by William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616)
Translation by François-Victor Hugo (1828 - 1873)
Out, damned spot! out, I say! ‑‑ One:...
Language: English
Out, damned spot! out, I say! -- One: two: why, then,
'tis time to do't. -- Hell is murky! -- Fie, my
lord, fie! a soldier, and afeard? What need we
fear who knows it, when none can call our power
to account? [...]
No more o'
that, my lord, no more o' that; you mar all with
this starting.
[...]
Here's the smell of the blood still: all the
perfumes of Arabia will not sweeten this little
hand. Oh, oh, oh!
[...]
Wash your hands, put on your nightgown; look not so
pale. -- I tell you yet again, Banquo's buried; he
cannot come out on's grave.
[...]
To bed, to bed! there's knocking at the gate:
Come, come, come, come, give me your hand. What's
done cannot be undone. -- To bed, to bed, to bed!
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Text Authorship:
- by William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), appears in Macbeth, excerpts from Lady Macbeth's speech, Act V Scene 1 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
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This text (or a part of it) is used in a work
- by Joseph Horovitz (b. 1926), "Lady Macbeth", subtitle: "A Scena", 1970, Composer's note: The composer has selected the words from the speeches of Lady Macbeth. This selection is intended to portray the development of this character, from early aspirations to grandeur, to later power and finally to guilt and madness. The implication is that the Scena begins after Lady Macbeth has read the report of Macbeth's victory at the start of the play..
Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):
- FRE French (Français) (François-Victor Hugo) , no title
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2016-01-09
Line count: 20
Word count: 133
Va‑t’en, tache damnée ! va‑t’en, dis‑je…...
Language: French (Français) after the English
Va-t’en, tache damnée ! va-t’en, dis-je… Une ! deux ! Alors il est temps de faire la chose !… L’enfer est sombre ! … Fi ! monseigneur, fi ! un soldat avoir peur !… À quoi bon redouter qu’on le sache, quand nul ne pourra demander de comptes à notre autorité ? [...] [...] Assez, monseigneur, assez ! Vous gâtez tout avec ces frémissements. [...] Il y a toujours l’odeur du sang… Tous les parfums d’Arabie ne rendraient pas suave cette petite main ! Oh ! oh ! oh ! [...] Lavez vos mains, mettez votre robe de nuit, ne soyez pas si pâle… Je vous le répète, Banquo est enterré, il ne peut pas sortir de sa tombe. [...] Au lit ! au lit ! on frappe à la porte. Venez, venez, venez, venez, donnez-moi votre main. Ce qui est fait ne peut être défait : au lit ! au lit ! au lit !
About the headline (FAQ)
Text Authorship:
- by François-Victor Hugo (1828 - 1873), no title [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in English by William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), appears in Macbeth, excerpts from Lady Macbeth's speech, Act V Scene 1
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: 2016-01-09
Line count: 20
Word count: 138