by William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616)
Translation by François-Victor Hugo (1828 - 1873)
In loving thee thou know'st I am...
Language: English
In loving thee thou know'st I am forsworn,
But thou art twice forsworn, to me love swearing;
In act thy bed-vow broke, and new faith torn,
In vowing new hate after new love bearing:
But why of two oaths' breach do I accuse thee,
When I break twenty? I am perjur'd most;
For all my vows are oaths but to misuse thee,
And all my honest faith in thee is lost:
For I have sworn deep oaths of thy deep kindness,
Oaths of thy love, thy truth, thy constancy;
And, to enlighten thee, gave eyes to blindness,
Or made them swear against the thing they see;
For I have sworn thee fair; more perjur'd I,
To swear against the truth so foul a lie!
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Text Authorship:
- by William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), no title, appears in Sonnets, no. 152 [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 CLII", 1865-6 [ high 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. 152, 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: 124
En t'aimant tu sais que je suis parjure
Language: French (Français) after the English
En t'aimant tu sais que je suis parjure ; mais toi, en me jurant ton amour, tu es parjure deux fois ; déloyale envers le lit d'un autre, tu as déchiré ta foi nouvelle, en me vouant ta haine après m'avoir promis ton amour. Mais pourquoi t'accuserais-je de deux serments violés, quand j'en viole vingt ? C'est moi qui suis le plus parjure : car je jure par tous les vœux de te réprouver, et tu me fais oublier toutes mes paroles d'honneur ; Car j'ai attesté par des serments profonds ta profonde tendresse, ton amour, ta sincérité, ta constance, et, pour te faire lumineuse, j'ai aveuglé mes yeux, ou je leur ai fait jurer le contraire de ce qu'ils voyaient. Car j'ai juré que tu es belle, me parjurant encore pour jurer contre la vérité une fausseté si noire !
About the headline (FAQ)
Text Authorship:
- by François-Victor Hugo (1828 - 1873), no title, appears in Sonnets de Shakespeare, no. 152, 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. 152
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: 135