Etre ou non etre, ca c'est l'affaire en question:
Selon que c'est plus noble dans l'intelligence a souffrir
L'elingues et les fleches de fortune exorbitant,
Ou prenez les bras contre la mer turbulent,
Et envers et contre tous l'opposition, les dissoudre? Mourir: dormir;
Et caetera, et caetera; et arreter de travailler, a dire nous avons finit,
Le chagrin, et les mille et un ebranlements naturels
Que chaire mortelle heritier presomptif.......
Apres ses mots, Hameau a sorti l'exit theatre pour faire la tournee de bars..
Author notes
Another fragment saved from Guillaume Lance-tremulant's less than triumphant French tour. Unfortunately, Hameau was booed off stage at the Folies-Bergere....
Written May 4th, 2006
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Cute ...
Il n'y a pas beaucoup plus que je pourrais dire. I'd say you've done a credible job with this, apart from the lack of accent marks. (I've already left a link to fix that.)
All in all, good job.
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Je ris comme une Rhône dans une trombe d'eau!
How's THAT for a pun in Frécossais?
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Au fait bonne -eh? Je vois l'avion rose. C'est le temps pour les vacancies. Donnez-moi le travail-page de le Courier, silver plate.
Your pun's the better one!
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Splendidly Franglais... or should one say Frecossais?
I note that the mortal flesh has acquired an additional "ill"... It would be an interesting party-game to guess what! -
Thanks M. You'll notice I didn't try the really difficult bits that come later! I used to take parties of schoolkids to plays, and we heard a story (possibly apocryphal) that Hamlet had stopped during his soliloquy the week previously and told the front row, in no uncertain terms, to be quiet! And then he refused to turn up for the post-play discussion session with the little darlings. There's a decisive Hamlet, and no mistake. I'm awfy glad we wernae present at that one. Happy memories. Best Wishes.
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No problem. (Or should I say 'no worries'?) Take care.
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Goodness, Keith, it seems to me and my scanty knowledge of French that you have retained the music of this soliloquy, and its sense too. Bravo.
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I want more poetry like this I am still on a high - by the way I am also a Scot and Looooooooooooove Robert Burns and my favourite poem of all time it To a Mouse so thanks so much for that as well.
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That'll be Miroslav Holub? No, I only know the name from school anthologies. I'll check it out. Thanks.
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Your French will be considerably better than mine! Glad you enjoyed the memories. Bonne Chance.
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I would need to scrub up my French to finish this, well done for even attemting it
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Hamlet "to be or not to be, whether 'tis nobler in the mind, bla, bla... but I'm not sure about the rest as I don't know the speech that well and my o-level French from over 40 odd years ago is failing me, but well done anyway!
Ann -
nutfactor9
what the fuk... lost as possible here... who was booed off where and when.. and errr... why... was he speeking the correct language first.. and err... lol... what the fuk... lol
lost
cant be arsed with translating dictioneries
well done for sharing this... someone will get it
but where
and when
lol
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All I know is you went for a drink after or is it a pub crawl. Anyway it sounds tres romantic.
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I used to speak French fluently when I lived in Paris 25 years ago and I did understand most of it but most of all I just loved reading it - thank for the trip back down memory lane.
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Bravo!
Do you know Holub's poem on Hamlet?
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Once again I wish I could read it because it just looks beautiful. I bid you well...
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tres, tres cultive... x debs
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