by William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616)
Translation by François-Victor Hugo (1828 - 1873)
My Sweet Mistress
Language: English
Ferdinand My sweet mistress, she weeps when she sees me work. My sweet mistress, the mistress I serve quickens what's dead and makes my labors pleasures! There be some sports are painful! And their labours delight in them. Some kinds of baseness are nobly undergone. My sweet mistress, she weeps for me.
Text Authorship:
- by William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), appears in The Tempest, Act III, Scene 1 [author's text not yet checked 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 Gary Bachlund (b. 1947), "My Sweet Mistress", 1989 [ tenor and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- FRE French (Français) (François-Victor Hugo)
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2007-05-11
Line count: 10
Word count: 52
Ma douce maîtresse
Language: French (Français) after the English
Ferdinand Ma douce maîtresse, [Elle] pleure quand elle me voit travailler, Ma douce maîtresse, la maîtresse que je sers ranimant ce qui est mortifié me change(ait) mes peines en plaisir ! Il y a des jeux fatigants, mais la fatigue en rehausse le charme ; certains genres d’humiliations peuvent noblement se subir. Ma douce maîtresse, elle pleure de me voir.
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Text Authorship:
Based on:
- a text in English by William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), appears in The Tempest, Act III, 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):
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Researcher for this page: Guy Laffaille [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2016-02-13
Line count: 10
Word count: 58