Romeo and Juliet — Page 11
It is written that the shoemaker should meddle with his yard and the tailor with his last, the fisher with his pencil, and the painter with his nets; but I am sent to find those persons whose names are here writ, and can never find what names the writing person hath here writ.
Es steht geschrieben, dass der Schuster sich mit seinem Maßstab befassen soll und der Schneider mit seinem Leisten, der Fischer mit seinem Bleistift und der Maler mit seinen Netzen; aber ich bin ausgesandt worden, um jene Personen zu finden, deren Namen hier verzeichnet sind, und kann niemals herausfinden, welche Namen die schreibende Person hier verzeichnet hat.
I must to the learned.
Ich muss zu den Gelehrten.
In good time!
Wie gerufen!
Enter Benvolio and Romeo.
Benvolio und Romeo treten auf.
Tut, man, one fire burns out another's burning,
Pah, Mann, ein Feuer löscht eines anderen Glut,
One pain is lessen'd by another's anguish;
Ein Schmerz wird durch eines anderen Qual gemildert;
Turn giddy, and be holp by backward turning;
Werde schwindlig, und werde durch Umkehren geheilt;
One desperate grief cures with another's languish:
Eine verzweifelte Trauer heilt durch eines anderen Schmerz:
Take thou some new infection to thy eye,
Lass ein neues Übel dein Auge befallen,
And the rank poison of the old will die.
Und das schlimme Gift des alten wird vergehen.
Your plantain leaf is excellent for that.
Euer Wegerichblatt ist ausgezeichnet dafür.
For what, I pray thee?
Wofür, ich bitte Euch?
For your broken shin.
Für Euer aufgeschlagenes Schienbein.
Why, Romeo, art thou mad?
Was, Romeo, bist du wahnsinnig?
Not mad, but bound more than a madman is:
Nicht wahnsinnig, aber stärker gefesselt als ein Wahnsinniger:
Shut up in prison, kept without my food,
Eingesperrt im Gefängnis, ohne Nahrung gehalten,
Whipp'd and tormented and—God-den, good fellow.
Gepeitscht und gequält und — Gott zum Gruß, guter Mann.
God gi' go-den. I pray, sir, can you read?
Gott geb' Euch guten Abend. Ich bitte, Herr, könnt Ihr lesen?
Ay, mine own fortune in my misery.
Ja, mein eigenes Schicksal in meinem Elend.
Perhaps you have learned it without book.
Vielleicht habt Ihr es auswendig gelernt.
But I pray, can you read anything you see?
Aber ich bitte, könnt Ihr alles lesen, was Ihr seht?
Ay, If I know the letters and the language.
Ja, wenn ich die Buchstaben und die Sprache kenne.
Ye say honestly, rest you merry!
Ihr sprecht ehrlich, bleibt fröhlich!
Stay, fellow; I can read.
Wartet, Freund; ich kann lesen.
[_He reads the letter.
[_Er liest den Brief.
