by William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616)
Translation by François Pierre Guillaume Guizot (1787 - 1874)
Look in thy glass and tell the face thou...
Language: English
Our translations: ITA
Look in thy glass and tell the face thou viewest Now is the time that face should form another; Whose fresh repair if now thou not renewest, Thou dost beguile the world, unbless some mother. For where is she so fair whose unear'd womb Disdains the tillage of thy husbandry? Or who is he so fond will be the tomb Of his self-love, to stop posterity? Thou art thy mother's glass and she in thee Calls back the lovely April of her prime; So thou through windows of thine age shalt see, Despite of wrinkles this thy golden time. But if thou live, remember'd not to be, Die single and thine image dies with thee.
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Text Authorship:
- by William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), no title, appears in Sonnets, no. 3 [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 Michael G. Cunningham (b. 1937), "Look in thy glass", op. 87 no. ?, from Shakespeare Songs [sung text not yet checked]
- by James Mavin Parker , no title, 1976, published 1976 [ baritone, drs, violin, violoncello, piano, bass guitar, and electric guitar ], from Love Sonnets [sung text not yet checked]
- by Richard Simpson (1820 - 1876), "Sonnet III", 1864 [ bass-baritone and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by David Winkler , "Sonnet III", 1982 [ SATB quartet and piano ], from Cycle for Several Voices and Piano, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- FRE French (Français) (François Pierre Guillaume Guizot) , no title, appears in Œuvres Complètes de Shakspeare Volume VIII, in Sonnets, no. 3, first published 1863
- FRE French (Français) (François-Victor Hugo) , no title, appears in Sonnets de Shakespeare, no. 3, first published 1857
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2007-10-07
Line count: 14
Word count: 115
Regarde‑toi dans ton miroir et dis au...
Language: French (Français) after the English
Regarde-toi dans ton miroir et dis au visage que tu y verras, qu'il est temps pour ce visage d'en former un autre; si tu ne pourvois pas maintenant à le réparer plus tard, tu trompes le monde, tu laisses une mère sans bénédiction; car où est la belle dont le sein stérile dédaigne la culture du laboureur? où est l'homme assez fou pour servir de tombeau à son amour-propre pour arrêter la postérité? Tu es le miroir de ta mère, en te voyant elle retrouve le bel avril de son printemps; de même à travers les fenêtres de ta vieillesse, tu reverras ton âge d'or au mépris des rides. Mais si tu vis pour qu'on oublie, meurs fille, et ton image meurt avec toi.
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Text Authorship:
- by François Pierre Guillaume Guizot (1787 - 1874), no title, appears in Œuvres Complètes de Shakspeare Volume VIII, in Sonnets, no. 3, first published 1863 [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. 3
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: 2009-01-22
Line count: 14
Word count: 124