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 cancell’d woe,
And moan th’expense of many a vanish’d 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 restor’d and sorrows end.
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 cancell’d woe,
And moan th’expense of many a vanish’d 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 restor’d and sorrows end.
Simplified Chinese translation
十四行诗第三十首：当静思开庭
当甜美寂静的思绪开庭审理，
我传唤往事的记忆到场，
便为许多求而不得之物叹息，
又以旧痛新哭，哀悼宝贵光阴的虚耗：
那时我素来不流泪的眼也会被泪水淹没，
为藏身于死亡那无期限长夜的珍贵朋友，
也为早已撤销的爱情旧案重新哭泣，
并哀叹许多消逝景象所付的代价。
那时我又为早已过去的哀怨悲伤，
沉重地从一桩痛苦到另一桩逐笔重数，
那份早已哭诉过的悲叹账目，
我又重新偿付，仿佛从未付过。
然而，亲爱的朋友，若此刻我想到你，
一切损失便都复得，所有悲伤也告终。