Boris Pasternak's translation of Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet is the most popular among young people, despite the fact that this is not the closest translation to the original text, it is undoubtedly the most beautiful and easily understood; B. Pasternak's translation sounds like music... Boris Leonidovich Pasternak was born in 1890. in Moscow. Russian, Soviet poet, writer, one of the greatest Russian poets of the 20th century, Nobel Prize laureate in literature, author of the famous novel Doctor Zhivago. The future poet was born in Moscow into an intelligent Jewish family: his father was an artist, his mother was a pianist. The Pasternak family maintained friendships with famous artists (I. I. Levitan, M. V. Nesterov, V. D. Polenov, S. Ivanov, N. N. Ge), musicians and writers visited the house. At the age of 13, under the influence of the composer A. N. Scriabin, Pasternak became interested in music, which he studied for six years. In 1908 he entered the legal department of the historical and philological faculty of Moscow University (later transferred to philosophy). In the summer of 1912 he studied philosophy at the University of Marburg in Germany. Pasternak's first poems were published in 1913 (collective collection of the Lyrics group), the first book - "Twin in the Clouds" - at the end of the same year. In 1916, the collection “Over Barriers” was published. The late 20s and early 30s saw a short period of official Soviet recognition of Pasternak's work. From 1946 to 1950 Pasternak was nominated annually for the Nobel Prize in Literature.
William Shakespeare. Romeo and Juliet. Translation by Shchepkina-Kupernik
It is also a fairly popular translation, and for many it is the only and favorite translation because It is the Shchepkina-Kupernik translation that is considered closest to the original text. Tatyana Lvovna Shchepkina-Kupernik was born in 1874 - Russian and Soviet writer, playwright, poetess and translator. Atyana Shchepkina-Kupernik, great-granddaughter of the famous actor Mikhail Shchepkin. She started writing in childhood - already at the age of 12 she composed poems in honor of her great-grandfather M. S. Shchepkin. Tatyana Lvovna collaborated in such periodicals as “Artist”, “Russian Vedomosti”, “Russian Thought”, “Northern Courier”, “Novoe Vremya”, trying herself in different literary genres. In 1892, her play “Summer Picture” was staged on the stage of the Moscow Maly Theater. In 1940, Shchepkina-Kupernik was awarded the title of Honored Artist of the RSFSR. In total, she translated about 60 plays into Russian, mainly this work occurred in the period after the 1917 revolution.
William Shakespeare. Romeo and Juliet. Translation by A. Grigoriev.
Apollo Alexandrovich Grigoriev was born in 1822. in Moscow - Russian poet, literary and theater critic, translator, memoirist, author of a number of popular songs and romances. Graduated from Moscow University as the first candidate of the Faculty of Law. From December 1842 to August 1843 headed the university library, and from August 1843 served as secretary of the University Council. At the university, close relationships began with A. A. Fet, Ya. P. Polonsky, S. M. Solovyov. In 1846, Grigoriev published his poems as a separate book, which were met with nothing more than condescending criticism. Subsequently, Grigoriev did not write much original poetry, but translated a lot: from Shakespeare (“A Midsummer Night’s Dream”, “The Merchant of Venice”, “Romeo and Juliet”) from Byron (“Parisina”, excerpts from “Childe Harold”, etc. ), Moliere, Delavigne.
William Shakespeare. Romeo and Juliet. Translation by D.L. Mikhalovsky.
Mikhalovsky Dmitry Lavrentievich - poet-translator, born in St. Petersburg in 1828. Graduated from the Faculty of Law of St. Petersburg University. He translated Byron (Mazeppa, etc.), Shakespeare (Julius Caesar, etc.), Longfellow (The Song of Hiawatha).
William Shakespeare. Romeo and Juliet. Translation by Ekaterina Savich.
William Shakespeare. Romeo and Juliet. Translation by Ekaterina Savich.
William Shakespeare. Romeo and Juliet. Translation by A. Radlova
William Shakespeare. Romeo and Juliet. Translation by A. Radlova
William Shakespeare. Romeo and Juliet. Translation by Hosea Soroka.
William Shakespeare. Romeo and Juliet. Translation by Hosea Soroka.
We transfer the film to paper. Text of the film Romeo and Juliet 1968 A mixture of translations.
We transfer the film to paper. Text of the film Romeo and Juliet 1968 A mixture of translations.
William Shakespeare. Romeo and Juliet. Translation by Balmont K.D.
Konstantiin Dmitrievich Balmont was born in 1867, the village of Gumnishchi, Shuisky district, Vladimir province - symbolist poet, translator, essayist, one of the most prominent representatives of Russian poetry of the Silver Age. Published 35 collections of poetry, 20 books of prose, translated from many languages (W. Blake, E. Poe, P. B. Shelley, O. Wilde, G. Hauptmann, C. Baudelaire, G. Suderman; Spanish songs, Slovak, Georgian epic, Yugoslav, Bulgarian, Lithuanian, Mexican, Japanese poetry). Author of autobiographical prose, memoirs, philological treatises, historical and literary studies and critical essays. Died in 1942 Here is only an excerpt from the play, everything that could be found.
Scene I13
Verona. Public place.
Enter SAMSON and GREGORIO, servants of the Capulets, with swords and round shields.
Gregorio, I swear, we won’t get dirty.
GREGORIO:
Oh no, we're not miners.
Out of anger, let someone else dig trenches14, and we stand for the sword.
GREGORIO:
As long as I'm alive, I won't plow.
If you hit me, I'm quick to deal.
GREGORIO:
Yes, just not to hurt you quickly.
One of the Montague dogs will hurt me.
GREGORIO:
To hurt is to scare away, to be brave is to stand15. That's why the victim runs away.
If a dog from their house hits me, I will get up. I will stand like an impregnable wall in the path of everyone named Montague.
GREGORIO:
This will show you weakness. Because the weak are pushed to the wall.
You are right. That’s why we push girls who are weaker than us to the wall. And if so, then I will throw all Montague’s people off the wall, and pin all his maids to it16.
GREGORIO:
Enmity affects only our masters and us, their servants.
Doesn't matter. I will be a tyrant myself. Having finished off the servants, I’ll take on the maids... I’ll cause fear!
GREGORIO:
Just fear?
“Fear”, “fucking”... interpret it however you want.
GREGORIO:
They will understand you by your feelings.
They will have to feel me while I am standing, and, as you know, I am famous for my dense flesh.
GREGORIO:
It's a good thing you're not a fish. Otherwise I would have shriveled up in a hot frying pan. Ready your sword! Those two serve at Montague.
Enter ABRAM and BALTHASAR, two servants of Montague.
I drew my sword. Fight! I'll cover your back.
GREGORIO:
But how? Are you planning to run away?
Don't be afraid for me.
GREGORIO:
No, I'm afraid of you!
So let us enlist the help of the law: let them begin.
GREGORIO:
When we're close, I'll frown and let them decide what they want.
Yeah, if they dare. I’ll show them the fig, but if they keep quiet, they’ll be disgraced.
Are you showing us a fig here?
I showed the fig.
I repeat: us?
SAMSON (towards GREGORIO):
The law is on our side if I answer yes?
GREGORIO (towards SAMSON):
No, I didn’t show you the fig, but I did.
GREGORIO:
Are you provoking a fight?
I? Not at all.
And if so, then I am at your service. Our owner is no worse than yours.
But not better either.
GREGORIO (towards SAMOSON):
Tell me which is better. There comes the master's nephew.
No, better.
Sneaky liar!
To arms, if you are men! Gregorio, remember the washing blow18?
Fighting19
BENVOLIO enters
BENVOLIO:
Hey, disperse, you fools! (He hits their swords with his own) Sheathe the sword! Think about what you are doing.
Enter TYBALT
What?! Have you decided to fight the headless herd20? Here I am, Benvolio, look at your death.
BENVOLIO:
I just reconcile them. Put away your sword. Or help me separate them.
Are fighting
Servants of both families enter, joining the fray; then three or four CITIZENS enter with clubs
TOWNSPEOPLE:
Club, pike, spear! Ruby! Kill them! Damn the Capulets! Death to the Montagues!
Old man CAPULET enters in robes and his wife, MADAME CAPULET.
CAPULET:
What's that noise? Give me my long sword21 now!
MRS CAPULET:
Crutch! Crutch! What kind of sword is there?!
CAPULET:
My sword, I say! Montagues are coming,
He waves his blade as if in a logging area.
ENTER OLDER MONTECHI AND MADAME MONTECHI
MONTAUGH:
Despicable Capulet! (to his wife) Get out of the way!
MRS MONTECHI:
Your sore legs carry you to the enemy...
The ruler ESKAL enters with his retinue.
Hey, rebels, opponents of peace,
The profane22 became in the stomachs of the neighbors!
Can't you hear me? You are truly animals
Once you put out the fire of blind anger
Purple fountains from the veins!
On pain of torture from bloody hands
Let go of the brainless weapon
And listen to a strict sentence!
From idle talk, three civil quarrels,
Bloated Montagues and Capulets,
They disturbed the peace of the city three times
And they forced the elderly Veronese people
Take off your posthumous regalia24,
So that with spears rusted in the world,
Separate the swords, corroded by anger25.
Just once again, disturb the peace in Verona,
You will have to pay with your life.
Now everyone get out of sight.
You, Capulet, follow me,
And you, Montague, appear in the evening
Find out our solution in this matter
To the Free City26, where we hold courts.
So, on pain of death, go home!
(Everyone leaves except MONTECHI, MADAME MONTECHI and BENVOLIO)
MONTAUGH:
Who woke up the old quarrel again?
Nephew, did you notice the instigator?
BENVOLIO:
Here were the servants of your enemy
And yours. Everyone was fighting when I arrived.
I stepped in to separate them, and then
Tybalt hurries with a sword, ready to fight,
Challenges me with a whisper in my ear,
The wind cuts like a blade overhead...
And the wind only whistles contemptuously.
While we were beating each other up,
People came running to help them and us,
When the ruler came and separated us.
MRS MONTECHI:
Oh, where is Romeo? Have you seen him?
