by William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616)
Translation by François-Victor Hugo (1828 - 1873)
These violent delights have violent ends
Language: English
These violent delights have violent ends And in their triumph die, like fire and powder, Which as they kiss consume: the sweetest honey Is loathsome in his own deliciousness And in the taste confounds the appetite: Therefore love moderately; long love doth so; Too swift arrives as tardy as too slow.
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- by William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), no title, appears in Romeo and Juliet, Act II, Scene 6 [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
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- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by August Wilhelm Schlegel (1767 - 1845) , no title ; composed by Boris Blacher.
Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- FRE French (Français) (François-Victor Hugo)
- HUN Hungarian (Magyar) (Dezső Kosztolányi)
- ROM Romanian (Română) (Ștefan Octavian Iosif)
- SPA Spanish (Español) (Marcelino Menéndez y Pelayo) , no title
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2007-11-22
Line count: 7
Word count: 51
Ces joies violentes ont des fins...
Language: French (Français)  after the English
Ces joies violentes ont des fins violentes, et meurent dans leur triomphe : flamme, et poudre elles se consument en un baiser. Le plus doux miel devient fastidieux par sa suavité même, et détruit l’appétit par le goût : aime donc modérément : modéré est l’amour durable : la précipitation n’atteint pas le but plus tôt que la lenteur.
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Authorship:
- by François-Victor Hugo (1828 - 1873) [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in English by William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), no title, appears in Romeo and Juliet, Act II, Scene 6
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- [ None yet in the database ]
Researcher for this page: Guy Laffaille [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2015-09-19
Line count: 7
Word count: 59