by William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616)
Translation by François-Victor Hugo (1828 - 1873)
Betwixt mine eye and heart a league is...
Language: English
Our translations: ITA
Betwixt mine eye and heart a league is took, And each doth good turns now unto the other: When that mine eye is famish'd for a look, Or heart in love with sighs himself doth smother, With my love's picture then my eye doth feast And to the painted banquet bids my heart; Another time mine eye is my heart's guest And in his thoughts of love doth share a part: So, either by thy picture or my love, Thyself away art resent still with me; For thou not farther than my thoughts canst move, And I am still with them and they with thee; Or, if they sleep, thy picture in my sight Awakes my heart to heart's and eye's delight.
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Text Authorship:
- by William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), no title, appears in Sonnets, no. 47 [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 Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco (1895 - 1968), "Sonnet XLVII - Betwixt mine eye", op. 125 (Shakespeare Sonnets), Heft 4 no. 4 (1963) [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Richard Simpson (1820 - 1876), "Sonnet XLVII", 1865 [ duet for soprano and alto with piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Lex Zwaap (1919 - 1988), as Lex van Delden, "Betwixt mine eye and heart", op. 72 (Drie sonnetten van Shakespeare) no. 2 (1961) [ contralto and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- FRE French (Français) (François-Victor Hugo) , no title, appears in Sonnets de Shakespeare, no. 47, first published 1857
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2008-07-25
Line count: 14
Word count: 122
Mes yeux et mon cœur ont conclu une...
Language: French (Français) after the English
Mes yeux et mon cœur ont conclu une ligue et se rendent maintenant de mutuels services : quand mes yeux ont faim d'un regard, ou que mon cœur épris étouffe sous les soupirs, Alors mes yeux se repaissent de ton image bien-aimée et invitent mon cœur à ce banquet en effigie ; une autre fois, mes yeux sont les convives de mon cœur et prennent leur part de ses pensées d'amour. Ainsi, grâce à ma vue ou grâce à mon affection, tu ne cesses, même absent, d'être présent pour moi. Car tu ne peux aller plus loin que mes pensées, et je suis toujours avec elles, et elles sont toujours avec toi ; Ou, si elles sommeillent, ton image, en m'apparaissant, réveille mon cœur pour la joie de mon cœur et de mes yeux.
About the headline (FAQ)
Text Authorship:
- by François-Victor Hugo (1828 - 1873), no title, appears in Sonnets de Shakespeare, no. 47, first published 1857 [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. 47
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: 2010-08-17
Line count: 14
Word count: 131