The Complete Works of William Shakespeare — Page 4
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Lo in the orient when the gracious light
Voici qu'en Orient, quand la gracieuse lumière
Lifts up his burning head, each under eye
Lève sa tête ardente, tout œil d'en bas
Doth homage to his new-appearing sight,
Rend hommage à sa vue nouvellement apparue,
Serving with looks his sacred majesty,
Servant par ses regards sa sacrée majesté,
And having climbed the steep-up heavenly hill,
Et l'ayant vu gravir la céleste colline escarpée,
Resembling strong youth in his middle age,
Ressemblant à la vigueur de la jeunesse en son âge mûr,
Yet mortal looks adore his beauty still,
Les regards mortels adorent encore sa beauté,
Attending on his golden pilgrimage:
Assistant à son pèlerinage doré :
But when from highmost pitch with weary car,
Mais quand du sommet le plus haut, sur son char las,
Like feeble age he reeleth from the day,
Tel un vieil homme chancelant, il décline du jour,
The eyes (fore duteous) now converted are
Les yeux (jadis dévoués) se détournent alors
From his low tract and look another way:
De sa course basse et regardent ailleurs :
So thou, thyself out-going in thy noon:
Ainsi toi, te surpassant à ton midi :
Unlooked on diest unless thou get a son.
Tu mourras sans regard, à moins que tu n'aies un fils.
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Music to hear, why hear'st thou music sadly?
Toi qui es musique à entendre, pourquoi écoutes-tu la musique avec tristesse ?
Sweets with sweets war not, joy delights in joy:
Les douceurs ne guerroient pas contre les douceurs, la joie se délecte en la joie :
Why lov'st thou that which thou receiv'st not gladly,
Pourquoi aimes-tu ce que tu ne reçois pas avec joie,
Or else receiv'st with pleasure thine annoy?
Ou bien reçois-tu avec plaisir ce qui te contrarie ?
If the true concord of well-tuned sounds,
Si le vrai accord de sons bien accordés,
By unions married do offend thine ear,
Unis par leurs alliances, offense ton oreille,
They do but sweetly chide thee, who confounds
Ils ne font que doucement te reprocher, toi qui confonds
In singleness the parts that thou shouldst bear:
Dans le célibat les rôles que tu devrais tenir :
Mark how one string sweet husband to another,
Remarque comment une corde, doux époux d'une autre,
Strikes each in each by mutual ordering;
Résonne l'une en l'autre par un accord mutuel ;
Resembling sire, and child, and happy mother,
Ressemblant au père, à l'enfant et à l'heureuse mère,
Who all in one, one pleasing note do sing:
Qui tous ensemble chantent une seule note harmonieuse :
Whose speechless song being many, seeming one,
Dont le chant muet, étant multiple, semblant un,
Sings this to thee, 'Thou single wilt prove none'.
Te chante ceci : « Seul, tu ne seras rien ».
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Is it for fear to wet a widow's eye,
Est-ce par crainte de faire pleurer l'œil d'une veuve,
That thou consum'st thyself in single life?
Que tu te consumes dans le célibat ?
Vocabulary
- Voici
- vwa-see — Here is; used to present something
- Orient
- oh-ree-ahn — The East; the direction of the rising sun
- quand
- kahn — When; at the time that
- gracieuse
- gra-syuhz — Graceful, elegant, or charming in manner
- lumière
- lü-myair — Light; illumination from a source
- Lève
- lev — Raises or lifts up; third-person singular present
- tête
- tet — Head; the uppermost part of the body
- ardente
- ar-dahnt — Burning, blazing, or intensely passionate
- œil
- uh-y — Eye; the organ used for seeing
- bas
- bah — Low; beneath or at a lower level
- Rend
- rahn — Renders or pays; gives something due
- hommage
- oh-mazh — Tribute or homage paid to someone honored
- vue
- vü — View or sight; the act of seeing
- nouvellement
- noo-vel-mahn — Newly; recently having appeared or arrived
- apparue
- a-pa-rü — Appeared; having come into view suddenly
- Servant
- ser-vahn — Serving; acting in service to something
- regards
- ruh-gar — Gazes or glances directed at someone
- sacrée
- sa-kray — Sacred or holy; treated with great reverence
- majesté
- ma-zhes-tay — Majesty; impressive greatness or regal dignity
- gravir
- gra-veer — To climb; to ascend with effort
- céleste
- say-lest — Celestial; relating to the sky or heavens
- colline
- ko-leen — Hill; a raised area of land
- escarpée
- es-kar-pay — Steep; having a sharp or abrupt incline
- Ressemblant
- ruh-sahm-blahn — Resembling; looking similar to something else
- vigueur
- vee-guhr — Vigor; physical strength and active energy
- jeunesse
- zhuh-nes — Youth; the state or period of being young
- mûr
- mür — Mature or ripe; fully developed with age
- mortels
- mor-tel — Mortals; human beings subject to death
- adorent
- a-dor — Adore or worship; to regard with deep admiration