I'm happy that he didn't get involved in the fight.
BENVOLIO:
An hour before it was light
A face appears in the golden window of the east,
A troubled mind took me for a walk
And there, under the shadow of centuries-old plane trees,
What grows to the west of the city,
I see your son coming so early.
I rush to him, he sees me
And the fishing line hides in the shelter...
Having compared his desires with yours,
Striving only for solitude,
When you are no longer nice to yourself,
I continued my course, not his,
And he missed the one who was glad to hide.
MONTAUGH:
He is often seen there in the mornings
Sprinkling dew with bitter tears
And with the sighs of the flocks that bear fruit27.
But only the brave luminary should
From the eastern distances, pull the canopy
Over the gloomy bed of the sleepy Aurora,
My gloomy son is hurrying home into the darkness,
Locks himself in his personal chambers,
Closes the shutters, drives the sun away
And creates an artificial night.
His struggle with the light looks ominous.
The only way to remove the cause is with advice...
BENVOLIO:
My noble uncle, what is the reason?
MONTAUGH:
I don’t know, and he doesn’t say either.
BENVOLIO:
Did you torture him in any way?
MONTAUGH:
Both myself and through friendships,
But he is an adviser to his own passions,
He is a friend to himself... I don’t know how kind...
But so secret, bosom, close
And so far from self-knowledge...
He's like a bud that squeezes its petals
And he doesn’t show beauty to anyone,
Bitten by an envious worm.
If only we knew the cause of the disease,
We would give him the medicine right away.
Enter ROMEO
BENVOLIO:
Here he comes. Hurry up and leave.
I will find out where his illness lies.
MONTAUGH:
I hope you are lucky enough to find out
His illness is for you. Let's go, mother!
(MONTUCKY and MADAME MONTUCKY leave)
BENVOLIO:
Romeo, good morning!
Is the day so young?
BENVOLIO:
Only nine o'clock struck.
Oh my God! The time of sadness is endless.
Wasn't it my father who left?
BENVOLIO:
He is. What kind of sadness slows time down so much?
Lack of funds that hurries him29.
BENVOLIO:
BENVOLIO:
Outside of love?
Out of favor30 with the one I love.
BENVOLIO:
Alas, love, which is so tender in appearance, is rude and quarrelsome in reality.
Alas, love, although seemingly blind,
Confidently takes us to the edge.
Where can we have a snack?.. God, what happened?!
Don't answer, don't, I heard everything.
They blame it all on hostility. But here is love.
Hostile love! Love's wrath!
Something created out of nothing!
How heavy is lightness! Importance is in vanity!
Ugly is the chaos of apparent forms!
The feather is a leaden weight, the fog is transparent,
In fire there is frost, in health there is illness!
Call the awakening dream whatever you want!
I feel love, but without love...31
Aren't you laughing?
BENVOLIO:
No, rather, I'm crying.
Oh kind soul, why?
BENVOLIO:
Because your soul is in confusion.
Love does not see this as a crime.
The burden of sorrows pressed on my chest.
Your crying won't make it any easier,
And with the love that you show,
You are only adding fuel to the flame.
Love is just the smoke that sighs32 raise.
Clears up - the gaze of love sparkles;
If you get upset, there is a river of tears in love.
She is the madness of a smart mind,
The sweetest nectar of sickening shit.
Goodbye, cousin.
BENVOLIO:
Wait! And I'm with you.
Don't leave me alone with fate.
I'm lost, I'm no longer here,
And the one who is here is not called Romeo...
BENVOLIO:
Tell me with grief, so who do you love?
Should I moan your name?
BENVOLIO:
Moan? No! Just call it sad.
Forcing the patient to make a will,
Thus you multiply his suffering.
I confess sadly: I love a woman.
BENVOLIO:
I didn't miss. Are you in love. I knew.
Excellent shooter! And she's beautiful.
BENVOLIO:
It's a great target that you hit it first.
This is where you, brother, make a mistake.
You can’t scare the mind with an arrow from Dianin33.
She is in the armor of chastity.
She is not afraid of Cupid's joke34.
You can’t put her under siege with words,
You can't burn a hole in the defense with your eyes,
The bolt cannot be seduced by the temptation of gold.
She is rich in beauty, but poor,
After all, beauty will die, just like her35.
BENVOLIO:
Has she bound her flesh with an oath?
Alas, this justified the waste.
After all, beauty, deprived of feeding,
It deprives a generation of happiness.
She torments me so much with her mind,
That will never receive a blessing.
Her vow not to love until the grave
Doomed me to the fate of living as dead.
BENVOLIO:
Take my example: forget her!
Oh, teach me to forget how to think!
BENVOLIO:
Free your eyes, buddy.
See the beauty in others.
But then I
The more often I will remember her.
Those masks that kiss ladies' eyebrows
We are seduced more than we are hidden.
A blind person is unlikely to forget the beauty
Everything he had seen before.
A beauty passed by me -
Actually just a reminder
About the one who surpassed all beauties.
You won't teach me how to forget her...
BENVOLIO:
No, I’ll teach you so you don’t become a debtor36.
Enter CAPULET, PARIS and SERVANT.
CAPULET:
However, as punishment for Montague
He swore the same thing as me.
It’s not difficult for us old people to make peace.
You are both respected people
And it’s a pity that they were still in a quarrel.
What is your answer to matchmaking?
CAPULET:
My answer will be the same as before.
My child recently entered the world,
She is not yet fourteen years old37.
Let the leaves turn yellow twice.
Then, I think, the bride will mature38.
There are many mothers younger than her...
CAPULET:
A young mother gets old quickly.
The earth has devoured all my hopes39,
Besides her, the last one on earth40.
But you, my friend, look for favor
Her; After all, I am only part of her solution.
And if your daughter gives you consent,
In the evening, as in previous years, I
I am waiting for my dear people at the feast.
I invite you, dear Paris
And I carefully include it in the long list.
My humble home welcomes today
A flock of earthly constellations in the sky42.
The delight that we knew in our youth,
When April gave way to the melancholy of winter,
Among the tender crumbs is waiting for you today.
Inherit Him without grieving your heart.
Look at the girls, compare and listen.
Let your best touch your soul,
And the one that struck the majority
It's worth nothing in your eyes.
Come with me.
(TO THE SERVANT, returning the piece of paper to him)
Run around Verona
And find me every person,
Whose name will you see on the list?
You will respectfully invite them to my house.
(CAPULET and PARIS leave)
Find everyone whose name is on this list? Maybe they write here that a shoemaker should work with his ruler, a tailor with his last, a fisherman with a pencil, and a molar with his nets. I was sent to find those people whose names are written down here, but I cannot make out what names this literate person wrote. You need to ask scientists. Easy in sight!43
Enter BENVOLIO and ROMEO.
BENVOLIO:
One fire is extinguished by another fire,
And an attack of pain is treated with new pain.
Spin back, since the spinning is suffocating.
Sadness gnaws at sadness - and now the soul is healthy!
With a fresh infection, wound your eye,
And the old poison will go away immediately like a tear.
Your plantain will be very useful.
BENVOLIO:
But for what?
When you break your leg.
BENVOLIO:
Are you crazy?
No, but in the grip of a straitjacket,
I'm sitting alone in prison, without food,
Exhausted, beaten... Good evening!
Your unhappy fate according to the stars...
Apparently, you learned this without books.
Yes, if I know the letters and language.
And you are honest! Farewell, gentlemen.
Wait, buddy! Let me see.
(reads the paper)
“Signor Martino, daughters and wife; Count Anselme with his beautiful sisters; widow of Vitruvio; Signor Placenzio and his dear nieces; Mercutio with his brother Valentin; my uncle Capulet, his wife and daughters; my niece Rosaline and Livia; Signor Valentino and his cousin Tybalt; Lucio and cheerful Elena."
(returning the paper)
Great choice! And where is the name?
Dine at our house.
Master's.
This is where I had to start...
Now I will answer myself. My master is the great and rich Capulet, and if you are not from the Montague nest, I ask you to come and taste the wine. I wish you good health! (leaves)
BENVOLIO:
To this ancient feast at the Capulet's
Your beauty Rosalina will come
Accompanied by all the brides of Verona.
Go there and look with indifference
Compare it with the other one I chose.
Your love will fly away like a crow.
Whenever the deity of my eyes
Appeared to be false... Tears, to the fire!
I drowned in them, but did not die from them...
Brief conversation with heretics!
More beautiful than my beloved
Haven't seen the white light since the beginning of days.
BENVOLIO:
But how can you love her?
Having not dared to compare with anyone before?
Entrust her love to the crystal scales44
And get ready for a farewell farewell.
After all, the one with whom I am ready to set you up,
She will be eclipsed easily, without further ado.
Let's go, but don't be amazed at the new things,
And only then to enjoy the same.
A room in the Capulet house.
Enter MADAME CAPULET and NURSE
MRS CAPULET:
Where is your daughter, nanny? Call her.
With my innocence at twelve years old45
I swear: I called her. Ah, dragonfly!
Oh my god, where is the minx? Where is Juliet?
JULIET enters
JULIET:
Well? Who called?
Your mother was looking for you.
JULIET:
MRS CAPULET:
The point is... Leave us alone for a while, nanny. We need to whisper. No, come back. I remembered you can listen to us. You know how young my Juliet is.
I know her age from the clock.
MRS CAPULET:
She's not fourteen.
Fourteen of my teeth are ready... although, alas, there are only four left... to pawn: there are no fourteen. How long is there left until Lammas46?
MRS CAPULET:
Two weeks... a little more.
The night before Lammas passes
She is fourteen years old, right on time.
Susanna and she... Lord have mercy...
Women of the same age. Now Susanna is with God47.
I didn't deserve it. However
She will be fourteen on the night of Lammas.
I remember clearly that the earthquake
Eleven happened years ago48,
When I weaned her off my breast.
I will never forget this day.
Then I applied wormwood49 to my nipples,
Sitting in the sun near the dovecote.
You and your husband were just in Mantua.
