'Fair queen,' quoth he, 'if any love you owe me,
Measure my strangeness with my unripe years:
Before I know myself, seek not to know me;
No fisher but the ungrown fry forbears:
The mellow plum doth fall, the green sticks fast,
Or being early pluck'd is sour to taste.
敬对女神郎启口：
“美姬实爱幼年郎：
我不自知人应走；
非鲛即鲰无鲜尝：
黄梅落在青梅侧，
早采青梅酸且涩”