by William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616)
Translation by Samuil Yakovlevich Marschak (1887 - 1964)

Then hate me when thou wilt; if ever,...
Language: English 
Our translations:  ITA
Then hate me when thou wilt; if ever, now;
Now, while the world is bent my deeds to cross,
Join with the spite of fortune, make me bow,
And do not drop in for an after-loss:
Ah, do not, when my heart hath 'scoped this sorrow,
Come in the rearward of a conquer'd woe;
Give not a windy night a rainy morrow,
To linger out a purposed overthrow.
If thou wilt leave me, do not leave me last,
When other petty griefs have done their spite
But in the onset come; so shall I taste
At first the very worst of fortune's might,
  And other strains of woe, which now seem woe,
  Compared with loss of thee will not seem so.

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Уж если ты разлюбишь ‑ так теперь
 (Sung text for setting by D. Kabalevsky)
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Language: Russian (Русский)  after the English 
Уж если ты разлюбишь - так теперь,
Теперь, когда весь мир со мной в раздоре. 
Будь самой горькой из моих потерь,
Но только не последней каплей горя! 
И если скорбь дано мне превозмочь,
Не наноси удара из засады. 
Пусть бурная не разрешится ночь
Дождливым утром - утром без отрады. 
Оставь меня, но не в последний миг,
Когда от мелких бед я ослабею. 
Оставь сейчас, чтоб сразу я постиг,
Что это горе всех невзгод больнее,
Что нет невзгод, а есть одна беда -
Твоей любви лишиться навсегда.

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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2003-11-04
Line count: 14
Word count: 83