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(original language, but moderately updated)

(original language, but moderately updated)

  01. From fairest creatures we desire increase,

  [[#01-01]] From fairest creatures we desire increase,

           <span style="color:gray">We desire more from the most beautiful people,</span>

           <span style="color:gray">We desire more from the most beautiful people,</span>

  02. That thereby beauty's Rose might never die,

  [[#01-02]] That thereby beauty's Rose might never die,

           <span style="color:gray">So that the "rose" of beauty will never die,</span>

           <span style="color:gray">So that the "rose" of beauty will never die,</span>

  03. But as the riper should by time decease,

  [[#01-03]] But as the riper should by time decease,

           <span style="color:gray">But as the older beauty must, with time, pass away,</span>

           <span style="color:gray">But as the older beauty must, with time, pass away,</span>

  04. His tender heir might bear his memory:

  [[#01-04]] His tender heir might bear his memory:

           <span style="color:gray">His young heir should carry on the reminder of his beauty.</span>

           <span style="color:gray">His young heir should carry on the reminder of his beauty.</span>

  05. But thou contracted to thine own bright eyes,

  #05  But thou contracted to thine own bright eyes,

           <span style="color:gray">But you, like Narcissus, "married" only to what you see,</span>

           <span style="color:gray">But you, like Narcissus, "married" only to what you see,</span>

  06. Feed'st thy lights flame with self substantial fuel,

  #06  Feed'st thy lights flame with self substantial fuel,

           <span style="color:gray">Are feeding the flame of your "light" with the fuel of your own substance,</span>

           <span style="color:gray">Are feeding the flame of your "light" with the fuel of your own substance,</span>

  07. Making a famine where abundance lies,

  #07  Making a famine where abundance lies,

           <span style="color:gray">Which will lead to a "famine" of beauty where it's now abundant,

           <span style="color:gray">Which will lead to a "famine" of beauty where it's now abundant,

                 (when your substance is entirely consumed.)</span>

                 (when your substance is entirely consumed.)</span>

  08. Thyself thy foe, to thy sweet self too cruel:

  #08  Thyself thy foe, to thy sweet self too cruel:

           <span style="color:gray">You are your own enemy, too cruel to your friendly self.</span>

           <span style="color:gray">You are your own enemy, too cruel to your friendly self.</span>

  09. Thou that art now the world's fresh ornament,

  #09  Thou that art now the world's fresh ornament,

           <span style="color:gray">You, who are now a young "decoration" on the world,</span>

           <span style="color:gray">You, who are now a young "decoration" on the world,</span>

  10. And only herald to the gaudy spring,

  #10  And only herald to the gaudy spring,

           <span style="color:gray">And the first flower of the showy spring,</span>

           <span style="color:gray">And the first flower of the showy spring,</span>

  11. Within thine own bud buriest thy content,

  #11  Within thine own bud buriest thy content,

           <span style="color:gray">Are hoarding your beauty entirely within the "bud" of yourself, alone,</span>

           <span style="color:gray">Are hoarding your beauty entirely within the "bud" of yourself, alone,</span>

  12. And tender churl makest waste in niggarding:

  #12  And tender churl makest waste in niggarding:

           <span style="color:gray">And, mortal miser, you'll create waste with your stinginess.</span>

           <span style="color:gray">And, mortal miser, you'll create waste with your stinginess.</span>

  13.     Pity the world, or else this glutton be,

  #13      Pity the world, or else this glutton be,

               <span style="color:gray">Take pity on the world's love of beauty, or else be the kind of glutton,</span>

               <span style="color:gray">Take pity on the world's love of beauty, or else be the kind of glutton,</span>

  14.     To eat the world's due, by the grave and thee.

  #14      To eat the world's due, by the grave and thee.

               <span style="color:gray">Who consumes the beauty the world is owed, when it's lost to the grave, because of your own behavior.</span>

               <span style="color:gray">Who consumes the beauty the world is owed, when it's lost to the grave, because of your own behavior.</span>

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