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by William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616)
Translation by François-Victor Hugo (1828 - 1873)

In faith, I will. Let me peruse this...
Language: English 
ROMEO 
In faith, I will. Let me peruse this face.
Mercutio's kinsman, noble County Paris!
What said my man, when my betossed soul
Did not attend him as we rode? I think
He told me Paris should have married Juliet:
Said he not so? or did I dream it so?
Or am I mad, hearing him talk of Juliet,
To think it was so? O, give me thy hand,
One writ with me in sour misfortune's book!
I'll bury thee in a triumphant grave;
A grave? O no! a lantern, slaughter'd youth,
For here lies Juliet, and her beauty makes
This vault a feasting presence full of light.
Death, lie thou there, by a dead man interr'd.

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Text Authorship:

  • by William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), no title, appears in Romeo and Juliet, Act V, Scene 3 [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 Arshak Andriasov , "I think He told me Paris should have married Juliet", op. 10 (Six Romances for Tenor and Piano) no. 4 [ tenor and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • FRE French (Français) (François-Victor Hugo)
  • GER German (Deutsch) (August Wilhelm Schlegel) , no title
  • SPA Spanish (Español) (Marcelino Menéndez y Pelayo) , no title


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2015-09-07
Line count: 15
Word count: 117

Sur ma foi, je le ferai. Examinons cette...
Language: French (Français)  after the English 
ROMÉO
 Sur ma foi, je le ferai. Examinons cette figure :
 un parent de Mercutio, le noble comte Paris !
 Que m’a donc dit mon valet ? Mon âme, bouleversée,
 n’y a pas fait attention… Nous étions à cheval… Il me contait, je crois,
 que Paris devait épouser Juliette.
 M’a-t-il dit cela, ou l’ai-je rêvé ?
 Ou, en l’entendant parler de Juliette, ai-je eu la folie
 de m’imaginer cela ? Oh ! donne-moi ta main,
 toi que l’âpre adversité a inscrit comme moi sur son livre !
 Je vais t’ensevelir dans un tombeau triomphal…
 Un tombeau ? oh ! non, jeune victime, c’est un Louvre splendide,
 car Juliette y repose, et sa beauté fait de ce caveau
 une salle de fête illuminée.
 Mort, repose ici, enterré par un mort.

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Text Authorship:

  • by François-Victor Hugo (1828 - 1873) [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 Romeo and Juliet, Act V, Scene 3
    • Go to the text page.

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

    [ None yet in the database ]


Researcher for this page: Guy Laffaille [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2015-09-19
Line count: 15
Word count: 120

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