by William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616)
Translation by François-Victor Hugo (1828 - 1873)
Fie on sinful fantasy!
Language: English
Fie on sinful fantasy! Fie on lust and luxury! Lust is but a bloody fire, Kindled with unchaste desire, Fed in heart, whose flames aspire, As thoughts do blow them higher and higher. Pinch him, fairies, mutually; Pinch him for his villany; Pinch him, and burn him, and turn him about, Till candles and star-light and moonshine be out.
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Text Authorship:
- by William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), "Song", appears in The Merry Wives of Windsor, Act V, Scene 5 [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):
- by John Addison (b. 1920), "Fie on sinful fantasy", 1811? [tenor, TTB chorus, and piano], London : Caulfield ; in A Collection of the Vocal Music in Shakespear's Plays [ sung text not verified ]
- by Joseph W. Baber (b. 1937), "Fie on sinful fantasy", op. 9 no. ? (1953-6), published 1971, first performed 1970 [SATB chorus a cappella], from Shakespearean Madrigals, Set 1, Cincinnati : Canyon [ sung text not verified ]
- by Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco (1895 - 1968), "Roundel", 1923, published 1925 [high voice and piano], from Shakespeare Songs, Book V, no. 3, London : Chester [ sung text not verified ]
- by Richard J. Felciano (b. 1930), "Fye on sinful fantasy", 1954-5, published 1973, first performed 1955 [SATB chorus a cappella], from Three Madrigals from Wm Shakespeare, Boston : E. C. Schirmer [ sung text not verified ]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, 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: 2011-06-26
Line count: 10
Word count: 59
Fi des pensées pécheresses !
Language: French (Français) after the English
Fi des pensées pécheresses ! Fi du vice et de la luxure ! la luxure n'est qu'un feu sanglant, Allumé par d'impurs désirs, Dont le foyer est au cœur et dont les flammes aspirent Toujours, et toujours plus haut, sous le souffle des pensées. Fées, pincez à l'envi ; Pincez-le pour sa vilenie : Pincez-le, brûlez-le, et tournez autour de lui, jusqu'à ce que les flambeaux, la lumière des étoiles Et le clair de lune soient éteints !
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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), "Song", appears in The Merry Wives of Windsor, Act V, Scene 5
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: 2016-01-13
Line count: 11
Word count: 73