Vocabulary
- Es
- It; neuter pronoun used as sentence subject
- steht
- Stands; third-person singular of stehen
- geschrieben
- Written; past participle of schreiben
- dass
- That; subordinating conjunction introducing a clause
- der
- The; definite article, masculine nominative
- Schuster
- Shoemaker; craftsman who makes or repairs shoes
- sich
- Himself/herself/itself; reflexive pronoun
- mit
- With; preposition indicating accompaniment or means
- seinem
- His/its; possessive pronoun, masculine dative
- Maßstab
- Measure/standard; tool or criterion for measurement
- befassen
- To deal with; to concern oneself with something
- soll
- Should/shall; modal verb expressing obligation or expectation
- und
- And; coordinating conjunction joining words or clauses
- Schneider
- Tailor; person who makes or alters clothing
- Leisten
- Lasts; shoemaker's molds shaped like a foot
- Fischer
- Fisher; person who catches fish professionally
- Bleistift
- Pencil; writing instrument with graphite core
- Maler
- Painter; artist or craftsman who applies paint
- seinen
- His; possessive pronoun, masculine/neuter accusative
- Netzen
- Nets; mesh tools used for catching fish
- aber
- But; coordinating conjunction indicating contrast
- ich
- I; first-person singular subject pronoun
- bin
- Am; first-person singular of sein (to be)
- ausgesandt
- Sent out; past participle of aussenden, to dispatch
- worden
- Become/been; auxiliary for passive perfect constructions
- um
- To/around; preposition or part of infinitive clause
- jene
- Those; demonstrative pronoun referring to distant persons
- Personen
- Persons; plural of Person, individuals or people
- zu
- To; preposition or infinitive marker
- finden
- To find; to locate or discover someone or something
- deren
- Whose; relative pronoun in genitive case
- Namen
- Names; plural of Name, identifying labels for people
- hier
- Here; adverb indicating this place or location
- verzeichnet
- Listed/recorded; past participle of verzeichnen
- sind
- Are; third-person plural of sein (to be)
- kann
- Can; first/third-person singular of können
- niemals
- Never; adverb expressing absolute negation of occurrence
- herausfinden
- To find out; to discover or determine information
- welche
- Which; interrogative or relative pronoun
- die
- The; definite article, feminine or plural nominative
- schreibende
- Writing; present participle of schreiben used as adjective
- Person
- Person; an individual human being
- hat
- Has; third-person singular of haben (to have)
- Ich
- I; first-person singular subject pronoun
- muss
- Must; first/third-person singular of müssen
- den
- The; definite article, masculine accusative or plural dative
- Gelehrten
- Scholar/learned man; educated or erudite person
- Wie
- How/like; interrogative adverb or comparative conjunction
- gerufen
- Called; past participle of rufen, to call or summon
- treten
- To enter/step; to walk onto stage or into space
- auf
- On/up; preposition or separable prefix
- Mann
- Man; adult male person or husband
- ein
- A/one; indefinite article or numeral
- Feuer
- Fire; combustion producing heat and light
- löscht
- Extinguishes; third-person singular of löschen
- eines
- Of a/one; indefinite article in genitive case
- anderen
- Another's/other; genitive or dative of ander
- Glut
- Embers/glow; smoldering heat or passionate ardor
- Ein
- A/one; indefinite article beginning a noun phrase
- Schmerz
- Pain; physical or emotional suffering or ache
- wird
- Will be/becomes; third-person singular of werden
- durch
- Through/by; preposition indicating means or passage
- Qual
- Agony/torment; intense suffering or anguish
- gemildert
- Alleviated; past participle of mildern, to soften
- Werde
- Become; first-person singular imperative of werden
- schwindlig
- Dizzy; feeling of spinning or loss of balance
- werde
- Will/become; auxiliary verb for future or passive
- Umkehren
- To turn around/reverse; to go back or invert
- geheilt
- Healed/cured; past participle of heilen
- Eine
- A/one; feminine indefinite article
- verzweifelte
- Desperate; adjective describing hopeless grief or distress
- Trauer
- Grief/mourning; deep sorrow over loss
- heilt
- Heals; third-person singular of heilen
- Lass
- Let; imperative of lassen, to allow or let
- neues
- New; adjective in neuter nominative/accusative form
- Übel
- Evil/ailment; something harmful or causing discomfort
- dein
