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English → Fr THE SONNETS Level 9/10

Weary with toil, I haste me to my bed,

Épuisé par la peine, je me hâte vers mon lit,

The dear respose for limbs with travel tired,

Le cher repos pour des membres las du voyage,

But then begins a journey in my head

Mais alors commence un voyage dans ma tête

To work my mind, when body's work's expired.

Pour travailler mon esprit, quand le travail du corps est achevé.

For then my thoughts, from far where I abide,

Car alors mes pensées, depuis les lointains où je demeure,

Intend a zealous pilgrimage to thee,

Entreprennent un zélé pèlerinage vers toi,

And keep my drooping eyelids open wide,

Et gardent mes paupières alanguies grand ouvertes,

Looking on darkness which the blind do see.

Contemplant les ténèbres que voient les aveugles.

Save that my soul's imaginary sight

Sinon que la vision imaginaire de mon âme

Presents thy shadow to my sightless view,

Présente ton ombre à mon regard sans lumière,

Which like a jewel (hung in ghastly night)

Qui, tel un joyau (suspendu dans la nuit sinistre),

Makes black night beauteous, and her old face new.

Rend la nuit noire belle, et son vieux visage nouveau.

Lo thus by day my limbs, by night my mind,

Voilà qu'ainsi le jour mes membres, la nuit mon esprit,

For thee, and for my self, no quiet find.

Pour toi, et pour moi-même, ne trouvent nul repos.

How can I then return in happy plight

Comment puis-je alors revenir en heureux état

That am debarred the benefit of rest?

Moi qui suis privé du bienfait du repos ?

When day's oppression is not eased by night,

Quand l'oppression du jour n'est point soulagée par la nuit,

But day by night and night by day oppressed.

Mais le jour opprimé par la nuit et la nuit par le jour.

And each (though enemies to either's reign)

Et chacun (bien qu'ennemis du règne de l'autre)

Do in consent shake hands to torture me,

S'accordent et se donnent la main pour me torturer,

The one by toil, the other to complain

L'un par la peine, l'autre pour se plaindre

How far I toil, still farther off from thee.

Combien je peine, toujours plus loin de toi.

I tell the day to please him thou art bright,

Je dis au jour, pour lui plaire, que tu es radieux,

And dost him grace when clouds do blot the heaven:

Et que tu lui fais grâce quand les nuages obscurcissent le ciel :

So flatter I the swart-complexioned night,

Ainsi je flatte la nuit au teint sombre,

When sparkling stars twire not thou gild'st the even.

Quand les étoiles scintillantes ne brillent pas, tu dores le soir.

Vocabulary

Épuisé: Exhausted or worn out from fatigue or effort.
par: By; through; used to indicate agent or means.
la: The; feminine singular definite article.
peine: Effort, trouble, or suffering; with difficulty.
je: I; first person singular subject pronoun.
me: Me; first person singular object pronoun.
hâte: To hurry or hasten toward something quickly.
vers: Toward; in the direction of something.
mon: My; masculine singular possessive adjective.
lit: Bed; place for sleeping and rest.
Le: The; masculine singular definite article.
cher: Dear; beloved or precious to someone.
repos: Rest; relaxation or state of repose.
pour: For; in order to; on behalf of.
des: Some; plural indefinite article or preposition.
membres: Limbs; arms, legs, or body parts.
las: Weary; tired or exhausted from exertion.
du: Of the; masculine singular contraction.
voyage: Trip; a journey or voyage of travel.
Mais: But; conjunction expressing contrast or opposition.
alors: Then; at that time or moment.
commence: To begin or start something happening.
un: A, an; masculine singular indefinite article.
dans: In; inside or within a location.
tête: Head; the part above shoulders containing brain.
travailler: To work; to labor or perform tasks.
esprit: Mind or spirit; intellect and consciousness.
quand: When; at the time that something occurs.
le: The; masculine singular definite article.
travail: Work or labor; effort expended on task.
corps: Body; the physical form of a person.
est: Is; third person singular of être.
achevé: Finished or completed; brought to an end.
Car: Because; for; expressing reason or cause.
mes: My; plural possessive adjective.
pensées: Thoughts; ideas in the mind.
depuis: Since; from a time until now.
les: The; plural definite article.
lointains: Distant places; remote or faraway locations.
où: Where; at or to what place.
demeure: Dwells or resides; remains in a place.
Entreprennent: Undertake or begin; embark upon an action.
zélé: Zealous; showing eager enthusiasm and dedication.
pèlerinage: Pilgrimage; religious journey to sacred place.
toi: You; second person singular object pronoun.
Et: And; conjunction joining words or clauses.
gardent: Keep or maintain; hold something in place.
paupières: Eyelids; skin covering the eye.
alanguies: Languid; weak, tired, or lacking energy.
grand: Great or large; of considerable size.
ouvertes: Open; not closed or shut.
Contemplant: Contemplating; gazing at or reflecting upon.
ténèbres: Darkness; absence of light or gloom.
que: That; which; relative pronoun.
voient: See; perceive with eyes or understand.
aveugles: Blind; unable to see or lacking vision.
Sinon: Otherwise; or else; if not that.
vision: Vision; sight or mental image.
imaginaire: Imaginary; existing only in the imagination.
de: Of; from; expressing possession or origin.
âme: Soul; the spiritual or moral essence.
Présente: Presents or introduces; makes something appear.
ton: Your; masculine singular possessive adjective.
ombre: Shadow; darkness or shaded area.
regard: Gaze or look; the act of looking.
sans: Without; lacking or deprived of.
lumière: Light; illumination or brightness.
Qui: Who; which; relative pronoun.
tel: Such; like or similar in manner.
joyau: Jewel; precious or valuable gemstone.
suspendu: Suspended; hung or held in air.
nuit: Night; the dark time without sunlight.
sinistre: Sinister; dark, evil, or threatening.
Rend: Makes or renders; causes to become.
noire: Black; dark or without color.
belle: Beautiful; pleasing to look at.

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