by William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616)
As fast as thou shalt wane See original
Language: English
Our translations: ITA
As fast as thou shalt wane, so fast thou grow'st
In one of thine, from that which thou departest;
And that fresh blood which youngly thou bestow'st
Thou may'st call thine when thou from youth convertest.
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Composition:
- Set to music by Theo Loevendie (b. 1930), "As fast as thou shalt wane", 1986, lines 1-4 [ mezzo-soprano and instrumental ensemble (8) ], from Two Songs, no. 2
Text Authorship:
- by William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), no title, appears in Sonnets, no. 11
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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. 11, first published 1863
- FRE French (Français) (François-Victor Hugo) , no title, appears in Sonnets de Shakespeare, no. 11, first published 1857
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Jeroen Scholten
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 14
Word count: 116