by William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616)
Translation by François-Victor Hugo (1828 - 1873)
O! for my sake do you with Fortune chide
Language: English
O! for my sake do you with Fortune chide,
The guilty goddess of my harmful deeds,
That did not better for my life provide
Than public means which public manners breeds.
Thence comes it that my name receives a brand,
And almost thence my nature is subdu'd
To what it works in, like the dyer's hand:
Pity me, then, and wish I were renew'd;
Whilst, like a willing patient, I will drink,
Potions of eisel 'gainst my strong infection;
No bitterness that I will bitter think,
Nor double penance, to correct correction.
Pity me then, dear friend, and I assure ye,
Even that your pity is enough to cure me.
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Text Authorship:
- by William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), no title, appears in Sonnets, no. 111 [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 CXI", 1864-6 [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- FRE French (Français) (François-Victor Hugo) , no title, appears in Sonnets de Shakespeare, no. 111, first published 1857
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2010-08-12
Line count: 14
Word count: 110
Oh ! grondez à mon sujet la Fortune
Language: French (Français) after the English
Oh ! grondez à mon sujet la Fortune, cette déesse coupable de tous mes torts, qui ne m'a laissé d'autre moyen d'existence que la ressource publique qui nourrit une vie publique. C'est là ce qui fait que mon nom porte un stigmate, et que ma nature est, pour ainsi dire, marquée du métier qu'elle fait, comme la main du teinturier. Ayez donc pitié de moi et souhaitez que je sois régénéré, Alors que, patient soumis, je boirai la potion de vinaigre prescrite à mon infection. Car il n'est pas d'amertume que je trouve amère, pas de pénitence trop redoublée pour la juste correction de mon mal. Ayez donc pitié de moi, cher ami, et, je vous assure, ce sera assez de votre pitié pour me guérir.
About the headline (FAQ)
Text Authorship:
- by François-Victor Hugo (1828 - 1873), no title, appears in Sonnets de Shakespeare, no. 111, 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. 111
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: 2010-08-19
Line count: 14
Word count: 125