Romeo and Juliet Progressive Translation Books for German A1 Learners

THEPROLOGUE

EnterChorus.

CHORUS.

Zwei

Twohouseholds,bothalikeindignity,InfairVerona,

wherewelayourscene,Fromancientgrudgebreaktonewmutiny,

Wherecivilbloodmakescivilhandsunclean.

Fromforth

den

thefatalloinsofthesetwofoes

Ein

Apairofstar-cross’dlovers

nehmen

taketheirlife;

Whosemisadventur’dpiteousoverthrowsDothwiththeir

tod

deathburytheirparents’strife.

Thefearfulpassageoftheirdeath-mark’d

liebe

love,Andthecontinuanceoftheirparents’rage,Which,

aber

buttheirchildren’send,nought

könnte

couldremove,Isnowthetwohours’trafficofourstage;

ACTI

SCENEI.

Ein

Apublicplace.

EnterSampson

und

andGregoryarmedwithswords

und

andbucklers.

SAMPSON.

Gregory,onmy

wort

word,we’llnotcarrycoals.

GREGORY.

Nein

No,forthenweshouldbecolliers.

SAMPSON.

meine

mean,ifwebeincholer,we’lldraw.

GREGORY.

Ay,whileyou

lebst

live,drawyourneckouto’thecollar.

SAMPSON.

Istrikequickly,being

bewegt

moved.

GREGORY.

Butthouartnotquicklymovedtostrike.

SAMPSON.

Ein

AdogofthehouseofMontague

bewegt

movesme.

GREGORY.

Tomoveistostir;

und

andtobevaliantisto

stehen

stand:

therefore,ifthouart

bewegst

moved,thourunn’staway.

SAMPSON.

Ein

Adogofthathouseshallmovemeto

stehen

stand.

Iwilltakethewallofany

mann

manormaidofMontague’s.

GREGORY.

Thatshowstheeaweakslave,fortheweakest

geht

goestothewall.

SAMPSON.

Wahr

True,andthereforewomen,beingtheweakervessels,areeverthrusttothewall:

thereforeI

werde

willpushMontague’smenfromthewall,

und

andthrusthismaidstothewall.

GREGORY.

Der

Thequarrelisbetweenourmasters

und

andustheirmen.

SAMPSON.

’Tisallone,I

werde

willshowmyselfatyrant:

wenn

whenIhavefoughtwiththemenI

werde

willbecivilwiththemaids,I

werde

willcutofftheirheads.

GREGORY.

Theheadsofthemaids?

SAMPSON.

Ay,theheadsofthemaids,ortheirmaidenheads;

takeitinwhatsensethouwilt.

GREGORY.

They

müssen

musttakeitinsense

dass

thatfeelit.

SAMPSON.

MetheyshallfeelwhileIamableto

stehen

stand:

and’tisknownIam

ein

aprettypieceofflesh.

GREGORY.

’Tis

gut

wellthouartnotfish;

wenn

ifthouhadst,thouhadstbeenpoorJohn.

Drawthytool;

hier

herecomesofthehouseofMontagues.

EnterAbram

und

andBalthasar.

SAMPSON.

Mynakedweaponisout:

quarrel,I

werde

willbackthee.

GREGORY.

How?

Wenden

Turnthybackandrun?

SAMPSON.

Fearmenot.

GREGORY.

Nein

No,marry;

Ifearthee!

SAMPSON.

Lassen

Letustakethelawofoursides;

lassen

letthembegin.

GREGORY.

werde

willfrownasIpassby,

und

andletthemtakeitastheylist.

SAMPSON.

Nay,astheydare.

werde

willbitemythumbatthem,

was

whichisdisgracetothem

wenn

iftheybearit.

ABRAM.

Doyoubiteyourthumbatus,

sir

sir?

SAMPSON.

Idobitemythumb,

sir

sir.

ABRAM.

