The Shadow

Ben Johnson

Follow a shadow, it still flies you;
Seem to fly it, it will pursue:
So court a mistress, she denies you;
Let her alone, she will court you.
Say, are not women truly, then,
Styled but the shadow of us men?

At morn and even, shades are longest;
At noon they are or short or none:
So men at weakest, they are strongest,
But grant us perfect, they’re not known.
Say, are not women truly, then,
Styled but the shadow of us men?



影子

追隨影子, 它依然規避
似覺離去, 它將緊隨;
向情人乞愛亦復如是, 她否定妳;
讓她去吧, 她將追求你.
嗨, 那麼, 女性不正可,
稱為我們男人的影子?

清晨夜晚, 影子成長;
中午時它們或短或無:
所以男人柔弱時, 它們最強悍;
但我們若健壯, 它們將不為人知.
嗨, 那麼, 女性不正可,
稱為我們男人的影子?