I'm head over heels. However, baby
I didn’t like the taste of wormwood,
Out of bitterness his stupidity immediately
She was offended by my chest, I remember!
Then the dovecote shook, and I
I had to tick.
Eleven years have passed since then
She knew how to stand, I swear
She knew how to run, waddle,
And even the day before I broke my forehead.
Then my husband (may he rest in peace,
He was a great funny man) takes the child
And he asks: “Did you fall on your face?
Is it clear, Dzhulka?” And I swear to the gods
The child, in tears, mutters “Yes” to him.
I wish I could see the jokes come true!
I am destined to live at least a thousand years,
I won’t forget how “Is that clear, Dzhulka?”
He asked, and the child nodded “Yes.”
MRS CAPULET:
Enough. Please calm down.
Yes, yes, madam. But this is hilarious
How do you remember that she said “Yes”.
I swear there was a lump on her forehead
The size of a rooster's egg.
The bruise hurts, the baby is crying bitterly...
“You,” my husband says, “fell on your face?
Over the years, you learn to fall backwards.
Is it clear, Dzhulka?” She falls silent: “Yes.”
JULIET:
And shut up, nanny, I beg you.
I'm silent, I'm silent. The Lord has marked you!
I have never met more beautiful children than you!
Now I dream of living to see the wedding.
MRS CAPUTELLI:
That's right, about the “wedding” I just wanted to
Talk. Tell me, Juliet,
How do you feel about getting married?
JULIET:
I don't even dream about this honor.
About honor? If only I hadn’t fed you,
I would say: I absorbed my mind with milk.
MRS CAPULET:
So start dreaming. Here in Verona
Younger than you girls from the nobility
Children are born. According to my calculations
At your age I gave you life50,
And you are all about girls... So, in short, listen:
The valiant Paris fell in love with you.
What a man! Yes such men
You can't find it in the world! It's like made of wax51.
MRS CAPULET:
The most beautiful of all Verona's flowers in summer!
Yes, he is a flower! he is a true flower!
MRS CAPULET:
What do you say? Could you fall in love with him?
You will see him at the feast today.
Take a good look at the appearance of young Paris.
Find delight in the strokes of the pen.
Explore the meaning behind every line,
Notice the agreement between one and the other,
And if the book confuses you in some way,
The answer lies in the patterns of his eyes.
This volume of love is only a little loose.
The cover will give it completeness.
How do fish live in the ocean?
So the binding is proud of its contents.
For many topics this volume is only valuable,
That the novel is hidden under a golden castle.
When you share your husband's share,
In the end you don't lose anything.
Are you losing?! No, this makes you fat!
MRS CAPULET:
Well, will you consider his love?
JULIET:
Yes, since examinations excite the blood...
But only so deep will my gaze go,
So as not to stumble upon your reproach there.
SERVANT enters
Madam, the guests are assembled, dinner is served, your name is called, your daughter is asked, the nanny is cursed in the pantry, everything is upside down. I'm running away to serve. Hurry, I beg you!
MRS CAPULET:
Let's go, let's go!
(SERVANT leaves)
Juliet, the Count is visiting.
Go and look for the joy of days in the nights.
Enter ROMEO, MERCUTIO, BENVOLIO, with five or six other MASKS, and TORCHBOARDS.
What kind of speech will we offer for the parish?
Or shall we pass without further apologies?
BENVOLIO:
Boredom is not held in high esteem these days.
We won't blindfold Cupid
And we won’t give him a Tatar bow52,
To frighten the girls with this scarecrow.
And we won’t mumble any prologues
We are at the prompter just for the sake of entry.
Let them evaluate us as they please,
And we will appreciate them - and go on our way.
Hey, torch for me! I am a stranger to their curtseys.
Let light be my burden.
MERCUTIO:
Romeo, dear friend, you must dance.
Not me, believe me. The soles of your shoes
Agile, but my soul is lead
I'm being pressed into the ground - I can't take a step.
MERCUTIO:
The lover is you. On Cupid's wings
You can soar in the heights beyond.
I'm too hurt by his arrow
To soar, and so definitely,
That I cannot reach the limits of sadness.
Under the burden of love I am only drowning...
MERCUTIO:
Burdening love, you will drown.
She is weak for such weight.
Is love weak?! Alas, she is mighty
Rude, noisy and sharp as a thorn.
MERCUTIO:
With rude love, treat rudely.
For being sharp, stab her and beat her.
Give me a case to cover my face.
Face after face! I don't care
To such ugliness that a stranger's gaze will see.
Let the mask blush for me.
BENVOLIO:
Knock and let's go. How do we get in?
We'll all start dancing right away.
Hey, torch for me! And let the fire of hearts
The soulless reeds are trampled by heels53.
I will hide behind an ancient proverb54,
Holding a candle, looking - this is my lot.
If you have won, then retire.
MERCUTIO:
"Retire"? That's what the constables say!
Since you're stuck up to your ears in a quagmire
As if with love, we will get you out.
Let's go, we are burning the sun in vain!
No, it's not like that.
MERCUTIO:
Delay is of no use,
How not to help the daylight with a candle!
Trust the judgment of five minds.
The five senses will hardly allow one to come to him55.
We came here following the mind,
But it's unreasonable...
MERCUTIO:
Is it true? Why?
I was having a dream.
MERCUTIO:
Imagine, I dreamed about it too.
What was yours about?
MERCUTIO:
That it’s not good to believe dreams.
In bed, dreams are harbingers of fate.
MERCUTIO:
The queen56 Meb57 crept into yours?
What serves as a midwife for fairies?
And as tall as a small agate pebble
On the index finger of a nobleman.
The team of small atoms58 is attracted
Along the noses of all those who are fast asleep.
The wheels have spokes made from spider legs,
The cover is made from the light wings of locusts,
The whole harness is made of the finest gossamer,
The collar is made of watery reflections of the moon,
The whip is the thread on the cricket bone,
The driver is a vile, dressed in a gray cloak,
Half the size of a roundworm
Extracted from the finger of a flaxen girl59.
An empty nut serves as her carriage,
And the carpenters were a beetle or a squirrel,
What they have been making for fairies since the old days.
This is how she wanders at night
The foreheads of lovers - they dream of love,
With the foot of a flatterer - and I dream of curtsies,
A lawyer's finger - I dream of money ringing,
The lips of a girl - I dream of kisses,
When your breath smells like sweets,
Meb gets angry and gets blisters.
Here she rushes along the nose of the sycophant,
And he dreams of the smell of profit.
And sometimes the priest's nostril
Scratch the tithe pig's tail60,
And the sleepyhead dreams of a new arrival.
Otherwise it will fly across the soldier’s neck,
And he sees how he cuts the enemy’s throat,
Ambushes, battle, Spanish blades,
Bottomless cups... Drum roll
It hits your ears. He jumps up abruptly
Desecrate61 in fright several prayers,
And back to sleep. This Meb is for the horses
Under the roof of the night he braids his manes,
And the unclean one marks the hair with a tangle,
And as soon as you comb it, you’ll immediately expect trouble.
She is the witch who lies to the lying maidens
Squeezes bellies, teaching patience,
And turning a woman into a vessel.
No, no, Mercutio, that's enough!
You're being idle.
MERCUTIO:
Yes, I'm talking about dreams,
Which are born idle in the brain,
Like the bitter fruit of unfulfilled hopes,
Which are more transparent than ether,
More changeable than the wind that caresses
The snowy surfaces of the northern bosom,
And tomorrow the angry one blows away,
Towards the south, wet with dew.
BENVOLIO:
I'm afraid it's too early. The feeling prophesies to me
Consequences lost in the stars.
A bitterly terrible date will begin
With nightly fun, but the deadline will end
And I"ll try to tell you about this film. In the town of Verona there were two rich families, the Capulets and the Montagues. There was an old quarrel between those two families. One day Capulet made a great supper. At that supper Romeo saw Juliet and fell in love with her at ones.
Juliet had the same feelings. Romeo asked Juliet to marry him. She agreed, but nobody knew about their plan. The next day Romeo and Juliet came to friar and he married them.
Some days passed and Juliet's father told her that she was to marry a young man whose name was Paris. Juliet didn't know what to do. But the friar helped her. He gave her medicine and told her to go home and be ready to marry Paris. But when she drinks that medicine she will sleep for forty - two hours.
Juliet did as the friar told her. Juliet's parents thought that she was dead and put her into the family tomb. When Romeo heard that Juliet was dead he bought some poison and went to the tomb of the Capulets. Paris was there and Romeo killed him.
Then Romeo kissed Juliet on the lips and drank his poison. At this moment Juliet woke up and saw that the young man was dead. Juliet took a dagger that was on the floor and killed herself.
Best movie I've seen (Romeo and Juliet)
Last Tuesday I watched the film "Romeo and Juliet" based on Shakespeare. The acting was excellent, Romeo was played by Leonardo DiCaprio.
I will try to talk about this film. In the city of Verona there were two rich families, the Capulets and the Montagues. Those two families had a long-standing quarrel. One day Capulet organized a big dinner. At this dinner, Romeo saw Juliet and immediately fell in love with her.
Juliet had the same feelings. Romeo asked Juliet to marry him. She agreed, but no one knew about their plan. The next day, Romeo and Juliet came to the monk, and he married them.
A few days passed and Juliet's father said that she needed to marry a young man named Paris. Juliet didn't know what to do. But the monk helped her. He gave her the potion and told her to go home and agree to marry Paris. But when she takes the drug, she will sleep for 42 hours.
Juliet did as the monk said. Juliet's parents thought she was dead and placed her in the family crypt. When Romeo found out that Juliet was dead, he bought poison and went to the Capulet crypt. Paris was there and Romeo killed him.
Then Romeo kissed Juliet on the lips and drank the poison. At that moment, Juliet woke up and saw that the young man was dead. Juliet took the dagger that was lying on the floor and killed herself.
Undoubtedly, this play is one of the most difficult works to translate. The most obvious difficulty is created by the poetic rhythm of the work, not to mention other related difficulties. Table 1 will show how different translation authors dealt with this: Pasternak, Mikhalkovsky, Grigoriev, Radlova, Soroka, and Shchepkina-Kupernik.
