by William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616)
Translation by François-Victor Hugo (1828 - 1873)
Sin of self‑love possesseth all mine eye
Language: English
Sin of self-love possesseth all mine eye
And all my soul, and all my every part;
And for this sin there is no remedy,
It is so grounded inward in my heart.
Methinks no face so gracious is as mine,
No shape so true, no truth of such account;
And for myself mine own worth do define,
As I all other in all worths surmount.
But when my glass shows me myself indeed
Beated and chopp'd with tanned antiquity,
Mine own self-love quite contrary I read;
Self so self-loving were iniquity.
'Tis thee, -- myself, -- that for myself I praise,
Painting my age with beauty of thy days.
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Text Authorship:
- by William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), no title, appears in Sonnets, no. 62 [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 LXII", 1864-5 [ medium voice or high voice and piano ], first setting, using motives composed c1848 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Richard Simpson (1820 - 1876), "Sonnet LXII", 1866 [ medium voice and piano ], second setting [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. 62, first published 1857
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2010-08-12
Line count: 14
Word count: 108
Le péché d'amour‑propre possède mes yeux...
Language: French (Français) after the English
Le péché d'amour-propre possède mes yeux tout entiers, et toute mon âme, et toutes les parties de mon être : et pour ce péché il n'est pas de remède, tant il est profondément enraciné dans mon cœur. Il me semble qu'il n'est pas de visage aussi gracieux que le mien, pas de forme aussi pure, pas de perfection égale, et, dans l'opinion que je me fais de ma propre valeur, je me place à tous égards au-dessus de tous les autres. Mais, quand ma glace me montre à moi tel que je suis, flétri et altéré par le hâle des années, j'y lis le démenti donné à mon amour-propre, et l'inique méprise de ma vanité. C'est toi, autre moi-même, que je louais au lieu de moi, fardant mes années de la beauté de tes jours.
About the headline (FAQ)
Text Authorship:
- by François-Victor Hugo (1828 - 1873), no title, appears in Sonnets de Shakespeare, no. 62, 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. 62
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: 134