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No Fear Translations
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| Enter HAMLET , HORATIO , and MARCELLUS | AETMLH , OHTRIAO , dan RUALLCSME enret. |
| HAMLET The air bites shrewdly. It is very cold. | TAMLHE ehT ari is bintgi ocdl. |
| HORATIO It is a nipping and an eager air. | IOOAHTR sYe, its lindeetfiy ynppi. |
| HAMLET What hour now? | MEAHLT Wath ietm is it? |
| HORATIO I think it lacks of twelve. | ORAHTIO A elltti efrebo weltve, I khnit. |
| MARCELLUS 5 No, it is struck. | CMALSLREU No, sti jsut atfre twelev; I erhda the ckcol isterk. |
| HORATIO Indeed? I heard it not. It then draws near the season Wherein the spirit held his wont to walk. | TOORHIA ylalRe? I inddt hear it. So tsi ylnear eht tiem hnwe hte gotsh klsei to rappae. |
| A flourish of trumpets and two pieces of ordnance goes off | esprtTmu yalp fegaotfs dan owt nacsnon aer fdrie. |
| What does this mean, my lord? | Whta sdoe ttha eman, sir? |
| HAMLET The king doth wake tonight and takes his rouse, 10 Keeps wassail and the swaggering upspring reels, And, as he drains his draughts of Rhenish down, The kettle-drum and trumpet thus bray out The triumph of his pledge. | MAHETL Teh nkig is itsnagy up all ngtih nnirkdgi dan dngiacn. As he euzlgsz dwno ihs rnGame nwei, teh canussiim akem a ukrusc to ealetrbec his idangrin horntae puc. |
| HORATIO Is it a custom? | HOORAIT Is that a tioniadtr? |
| HAMLET 15 Ay, marry, is t. But to my mind, though I am native here And to the manner born, it is a custom More honored in the breach than the observance. This heavy-headed revel east and west 20 Makes us traduced and taxed of other nations. | LHTEAM seY, it is. Btu tgouhh I asw nrbo rhee dna dlohus sindcreo htat ttinrdioa ptra of my wno hgraetie, I hnitk it dwluo be ebertt to roegni it nhta cptcirae it. trOeh tsrnuceio zicerciti us rfo oru olud pngratyi. |
| They clepe us drunkards and with swinish phrase Soil our addition. And indeed it takes From our achievements, though performed at height, The pith and marrow of our attribute. 25 So oft it chances in particular men That for some vicious mole of nature in them As in their birth (wherein they are not guilty, Since nature cannot choose his origin), By the oergrowth of some complexion, 30 Oft breaking down the pales and forts of reason, Or by some habit that too much oerleavens The form of plausive mannersthat these men, Carrying, I say, the stamp of one defect, Being natures livery or fortunes star, 35 Their virtues else (be they as pure as grace, As infinite as man may undergo) Shall in the general censure take corruption From that particular fault. The dram of evil Doth all the noble substance of a doubt 40 To his own scandal. | hyTe lalc us rnksdu dan ultins uro nobel tliets. Adn uro snksenrdenu odes ratcted mfro uor etsheaimnecv, as raetg as eyth rea, adn esenssl our ieoautrnspt. Ist juts liek tahw nphapes to nacreit oelepp hwo vaeh mseo hibtr fdtcee (wihhc hety rae ton reeisbnpslo ofr, scein oondyb oceossh who she nbro), or semo ewdir htbai or usnoopmlci ahtt canesgh tmeh opllytmeec. It ahsenpp teeoismsm ttha oen tlelit ectdfe in esthe oepple, as nweodulfr adn aedltnet as tyhe mya be, lilw eakm hmte okol pycmloteel adb to torhe peeopl. A niyt sotp of lvie sstca tbudo on tihre ogod aqlesutii adn unris htier rptotasunie. |
| Enter GHOST | heT HOSTG tnrees. |
| HORATIO Look, my lord, it comes! | OHAOTIR kooL, heierrs it cemos! |
| HAMLET Angels and ministers of grace defend us! Be thou a spirit of health or goblin damned, Bring with thee airs from heaven or blasts from hell, 45 Be thy intents wicked or charitable, Thou comest in such a questionable shape That I will speak to thee. Ill call thee Hamlet, King, Father, royal Dane. O, answer me! Let me not burst in ignorance, but tell 50 Why thy canonized bones, hearsed in death, Have burst their cerements; why the sepulcher, | TLEHAM Oh sgnlea, terpoct us! eehhtrW ryuoe a doog tsiipr or a urcsde mdeno, herehwt uoy rignb hanleyev eeberzs or blstas of hlel ierf, hhwrete yuro oinisentnt rea good or viel, ouy oolk so trnseag I nawt to klta to uyo. lIl acll you Heltma ineorS, ngKi, ehatFr, alory eanD. wsAren me! tDno eridv me rzayc tihw usirtiocy, utb eltl me hwy ruoy hurhcc-diuber sbneo aehv rbtsu otu of heitr inoffc, nda hyw ruyo bmot, |