Table 1
Features of the translation of the work “Romeo and Juliet” by different translators
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1. Prince. Rebellious subjects, enemies to peace, Profaners of this neighbor-stained steel-Will they not hear? What, ho! you men, you beasts, That quench the fire of your pernicious rage With purple fountains issuing from your veins! |
Prince. Traitors, killers of silence, Contaminating iron with brotherly blood! Not people, but likenesses of animals, Extinguishing the fire of mortal strife Streams of red liquid from the veins! |
Prince. Rebels, enemies of peace, Disgracing their swords with blood Extinguishing the fire of their enmity From your veins! |
Prince. Rioters! Calm enemies Desecrating swords of fellow citizens with blood! Can't you hear? Hey! People! animals, The fire of its destructive enmity. Ready to extinguish with a crimson current Lived his own! |
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You, rebellious enemies of peace, staining steel with the blood of their neighbors, Can't you hear me? You are people-beasts, extinguishing the fire of mortal malice. With the crimson streams of your veins, |
Prince Troublemakers, enemies of our world, who blasphemously raised against their neighbors Weapons!.. They don’t hear. Hey, beast, quenching your hostility and predatory rage with your blood! |
Rioters! Who is disturbing the peace? Who defiles his sword with the blood of his neighbors? They don't listen! Hey, hey, you people! Animals! You extinguish the fire of criminal malice with a purple stream from your veins. |
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To hear true font. Come, madam, let's away, |
ROMEO enters. Benvolio. And here he is. You are here as if by accident. You'll see, I'll get to the secret. Montagues. Let's go wife. Let's leave them alone Like a confessor with a confessor |
Romeo appears in the distance. Benvolio. Ah, here he is. Go away; - will try. Find out his sadness, but I can’t guarantee. Montagues. Oh, if only you could achieve it - what caused it in him! Let's go, let's go, wife. |
ROMEO appears in the distance. Benvolio. He was sincere! Wife, let's go home! |
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Romeo enters. Montagues. May your game be happy, To find out the truth. Let's go, it's time! |
Romeo enters. Benvolio. Yes, here he is. Leave us alone. I find out what kind of verse I found on it. Montagues. I wish you success. Let's go, wife. We're just a nuisance here. |
Benvolio. Here he comes. Stay away. I hope that he will open up to me! Montagues. I would like you to hear his entire confession soon! - Let's go, signora! |
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3. Enter Capulet, County Paris, and -the Clown. Cap. But Montague is bound as well as I, In penalty alike; and "tis not hard, I think, For men so old as we to keep the peace. Par. Of honorable reckoning are you both, And pity "tis you liv"d at odds so long. |
Enter CAPULET, PARIS and SERVANT Capulet. Montague and I were fined. Would it be difficult to live in harmony? Paris. Yes, it's strange. Two venerable elders - And for some reason always at knifepoint. However, you did not give me an answer. |
Enter Capulet, Paris and a servant. Capulet. The same fine was imposed on the Montagues as on me; and for us, two old men, I think it would not be difficult to live in the world of Paris. You are both deeply respected, And it’s a pity that your discord continues. |
Enter CAPULET, PARIS and SERVANT Capulet. Montague, like me, is punished; Under equal penalties. It’s not difficult, really, Peace be kept for two old men like us. Paris. You are both respected equally And it's a pity that you were in a quarrel for so long |
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Enter Capulet, Paris and Servant. Capulet Montague is punished, just like me. One penny. I think it’s not difficult for two old people not to disturb the peace. Paris You are both respected people, And it’s a pity that you live in a long-standing quarrel. |
Street. Enter Capulet, Paris and a servant. Capulet The same penalty was imposed And to Montague. In our years It would seem that it is not difficult to maintain peace. Paris. You are both respected and noble, And it’s a pity that a long-standing dispute divided you. |
Enter Capulet, Paris and a servant. Capulet We're both the same as Montagues Punished; and I think it's not difficult We old people would like to live in peace. Paris. In virtues you are equal to each other; And it’s a pity that your discord lasts so long. |
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4. Enter Benvolio and Romeo. One desperate grief cures with another"s language |
Enter BENVOLIO and ROMEO. Benvolio. Be quiet, my friend. Fire is met with fire, Trouble - trouble and illness cure illness, By circling in reverse the circling is stopped, And you argue with misfortune in the same way. |
Enter Romeo and Benvolio. Benvolio. One fire is lost in another, Suffering will be reduced by suffering; If your head is spinning, Make her spin again; One sorrow will be healed by another: |
Enter BENVOLIO and ROMEO. Benvolio. Eh, my dear! Knock out wedge with wedge, Put out fire with fire, ease suffering Other suffering!.. If your head is spinning - Spin it in the other direction, it will pass! Pain must be treated with pain. |
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Enter Benvolio and Romeo. Benvolio. Believe me, one fire will devour another, The sadness of another will be reduced by sadness, A new pain will heal the pain with itself, And otherwise your head will spin. |
Enter Benvolio and Romeo. Benvolio. Give it up. They extinguish another with one fire, and dull the pain with another pain, and drown out grief with a new misfortune, And the dizziness is stopped by spinning in reverse. |
Enter Benvolio and Romeo. Oh, this comes in handy! Benvolio If you feel dizzy, Spin in the other direction - it will help! One fire will burn the other, Any pain can be driven away by another. |
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5. Enter Capulet's Wife, and Nurse. God forbid! Where's this girl? What, Juliet! |
Enter LADY CAPULET and THE NURSE. Lady Capulet. Nurse, rather: where is Juliet? Nurse. I swear by my former innocence, I called. Juliet, where are you? What a fidget! Where did my little darling go? |
Signora Capulet Nurse, where is my daughter? Call Her to me. Nurse I swear I already called her. Lamb, fluttering bird! Oh, Lord, where is she? - Juliet! |
Enter SIGNORA CAPULET and THE NURSE. Maiden's honor is a guarantee! Oh, you little bird! Where's the goat? Where are you, Juliet? |
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Enter Mrs. Capulet and the Nurse. Lady Capulet Where is my daughter? Call her now! The nurse, I swear by my virginity at ten years old, has already called. Lamb! Birdie! Where is the girl? Oh god, where is Juliet? |
Signora Capulet and the nurse enter. Signora Capulet Tell me, nanny, where is my daughter? Nanny. I swear on my girlhood At twelve years old, still intact, I already called. Where are you, Juliet? Hey, dove! Girl, where are you? |
Signora Capulet and the nurse enter. Signora Capulet Where is my daughter? Send her to me Nurse! Nurse. my innocence At twelve years old - I swear, I've been around for a long time Called her. - My little lamb, little bird! Where did she go? A? Juliet! |
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6. Nurse. Even or odd, of all days in the year, Come Lammas Eve at night shall she be fourteen. Susan and she (God rest all Christian souls!) Were of an age. Well, Susan is with God; |
Nurse. With or without excess, that’s not what the debate is about, but she’ll get a fourteenth blowjob on Peter’s Day, I’m telling you right. She and Susanna - God rest her! - were the same age. But I wasn’t worth it, and God took it away. |
Nurse Well, it’s equal to two, or a little, but only She will be fourteen years old On the eve of Peter's Day; my Susanna She is the same age - may she rest in peace All Christian souls are Lord Susanna is with Him; I was unworthy Have it. |
Nurse. Well, is there less or more... it's a matter Not that. On the very, on Peter's day, on the night, Fourteen years old gives her a blowjob Susanna - God rest her - If only she were equal... God took Susanna away Know for my sins... |
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Nurse Well, two or more, only I know - On the night of Peter the Fourteenth she got a blowjob. Susanna (may she rest in peace) was the same age, but God took it away. I was unworthy of her. |
Then she will turn fourteen. She is the same age as my Susanna. The Lord took my Susannochka. Apparently I was unworthy of her. |
Nurse Well, on Peter's day to night And she’ll have a blowjob when she’s fourteen years old. She was with my Susanna (kingdom Heavenly to all Christian souls!) Same age. God took Susanna away. Oh, I wasn't worth it! |
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7. Rom. What, shall this speech be spoken for our excuse? Ben. The date is out of such prolixity. |
Romeo. Should we read the greeting in verse? Or go in without further ado? Benvolio. No, this is not in use nowadays. |
Romeo. Should we say something upon entering? Or just go in, without preamble? Benvolio. They are no longer in fashion; |
Romeo. Well, how? With an apology speech Benvolio. The fashion has already passed on the outskirts, |
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Well, shall we say something when we enter? Or will we enter there without a greeting? Benvolio. Such verbosity is not in fashion. |
And this prepared speech Shall we tell? Or shall we enter without announcement? Benvolio. All these outdated tricks: |
Well, we'll give a speech of apology Or will we just go in without any explanation? Benvolio. No, verbosity is no longer in fashion these days. |
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8. Cap. Welcome, gentlemen! Ladies that have their toes Unplagu"d with corns will have a bout with you |
Capulet. Hello, gentlemen! Ladies without calluses We have enough work until the morning. |
Capulet Welcome, greetings, gentlemen. All the ladies who are on their feet There are no calluses, they will dance with you. |
Capulet. Sirs, you are welcome! Job It will be for you if the ladies’ legs don’t suffer Calluses... |
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Capulet Come in, gentlemen. Will fight us Those ladies who don't have calluses. |
Capulet You are welcome, gentlemen! Our Ladies don't have calluses. Dance They are all happy to be with you. |
Capulet Welcome! And let those ladies Whose feet do not suffer from calluses, They will dance with you! |
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9. Chor. Now old desire doth in his deathbed lie, And young affection gapes to be his heir; That fair for which love groan"d for and would die, With tender Juliet match"d, is now not fair. |
Chorus. Former passion lies on his deathbed, And a new one replaced it. And Romeo's ex is dearer than everyone else I'm no longer cute in front of Juliet. |
Chorus. The old passion suddenly cooled, And a new passion replaced it; The one who captured Romeo's heart Lost power over this heart; |
Chorus. On his deathbed, the former passion dies out And eagerly awaits a new inheritance: The beauty that confused the dreamer's peace, Faded before Juliet's beauty. |
