The Complete Works of William Shakespeare — Page 7
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O that you were your self, but love you are
Oh, si tu n'étais que toi-même, mais toi, mon amour,
No longer yours, than you yourself here live,
Tu n'es plus à toi-même, tant que tu vis ici,
Against this coming end you should prepare,
Contre cette fin qui vient tu devrais te préparer,
And your sweet semblance to some other give.
Et donner ta douce apparence à quelque autre.
So should that beauty which you hold in lease
Ainsi cette beauté que tu tiens en bail
Find no determination, then you were
Ne trouverait nulle fin, et tu serais alors
Yourself again after yourself's decease,
Toi-même à nouveau après ta propre mort,
When your sweet issue your sweet form should bear.
Quand ta douce progéniture porterait ta douce forme.
Who lets so fair a house fall to decay,
Qui laisse une si belle demeure tomber en ruine,
Which husbandry in honour might uphold,
Que la bonne gestion pourrait honorablement soutenir,
Against the stormy gusts of winter's day
Contre les rafales orageuses du jour d'hiver
And barren rage of death's eternal cold?
Et la rage stérile du froid éternel de la mort ?
O none but unthrifts, dear my love you know,
Oh, nul sinon les prodigues, mon cher amour, tu le sais,
You had a father, let your son say so.
Tu as eu un père, laisse ton fils en dire autant.
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Not from the stars do I my judgement pluck,
Ce n'est pas des étoiles que je tire mon jugement,
And yet methinks I have astronomy,
Et pourtant il me semble que je possède l'astronomie,
But not to tell of good, or evil luck,
Mais non pour prédire la bonne ou la mauvaise fortune,
Of plagues, of dearths, or seasons' quality,
Des épidémies, des famines, ou de la qualité des saisons,
Nor can I fortune to brief minutes tell;
Ni ne puis-je prédire la fortune à la minute près ;
Pointing to each his thunder, rain and wind,
Assignant à chacun son tonnerre, sa pluie et son vent,
Or say with princes if it shall go well
Ou dire si les princes seront bien servis
By oft predict that I in heaven find.
Par les fréquentes prédictions que je lis au ciel.
But from thine eyes my knowledge I derive,
Mais c'est de tes yeux que je tire mon savoir,
And constant stars in them I read such art
Et en ces étoiles constantes je lis un tel art
As truth and beauty shall together thrive
Que vérité et beauté prospéreront ensemble
If from thyself, to store thou wouldst convert:
Si de toi-même tu te tournais vers la conservation :
Or else of thee this I prognosticate,
Sinon, voici ce que je pronostique de toi,
Thy end is truth's and beauty's doom and date.
Ta fin est la ruine et l'échéance de la vérité et de la beauté.
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When I consider everything that grows
Quand je considère que tout ce qui croît
Holds in perfection but a little moment.
Ne tient sa perfection qu'un court instant.
Vocabulary
- si
- if; whether; so
- tu
- you (informal singular)
- étais
- were (imperfect of être)
- que
- that; which; what; than
- toi
- you (stressed pronoun)
- même
- same; even; self
- mais
- but; yet; however
- mon
- my (masculine singular)
- amour
- love; beloved person
- Tu
- you (informal singular)
- es
- are (present of être)
- plus
- more; plus; no longer
- tant
- so much; so many; as long as
- vis
- live (present of vivre)
- ici
- here; in this place
- Contre
- against; opposite; near; versus
- cette
- this; that (feminine)
- fin
- end; purpose; fine; thin
- qui
- who; which; that (relative pronoun)
- vient
- comes; comes from (present of venir)
- devrais
- should; ought to (conditional of devoir)
- te
- you (indirect/direct object)
- préparer
- to prepare; to make ready
- Et
- and; plus; also
- donner
- to give; to grant; to provide
- ta
- your (feminine singular)
- douce
- sweet; gentle; soft; mild
- apparence
- appearance; look; semblance; seeming
- quelque
- some; any; a certain; about
- autre
- other; another; else
- Ainsi
- thus; so; therefore; in this way
- beauté
- beauty; loveliness; attractive quality
- tiens
- hold; keep; here; behold (imperative)
- en
- in; on; by; some; any (pronoun)
- Ne
- not (negation particle)
- trouverait
- would find (conditional of trouver)
- nulle
- null; void; no; not one (feminine)
- serais
- would be (conditional of être)
- alors
- then; so; at that time
- nouveau
- new; novel; recent; afresh
- après
- after; afterwards; behind; next
- propre
- own; clean; proper; neat
- mort
- death; dead; deceased person
- Quand
- when; whenever; as; while
- porterait
- would bear; would carry (conditional)
- forme
- form; shape; way; manner
- laisse
- lets; allows; leaves (present of laisser)
- une
- a; an (feminine article)
- belle
- beautiful; fair; pretty; fine (feminine)
- demeure
- residence; home; dwelling place
- tomber
- to fall; to drop; to tumble
- ruine
- ruin; destruction; wreckage; remains
- la
- the; her; it (feminine article/pronoun)
- bonne
- good; kind; well (feminine); servant
- gestion
- management; administration; handling
- pourrait
- could; might; would be able (conditional)
- soutenir
- to support; to uphold; to sustain
- les
- the (plural article)
- du
- of the; from the; some
- jour
- day; daylight; light of day
- hiver
- winter; cold season of the year
- rage
- rage; fury; rabies; madness
- stérile
- sterile; barren; unfruitful; infertile
- froid
- cold; coolness; chill; indifference
- éternel
- eternal; everlasting; perpetual; timeless
- de
- of; from; about; by; with
- nul
- null; void; no; worthless; not any
- sinon
- otherwise; if not; except
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