- beauté
- boh-tay — Beauty; the quality of being pleasing to perceive
- pèlerinage
- pel-ree-nazh — Pilgrimage; a journey to a sacred place
- doré
- doh-ray — Golden; covered with or resembling gold
- sommet
- so-may — Summit or peak; the highest point
- char
- shar — Chariot; an ancient horse-drawn vehicle
- las
- lah — Weary or tired; exhausted from effort
- vieil
- vyay — Old; aged, used before masculine vowel nouns
- chancelant
- shahn-suh-lahn — Tottering or staggering; unsteady on one's feet
- décline
- day-kleen — Declines or diminishes; loses strength over time
- jour
- zhoor — Day; a period of twenty-four hours
- yeux
- yuh — Eyes; plural of œil, organs of sight
- jadis
- zha-dees — Formerly; in times long past
- dévoués
- day-voo-ay — Devoted or dedicated; faithfully committed to something
- détournent
- day-toor-n — Turn away; divert attention elsewhere
- course
- koors — Course or path; a route traveled or followed
- basse
- bahs — Low; situated or moving at a lower level
- regardent
- ruh-gard — Look or gaze; direct eyes toward something
- ailleurs
- a-yuhr — Elsewhere; in or to another place
- Ainsi
- an-see — Thus or so; in this or that manner
- surpassant
- sür-pa-sahn — Surpassing; exceeding or going beyond a limit
- midi
- mee-dee — Noon; midday or the south direction
- mourras
- moo-rah — Will die; second-person singular future of mourir
- regard
- ruh-gar — Gaze or look; attention directed at something
- aies
- ay — Have; second-person singular present subjunctive of avoir
- fils
- fees — Son; a male child in relation to parents
- musique
- mü-zeek — Music; art form using sound and rhythm
- entendre
- ahn-tahn-druh — To hear or listen to; to perceive sound
- écoutes
- ay-koot — Listen; second-person singular present of écouter
- tristesse
- trees-tes — Sadness or melancholy; a state of sorrow
- douceurs
- doo-suhr — Sweetnesses or pleasures; gentle agreeable sensations
- joie
- zhwah — Joy; a feeling of great happiness
- délecte
- day-lekt — Delights; takes great pleasure in something
- aimes
- em — Love or like; second-person singular of aimer
- reçois
- ruh-swah — Receive; second-person singular present of recevoir
- plaisir
- pleh-zeer — Pleasure; a feeling of enjoyment or satisfaction
- contrarie
- kohn-tra-ree — Thwarts or vexes; causes annoyance or opposition
- accord
- a-kor — Agreement or harmony; consonance between elements
- sons
- sohn — Sounds; auditory sensations perceived by the ear
- accordés
- a-kor-day — Tuned or harmonized; brought into agreement
- Unis
- ü-nee — United; joined or combined together as one
- alliances
- a-lyahns — Alliances or unions; bonds formed between parties
- offense
- o-fahns — Offends or wrongs; causes hurt or displeasure
- oreille
- o-ray-yuh — Ear; the organ used for hearing
- doucement
- doos-mahn — Softly or gently; in a mild manner
- reprocher
- ruh-pro-shay — To reproach; to express disapproval or blame
- confonds
- kohn-fohn — Confuse or mix up; to mistake one for another
- célibat
- say-lee-bah — Celibacy; the state of being unmarried
- rôles
- rohl — Roles; parts played or functions fulfilled
- devrais
- duh-vray — Should; conditional form of devoir, obligation
- tenir
- tuh-neer — To hold or fulfill; to carry out a role
- Remarque
- ruh-mark — Notice or observe; pay attention to something
- corde
- kord — String or cord; a thin flexible line or wire
- doux
- doo — Sweet or gentle; soft and pleasing in nature
- époux
- ay-poo — Spouse or husband; a married partner
- autre
- oh-truh — Other; a different or additional one
- Résonne
- ray-zon — Resonates; produces or echoes a rich sound
- mutuel
- mü-tü-el — Mutual; shared or felt equally by both parties
- père
- pair — Father; a male parent
- enfant
- ahn-fahn — Child; a young human being
- heureuse
- uh-ruhz — Happy or joyful; in a state of happiness
- mère
- mair — Mother; a female parent
- chantent
- shahnt — Sing; third-person plural present of chanter
- note
- not — Note; a single musical tone or sound
- harmonieuse
- ar-mo-nyuhz — Harmonious; pleasingly consistent and well-arranged
- chant
- shahn — Song or chant; a melody sung or recited
- muet
- mü-ay — Silent or mute; making no sound
- multiple
- mül-tee-pluh — Multiple; consisting of many parts or elements
- Seul
- suhl — Alone or only; without others present
- seras
- suh-rah — Will be; second-person singular future of être
- rien
- ryahn — Nothing; not anything at all
- crainte
- krant — Fear or apprehension; worry about something happening
- pleurer
- pluh-ray — To cry or weep; to shed tears from grief
- veuve
- vuhv — Widow; a woman whose husband has died
- consumes
- kohn-süm — Consume or waste; to use up or exhaust
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