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Chorus. On the bed of death is old love, And young passion is already looking at the door; The beauty to which he dedicated his blood, With Juliet next to him, is not beauty now. |
So the former passion is gone. It was replaced by young passion. I couldn’t bear comparison with Juliet, The former wonder has lost its power. |
Former passion is swallowed up by the grave - A new passion awaits her inheritance, And she faded before sweet Juliet, Who was previously the crown of beauty. |
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10. Romeo! humours! madman! passion! lover! Appear thou in the likeness of a sigh; |
Romeo! Crazy adorer! Stand before me like a cloud, like a sigh! |
Romeo! passion, lover, crazy, Blessed! appear before us in the form of a sigh, |
Hey Romjo! Hey you, norov! passion! madness! Come to us even in the form of a sigh; |
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Romeo, jester, madman, passion, lover! Appear under the guise of a sigh |
Oddball! Madman! Hot admirer! Appear to us like an embodied sigh, |
Romeo, passion, love, ardent madman, Freaky! Appear at least in the form of a sigh! |
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11. But soft! What light through yonder window breaks? It is the East, and Juliet is the sun! |
But what kind of shine do I see on the balcony? There is light there. Juliet, you are like daylight! |
But, hush, what is that light in her window? It is the east, and in it Juliet is the sun. |
But be quiet! What kind of light flashed in the window? ABOUT! then - sunrise! Juliet is the sun! |
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But what kind of light flashes in that window? There is a golden east; Juliet is the sun! |
But shh! What is that glow there in the window? It is sunrise, and the sun in it is Juliet. |
But be quiet! What kind of light flashed in the window? Oh, there's the east! Juliet is the sun. |
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12. Friar. The grey-ey"d morning smiles on the frowning night, Check"ring the Eastern clouds with streaks of light; |
The night is angry, and the day is stealthy Paints clouds with paint. |
With a smile on a gloomy night, Dappling the east, the eyes of the morning star look; |
Lorenzo. The clear smile of the gray-eyed dawn Stripes of light from the clouds of the east, |
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In the gloomy night, the day looks laughing, And the clouds are dappled with rays and the shadows are driven away, |
The eastern clouds are already dawning Colorful, and the gloomy darkness of the night, Like a sleepy drunkard, he runs away |
The grey-eyed dawn has already smiled, The clouds of the east are spotted with light. Like a drunkard, with the wrong foot From the road of the day, staggering, the darkness of the night |
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13. What early tongue so sweet salutes me? Young son, it argues a distempered head So soon to bid good morrow to your bed. |
Oh, is that you? Are you completely healthy? What woke up before the roosters? |
Whose greetings do I hear at such an early hour? My son, why did you get up so early? You must be upset about something |
It’s not a very good sign, my son, If someone says goodbye to his bed before dawn, |
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Whose affectionate greetings do I hear so early? My son, you have proven a disorder of feelings Because I got out of bed quickly today. |
The Lord be with you. What to raise And bring you to your cell so early Could it? This is strange for a young person. |
Lord be it Blessed! But who awakens my ears? Gentle greetings at such an early hour? O my son, I must be driven by melancholy The one who leaves the bed so early. |
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14.Mer. Where the devil should this Romeo be? Came he not home tonight? Ben. Not to his father's. I spoke with his man. |
Mercutio. Where the hell are this Romeo? Was he at home tonight? Benvolio. No. I managed there. |
Mercutio Where the hell was he? I didn’t return home that night Benvolio. Yes; he didn't spend the night there: I asked his servant. |
Mercutio. Where the hell did this Romjo go? Tell me, did he come to the house at night? Benvolio. In my father's - no! I asked the servant |
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Mercutio Where the hell did Romeo go? Did he spend the night at home? Benvolio. Didn't spend the night. I spoke to the servant. |
Mercutio Where the hell did Romeo go? He didn't spend the night at home, did he? Benvolio. No. I spoke to his servant. |
Mercutio Where the hell did Romeo go? Was he never home? Benvolio. No, I spoke to his servant. |
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15. Ben. Here comes Romeo! here comes Romeo! Mer. Without his roe, like a dried herring. O flesh, flesh, how art thou fishified! |
Benvolio. Look, no way, Romeo! Mercutio. Power with power, like a dried herring! O poor human flesh, how much have you become like a fish! |
Benvolio. Here comes Romeo, - Romeo comes! Mercutio. He is like a dried herring without caviar. Poor body! it's made of meat turned into a fish. |
Benvolio. Here he is - Romjo! here he is - Romjo! Mercutio. Just bones and skin: like dried herring! You fish, fish!.. |
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Benvolio. Here comes Romeo, here comes Romeo! Mercutio. Without his soul mate, he is like a herring without milk. Oh meat, meat, how crazy you are! |
Benvolio. And here comes Romeo, and here comes Romeo to us! Mercutio. Sluggish, like dried herring. O juicy flesh, how you have withered like a fish! |
Benvolio. Here comes Romeo, here comes Romeo! Mercutio. Completely dried herring without milk. Eh, meat, meat, you've completely become |
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In half an hour she "promis"d to return. |
Juliet. I sent the nurse away at nine. She wanted to run away in half an hour. |
Juliet. I sent the nanny at nine o'clock sharp, And she promised me to return After half an hour. |
Juliet. It struck nine when the nanny sent away, And she wanted to go in half an hour... |
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Juliet. When I sent the nanny it was nine; She promised to be back in half an hour. |
Juliet. When I sent the nanny, it was striking nine. She said in half an hour Will return. |
Juliet. I sent a nurse as soon as It struck nine. After half an hour She promised me to return. |
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17. Here comes the lady. O, so light a foot Will ne"er wear out the everlasting flint. |
Here she is. Such a light foot I haven’t walked on these slabs yet. |
Here she is. - With such a light leg These flint slabs cannot be erased. |
Here's the signora. ABOUT! such a light foot I haven't stepped on the platform in ages. |
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The bride is coming. So light is the foot that it would never erase stones. |
Here comes Juliet. Her light step Will not wear out the floor tiles forever. |
Here she is. Like a light leg Do not trample durable slabs forever. |
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18. Cap. When the sun sets the air doth drizzle dew, It rains downright. |
Capulet. The sunset is accompanied by dew, The nephew's sunset is marked by rain. |
Capulet As the day sets, the dew falls to the ground, But my nephew's sunset Brought us rain. |
Capulet. As the sun rises, dew falls on the ground, But after the sunset of my brother's son The rain is pouring down... |
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Capulet. As the sun sets, the dew falls, But my nephew's sunset is drenched in rain. |
Capulet. The ground is wet with dew at sunset. But Tybalt's sunset is no longer dewy Wet and persistent rains. |
Capulet. The dew comes down as the sun sets; But after poor Tybalt left It's pouring rain. |
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19. Par. Happily met, my lady and my wife! Jul. That may be, sir, when I may be a wife. Par. That may be must be, love, on Thursday next. Jul. What must be shall be. |
Paris. Happy moment, wonderful wife! Juliet. We don't belong to each other yet. Paris. On Thursday you will become my wife. Juliet. Everything is in the will of God! |
Paris. I'm happy to have met you, signorina, My wife. Juliet. Perhaps, if only Can I be a wife? Paris. You must And you will be my wife on Thursday. Juliet. What should be, will be. |
Paris. Here's a happy meeting, oh my Signora and my wife! Juliet. I will only be her when I get married. Paris. Yes, it will be, it should be on Thursday, My love. Juliet. What will be will be. |
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Paris. I'm happy to see you, my wife! Juliet. This may be the case when I become a wife. Paris. Darling, this is how it should be on Thursday. Juliet. What should be will be. |
Paris. Hello my wife and madam! Juliet. Such premature greetings. Paris. It's Thursday. Juliet. And rain on Thursday. Well, whatever happens, we can’t avoid it. |
Paris. I am happy to meet my wife here! Juliet. Yes, if I can become your wife. Paris. So it will be, it should be: on Thursday - our marriage. Juliet. What should be will be. |
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20. Par. Give me your torch, boy. Hence, and stand aloof. Yet put it out, for I would not be seen. |
Paris. Give me the torch and go. I think no: Blow it out. I don't want to be seen. |
Or not, blow it out: I wouldn’t want it, For anyone to see me here. |
Paris. Give me the torch, page! Go and stand apart! No! take him away! I don't want Be visible |
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No, better turn it off; let no one Doesn't see me. |
Or not, blow it out, otherwise they will see me. |
Analysis of translations based on table 1:
Grigoriev's translation is particularly complex. Clarity was never part of Grigoriev's critical talent. It was not without reason that the extreme confusion and darkness of the presentation scared the public away from his works.
“Rom. What, shall this speech be spoken for our excuse?
Or shall we on without apology?
Ben. The date is out of such prolixity."
"Romeo. Well, how? With an apology speech
Or will we go in without excuses?
Benvolio. The fashion has already passed on the outskirts,”
“The clear smile of the gray-eyed dawn
The gloomy night drives away and turns golden
Stripes of light from the clouds of the east, "
Grigoriev also tries to follow the original, which sometimes sounds very ridiculous in the original version:
Wife. Nurse, where's my daughter? Call her forth to me.
Nurse. Now, by my maidenhead at twelve year old,
I bade her come. What, lamb! what a ladybird!
“Enter SIGNORA CAPULET and THE NURSE.
Signora Capulet. Nurse, where is your daughter? Call her out!
Nurse. Yes, I clicked; here's my old one
Maiden's honor is a guarantee!
Oh, you little bird!
Oh, you little sheep! Lord have mercy!
Where's the goat? Where are you, Juliet?
Grigoriev's translation does not feel the rhythm of the original. In an effort to maintain the high style of the work, the translator’s text does not feel light, the lines are always different, the rhythm is lost, and in some places it even comes down to the usual translation:
Ben. See where he comes. So please you step aside,
I"ll know his grievance, or be much denied.
