by William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616)
Translation by François Pierre Guillaume Guizot (1787 - 1874)
As fast as thou shalt wane, so fast thou...
Language: English
Our translations: ITA
As fast as thou shalt wane, so fast thou grow'st In one of thine, from that which thou departest; And that fresh blood which youngly thou bestow'st Thou may'st call thine when thou from youth convertest. Herein lives wisdom, beauty and increase: Without this, folly, age and cold decay: If all were minded so, the times should cease And threescore year would make the world away. Let those whom Nature hath not made for store, Harsh featureless and rude, barrenly perish: Look, whom she best endow'd she gave the more; Which bounteous gift thou shouldst in bounty cherish: She carved thee for her seal, and meant thereby Thou shouldst print more, not let that copy die.
T. Loevendie sets lines 1-4
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Text Authorship:
- by William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), no title, appears in Sonnets, no. 11 [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 Theo Loevendie (b. 1930), "As fast as thou shalt wane", 1986, lines 1-4 [ mezzo-soprano and instrumental ensemble (8) ], from Two Songs, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Richard Simpson (1820 - 1876), "Sonnet XI", 1864-5 [ medium voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- FRE French (Français) (François Pierre Guillaume Guizot) , no title, appears in Œuvres Complètes de Shakspeare Volume VIII, in Sonnets, no. 11, first published 1863
- FRE French (Français) (François-Victor Hugo) , no title, appears in Sonnets de Shakespeare, no. 11, first published 1857
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Jeroen Scholten
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 14
Word count: 116
A mesure que tu décroîtras, tu gagneras
Language: French (Français) after the English
A mesure que tu décroîtras, tu gagneras chez lui des tiers, que tu perdras, et tu pourras tenir pour tien ce jeune sang que tu auras donné dans toute sa jeunesse, lorsque la jeunesse te quittera. Là est la sagesse, la beauté, la postérité; loin de là, la folie, la vieillesse et la décadence glacée; si tous agissaient de même, le monde serait bientôt fini, et en soixante ans on aurait le dernier mot de l'espèce humaine. Que ceux que la nature n'a pas faits pour conserver la race, ceux qui ont les traits durs, grossiers, et irréguliers, meurent stériles. Regarde ceux qu'elle a le mieux doués; elle t'a donné plus encore; tu dois libéralement user de ce don libéral, elle t'a taillée pour lui servir de sceau, elle veut que tu laisses des empreintes de ta personne et que tu ne laisses pas périr cet exemplaire.
About the headline (FAQ)
Text Authorship:
- by François Pierre Guillaume Guizot (1787 - 1874), no title, appears in Œuvres Complètes de Shakspeare Volume VIII, in Sonnets, no. 11, first published 1863 [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. 11
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 text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2010-08-15
Line count: 14
Word count: 147