From fairest creatures we desire increase,
That thereby beauty's rose might never die,
But as the riper should by time decease,
His tender heir might bear his memory:
But thou, contracted to thine own bright eyes,
Feed'st thy light's flame with self-substantial fuel,
Making a famine where abundance lies,
Thyself thy foe, to thy sweet self too cruel:
Thou that art now the world's fresh ornament,
And only herald to the gaudy spring,
Within thine own bud buriest thy content,
And tender churl mak'st waste in niggarding:
Pity the world, or else this glutton be,
To eat the world's due, by the grave and thee.
fairest 最高に美しい = most beautiful、creatures 人々、 increase 子孫をふやすこと・果実、 That = So that、rose （若さが持つ美しさの象徴）
But = So that、riper = older 親のこと
tender = young、heir 跡継ぎ、bear = carry on 続ける
thou /ðaʊ/ 古語で you、contracted 婚約した、thine /ðaɪn/ 古語で your
feed'st -st 二人称単数の語尾、feed 食べさせる、thy /ðaɪ/ 古語で your、
light's flame 自分をロウソクの炎にたとえて
self-substantial fuel 己の身を糧として、abundance 豊穣
art 古語で are、fresh 汚れない・若さに溢れた、ornament 飾るもの
herald 前触れ、gaudy 色鮮やかな、content 自分の身・中身
tender churl 若いけちん坊、niggarding けちること・子孫を設けないこと
Pity （命令形）我々を可哀想だと思って（子孫をつくれ）
glutton be （７つの大罪の）強欲者になり果ててしまう
world's due 汝が世界に対して負っていること（子供を設けること）
参考文献：The Sonnets (The New Cambridge Shakespeare)
ソネット１番の朗読です。Read by me.
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