by William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616)
Translation by Boris Leonidovich Pasternak (1890 - 1960)
King Stephen was a worthy peer
Language: English after the English
King Stephen [was]1 a worthy peer, His breeches cost him but a crown; He held them sixpence all too dear, With that he called the tailor lown. He was a wight of high renown. And thou art but of low degree: 'Tis pride that pulls the country down; Then take thine auld cloak about thee.
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Text Authorship:
- by William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), no title, appears in The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice, Act II, Scene 3 [an adaptation]
Based on:
- a text in English from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , Scottish ballad
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- FRE French (Français) (François-Victor Hugo) , no title
- SPA Spanish (Español) (Marcelino Menéndez y Pelayo) , no title
Researcher for this page: Maurice Hodges
This text was added to the website: 2007-08-17
Line count: 8
Word count: 56
Песенка Яго о короле Стефане Matches base text
Language: Russian (Русский) after the English
Вина! Люди! Вина! Ля-ля-ля-ля-ля…...! Тра-ля-ля-ля……... Король Стефан в делах был туг И за штаны отдал корону, Заметив, что за пару брюк Цена раздута незаконно. Ля-ля-ля-ля-ля…...! Тра-ля-ля-ля……... Он – человек больших заслуг, А ты не важная персона. Ходи ж в дерюге, милый друг, И помни: роскошь губит троны. Вот так, король, вот так, король, Вот так, король, Ля-ля-ля-ля-ля…...! Тра-ля-ля-ля……...
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Note on TransliterationsComposition:
- Set to music by Georgiy Vasil'yevich Sviridov (1915 - 1998), "Песенка Яго о короле Стефане"
Text Authorship:
- by Boris Leonidovich Pasternak (1890 - 1960)
Based on:
- a text in English by William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), no title, appears in The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice, Act II, Scene 3 [an adaptation]
Based on:
- a text in English from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , Scottish ballad
Go to the general single-text view
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2021-08-28
Line count: 17
Word count: 58