La mort d'Antoine | O le plus noble des hommes, tu veux donc mourir ?

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by William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616)

Translation © by Guy Laffaille

Noblest of men, woo't die?

Language: English

Our translations: FRE

Cleopatra
Noblest of men, woo't die?
Hast thou no care of me? [shall I abide
In this dull world, which in thy absence is
No better than a sty?]¹ O see, my women,

  (Mark Antony dies)

The crown o' the earth doth melt. My lord!
O wither'd is the garland of the war,
The soldier's pole is fall'n: young boys and girls
Are level now with men; the odds is gone,
And there is nothing left remarkable
Beneath the visiting moon.

(Faints)

Available sung texts: (what is this?)

• S. Barber

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See also Thomas Pasatieri's setting {link:1116714}Antony and Cleopatra.

¹ omitted by Barber.

Text Authorship:

by William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), no title, appears in Antony and Cleopatra, Act IV, Scene 15 and Act V, Scene 2, first published 1607 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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by Samuel Barber (1910 - 1981), "On the death of Antony", op. 40 no. 1 (1968), published 1968 [soprano, women's chorus, and piano], from Two Choruses from "Anthony and Cleopatra", no. 1

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This text was added to the website: 2007-05-23
Line count: 13
Word count: 87

La mort d'Antoine

Language: French (Français) after the English

O le plus noble des hommes, tu veux donc mourir ?
Tu n'as plus de souci de moi ?
Oh voyez, mes femmes,
La couronne de la terre se fond. Mon Seigneur !
Oh ! la guirlande de la guerre est fanée :
Le mât des soldats est tombé : les jeunes garçons et filles
Sont maintenant au niveau des hommes.

Il n'y a plus de différence,
Et il ne reste rien de remarquable
Sous la lune qui nous visite.

J'ai rêvé qu'il y avait un empereur nommé Antoine.
Oh ! que je dorme encore, que je puisse voir
À nouveau son pareil.

Ses pas enjambaient l'océan ; son bras étendu recouvrait le monde.
Ses plaisirs semblaient ceux des dauphins, ils montraient son dos
Au-dessus de l'élément où ils vivent.

Penses-tu qu'il y avait, qu'il pourrait y avoir, un homme tel
Que celui dont j'ai rêvé ?

Chère Madame, non !

Tu mens, et les dieux t'entendent.
Mais s'il était là, ou même s'il a jamais existé,
Cela dépasse la puissance des songes.

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Based on:

a text in English by William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), no title, appears in Antony and Cleopatra, Act IV, Scene 15 and Act V, Scene 2, first published 1607
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This text was added to the website: 2009-12-10
Line count: 22
Word count: 163