The Complete Works of William Shakespeare — Page 3
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Those hours that with gentle work did frame
Esas horas que con dulce labor formaron
The lovely gaze where every eye doth dwell
La hermosa mirada donde todo ojo se posa
Will play the tyrants to the very same,
Se volverán tiranas de esa misma belleza,
And that unfair which fairly doth excel:
Y afearán lo que en hermosura tanto sobresale:
For never-resting time leads summer on
Pues el tiempo que nunca descansa lleva al verano
To hideous winter and confounds him there,
Hacia el hórrido invierno y allí lo confunde,
Sap checked with frost and lusty leaves quite gone,
La savia detenida por la helada y las lozanas hojas del todo perdidas,
Beauty o'er-snowed and bareness every where:
La belleza sepultada en nieve y la desnudez por doquier:
Then were not summer's distillation left
Si entonces no quedara la destilación del verano
A liquid prisoner pent in walls of glass,
Como prisionera líquida encerrada en paredes de cristal,
Beauty's effect with beauty were bereft,
El efecto de la belleza junto con la belleza se perdería,
Nor it nor no remembrance what it was.
Sin que quedara ella ni recuerdo alguno de lo que fue.
But flowers distilled though they with winter meet,
Mas las flores destiladas, aunque encuentren al invierno,
Leese but their show, their substance still lives sweet.
Solo pierden su apariencia; su esencia aún vive dulce.
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Then let not winter's ragged hand deface,
No dejes entonces que la áspera mano del invierno destruya,
In thee thy summer ere thou be distilled:
En ti tu verano antes de que seas destilado:
Make sweet some vial; treasure thou some place,
Endulza algún frasco; atesora tú algún lugar,
With beauty's treasure ere it be self-killed:
Con el tesoro de la belleza antes de que se destruya a sí misma:
That use is not forbidden usury,
Ese uso no es usura prohibida,
Which happies those that pay the willing loan;
Que hace felices a quienes pagan el préstamo voluntario;
That's for thyself to breed another thee,
Eso es engendrar para ti mismo otro tú,
Or ten times happier be it ten for one,
O diez veces más feliz si fuera diez por uno,
Ten times thyself were happier than thou art,
Diez veces tú mismo serías más feliz de lo que eres,
If ten of thine ten times refigured thee:
Si diez de los tuyos te reprodujeran diez veces:
Then what could death do if thou shouldst depart,
¿Qué podría entonces hacer la muerte si tú partieras,
Leaving thee living in posterity?
Dejándote vivo en la posteridad?
Be not self-willed for thou art much too fair,
No seas obstinado, pues eres demasiado hermoso
To be death's conquest and make worms thine heir.
Para ser conquista de la muerte y hacer a los gusanos tu heredero.
Vocabulary
- Esas
- Those (feminine plural demonstrative pronoun).
- horas
- Hours; periods of time.
- que
- That; which; who (relative pronoun).
- con
- With; accompanied by.
- dulce
- Sweet; pleasant to taste or character.
- labor
- Labor; work; effort or task.
- formaron
- They formed; created or shaped.
- La
- The (feminine singular definite article).
- hermosa
- Beautiful; lovely (feminine adjective).
- mirada
- Gaze; look; the act of looking.
- donde
- Where; in which place or location.
- todo
- Everything; all; the whole.
- ojo
- Eye; organ of sight.
- se
- Reflexive pronoun; oneself.
- posa
- Rests; settles; pauses.
- Se
- Reflexive pronoun; oneself (capitalized).
- volverán
- They will become; will turn into.
- tiranas
- Tyrannical; despotic (feminine plural adjective).
- de
- Of; from; belonging to.
- esa
- That (feminine singular demonstrative pronoun).
- misma
- Same; identical (feminine adjective).
- belleza
- Beauty; attractive quality or appearance.
- lo
- It; the (neuter definite article).
- en
- In; on; at (preposition).
- hermosura
- Beauty; loveliness or attractiveness.
- tanto
- So much; as much; so many.
- sobresale
- Stands out; excels; is prominent.
- Pues
- Well; since; for (conjunction).
- el
- The (masculine singular definite article).
- tiempo
- Time; weather; period.
- nunca
- Never; not ever; at no time.
- descansa
- Rests; takes a break; ceases.
- lleva
- Carries; takes; wears; leads.
- al
- To the; at the (contraction).
- verano
- Summer; warm season of year.
- Hacia
- Towards; in the direction of.
- hórrido
- Horrid; dreadful; terrible; awful.
- invierno
- Winter; cold season of year.
- allí
- There; in that place or location.
- confunde
- Confuses; mixes; blends together.
- detenida
- Stopped; held back; detained (feminine).
- por
- By; for; through; per.
- la
- The (feminine singular definite article).
- helada
- Frost; frozen; icy condition.
- las
- The (feminine plural definite article).
- hojas
- Leaves; sheets of paper; blades.
- del
- Of the; from the (contraction).
- perdidas
- Lost; missing; ruined (feminine plural).
- sepultada
- Buried; entombed (feminine adjective).
- nieve
- Snow; frozen water crystals.
- Si
- If; whether (conditional conjunction).
- entonces
- Then; at that time; so.
- no
- No; not (negation).
- quedara
- Were to remain; would be left.
- Como
- Like; as; how (varies by context).
- prisionera
- Prisoner; captive (feminine noun/adjective).
- líquida
- Liquid; fluid state of matter.
- encerrada
- Enclosed; shut in; confined (feminine).
- paredes
- Walls; vertical structural surfaces.
- cristal
- Crystal; glass; transparent substance.
- El
- The (masculine singular definite article).
- efecto
- Effect; result; consequence of action.
- junto
- Together; joined; united (adjective/adverb).
- perdería
- Would lose; would misplace; would forfeit.
- Sin
- Without; lacking; deprived of.
- ella
- She; her (feminine personal pronoun).
- ni
- Nor; neither; not even.
- recuerdo
- Memory; remembrance; souvenir or keepsake.
- alguno
- Some; any; one or other.
- fue
- Was; became (preterite of ser).
- Mas
- But; yet; however (conjunction).
- flores
- Flowers; blooms; blossoms of plants.
- aunque
- Although; even though; though.
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