Mon. I would thou wert so happy by thy stay
“ROMEO appears in the distance.
Benvolio.
Here he is. You better get out of here...
I’ll find out if it’s not, but I’ll try.
Montagues. God bless you! At least he's with you
He was sincere! Wife, let’s go home!”
In Mikhailovsky's translation one can feel the rhythm of the original:
“Prince.” Rebellious subjects, enemies to peace,
Profaners of this neighbor-stained steel-
Will they not hear?
What, ho! you men, you beasts,
That quench the fire of your pernicious rage
With purple fountains issuing from your veins!
“Prince. Rebels, enemies of peace,
Disgracing their swords with blood
Fellow citizen! Hey! - don’t they hear?.. People, animals,
Extinguishing the fire of their enmity
Destructive purple jets
From your veins!
It can also be said that Mikhailovsky does not use words that are too difficult to understand; it is clear that he keeps to the middle:
"Enter Capulet"s Wife, and Nurse.
Wife. Nurse, where's my daughter? Call her forth to me.
Nurse. Now, by my maidenhead at twelve year old,
I bade her come. What, lamb! what a ladybird!
God forbid! Where"s this girl? What, Juliet!"
“Signora Capulet and the nurse enter.
Signora Capulet
Nurse, where is my daughter? Call
Her to me.
Nurse
My innocence at twelve years old
I swear I already called her.
Lamb, fluttering bird!
Oh, Lord, where is she? - Juliet!
A distinctive feature of Radlova's translation is its simplicity and ease. Its translation does not contain any complex structures, there are no sublime words, which provides the maximum opportunity for understanding the original:
“Cap. When the sun sets the air doth drizzle dew,
But for the sunset of my brother's son
It rains downright."
“Capulet. With the sunset the dew falls, But my nephew the sunset is drenched in rain.”
Excessive simplicity and freedom in translation confused critics of that time, for example, even K.I. Chukovsky accused Radlova of comprehensively coarsening her works.
Ben. See where he comes. So please you step aside,
I"ll know his grievance, or be much denied.
Mon. I would thou wert so happy by thy stay
To hear true font. Come, madam, let "s away,"
“Romeo enters.
Benvolio. Here he comes. I'll forgive you, go away
I will find out everything, or all the threads will be tangled.
Montagues. May your game be happy, To find out the truth. Let's go, it's time!
The enormous merit of Boris Pasternak in translating Shakespeare's play "Romeo and Juliet" lies in the fact that, translating primarily for the theater, he decisively broke with literalism, striving for internal rather than external similarity. Take for example the conversation between two servants at the very beginning of Romeo and Juliet. Here is the literal translation: “Gregory, honestly, we will not carry coals.” “No, otherwise we would become coal miners.” “I want to say: if we get angry, we will draw our swords.” “While you are alive, don’t get your neck caught in a noose.” The whole “salt” here is in puns: “Carrying coals” is doing the most pitiful, shameful job for a “noble lackey.” Pasternak superbly recreates the very spirit of these puns pouring in one after another: “Remember, Grigory, don’t hit your face in the dirt. - What are you. On the contrary. Just get caught in the face with dirt. - We’ll give them a bath. - We’d like to get away with it ourselves.” Dialogues of this kind in Pasternak are always lively and clear.
As can be seen from this example, Pasternak follows the path of “free translation”. At first glance, it may seem that he is simply reviving the traditions of the school of those old translators who did not so much strive to recreate the original as retell it in their own words.
“But soft! What light through yonder window breaks?
It is the East, and Juliet is the sun!”
“But what kind of shine do I see on the balcony?
There is light there. Juliet, you are as clear as day!”
After reading this translation, you will immediately notice that the lush colors of the “elegant Renaissance” have faded somewhat in it. Everything was illuminated with soft, white, daylight. Somehow the stormy, all-consuming flame of Shakespeare's passions softened; but there was more warmth, more sincerity in the feelings of the two young lovers.
The translation also contains deviations from the semantic content of the original. In some cases, he does not modify, but rather simplifies Shakespeare's thought.
"Friar." The grey-ey"d morning smiles on the frowning night,
Check"ring the Eastern clouds with streaks of light;"
“The night is angry, and the day is stealthily
Paints clouds with paint"
Pasternak’s translation preserves Shakespeare’s aphorism and pathos, for example in the words of Romeo:
Love brought me here.
Walls don't stop her.
If Pasternak's translation is more of a free translation, then Shchepkina-Kupernik's translation has a more careful approach: she better preserves the style of the original, uses more appropriate words and comparisons. For example, the famous: “Good pilgrim, you do wrong your hand too much, wich mannerly devotion shows in this...” Shchepkina-Kupernik translates the image and sound similar: “Dear pilgrim, you are too strict with your hand, only piety in her...", and Pasternak translates: "Holy Father, shaking hands is legal. Shaking hands is a natural greeting..." Maybe the general meaning is preserved, but there is no music. If Shakespeare says “pilgrim” and we can say “pilgrim” in Russian, then in principle there is no need to replace this word with a synonym. Yes, and I don’t really want to call Romeo a holy father, although “father” here means a monk or priest, but still this word does not sound in relation to a handsome, ardent young man, just as “holy mother” does not sound in relation to Juliet. There is another not entirely successful, in my opinion, place in Pasternak, when Signora Capulet speaks to Juliet about Paris’s matchmaking: “Speak briefly, can you like of Paris” love?” And Juliet replies: “I”ll look to like, if looking liking move..." Shchepkina-Kupernik translates this as follows: "As you look at his love, answer." - “I’ll try to look kindly...” Pasternak translates: “Well, will you take care of his special one?” - “I don’t know yet, I need to do a test...” - it sounds like this is a conversation between two experienced courtesans, which hurts the ear a little. True, one can also find oddities in Shchepkina-Kupernik. Juliet ends the exchange of allegories and kisses in Shakespeare with the words “You kiss by th” book, in place of which in Shchepkina-Kupernik there is “The guilt has been removed from you”, in Pasternak - “My friend, where did you learn to kiss?”, and in Mikhalovsky - “You, pilgrim, kiss according to the breviary.” (perhaps the most correct of the three options).
The translation of Hosea Magpies was made relatively recently. His translation shows how the line between a free translation and the transmission of the original’s thoughts is observed:
“Enter Benvolio and Romeo.
Ben. Tut, man, one fire burns out another"s burning;
One pain is lessoned by another"s anguish;
Turn giddy, and be holp by backward turning;
One desperate grief cures with another"s language"
“Enter Benvolio and Romeo.
Benvolio. Give it up. After all, one fire extinguishes another,
And the pain is dulled by other pain,
And grief is drowned out by new misfortune,
And the dizziness stops by spinning backwards.”
Hosea Soroka has the rare gift of turning Shakespeare's original to us with such facets, revealing its hidden meanings to our eyes.
The translator frees and cleanses Shakespeare's text from later sentimental-romantic layers, from pseudo-classical rhetoric - he returns to Shakespeare's poetry the broad and free breath of the era that created him.
“Rom. I must indeed; and therefore came I hither.
Good gentle youth, tempt not a desp"rate man.
Fly hence and leave me. Think upon these gone;
Let them affright them. I beseech thee, youth,
But not another sin upon my head
By urging me to fury. O, be gone!
By heaven, I love thee better than myself,
For I come hither arm"d against myself.
Stay not, be gone. Live, and hereafter say
A madman's mercy bid thee run away."
“I’m going to my death.
Then I came.
Dear young man, don’t tease trouble.
Run away from here. Remember the dead
And be afraid. Oh don't make me angry
And don’t hang a new sin around my neck.
I love you more than myself.
After all, I came here to commit suicide.
Leave without delay, live -
And you will say yourself, saved from death,
That a madman spared you.”
Having analyzed Table 1, it was revealed: Grigoriev is a translator and writer of the old school who preferred free translation. Also in the translation there are complex and sublime words that complicate the understanding of the text. Mikhailovsky, as a translator who knows several European languages, tried to preserve the rhythm and beauty of the original. Radlova, a translator and poet, makes her translation simple and easy. Pasternak broke with literalism, striving for internal rather than external similarity. Shchepkina-Kupernik, as a translator-writer, has a careful approach to the translation of Shakespeare: she better preserves the style of the original, and also selects appropriate words and comparisons. Hosea Soroka, an experienced translator of English-language literature, frees the original from unnecessary rhetoric and layers, which returns broad and free breath to Shakespeare's poetry. Hosea Soroka's translation is a fresh look at old things.
Characters
Escalus, Duke of Verona.
Paris, a young patrician, is his relative.
Montagues and Capulets are the heads of two families at war with each other.
Uncle Capulet.
Romeo, son of Montague.
Mercutio, relative of the Duke, friend of Romeo.
Benvolio, nephew of Montague and friend of Romeo.
Tybaldo, nephew of Capulet's wife.
Lorenzo, Giovanni - Franciscan monks.
Balthasar, Romeo's servant.
Samson, Gregorio - Capulet servants.
Pietro, servant of Juliet's nurse.
Abramo, Montague's servant.
Pharmacist.
Three musicians.
An officer.
Page Mercutio.
Paris's page.
Signora Montague.
Signora Capulet.
Juliet, daughter of Capulet.
Juliet's nurse.
Verona citizens, relatives and relatives of both warring families, masks, guards and servants.
The location is Verona, one scene of Act V is Mantua.
Prologue
The Choir enters.
Choir
Two noble families, equal
Venerable ones, they lived in Verona,
But hatred tormented them for a long time, -
They were always at odds with each other.
Their strife led them to vengeance,
And their hands were stained with blood;
But they produced two hearts,
To the evil of enmity, burning with love,
And the sad fate of two loving people
The ancient discord has ceased.
The names of those fierce struggles,
Lovers' death, their passionate love's strength, -
This is what we will depict for you here,
I ask you for two hours of patience,
And if we miss something, we'll give it to you
We are in action on the stage of explanation.
Act I
Scene 1
City square in Verona. Samson and Gregorio enter, armed with swords and shields.