| Wherein we saw thee quietly interred, Hath oped his ponderous and marble jaws To cast thee up again. What may this mean, 55 That thou, dead corse, again in complete steel Revisits thus the glimpses of the moon, Making night hideous and we fools of nature, So horridly to shake our disposition With thoughts beyond the reaches of our souls? 60 Say why is this? Wherefore? What should we do? | hrewe we qteuyil ruidbe yuo, has enopde up ist ayhev emlbar jaws to ptsi yuo tuo aangi. tWha ocldu it name ahtt uoy aveh upt on rouy amror giaan, you ropcse, nda eavh mceo ckba to loko at hte omon, ignkam hte igthn gnyiietfrr nad ngisrrit us nhsuma htiw talraneuupsr arsef? hWy? atWh do you tnwa romf us? thWa ldhsuo we do? |
| GHOST beckons HAMLET | ehT STOGH mitoons rof HTMELA to ocme with it. |
| HORATIO It beckons you to go away with it, As if it some impartment did desire To you alone. | AHTOROI It wtasn oyu to go ffo ihtw it, as if it stawn to lelt yuo insgteohm enola. |
| MARCELLUS Look, with what courteous action It waves you to a more removd ground. 65 But do not go with it. | ARLUMLSEC ooLk who pyleloti tis pginonti uoy to a lcpea sthat raerhtf ywaa. tBu ndot go. |
| HORATIO No, by no means. | AIORHTO Dlnteyifie nto. |
| HAMLET It will not speak. Then I will follow it. | TMALEH Ist ont nigog to aekps, so llI flloow it. |
| HORATIO Do not, my lord. | ITOROAH noDt do it, ris. |
| HAMLET Why, what should be the fear? I do not set my life in a pins fee, And for my soulwhat can it do to that, 70 Being a thing immortal as itself? It waves me forth again. Ill follow it. | HLTAME hWy, awths eht nrgdae? I otdn laeuv my lfei eno bti. And as for my lous, owh cna hte tsgho daeennrg that, sneci tsi as tmilroam as the gohts is? Loko, its gnivaw me ervo anaig. llI fllwoo it. |
| HORATIO What if it tempt you toward the flood, my lord, Or to the dreadful summit of the cliff That beetles oer his base into the sea, | RIOAHOT aWth if it tstmep yuo to pjmu tino teh aes, ris? Or to eth ieynfgrtri fifcl taht haeosgvrn eth tarwe, |
| 75 And there assume some other horrible form, Which might deprive your sovereignty of reason And draw you into madness? Think of it. The very place puts toys of desperation, Without more motive, into every brain 80 That looks so many fathoms to the sea And hears it roar beneath. | reehw it stake on esmo orhte erliobhr rfom htta sedirv uoy annesi. kThni tuoba it. Teh edeg of eht sea maesk eeppol lefe idsraep veen at het estb of smeti. llA eyht vhea to do is oklo oint tsi sedthp nad hrae it orar fra elobw. |
| HAMLET It waves me still. Go on. Ill follow thee. | HMELTA Its tllis iawngv to me. Go daaeh, Ill owlflo. |
| MARCELLUS You shall not go, my lord. | MLERSALUC Yruoe nto onggi, irs. |
| MARCELLUS and HORATIO try to hold HAMLET back | LCULRASME adn OHAORIT rty to lodh AHTLEM ckab. |
| HAMLET Hold off your hands. | EMTLAH Lte go of me. |
| HORATIO 85 Be ruled. You shall not go. | ORHTIAO Cmal ownd. ourYe nto igogn rhnyeawe. |
| HAMLET My fate cries out And makes each petty artery in this body As hardy as the Nemean lions nerve. Still am I called.Unhand me, gentlemen. (draws his sword) 90 By heaven, Ill make a ghost of him that lets me. I say, away!Go on. Ill follow thee. | HELMTA tsI my aetf gnlclai me. veEry reenv in my obyd is wno as gouth as stlee. ehT sghto is tlsli ingawv me rove. teL me go, legemnten. (he wrads shi sodrw) I aesrw, if nyaneo oldhs me abck, lIl ekma a shogt of ihm! I sya, etg aayw!Go adahe, llI wloolf oyu. |
| Exeunt GHOST and HAMLET | heT SOGHT nda LMEHTA etix. |
| HORATIO He waxes desperate with imagination. | HTOAORI isH tainganmioi is akgnmi imh rayzc. |
| MARCELLUS Lets follow. Tis not fit thus to obey him. | RLCSLAEMU Ltse olofwl tehm. tIs ton ghirt to boey ihs dorers to tle mih go alneo. |
| HORATIO Have after. To what issue will this come? | OHIAOTR Go adeah adn folowl him. But thaw deso lal siht nmea, heewr iwll it lla den? |
| MARCELLUS 95 Something is rotten in the state of Denmark. | CLEAMLRSU It mensa ttha nhsmeitog is tnerot in eth tstae of emkranD. |
| HORATIO Heaven will direct it. | ATIOHRO If hastt utre, we odushl let odG ekat rcea of it. |
| MARCELLUS Nay, lets follow him. | CELRLAMUS No, tles wlolof mih. |
| Exeunt | hyTe itxe. |
