#蕭叔叔講莎士比亞【越愛得深，越傷得重】
越愛得深，越傷得重，大家話係唔係？
擁有的時候固然快樂，但同時害怕終有一天會失去所愛。這說法，已經是老生常談了。今天我們一起看看老莎這個大文豪怎樣演繹這句話。這首 sonnet，可算是他百多首中最容易讀的。
原文：
Some glory in their birth, some in their skill,
Some in their wealth, some in their body's force;
Some in their garments, though new-fangled ill;
Some in their hawks and hounds, some in their horse:
And every humour hath his adjunct pleasure,
Wherein it finds a joy above the rest;
But these particulars are not my measure,
All these I better in one general best.
Thy love is better than high birth to me,
Richer than wealth, prouder than garments' cost,
Of more delight than hawks and horses be;
And, having thee, of all men's pride I boast.
Wretched in this alone, that thou mayst take
All this away, and me most wretched make.
我試譯為現代英文：
Some take pride in their birth, some in their abilities, some in their wealth, some in their physical strength, some in their clothes (whether pretty or not), and some in their pets.
We all have an object from which we derive the most pleasure. So what's mine? It's your love. You are my dearest and proudest possession.
But, having you, I'm doomed at the same time, because you can easily take away everything that matters to me, and make me the most wretched person on earth.
粗疏的中譯：
有人喜歡誇耀自己的地位、能力、或財富，有人則以自己的體格、衣冠、或寵物為榮。世上每個人都有自己特別鍾愛的事物，無可代替。
但對以上的東西，我都不感興趣。我唯一珍惜的，是你的愛。我可在天下人之前炫耀：我擁有你。
可是，擁有你，同時是我的不幸；因為你可以隨時拿走我的所有，把我毀掉。
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