SHAKESPEARE SONNET 61 Sonnet 61 Is it thy

SHAKESPEARE SONNET 61

Sonnet 61 Is it thy will, thy image should keep open My heavy eyelids to the weary night? Dost thou desire my slumbers should be broken, While shadows like to thee do mock my sight? Is it thy spirit that thou send’st from thee So far from home into my deeds to pry, To find out shames and idle hours in me, The scope and tenor of thy jealousy? O, no! thy love, though much, is not so great: It is my love that keeps mine eye awake: Mine own true love that doth my rest defeat, To play the watchman ever for thy sake: For thee watch I, whilst thou dost wake elsewhere, From me far off, with others all too near.

Meaning: 1 st quatrain Is it thy will, thy image should keep open My heavy eyelids to the weary night? Dost thou desire my slumbers should be broken, While shadows like to thee do mock my sight? Er det dit ønske, at dit nattebilled skal spærre mine trætte øjne op? Er søvnløsheden noget, du har villet, når synet spottes af din skyggekrop?

Meaning: 2 nd quatrain Is it thy spirit that thou send’st from thee So far from home into my deeds to pry, To find out shames and idle hours in me, The scope and tenor of thy jealousy? Er det din ånd, som du har sendt på vej med ordre om hvad den skal snage i, så den kan se løsagtig skam hos mig, som ventet af din vante jalousi?

Meaning: 3 rd quatrain O, no! thy love, though much, is not so great: It is my love that keeps mine eye awake: Mine own true love that doth my rest defeat, To play the watchman ever for thy sake: Åh, nej, din kærlighed formår det ikke, det er min egen tankes hede fyld, min egen længsel, der med vågne blikke vil spille evig vægter for din skyld.

Meaning: couplet For thee watch I, whilst thou dost wake elsewhere, From me far off, with others all too near. Jeg våger, mens du holder nattesæde langt væk fra mig, for nær ved andres glæde.

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