All the world's a stage By William Shakespeare: As You Like It Act 2 Scene 7

                All the world’s a stage 

                                   —William Shakespeare

                           As You Like It Act 2 Scene 7

All the world's a stage

全世界是个舞台

And all the men and women merely players

所有的男男女女不过是一些演员

They have their exits and their entrances

他们都有下场的时候，也都有上场的时候

 And one man in his time plays many parts

一个人的一生中扮演着好几个角色

His acts being seven ages. At first the infant

他的表演可以分为七个时期。最初是婴孩

Mewling and puking in the nurse's arms

在保姆的怀中啼哭呕吐

Then, the whining school-boy with his satchel

然后是背着书包、满脸红光的学童

And shining morning face, creeping like snail 

像蜗牛一样慢腾腾地拖着脚步

Unwillingly to school. And then the lover

不情愿地呜咽着上学堂。然后是情人

Sighing like furnace, with a woeful ballad 

像炉灶一样叹着气，写了一首悲哀的诗歌咏着 

Made to his mistress' eyebrow. Then, a soldier

他恋人的眉毛。然后是一个军人

Full of strange oaths, and bearded like the pard

满口发着古怪的誓，胡须长得像豹子一样

Jealous in honour, sudden, and quick in quarrel

爱惜着名誉，动不动就要打架

Seeking the bubble reputationEven in the cannon's mouth

在炮口上寻求着泡沫一样的荣名

And then, the justice

然后是法官

In fair round belly, with a good capon lined

胖胖圆圆的肚子塞满了阉鸡

With eyes severe, and beard of formal cut

凛然的眼光，整洁的胡须

Full of wise saws, and modern instances

满嘴都是格言和老生常谈

And so he plays his part. The sixth age shifts 

他这样扮了他的一个角色，第六个时期变成了 

Into the lean and slippered pantaloon

精瘦的趿着拖鞋的龙钟老叟

With spectacles on nose and pouch on side

鼻子上架着眼镜，腰边悬着钱袋

His youthful hose, well saved, a world too wide 

他那年轻时候节省下来的长袜子

For his shrunk shank, and his big manly voice

套在他皱瘪的小腿上显得宽大异常；他那朗朗的男子的口音 

Turning again toward childish treble, pipes 

又变成了孩子似的尖叫

And whistles in his sound. Last scene of all

像是吹着风笛和哨子

That ends this strange eventful history

终结着这段古怪多事的历史的最后一场

Is second childishness and mere oblivion

是孩提时代的再现，全然的遗忘

Sans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans everything

没有牙齿，没有眼睛，没有口味，没有一切