But do thy worst to steal thyself away,
For term of life thou art assured mine;
And life no longer than thy love will stay,
For it depends upon that love of thine.
Then need I not to fear the worst of wrongs,
When in the least of them my life hath end.
I see a better state to me belongs
Than that which on thy humour doth depend:
Thou canst not vex me with inconstant mind,
Since that my life on thy revolt doth lie.
O! what a happy title do I find,
Happy to have thy love, happy to die!
But what's so blessed-fair that fears no blot?
Thou mayst be false, and yet I know it not.
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Text Authorship:
- by William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), no title, appears in Sonnets, no. 92 [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 Richard Simpson (1820 - 1876), "Sonnet XCII", 1863-6 [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
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- Also set in Russian (Русский), a translation by Nikolay Vasilyevich Gerbel (1827 - 1883) , no title ; composed by Mikhail Mikhailovich Ippolitov-Ivanov.
Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- FRE French (Français) (François-Victor Hugo) , no title, appears in Sonnets de Shakespeare, no. 92, first published 1857
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Как ни желала б ты укрыться от меня, Пока я жив — моей ты быть не перестанешь; Я ж буду жить, пока жива любовь твоя, Которою давно меня к себе ты манишь. Итак, мне нужды нет страшиться новых бед, Которых уж ничто на свете не повысит; К тому ж в моей судьбе чуть виден бури след, А от твоих она капризов не зависит. Но ты не огорчишь неверностью своей Того, кто пережить ее не в состоянье. Да, я вдвойне счастлив в любви к тебе моей Еще тем, что она живет в моем дыханье. Но все же есть и тут дурная сторона: Ведь я могу не знать, что ты мне неверна.
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- by Nikolay Vasilyevich Gerbel (1827 - 1883), no title [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 Sonnets, no. 92
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Mikhail Mikhailovich Ippolitov-Ivanov (1859 - 1935), "Как ни желала б ты укрыться от меня", op. 45 no. 5 (1913) [ voice and piano ], from Сонеты В. Шекспира, no. 5, Moscow: P. Jurgenson [sung text not yet checked]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2021-07-11
Line count: 14
Word count: 110