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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
Contro quel tempo, se mai dovrà venire,
in cui ti irriterà ogni mio difetto,
e salderà infine il conto questo tuo amore
a ciò sospinto da un giudizio più esatto;
Contro quel tempo, in cui mi passerai da presso
e mi saluterà a stento il sole dei tuoi occhi,
quando il tuo amore di un tempo non sarà più lo stesso,
e di questa sua freddezza troverà le ragioni;
Contro quel tempo allora, debbo trovare rifugio
nel riconoscimento del mio reale valore,
e contro di me sollevare il mio braccio
e le tue giuste ragioni salvaguardare:
Ché forza di legge ti dà diritto a lasciarmi
né posso addurre argomenti perché tu possa amarmi.
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Based on:
- a text in English by William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), no title, appears in Sonnets, no. 49
This text was added to the website: 2013-09-17
Line count: 14
Word count: 113