by William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616)
Translation by Jaroslav Vrchlický (1853 - 1912)
No, Time, thou shalt not boast that I do...
Language: English
Our translations: ITA
No, Time, thou shalt not boast that I do change: Thy pyramids built up with newer might To me are nothing novel, nothing strange; They are but dressings of a former sight. Our dates are brief, and therefore we admire What thou dost foist upon us that is old, And rather make them born to our desire Than think that we before have heard them told. Thy registers and thee I both defy, Not wondering at the present nor the past, For thy records and what we see doth lie, Made more or less by thy continual haste. This I do vow and this shall ever be; I will be true, despite thy scythe and thee.
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Text Authorship:
- by William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), no title, appears in Sonnets, no. 123 [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 Miriam Gideon (1906 - 1996), "Sonnet CXXIII: No, Time, thou shalt not boast", 1949 [ voice and piano, or voice and trumpet and string quartet (or string orchestra) ], from Sonnets from Shakespeare, no. 5 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Stanley Grill (b. 1953), "No! Time thou shalt not bost . .", 2021 [ soprano, flute, clarinet, viola ], from Two Sonnets, no. 2, confirmed with an online score [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Richard Simpson (1820 - 1876), "Sonnet CXXIII", 1862-4 [ high voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CZE Czech (Čeština) (Jaroslav Vrchlický)
- FRE French (Français) (François-Victor Hugo) , no title, appears in Sonnets de Shakespeare, no. 123, first published 1857
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "No, Tempo, del mio mutare non potrai farti vanto", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2008-08-11
Line count: 14
Word count: 116
Mne, Čase, nesmíš nikdy proměnit
Language: Czech (Čeština) after the English
Mne, Čase, nesmíš nikdy proměnit,
si pyramidy novou silou stavě,
mě neoslní novostí jich třpyt,
mě vtane hračka, jsouc jen v novém hávě.
Že zvčírka jsme, stojíme civíce,
že novou cetkou oslnit chceš nás,
ač víme, let ji znaly tisíce,
jak pro nás bys ji stvořil.
Já tobě směji se s tvou kronikou,
co minulý mi, přítomný co svět?
Co zřel jsem, četl, lží jest velikou,
co velké, malým udělá tvůj let.
Tak ale buď to, zde to přisahám,
jsem věrný, kosou tvojí pohrdám.
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Text Authorship:
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- a text in English by William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), no title, appears in Sonnets, no. 123
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
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This text was added to the website: 2020-04-19
Line count: 14
Word count: 84