Romeo and Juliet — Page 8

English → Fr ACT I Level 9/10

Bid a sick man in sadness make his will,

Demandez à un homme malade de faire son testament dans la tristesse,

A word ill urg'd to one that is so ill.

Un mot mal adressé à quelqu'un qui est si mal en point.

In sadness, cousin, I do love a woman.

En vérité, cousin, j'aime une femme.

I aim'd so near when I suppos'd you lov'd.

Je visais si juste quand je supposais que vous aimiez.

A right good markman, and she's fair I love.

Un bien bon tireur, et celle que j'aime est belle.

A right fair mark, fair coz, is soonest hit.

Une belle cible, beau cousin, est la plus vite atteinte.

Well, in that hit you miss: she'll not be hit

Eh bien, en ce coup vous manquez la cible : elle ne sera pas touchée

With Cupid's arrow, she hath Dian's wit;

Par la flèche de Cupidon, elle a la sagesse de Diane ;

And in strong proof of chastity well arm'd,

Et bien armée d'une solide cuirasse de chasteté,

From love's weak childish bow she lives uncharm'd.

Elle demeure insensible au faible arc enfantin de l'amour.

She will not stay the siege of loving terms

Elle ne supportera pas le siège des tendres paroles

Nor bide th'encounter of assailing eyes,

Ni l'assaut des regards séducteurs,

Nor ope her lap to saint-seducing gold:

Ni n'ouvrira son sein à l'or qui séduit les saints :

O she's rich in beauty, only poor

Ô elle est riche en beauté, seulement pauvre

That when she dies, with beauty dies her store.

En ce que, quand elle mourra, sa beauté mourra avec elle.

Then she hath sworn that she will still live chaste?

Elle a donc juré de vivre toujours chaste ?

She hath, and in that sparing makes huge waste;

Elle l'a juré, et en cette épargne elle fait grand gaspillage ;

For beauty starv'd with her severity,

Car la beauté affamée par sa sévérité

Cuts beauty off from all posterity.

Prive la beauté de toute postérité.

She is too fair, too wise; wisely too fair,

Elle est trop belle, trop sage ; sagement trop belle,

To merit bliss by making me despair.

Pour mériter le bonheur en me faisant désespérer.

She hath forsworn to love, and in that vow

Elle a renoncé à aimer, et dans ce vœu

Do I live dead, that live to tell it now.

Je vis mort, moi qui vis pour le dire maintenant.

Be rul'd by me, forget to think of her.

Laissez-vous guider par moi, oubliez de penser à elle.

O teach me how I should forget to think.

Ô apprenez-moi comment oublier de penser.

By giving liberty unto thine eyes;

En donnant liberté à vos yeux ;

Examine other beauties.

Examinez d'autres beautés.

'Tis the way

C'est le moyen

To call hers, exquisite, in question more.

De rendre la sienne, exquise, encore plus présente à ma pensée.

Vocabulary

Demandez: Ask or request something from someone.
un: A or one (masculine indefinite article).
homme: Man or male human being.
malade: Sick or ill person or condition.
de: Of or from (preposition).
faire: To do or to make something.
son: His or her (possessive adjective).
testament: A will or last testament document.
dans: In or inside (preposition).
la: The (feminine singular definite article).
tristesse: Sadness or sorrow feeling.
Un: A or one (masculine indefinite article).
mot: A word or statement.
mal: Bad or badly or harm.
adressé: Addressed or directed to someone.
qui: Who or which (relative pronoun).
est: Is or exists (third person singular).
si: If or so (conjunction or adverb).
en: In or of it (preposition or pronoun).
point: Point or dot or not at all.
En: In or of it (preposition or pronoun).
vérité: Truth or truthfulness.
cousin: Cousin (male relative).
aime: Loves or likes (third person singular).
une: A or one (feminine indefinite article).
femme: Woman or wife.
Je: I (first person singular pronoun).
visais: Aimed or was aiming at something.
juste: Just or correct or right.
quand: When (temporal conjunction).
je: I (first person singular pronoun).
supposais: Supposed or assumed something.
que: That or which (conjunction or pronoun).
vous: You (formal or plural pronoun).
aimiez: Loved or liked (second person plural).
bien: Well or very or good.
bon: Good or well.
tireur: Shooter or marksman.
et: And (conjunction).
celle: That one (feminine demonstrative pronoun).
belle: Beautiful or pretty (feminine).
Une: A or one (feminine indefinite article).
cible: Target or goal.
beau: Beautiful or handsome (masculine).
plus: More or plus (comparison).
vite: Quickly or fast.
atteinte: Reached or hit or affected.
ce: This or that (demonstrative adjective).
coup: Blow or strike or shot.
manquez: Miss or lack (second person plural).
elle: She or her (feminine pronoun).
ne: Not (negative particle).
sera: Will be (future tense).
pas: Not (negative adverb).
touchée: Touched or affected (feminine).
Par: By or through (preposition).
flèche: Arrow or dart.
sagesse: Wisdom or good judgment.
armée: Armed or equipped with weapons.
solide: Solid or strong or firm.
Elle: She or her (feminine pronoun).
demeure: Remains or resides or dwelling.
insensible: Insensitive or unaware or imperceptible.
au: To the or at the (contraction).
faible: Weak or faint or poor.
arc: Bow or arch.
enfantin: Childish or infantile.
amour: Love or affection.
supportera: Will support or endure or bear.
le: The (masculine singular definite article).
siège: Siege or seat.
des: Some or of the (partitive).
tendres: Tender or soft or gentle.

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