by William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616)
Translation by François-Victor Hugo (1828 - 1873)
Love is my sin, and thy dear virtue hate
Language: English
Love is my sin, and thy dear virtue hate,
Hate of my sin, grounded on sinful loving:
O! but with mine compare thou thine own state,
And thou shalt find it merits not reproving;
Or, if it do, not from those lips of thine,
That have profan'd their scarlet ornaments
And seal'd false bonds of love as oft as mine,
Robb'd others' beds' revenues of their rents.
Be it lawful I love thee, as thou lov'st those
Whom thine eyes woo as mine importune thee:
Root pity in thy heart, that, when it grows,
Thy pity may deserve to pitied be.
If thou dost seek to have what thou dost hide,
By self-example mayst thou be denied!
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Text Authorship:
- by William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), no title, appears in Sonnets, no. 142 [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 CXLII", 1866 [ high voice 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. 142, first published 1857
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2010-08-13
Line count: 14
Word count: 117
L'amour est mon péché, et ta vertu...
Language: French (Français) after the English
L'amour est mon péché, et ta vertu profonde est la haine, haine de mon péché fondé sur un amour pécheur. Oh ! compare seulement ma situation à la tienne, et tu verras qu'elle ne mérite pas cette réprobation ; Ou, si elle la mérite, ce n'est pas de tes lèvres qui ont profané leurs ornements écarlates, et scellé de faux engagements d'amour aussi souvent que les miennes, volant aux lits des autres leur légitime revenu. Sache-le, mon amour pour toi est aussi justifiable que ton amour pour ceux que tes yeux courtisent, comme les miens t'importunent. Enracine la pitié dans ton cœur afin que, lorsqu'elle y croîtra, ta pitié puisse te valoir la pitié des autres. Autrement, quand tu chercheras ce bonheur que tu me dérobes, puisses-tu, d'après ton exemple, n'essuyer que refus !
About the headline (FAQ)
Text Authorship:
- by François-Victor Hugo (1828 - 1873), no title, appears in Sonnets de Shakespeare, no. 142, 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. 142
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: 2010-08-20
Line count: 14
Word count: 131