Samson
Gregorio, I guarantee that we will not allow anyone to spit in our faces!
Gregorio
Still would! The face is not a spittoon.
Samson
I want to say that when we are angry, we will quickly draw our swords from their scabbards.
Gregorio
And while you are alive, don’t get into trouble.
Samson
When I'm pissed off, I'm quick to strike.
Gregorio
But it won’t be long before you can be riled up enough to get hit.
Samson
Every dog from the Capulet house drives me crazy.
Gregorio
To go out means to move, and to be brave means to stand strong; therefore, if you lose your temper, you will become afraid and run away.
Samson
The dog of the house of Capulet will make me stand strong; I’ll definitely hit the wall, fighting off every man or girl from this house.
Gregorio
Well, it’s clear that you are a weak slave: only the weakest are pinned to the wall.
Samson
Right; Therefore, women, as weaker vessels, are always pushed against the wall. I will push the Montague servants away from the wall, and I will push the maids against the wall.
Gregorio
But our masters are quarreling, and we are only their servants.
Samson
It does not matter. I will show myself as a tyrant: having beaten the men, I will not give mercy to the girls either: I will rip off their heads.
Gregorio
Will you rip the girls' heads off?
Samson
Well, yes, or their virginity, take it as you wish.
Gregorio
Those who feel should understand.
Samson
They will feel me; I stand up for myself; I'm known to be a healthy piece of meat.
Gregorio
It's good that you're not a fish; If you were a fish, you would be no good for hell. Take out your tool: there are people coming from the Montague house.
Abramo and Balthazar enter.
Samson
My weapon is drawn. Start a fight, and I will be behind you and support you.
Gregorio
Yes, you will run away!
Samson
Don't worry about me.
Gregorio
I'm not worried about you, damn it! Worry about you!
Samson
Let the law be on our side: let them begin.
Gregorio
I will furrow my brows as they pass us; let them take it as they wish.
Samson
That is, how dare they. I will bite my finger on them, and it will be a shame for them if they put up with it.
Abramo
Are you the one who bit your finger on us, sir?
Samson
(addressing Gregorio)
Will the law be on our side if I say yes?
Gregorio
Samson
No, sir, not on you, I just bit my finger.
Gregorio
Do you want to start a quarrel, sir?
Abramo
A quarrel? What quarrel? No, sir.
Samson
If you wish, I am at your service, sir. I am in the service of a master who is no worse than yours.
Abramo
And no better.
Samson
Okay, sir.
Benvolio appears in the distance.
Gregorio
Admit it's better. Here comes one of my master's relatives.
Samson
Yes, better, sir.
Abramo
Samson
Take out your swords if you are men. Gregorio, remember your famous blow.
(They fight.)
Benvolio enters.
Benvolio
Be gone, fools! Sheathe your swords; you don't know what you're doing.
(Knocks the swords out of their hands.)
Tybaldo enters.
Tybaldo
With a sword in hand, among these worthless servants!
Turn around, Benvolio, look
To your death.
Benvolio
I bring peace
No more. Sheathe your sword
Or help me separate this bastard.
Tybaldo
You take out your sword and talk about peace!
I hate that word just as much
Like hell, like all the Montagues and you.
Coward, defend yourself!
(They fight.)
Various adherents of both families enter, then citizens come running with sticks and reeds.
First Citizen
Hey! halberds, clubs and reeds!
Beat them! Down with the Montagues, Capulets!
Enter Capulet in a dressing gown and Signora Capulet.
Capulet
What's all this noise? Give me my long sword!
Signora Capulet
Crutch, crutch! Why do you need your sword?
Capulet
Sword, I say! Old Montague is coming,
He waves his blade,
With a threat to me.
Enter Montague and Signora Montague.
Montagues
Wretched Capulet!
(To my wife.)
Let me in!
Signora Montague
You won’t take a single step;
I won’t allow you to attack the enemy.
The Duke and his retinue enter.
Duke
Rebels, enemies of peace,
Disgracing their swords with blood
Fellow citizen! Hey! – don’t they hear?.. People, animals,
Extinguishing the fire of their enmity
Destructive purple jets
From your veins! On pain of torture, stop
Weapons from bloody hands
And listen to the angry prince.
Three times already internecine strife,
Of trifles, you old Capulet,
And you, Montagues, disturbed the peace
On the streets of Verona, forcing
Its citizens, sedately taking off their attire,
Grab the old reeds,
So that in your inveterate enmity
Take part, when again?
Dare to break the silence
On the streets, then you are with your life
Responsible for the outraged world.
This time let everyone else
They go away; you, old Capulet,
Come with me, and you, Montague, to our
The court of justice will come to us, in the afternoon,
To listen to our further orders.
Everyone - get away from here, under penalty of death!
The Duke, his retinue, Capulet with Lady Capulet, citizens and servants leave.
Montagues
Who reignited the old enmity?
Were you here when the quarrel arose?
Benvolio
No; your enemy and your servant
They were already gathered when I approached;
I wanted to separate them, but at that moment
Fiery Tybaldo appeared,
With a sword in hand; he insulted me
Waving your sword over your head
Through the air that only whistled
In response to him, as if with contempt.
While we were exchanging
With blows; more and more flocked
People from two warring sides,
To take part in the general dump,
Until our Duke separated them.
Signora Montague
Have you seen Romeo today?
I'm so glad that he wasn't there
During this fight! Where is he?
Benvolio
Signora,
An hour before at the golden window
The sun showed its face to the East,
Excited, I went out to wander
And in that fig grove to the west
It lies from the city, I saw
At such an early hour Romeo wandered.
I headed towards him, but I
Having noticed, he disappeared into the thicket of the forest.
I realized, judging by myself, that he
Is in that state of mind
In which we wish the more strongly
To get away from everyone, the more they look for us;
And, busy with himself, he didn’t
Disturb him by giving in to his thoughts.
I was glad to avoid meeting with him
Who ran from me, wanting to hide.
Montagues
We've seen him in the grove many times,
During the hours of the morning; cold dew
Romeo strengthened there with tears
And he added new clouds to the clouds
Through the mists of your deep sighs.
But only the farthest edge of the east
Illuminated by the all-pleasing sun,
There's barely any shady cover
He will begin to lift from Aurora’s bed,
My sad son is in a hurry to go home, -
And he locked himself in his room alone;
He drives the daylight out of there,
He closes all the windows there tightly
And creates an artificial night.
Romeo's dark despair
It will bring such despondency,
If no one saves him with advice,
It will not eliminate the cause of his melancholy.
Benvolio
Do you know her, my dear uncle?
Montagues
I don't know and I can't find out
From Romeo himself.
Benvolio
Have you tried
Persistently question him?
Montagues
I asked myself and through friends,
But in his feelings here he is his own adviser;
Is it good - I won’t say
But only he is so secretive, inaccessible,
Like a kidney where a worm is already sitting,
When she hasn't unfolded yet
In the air of beautiful petals
And she didn’t devote her beauty to the sun.
When would we just know why?
He is sad, if only we could save him.
Romeo appears in the distance.
Benvolio
Ah, here he is. Go away; will try
Find out his sadness, but I can’t guarantee.
Montagues
Oh, if only you could achieve what she did
Summoned in it! Let's go, let's go, wife.
The Montagues and Signora Montagues leave.
Benvolio
My cousin, good morning!
Romeo
Benvolio
Romeo
Ah, sad hours
So they drag on! Isn't that my father?
Did you leave here in a hurry?
Benvolio
Yes, that was him. Why does sadness last so long?
Your watch?
Romeo
The absence of
Which gives them a fast flow.
Benvolio
Romeo
Benvolio
Romeo
Deprived
Reciprocity.
Benvolio
Love like this
Beautiful in appearance, it should be
So hard, painful in fact.
Romeo
Alas, love, although it is blind,
Without eyes she will find which way to go
Reach us and rule over us.
Where will we have lunch? - Woe is me!
What kind of fight was there? However, no
Don't say: I heard everything; with enmity
There are so many worries involved here,
But more of them with love... Oh, love
Cruel! O loving malice!
Something created out of nothing!
Oh, sad fun, vanity
Serious, formless chaos
Beautiful shapes, lead feather,
Brilliant smoke, freezing flame,
Ailing health, sleepless sleep,
Which cannot even be called a dream!
This is how I feel love
Not feeling any joy in such love.
Aren't you laughing?
Benvolio
No, I'd rather cry.
Romeo
What is this about, kind soul?
Benvolio
About the sorrow that oppresses your soul.
Romeo
The cause of this sorrow is love.
I feel heavy from my own sorrows,
And you want to add yours to them,
Their excess will be strengthened by compassion.
Love is the smoke that rises from sighs;
She is the fire sparkling in the eyes
Lovers; in anxiety, this is the sea,
Which their tears feed.
What's next? That is cunning madness,
The bitter bile that suffocates us,
And the sweetness that sustains us.
Goodbye.
Benvolio
Wait, and I will go with you, -
It's a shame for me when you leave like that.
Romeo
I've lost myself, I'm not Romeo
He's not here, he's out there somewhere...
Benvolio
Tell
Seriously, who is the one you love?
Romeo
Demand that a sick person
In suffering, he made a will:
How the word will amaze the sick!
But, my cousin, I will tell you seriously:
I love a woman.
Benvolio
With your guess
I hit the target.
Romeo
Oh, you are a skilled shooter! –
Beautiful is the one I love so much.
Benvolio
The better the target, the easier it is to hit it.
Romeo
Well, here, cousin, you made a mistake: in her
You can't hit Cupid's arrow,
Diana's intelligence is given to her, innocence is in her
Protected by indestructible armor,
A child's bow of love won't hurt her.
She is indifferent to speeches of love,
Can't stand impudent eyes
Sometimes saints cannot be seduced.
Oh, she is rich in beauty - together
She is poor because when she dies,
Wealth is wasted in vain.
Benvolio
Or did she vow to remain a virgin?
Romeo
Yes; and will lead to a big loss
Such abstinence is fruitless:
After all, the whole offspring in it will die,
Losing my existence in advance.