- Your; possessive pronoun, second-person singular
- Auge
- Eye; organ of vision in humans and animals
- befallen
- To befall/afflict; to attack or overcome someone
- Und
- And; coordinating conjunction joining clauses
- das
- The/that; neuter definite article or demonstrative pronoun
- schlimme
- Bad/terrible; adjective describing something harmful
- Gift
- Poison; toxic substance causing harm or death
- des
- Of the; definite article, masculine/neuter genitive
- alten
- Old; adjective in dative or genitive inflected form
- vergehen
- To pass away/fade; to disappear or elapse
- Euer
- Your; possessive pronoun, second-person plural formal
- ist
- Is; third-person singular of sein (to be)
- ausgezeichnet
- Excellent; outstanding or highly recommended
- dafür
- For that/for it; adverb referring to a purpose
- Wofür
- For what; interrogative asking about purpose or reason
- bitte
- Please/excuse me; polite request or interjection
- Euch
- You; second-person plural accusative/dative pronoun
- Für
- For; preposition indicating purpose or beneficiary
- aufgeschlagenes
- Scraped/bruised; past participle adjective, open wound
- Schienbein
- Shin; front part of the lower leg bone
- Was
- What; interrogative pronoun asking for identification
- bist
- Are; second-person singular of sein (to be)
- du
- You; second-person singular informal subject pronoun
- wahnsinnig
- Crazy/insane; mentally deranged or extremely intense
- Nicht
- Not; negation particle
- stärker
- Stronger; comparative form of stark (strong)
- gefesselt
- Bound/shackled; restrained with chains or bonds
- als
- Than/as; conjunction for comparison or identity
- Wahnsinniger
- Madman; person who is insane or mentally deranged
- Eingesperrt
- Locked up/imprisoned; confined in a restricted space
- im
- In the; contraction of in dem
- Gefängnis
- Prison; place where criminals are confined
- ohne
- Without; preposition indicating absence of something
- Nahrung
- Food/nourishment; sustenance required for survival
- gehalten
- Kept/held; past participle of halten
- Gepeitscht
- Whipped; past participle of peitschen, to whip
- gequält
- Tormented; past participle of quälen, to torment
- Gott
- God; supreme divine being
- zum
- To the; contraction of zu dem
- Gruß
- Greeting; expression of salutation or welcome
- guter
- Good; adjective in strong nominative masculine form
- geb'
- Give; shortened imperative of geben, to give
- guten
- Good; adjective in accusative inflected form
- Abend
- Evening; time of day between afternoon and night
- Herr
- Mister/lord; title of respect for adult males
- könnt
- Can; second-person plural of können (to be able)
- Ihr
- You; second-person plural or formal pronoun
- lesen
- To read; to interpret written or printed text
- Ja
- Yes; affirmative answer or confirmation
- mein
- My; first-person singular possessive pronoun
- eigenes
- Own; adjective emphasizing personal possession
- Schicksal
- Fate/destiny; predetermined course of events in life
- in
- In; preposition indicating location inside something
- meinem
- My; possessive pronoun in dative case
- Elend
- Misery/wretchedness; state of great suffering or poverty
- Vielleicht
- Perhaps/maybe; adverb expressing uncertainty or possibility
- habt
- Have; second-person plural of haben (to have)
- es
- It; neuter third-person singular pronoun
- auswendig
- By heart; from memory without written reference
- gelernt
- Learned; past participle of lernen, to learn
- Aber
- But; coordinating conjunction indicating contrast
- alles
- Everything/all; pronoun referring to the totality
- was
- What/that; relative or interrogative pronoun
- seht
- See; second-person plural of sehen (to see)
- wenn
- When/if; subordinating conjunction for conditions or time
- Buchstaben
- Letters; individual alphabetic characters of writing
- Sprache
- Language/speech; system of communication using words
- kenne
- Know; first-person singular of kennen, to know
- sprecht
- Speak; second-person plural of sprechen
- ehrlich
- Honest/honestly; truthful and straightforward
- bleibt
- Stays/remains; third-person singular of bleiben
- fröhlich
- Happy/cheerful; feeling or showing joy and delight
- Wartet
- Wait; second-person plural imperative of warten
- Freund
- Friend; person with whom one has a close bond
- liest
- Reads; third-person singular of lesen (to read)
- Brief
- Letter; written message sent to another person
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