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by William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616)
Translation © by Ferdinando Albeggiani

Sigh no more, ladies, sigh no more
Language: English 
Our translations:  DUT FIN ITA
Sigh no more, ladies, sigh no more,
Men were deceivers ever;
[One foot in sea and one on shore;
To one thing constant never.]1
Then sigh not so,
But let them go,
And be you blithe and bonny;
Converting all your sounds of woe
Into Hey nonny, nonny.

Sing no more ditties, sing no more,
Of dumps so dull and heavy;
[The fraud of men was ever so
Since summer first was leavy.]2
Then sigh not so,
But let them go,
And be you blithe and bonny;
Converting all your sounds of woe
Into Hey nonny, nonny.

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•   W. Fisher 

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1 Fisher: "To one thing constant never,/ One foot in sea and one on shore."
2 Fischer: "Since summer first was leavy,/ The fraud of men was ever so."

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 18
Word count: 97

Cessate, o donne, il vostro sospirare
Language: Italian (Italiano)  after the English 
Cessate, o donne, il vostro sospirare
ché l'uomo è sempre stato un mentitore
e tiene un piede sulla spiaggia e un altro in mare
e mai è costante verso un solo amore.
E quindi ogni rimpianto abbandonate,
vada via pure l'uomo, non ve ne curate,
restate sempre allegre e graziose,
mutando ogni vostro lamento
in grida liete e parole gioiose.

Cessate, o donne, ogni canzone triste
carica di rimpianto e di dolore;
la menzogna dell'uomo da sempre esiste
fin da quando inizia, primavera, a fiorire.
E quindi ogni rimpianto abbandonate,
vada via pure l'uomo, non ve ne curate,
restate sempre allegre e graziose,
mutando ogni vostro lamento
in grida liete e parole gioiose.

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  • Translation from English to Italian (Italiano) copyright © 2011 by Ferdinando Albeggiani, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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This text was added to the website: 2011-09-19
Line count: 18
Word count: 113