Sonnet 30: When to the sessions of sweet silent thought

When to the sessions of sweet silent thought
I summon up remembrance of things past,
I sigh the lack of many a thing I sought,
And with old woes new wail my dear time’s waste.
Then can I drown an eye, unused to flow,
For precious friends hid in death’s dateless night,
And weep afresh love’s long since cancelled woe,
And moan the expense of many a vanished sight.
Then can I grieve at grievances foregone,
And heavily from woe to woe tell o’er
The sad account of fore-bemoaned moan,
Which I new pay as if not paid before.
But if the while I think on thee, dear friend,
All losses are restored and sorrows end.

William Shakespeare

在甜蜜的思想的公堂上
我传唤对过去事物的回忆 ，
我为我的所寻的缺失而叹息 ，
在旧恨和新泪中可贵的时光逝去。
于是我淹没双眼，不为泪流，
而为死亡的黑夜中我的朋友，
也为恨过后爱的长久而泣，
为消逝之景的价值而叹息。
于是我为已逝的惆怅而惆怅，
沉重地，从痛苦细数到痛苦，
早已呜咽过的呜咽哀伤的旧账，
像从未偿还一样来重新偿还。
　　但是啊，只要想起你，亲爱的朋友，
　　所有的失落和忧伤都云散烟消。

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