by William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616)
Translation by François-Victor Hugo (1828 - 1873)
Against that time, if ever that time...
Language: English
Our translations: ITA
Against that time, if ever that time come,
When I shall see thee frown on my defects,
When as thy love hath cast his utmost sum,
Call'd to that audit by advis'd respects;
Against that time when thou shalt strangely pass,
And scarcely greet me with that sun, thine eye,
When love, converted from the thing it was,
Shall reasons find of settled gravity;
Against that time do I ensconce me here,
Within the knowledge of mine own desert,
And this my hand, against my self uprear,
To guard the lawful reasons on thy part:
To leave poor me thou hast the strength of laws,
Since why to love I can allege no cause.
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Text Authorship:
- by William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), no title, appears in Sonnets, no. 49 [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 XLIX", 1865 [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by George Templeton Strong (1856 - 1948), "Foreboding", 1899, published 1924 [ medium voice and piano ], Geneva : Henn [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- FRE French (Français) (François-Victor Hugo) , no title, appears in Sonnets de Shakespeare, no. 49, first published 1857
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2010-08-12
Line count: 14
Word count: 114
Contre le temps, si jamais ce temps...
Language: French (Français) after the English
Contre le temps, si jamais ce temps arrive, où je te verrai sévère pour mes défauts, où ton affection réglera son compte avec moi, poussée à ce calcul par des considérations réfléchies ; Contre le temps où tu passeras devant moi comme un étranger, et où tu me salueras à peine d'un rayon de tes yeux ; où ton amour, cessant d'être ce qu'il était, invoquera les arguments d'un grave parti pris : Contre ce temps-là, je me fortifie dès à présent dans la connaissance du peu que je vaux, et je lève la main contre moi-même pour maintenir le bon droit de ton côté. Pour m'abandonner à ma misère, tu as la force des lois, puisque je ne puis alléguer de motif pour que tu m'aimes.
About the headline (FAQ)
Text Authorship:
- by François-Victor Hugo (1828 - 1873), no title, appears in Sonnets de Shakespeare, no. 49, first published 1857 [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. 49
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 text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2010-08-17
Line count: 14
Word count: 124