Romeo and Juliet — Page 3
Part, fools! put up your swords, you know not what you do.
Separatevi, stolti! Rimettete le spade, non sapete quel che fate.
[_Beats down their swords._]
[_Abbatte le loro spade._]
Enter Tybalt.
Entra Tebaldo.
TYBALT.
TEBALDO.
What, art thou drawn among these heartless hinds?
Come, hai sguainato la spada in mezzo a questi vili codardi?
Turn thee Benvolio, look upon thy death.
Voltati, Benvolio, guarda in faccia la tua morte.
BENVOLIO.
BENVOLIO.
I do but keep the peace, put up thy sword,
Io cerco solo di mantenere la pace, rimetti la tua spada,
Or manage it to part these men with me.
O usala per separare questi uomini insieme a me.
TYBALT.
TEBALDO.
What, drawn, and talk of peace? I hate the word
Come, la spada sguainata, e si parla di pace? Io odio quella parola
As I hate hell, all Montagues, and thee:
Come odio l'inferno, tutti i Montecchi, e te:
Have at thee, coward.
Difenditi, codardo.
[_They fight._]
[_Combattono._]
Enter three or four Citizens with clubs.
Entrano tre o quattro Cittadini con bastoni.
FIRST CITIZEN.
PRIMO CITTADINO.
Clubs, bills and partisans! Strike! Beat them down!
Bastoni, picche e partigiane! Colpite! Abbatteteli!
Down with the Capulets! Down with the Montagues!
Abbasso i Capuleti! Abbasso i Montecchi!
Enter Capulet in his gown, and Lady Capulet.
Entra Capuleto in vestaglia, e Lady Capuleto.
CAPULET.
CAPULETO.
What noise is this? Give me my long sword, ho!
Che rumore è questo? Datemi la mia spada lunga, olà!
LADY CAPULET.
LADY CAPULETO.
A crutch, a crutch! Why call you for a sword?
Una stampella, una stampella! Perché chiedete una spada?
CAPULET.
CAPULETO.
My sword, I say! Old Montague is come,
La mia spada, dico! Il vecchio Montecchi è arrivato,
And flourishes his blade in spite of me.
E brandisce la sua lama per sfidare me.
Enter Montague and his Lady Montague.
Entrano Montecchi e Lady Montecchi.
MONTAGUE.
MONTECCHI.
Thou villain Capulet! Hold me not, let me go.
Vile Capuleto! Non trattenermi, lasciami andare.
LADY MONTAGUE.
LADY MONTECCHI.
Thou shalt not stir one foot to seek a foe.
Non muoverai un passo per cercare un nemico.
Enter Prince Escalus, with Attendants.
Entra il Principe Escalus, con il suo seguito.
PRINCE.
PRINCIPE.
Rebellious subjects, enemies to peace,
Sudditi ribelli, nemici della pace,
Profaners of this neighbour-stained steel,—
Profanatori di questo acciaio macchiato dal sangue dei vicini,—
Will they not hear? What, ho! You men, you beasts,
Non vogliono ascoltare? Olà! Voi uomini, voi bestie,
That quench the fire of your pernicious rage
Che spegnete il fuoco della vostra perniciosa rabbia
With purple fountains issuing from your veins,
Con purpuree fontane sgorganti dalle vostre vene,
On pain of torture, from those bloody hands
Sotto pena di tortura, da quelle mani insanguinate
Throw your mistemper'd weapons to the ground
Gettate a terra le vostre armi usate con ira
And hear the sentence of your moved prince.
E ascoltate la sentenza del vostro principe adirato.
