1. From fairest creatures we desire increase 1\. Von den schönsten Geschöpfen wünschen wir uns Zuwachs 1.最も美しい被造物から、我々は増加を望む

From fairest creatures we desire increase, Iš teisingiausių būtybių norime pagausėti,

That thereby beauty's rose might never die, Damit die Rose der Schönheit niemals stirbt, Kad grožio rožė niekada nemirtų,

But as the riper should by time decease Aber wie der Reifer mit der Zeit vergehen sollte Tačiau, kaip prinokęs žmogus, laikui bėgant, mirs

His tender heir might bear his memory: Sein zärtlicher Erbe könnte sein Andenken tragen: Jo švelnus įpėdinis gali prisiminti:

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But thou, contracted to thine own bright eyes,

Feed'st thy light's flame with self-substantial fuel,

Making a famine where abundance lies, Padaryti badą ten, kur gausu,

Thyself thy foe, to thy sweet self too cruel.

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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 niggardly.

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Pity the world, or else this glutton be,

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

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Read by Sir John Gielgud