by William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616)
Translation by François-Victor Hugo (1828 - 1873)
Beshrew that heart that makes my heart...
Language: English
Beshrew that heart that makes my heart to groan
For that deep wound it gives my friend and me!
Is't not enough to torture me alone,
But slave to slavery my sweet'st friend must be?
Me from myself thy cruel eye hath taken,
And my next self thou harder hast engross'd:
Of him, myself, and thee I am forsaken;
A torment thrice three-fold thus to be cross'd:
Prison my heart in thy steel bosom's ward,
But then my friend's heart let my poor heart bail;
Whoe'er keeps me, let my heart be his guard;
Thou canst not then use rigour in my jail:
And yet thou wilt; for I, being pent in thee,
Perforce am thine, and all that is in me.
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Text Authorship:
- by William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), no title, appears in Sonnets, no. 133 [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 CXXXIII", 1865 [ low 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. 133, first published 1857
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2010-08-13
Line count: 14
Word count: 122
Maudit soit le cœur qui fait gémir mon...
Language: French (Français) after the English
Maudit soit le cœur qui fait gémir mon cœur de la double blessure faite à mon ami et à moi ! N'était-ce pas assez de me torturer seul, sans que mon meilleur ami fût asservi à cette servitude ? Tes yeux cruels m'ont enlevé à moi-même ; mais, ce qui est plus dur, tu as accaparé mon autre moi-même. Je suis abandonné de lui, de moi-même et de toi, -- triple tourment à subir. Emprisonne mon cœur dans le cachot de ton cœur d'acier, mais qu'alors mon pauvre cœur serve de caution au cœur de mon ami ! Si je suis captif, que, lui, du moins mon cœur le garde ; tu ne pourras plus alors rendre ma prison si rigoureuse. Et pourtant tu le feras toujours ; car, puisque je suis enfermé en toi, tu me possèdes forcément, moi et tout ce qui est en moi.
About the headline (FAQ)
Text Authorship:
- by François-Victor Hugo (1828 - 1873), no title, appears in Sonnets de Shakespeare, no. 133, 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. 133
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: 2010-08-20
Line count: 14
Word count: 140