Vocabulary
- Separatevi
- Separate yourselves; move apart from each other
- stolti
- Fools; foolish or stupid people
- Rimettete
- Put away; sheathe or return something
- spade
- Swords; bladed weapons used in combat
- sapete
- You know; second person plural of sapere
- fate
- You do; second person plural of fare
- Abbatte
- Strikes down; knocks or cuts someone down
- Entra
- Enters; comes into a place or scene
- sguainato
- Unsheathed; drawn a sword from its scabbard
- mezzo
- Middle; among or in the midst of something
- vili
- Vile or cowardly; base and contemptible people
- codardi
- Cowards; people who lack courage or bravery
- Voltati
- Turn around; face a different direction immediately
- guarda
- Look; observe or watch something carefully
- morte
- Death; the end of life
- cerco
- I seek; I am looking for something
- mantenere
- To maintain; to keep or preserve a condition
- pace
- Peace; absence of conflict or disturbance
- rimetti
- Put it back; sheathe your sword
- separare
- To separate; to divide or keep people apart
- sguainata
- Drawn; referring to an unsheathed sword
- odio
- Hatred; intense dislike or animosity toward someone
- inferno
- Hell; a place of torment and damnation
- Difenditi
- Defend yourself; protect yourself from attack
- codardo
- Coward; a person who lacks bravery
- Combattono
- They fight; third person plural of combattere
- Entrano
- They enter; third person plural of entrare
- Cittadini
- Citizens; members of a town or community
- bastoni
- Sticks or clubs; wooden weapons used in brawls
- picche
- Pikes; long-handled weapons with pointed tips
- Colpite
- Strike them; hit the opponents forcefully
- Abbatteteli
- Strike them down; knock them to the ground
- Abbasso
- Down with; an expression of opposition or hatred
- vestaglia
- Dressing gown; a robe worn at home
- rumore
- Noise; a loud or disturbing sound
- Datemi
- Give me; imperative requesting something be handed over
- lunga
- Long; describing something of great length
- stampella
- Crutch; a support used when unable to walk
- chiedete
- You ask; second person plural of chiedere
- vecchio
- Old man; an elderly male person
- arrivato
- Arrived; having come to a place
- brandisce
- Brandishes; waves or flourishes a weapon threateningly
- lama
- Blade; the sharp cutting part of a sword
- sfidare
- To challenge; to dare someone to fight
- Vile
- Villain or coward; a despicable base person
- trattenermi
- To hold me back; to restrain or stop me
- lasciami
- Let me; allow me to do something
- andare
- To go; to move from one place to another
- muoverai
- You will move; future tense of muoversi
- cercare
- To seek; to look for someone or something
- nemico
- Enemy; a person who is hostile or opposed
- Principe
- Prince; a ruler or sovereign of a city-state
- seguito
- Retinue; a group of followers or attendants
- Sudditi
- Subjects; people under the rule of a sovereign
- ribelli
- Rebels; people who resist or defy authority
- nemici
- Enemies; plural of nemico, hostile persons
- Profanatori
- Profaners; those who desecrate or violate something sacred
- acciaio
- Steel; a strong metal used in making swords
- macchiato
- Stained; marked or spotted with a substance
- sangue
- Blood; the red fluid flowing through the body
- vicini
- Neighbors; people living nearby one another
- bestie
- Beasts; animals, used insultingly for brutal people
- spegnete
- Extinguish; put out or quench a fire or fury
- fuoco
- Fire; flames, or metaphorically intense passion
- perniciosa
- Pernicious; highly harmful or destructive in effect
- rabbia
- Rage; intense anger or fury
- purpuree
- Purple; deep red, referring to blood color
- fontane
- Fountains; streams or jets of flowing liquid
- sgorganti
- Gushing; flowing or spurting out forcefully
- vene
- Veins; blood vessels in the body
- tortura
- Torture; the infliction of severe pain as punishment
- insanguinate
- Bloodied; covered or stained with blood
- Gettate
- Throw down; cast something to the ground
- terra
- Ground or earth; the surface beneath one's feet
- armi
- Weapons; instruments used for fighting or defense
- ira
- Wrath; fierce anger or indignation
- ascoltate
- Listen; pay attention to what is being said
- sentenza
- Sentence or judgment; an official ruling or decree
- adirato
- Angered; in a state of fury or great wrath
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