by William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616)
Translation by Józef Paszkowski (1817 - 1861)
Blow, winds, and crack your cheeks!...
Language: English
Blow, winds, and crack your cheeks! rage! blow! You cataracts and hurricanoes, spout Till you have drench'd our steeples, drown'd the cocks! You sulphurous and thought-executing fires, Vaunt-couriers [to]1 oak-cleaving thunderbolts, Singe my white head! And thou, all-shaking thunder, Strike flat the thick rotundity o' the world! Crack nature's moulds, all germens spill at once That make ingrateful man!
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Text Authorship:
- by William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), no title, appears in King Lear, Act III, Scene 2 [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 John Eaton (1935 - 2015), "Lear on the Heath" [ voice and chamber orchestra ], from Songs of Desperation and Comfort, no. 3 [ sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- FRE French (Français) (François-Victor Hugo) , no title
- HUN Hungarian (Magyar) (Mihály Vörösmarty) , no title
- POL Polish (Polski) (Józef Paszkowski) , no title
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2011-04-25
Line count: 9
Word count: 60
Dmijcie, wichrzyska, aż wam miechy...
Language: Polish (Polski) after the English
Dmijcie, wichrzyska, aż wam miechy pękną! Dmijcie, wściekajcie się! Plujcie powodzią Wy, katarakty, i wy, uragany, Aż zatopicie wieże po szczyt kopuł! Wy, siarką tchnące, jak myśl chyże błyski, Zwiastuny dęby druzgocących bełtów, Osmalcie biały mój włos! a ty, gromie Wszystko niszczący, spłaszcz twardy krąg świata, Zgnieć wszelkie kształty przyrodzenia, zniwecz Wszelkie zarody niewdzięcznej ludzkości!
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Text Authorship:
- by Józef Paszkowski (1817 - 1861), no title [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 King Lear, Act III, Scene 2
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: Andrew Schneider [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2019-05-14
Line count: 10
Word count: 55