吹，吹冬之风力，/ 不如男人负义

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by William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616)

Translation © by Dr Huaixing Wang

Blow, blow thou winter wind

(Sung text for setting by T. Arne)

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Language: English

Our translations: CHI GER ITA ITA

Blow, blow thou winter wind,
Thou art not so unkind
As men's ingratitude;
Thy tooth is not so keen
Because thou art not seen,
Although thy breath be rude.
 ... 

Freeze, freeze thou bitter sky,
Thou dost not bite so nigh
As benefits forgot:
Though thou the waters warp,
Thy sting is not so sharp
As friend remember'd not.
 ...

Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1:1-6, 2:1-6 of the original text.

Note: In Steele's score, "Heigh" is spelled "Hey"

Composition:

Thomas Augustine Arne

Text Authorship:

by William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), no title, appears in As You Like It, Act II, Scene 7

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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

CHI Chinese (中文) [singable] (Dr Huaixing Wang) , copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Paavo Cajander)
FRE French (Français) (François Pierre Guillaume Guizot)
GER German (Deutsch) [singable] (David Paley) , "Stürm, stürm du Winterwind!", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Soffia, soffia vento invernale", copyright © 2007, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ITA Italian (Italiano) (Paolo Montanari) , "Soffia, soffia, vento d'inverno", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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吹，吹冬之风力

(Sung text translation for setting by T. Arne)

See original

Language: Chinese (中文) after the English

吹，吹冬之风力，
不如男人负义
那样没有仁慈；
牙齿不那么尖
因你没被发现，
虽有残酷气息。
 ... 

冻，冻涩苦天空，
不像忘记恩情
撕咬如此残酷：
虽然把水冻住，
不像遗忘朋友
蛰得那么痛苦。
 ...

Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1:1-6, 2:1-6 of the original text.

Text Authorship:

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a text in English by William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), no title, appears in As You Like It, Act II, Scene 7
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