No, Time, thou shalt not boast that I do change:

不，时光女神，你别夸，说妳使我发生了变化

Thy pyramids built up with newer might

又说妳以神奇的力量，新造了一座金字塔

To me are nothing novel, nothing strange;

对我来说，那都不新奇

They are but dressings of a former sight.

不过是旧物披新纱

Our dates are brief, and therefore we admire

光阴似箭，我们惊诧

What thou dost foist upon us that is old;

妳给我们的都似骗人的老掉牙

And rather make them born to our desire

宁愿妳造些我们欲求的新生之物

Than think that we before have heard them told.

而不要尽想一些我们以前听腻的“神话”

Thy registers and thee I both defy,

时光的记录和妳，时光女神，我都拒之千里

Not wondering at the present nor the past,

我也不惊奇于妳的过去和当下

For thy records and what we see doth lie,

妳所记录的和我们见到的都是虚假

Made more or less by thy continual haste.

或许是妳步履迅捷，才匆匆造下

This I do vow and this shall ever be;

为此我发誓，将来永远是：

I will be true despite thy scythe and thee.

任凭妳时光女神和那长柄镰，我永远真诚无瑕