放在你的纪念馆；
当你虔诚阅览这些，就会发现，
其精彩部分，全是为你而杜撰；
播下种子结出果，这就是回报，
你承继了我，精华部分的拓展；
你失掉的仅是，我生命的糟粕，
这具，被蛆虫饵食的垂死躯干；
这种全无刀锋的，懦夫式斩获，
只要想起来，都已觉得太低贱；
人的价值，全部在于他的内涵；
这些内涵，就是留给你的诗篇。
推荐理由：这首十四行情诗精选（七十四）是莎士比亚笔下的Sonnet74《内涵》，如果你是莎翁的忠实读者怎能错过呢？