by William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616)
Translation by François-Victor Hugo (1828 - 1873)
So are you to my thoughts as food to...
Language: English
Our translations: ITA
So are you to my thoughts as food to life,
Or as sweet-season'd showers are to the ground;
And for the peace of you I hold such strife
As 'twixt a miser and his wealth is found.
Now proud as an enjoyer, and anon
Doubting the filching age will steal his treasure;
Now counting best to be with you alone,
Then better'd that the world may see my pleasure:
Sometime all full with feasting on your sight,
And by and by clean starved for a look;
Possessing or pursuing no delight,
Save what is had, or must from you be took.
Thus do I pine and surfeit day by day,
Or gluttoning on all, or all away.
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Text Authorship:
- by William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), appears in Sonnets, no. 75 [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 Jean Coulthard (1908 - 2000), "So are you to my Thoughts as Food to Life", 1968, first performed 1972 [ high voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Richard Simpson (1820 - 1876), "Sonnet LXXV", 1865 [ high voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Adolf Wallnöfer (1854 - 1946), "Sonet 75", op. 78 no. 1, published 1904 [ tenor and piano ], from 5 Sonnette von William Shakespeare, no. 1, Leipzig: Breitkopf & Härtel, also set in German (Deutsch) [sung text not yet checked]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Friedrich Martin von Bodenstedt (1819 - 1892) , no title ; composed by Anton Beer-Walbrunn, Adolf Wallnöfer.
- Also set in Hungarian (Magyar), a translation by Lőrinc Szabó (1900 - 1957) , no title ; composed by Zoltán Horusitzky.
Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- FRE French (Français) (François-Victor Hugo) , no title, appears in Sonnets de Shakespeare, no. 75, first published 1857
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2009-12-05
Line count: 14
Word count: 117
Ainsi, vous êtes pour ma pensée ce...
Language: French (Français) after the English
Ainsi, vous êtes pour ma pensée ce qu'est la nourriture pour la vie, ou la pluie bien distribuée pour la terre ; et je me débats pour la pacifique possession de vous-même comme un avare avec ses richesses : Tantôt ayant la fierté de la jouissance, et tantôt ayant peur que le monde fripon ne vole mon trésor ; aimant mieux parfois être avec vous seul, parfois préférant que l'univers puisse voir mon bonheur ; Tantôt tout enivré de votre vue, tantôt tout affamé d'un regard ; ne possédant ou ne cherchant d'autres joies que celles que je tiens ou dois recevoir de vous. Ainsi je suis tour à tour languissant ou rassasié, ou dévorant tout, ou privé de tout.
About the headline (FAQ)
Text Authorship:
- by François-Victor Hugo (1828 - 1873), no title, appears in Sonnets de Shakespeare, no. 75, first published 1857 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in English by William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), appears in Sonnets, no. 75
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: 2010-08-18
Line count: 14
Word count: 115