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Sonnet #102
My love is strengthen'd, though more weak in seeming;
I love not less, though less the show appear:
That love is merchandized whose rich esteeming
The owner's tongue doth publish every where.
Our love was new and then but in the spring
When I was wont to greet it with my lays,
As Philomel in summer's front doth sing
And stops her pipe in growth of riper days:
Not that the summer is less pleasant now
Than when her mournful hymns did hush the night,
But that wild music burthens every bough
And sweets grown common lose their dear delight.
Therefore like her I sometime hold my tongue,
Because I would not dull you with my song.
1、love:affection；第3、第5行 love同。more weak in seeming:it seems weaker.
2、show:outward display.
3、merchandised:offered for sale（含 cheapened 之意）。whose:of which；先行词为 That love. rich esteeming:high value.
4、The owner's tongue:The owner( a synecdoche，以部分代全体的修饰法）。publish:publicize,make known.
5-6、Our love...When I:When our love...I；讲过去的情况。
5、but:only. in the spring:at the beginning stage.
6、was wont to:used to. it:i.e. our love.lays:songs.
7、Philomel:the nightingale；希腊神话中，雅典王 Pandion 次女 Philomela 被姐夫奸污、割舌，后被神化身为夜莺。 in summer's front doth sing:sings in the front part(i.e. beginning) of summer.
8、his:有些版本校为“her”，以与第10、13行 her 一致，此处照Q。一说莎士比亚知道啼鸣的夜莺乃雄性，故用 his，但亦可能 his=its. pipe(n.):the shrill sound of a bird. in growth of riper days:i.e. in late summer；在英国，夜莺通常于七月底停止鸣啭。 riper:later.
9、the summer:the present summer,i.e. late summer. hush the night:silence all other animate beings in the night.
11、But that:but is seems so because.wild music:noisy and disorderly bird-songs，隐指当时众多而狂热的颂扬其爱友的赞歌。 burthens:becomes a burden to.
12、sweets:delightful things.delight:capacity for giving pleasure.
13、sometime:sometimes.
14、dull(v.t.):bore.
日期: 2007年4月23 周一