So shall I live, supposing thou art true, Like a deceived husband; so love's face May still seem love to me, though alter'd new; Thy looks with me, thy heart in other place: For there can live no hatred in thine eye, Therefore in that I cannot know thy change. In many's looks, the false heart's history Is writ in moods, and frowns, and wrinkles strange. But heaven in thy creation did decree That in thy face sweet love should ever dwell; Whate'er thy thoughts, or thy heart's workings be, Thy looks should nothing thence, but sweetness tell. How like Eve's apple doth thy beauty grow, If thy sweet virtue answer not thy show!
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Authorship:
- by William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), no title, appears in Sonnets, no. 93 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Richard Simpson (1820 - 1876), "Sonnet XCIII", 1866 [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
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- Also set in Russian (Русский), a translation by Samuil Yakovlevich Marschak (1887 - 1964) , no title, appears in Шекспир Уильям - сонеты (Shekspir Uil'jam - sonety) = Sonnets of William Shakespeare, no. 93 ; composed by Mikael Leonovich Tariverdiyev.
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- FRE French (Français) (François-Victor Hugo) , no title, appears in Sonnets de Shakespeare, no. 93, first published 1857
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This text was added to the website: 2010-08-12
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Word count: 114
Čto ž, budu žit', priemlja, kak uslov'e, Čto ty verna. Chot' stala ty inoj, No ten' ljubvi nam kažetsja ljubov'ju. Ne serdcem - tak glazami bud' so mnoj. Tvoj vzor ne govorit o peremene. On ne tait ni skuki, ni vraždy. Est' lica, na kotorych prestuplen'ja Čertjat neizgladimye sledy. No, vidno, tak ugodno vysšim silam: Pust' lgut tvoi prekrasnye usta, No v ėtom vzore, laskovom i milom, Po-prežnemu sijaet čistota. Prekrasno bylo jabloko, čto s dreva Adamu na bedu sorvala Eva.
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Authorship:
- by Samuil Yakovlevich Marschak (1887 - 1964), no title, appears in Шекспир Уильям - сонеты (Shekspir Uil'jam - sonety) = Sonnets of William Shakespeare, no. 93 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in English by William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), no title, appears in Sonnets, no. 93
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Mikael Leonovich Tariverdiyev (1931 - 1996), "Адам и Ева" [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2023-03-17
Line count: 14
Word count: 81