She is pure, beautiful and smart, -
But is this what all these perfections are for?
So that, having plunged me into despair,
How can she earn bliss in heaven?
She took a vow of celibacy;
I am killed by that harsh vow,
Although I live and talk about it.
Benvolio
Listen, friend, forget about her and think about it.
Romeo
Oh, teach me how to do this!
Benvolio
Give free rein to your eyes, to other beauties
Pay attention.
Romeo
Here's a remedy - more often
I remember her beauty!
So masks that the faces of beautiful women
They touch, they make us think
About the beauty hidden underneath.
He who is blind cannot forget
Treasures of lost sight.
Oh, show me the beauty -
Out of the ordinary - and her beauty
It will only serve as a memory book for me,
Where will I read the features of another,
What surpasses her in beauty?
Goodbye; you can't teach me
You are oblivion.
Benvolio
I will teach or I will
I am indebted to you until my death.
Scene 2
Street. Enter Capulet, Paris and a servant.
Capulet
The same fine was imposed on Montague,
Like me; and us, two old men,
I think it would not be difficult to live in peace.
Paris
You are both deeply respected,
And it’s a pity that your discord continues.
But why are you interested in my matchmaking?
Will you tell me?
Capulet
What I said before:
That my daughter barely entered the world,
She is not yet fourteen years old;
When the beauty fades for another two years -
The time has come for her to be a bride.
Paris
There are mothers younger than her.
Capulet
But they fade too early.
I buried all my hopes
She is my only hope in the world.
But, my dear Paris, please her,
Try to achieve her love:
My consent is concluded
In the consent and choice of Juliet.
Today I give an evening feast,
According to the old custom of the family,
And I invited many guests
Of those whom I love; including
You will be my welcome guest.
And I'm waiting for you; come this night
To my humble home, to the earthly stars
There to see whose bright shine
The radiance of the heavenly stars eclipses.
I have that pleasure waiting for you,
Why do young men feel so much in the spring,
When she, blooming, goes
Behind the boring slow winter.
There in a flower garden of young buds
You will enjoy their beautiful view;
Listen to everyone and take a closer look -
And choose the best one.
And my daughter will be there among others
Just for the record: she is nothing before them.
Let's go, Count;
(servant)
and you hurry up and go
Around town; search and invite
Everyone who is written here on this list;
(giving the note)
Tell them that I’m waiting for them with affection and greetings.
Capulet and Paris leave.
Servant
Find those whose names are written here? And here it is written that the shoemaker should take the arshin, and the tailor the awl; for the fisherman to use a brush, and the painter to use a net. I was sent to find those whose names are written here; but I can’t find who exactly is written down here. I must turn to learned people. Oh, here they are by the way!
Enter Romeo and Benvolio.
Benvolio
One fire is lost in another,
Suffering will be reduced by suffering;
If your head is spinning,
Make her spin again;
One sorrow will be healed by another:
Let new poison enter your eyes -
And the old infection will disappear.
Romeo
Your plantain is useful here.
Benvolio
Romeo
For damaged bone
Your legs.
Benvolio
Are you crazy?
Romeo
No, he didn’t, but worse than he did:
I am imprisoned, I am deprived of food,
I'm tormented, exhausted.
(To a suitable servant.)
Hello Darling.
Servant
Hello, sir. Tell me, please, can you read?
Romeo
My fate is in my misfortune.
Servant
You could learn this without books, but I ask if you can read what is written.
Romeo
Yes, if I know the letters and language.
Servant
You answer honestly. Happy stay.
(Wants to leave.)
Romeo
(Is reading.)
“Signor Martino with his wife and daughters; Count Anselmo and his beautiful sisters; widow of Signora Vitruvio; Signor Placenzio and his dear nieces; Mercutio and his brother Valentine; my uncle Capulet, his wife and daughters; my beautiful Rosaline; Libya; Signor Valenzio and his cousin Tibaldo; Lucio and cheerful Elena."
Wonderful society. Where is it invited?
Servant
Romeo
Servant
For dinner, at our house.
Romeo
Servant
To my master's house.
Romeo
I should have asked first of all who your master is.
Servant
I will answer you without asking questions. My master is a noble and wealthy Capulet; and if you are not of the Montague family, I beg you, come and drink a glass of wine. Happy stay.
Benvolio
At the Capulet party there will be
And your dear Rosaline,
And the first beauties of Verona:
Go there and, with an impartial gaze,
Compare her with others who
I will point out, and the white swan is yours
It will turn out to be a simple crow.
Romeo
If they become infected with such heresy
My eyes, then let them die;
Let their tears turn into fire,
Heretics and apostates will be burned!
To have another beauty
More beautiful than my beloved?
No, the sun, contemplating everything in the world,
I haven't seen another one like her.
Benvolio
You haven't seen others with her yet,
She alone owned your gaze;
On the cups of your crystal eyes
Weigh her appearance with the appearance of others -
And you will find very little beauty
The one that has captivated your gaze until now.
Romeo
I'll go there, but not for that
To admire other beauties:
I will admire mine there.
Scene 3
A room in the Capulet house. Signora Capulet and the nurse enter.
Signora Capulet
Nurse, where is my daughter? Call
Her to me.
Nurse
my innocence
When I was twelve, I swear I called.
Lamb, fluttering bird!
Oh God, where is she? - Juliet!
Juliet enters.
Juliet
What else is there? who's calling?
Nurse
Juliet
I'm here. What do you want?
Signora Capulet
That's the problem…
Nurse, leave us; we need
Talk in private. - Wait, come back.
I remembered that you should
Be present during our conversation.
You know that Juliet has grown up...
Nurse
I will count her years hour by hour.
Signora Capulet
She is not yet fourteen years old.
Nurse
Yes, it is true. I'm ready to give
Fourteen of my teeth, that's it.
(Fourteen is just for decoration here,
I only have four of them). How many
What's left until Peter's Day?
Signora Capulet
More
There are a little over two weeks left.
Nurse
Well, exactly two, or a little, but only
She will be fourteen years old
On the eve of Peter's Day; my Susanna
She is the same age - may she rest in peace
All Christian souls are Lord!
Susanna is with Him; I was unworthy
Have it. So, I say,
What on the night before Peter's Day to Juliet
Just turning fourteen.
Yes, exactly, I remember it firmly.
Now eleven years have passed
Since the earthquake; We
Then she was weaned from the breast.
I will never forget that day; of all
He remained memorable days of the year for me.
I smeared wormwood on my nipples -
And she sat down with her by the wall of the dovecote,
In the sun. You weren't there that day:
You went to Mantua with your husband.
(What a good memory I have!)
When the child tasted the breasts,
With wormwood, and felt bitterness, -
Poor thing, how wrinkled she is!
She dropped her chest, and at that very moment
Suddenly our dovecote began to shake.
I’ll get away quickly, God forbid, just my legs!
Eleven years have passed since then -
She already knew how to stand then.
No, what am I! I could walk and run,
Clinging to something. She
I bruised my forehead the day before
Same day; and my husband is a funny guy
There was a dead man - he picked up the child
And he says: “Your face fell,
But when you become smarter,
And the fool, I promise you, stopped
Immediately she cried and said: “Yes.”
You see how a joke helps.
Even if I lived a thousand years,
I wouldn’t forget this to the death.
"Isn't that right, baby?" - he asked; baby
She held back her tears and said, “Yes.”
Signora Capulet
Enough about this, stop it
Please.
Nurse
I'll stop, signora.
But I can't stop laughing
I just remember how, having left my crying,
She said: “Yes,” but she had
A huge lump appeared on my forehead -
She hurt herself painfully and began to cry.
He tells her: “I fell on my face,
Today you, when you grow up,
Then you will fall backwards. Is that right, baby?”
She restrained herself and said: “Yes.”
Juliet
You too, please, restrain yourself.
Nurse
OK.
I won't do it anymore. God bless you!
Of the children I fed,
You were the most beautiful of all.
Oh, if only I could wait for your wedding.
Signora Capulet
This is the subject I want
Talk. Juliet, daughter, tell me
Do you wish to get married?
Juliet
To me
He does not dream of this honor.
Nurse
Honor!
If only I were not your nurse
I was the only one, then I would say
That you sucked in the mind with milk.
Signora Capulet
So now think about marriage.
There are respectable gentlemen in Verona,
Mothers who are younger
You, Juliet; yes, me too
I was already a mother in those years,
What kind of girls do you remain in?
Here's the thing: young Count Paris
He wants your hand.
Nurse
Ah, Juliet,
Here's a man! such and such a person
What equal cannot be found in the world!
Picture, wax!
Signora Capulet
In Verona flower beds
There is no such flower in the summer.
Nurse
Yes, truly a flower, just as a flower is!
Signora Capulet
What do you tell me, Juliet? Can you
Will you love him? Today we have
You will see Paris at the evening.
Then read the whole book carefully
His faces, look at his features,
What are inscribed by the hand of beauty,
And notice how they all agree
One with the other; and if anything is unclear
You'll see that you can read his eyes -
Then you will understand everything unclear.
For the completeness of that precious book,
Unrelated, she needs a cover
As precise as the depth for a fish,
And outer beauty must
Give a glimpse of beauty from the innermost gaze.
For most it becomes more valuable
The whole book is from the richness of the binding;
The advantages here are shared with her,
In the eyes of the crowd, clasps, gilding;
So exactly everything that the count has,
In alliance with him, you will share in no way
Without losing what she had.
Nurse
Without losing! there is only one profit -
After all, women get fat from men.
Signora Capulet
Well, speak quickly, Juliet,
How do you like Paris's love?
Juliet
I will look at him to love him,
When love can be aroused,
Moreover, I will let my eyes look,
As much as you like.
A servant enters.
Servant
Signora, the guests have gathered, the dinner table is set, they are waiting for you, asking for the signorina, cursing the nurse in the pantry. The turmoil is terrible, I have to go serve. For God's sake, go quickly.
Signora Capulet
Let's go now. - Juliet, the Count is already there!
Nurse
Go, my light, to your happy days,
I wish you happy nights.