Doyoubiteyourthumbatus,

sir

sir?

SAMPSON.

Isthelawofour

seite

sideifIsayay?

GREGORY.

No.

SAMPSON.

sir

sir,Idonotbitemythumbatyou,

sir

sir;

butIbitemythumb,

sir

sir.

GREGORY.

Doyouquarrel,

sir

sir?

ABRAM.

Quarrel,sir?

No,

sir

sir.

SAMPSON.

Butifyou

tun

do,sir,Iamforyou.

Iserveasgooda

mann

manasyou.

ABRAM.

Nobetter.

SAMPSON.

Nun

Well,sir.

EnterBenvolio.

GREGORY.

Sagen

Saybetter;

herecomesoneofmymaster’skinsmen.

SAMPSON.

Yes,better,sir.

ABRAM.

Youlie.

SAMPSON.

Draw,

wenn

ifyoubemen.

Gregory,rememberthywashingblow.

BENVOLIO.

Part,fools!

putupyourswords,youknownotwhatyou

tut

do.

EnterTybalt.

TYBALT.

What,artthoudrawnamongtheseheartlesshinds?

TurntheeBenvolio,lookuponthy

tod

death.

BENVOLIO.

Idobutkeep

den

thepeace,putupthysword,Ormanageitto

trennen

partthesemenwithme.

TYBALT.

Was

What,drawn,andtalkofpeace?

hasse

hatethewordAsI

hasse

hatehell,allMontagues,andthee:

Haveatthee,coward.

Enter

drei

threeorfourCitizenswithclubs.

Erste

FIRSTCITIZEN.

Clubs,billsandpartisans!

Strike!

Schlagen

Beatthemdown!

Downwith

den

theCapulets!

DownwiththeMontagues!

EnterCapuletinhisgown,

und

andLadyCapulet.

CAPULET.

Whatnoiseisthis?

Givememylongsword,ho!

Lady

LADYCAPULET.

Acrutch,acrutch!

Warum

Whycallyouforasword?

CAPULET.

Mysword,Isay!

OldMontagueiscome,

Und

Andflourisheshisbladeinspiteof

mir

me.

EnterMontagueandhis

Lady

LadyMontague.

MONTAGUE.

ThouvillainCapulet!

Halten

Holdmenot,letme

gehen

go.

LADYMONTAGUE.

Thoushaltnotstironefoottoseekafoe.

EnterPrinceEscalus,withAttendants.

PRINCE.

Rebellioussubjects,enemiestopeace,Profanersof

dieses

thisneighbour-stainedsteel,—

Willtheynot

hören

hear?

What,ho!

Youmen,youbeasts,Thatquenchthe

feuer

fireofyourperniciousrageWithpurplefountainsissuingfromyourveins,Onpainoftorture,fromthosebloodyhandsThrowyourmistemper’dweaponstotheground

Und

Andhearthesentenceofyour

bewegten

movedprince.

Threecivilbrawls,bredofanairy

wort

word,Bythee,oldCapulet,

und

andMontague,Havethricedisturb’d

die

thequietofourstreets,

Und

AndmadeVerona’sancientcitizensCastbytheirgravebeseemingornaments,Towield

alt

oldpartisans,inhandsas

alt

old,Canker’dwithpeace,to

trennen

partyourcanker’dhate.

Ifeveryoudisturbourstreets

wieder

again,Yourlivesshallpay

den

theforfeitofthepeace.

For

dieser

thistimealltherestdepart

weg

away:

You,Capulet,shallgoalongwith

mir

me,AndMontague,comeyouthisafternoon,Toknowourfartherpleasureinthis

fall

case,TooldFree-town,ourcommonjudgement-place.

Einmal

Oncemore,onpainofdeath,

alle

allmendepart.

[ExeuntPrince

und

andAttendants;

MONTAGUE.

Whosetthisancientquarrel

neu

newabroach?

Speak,nephew,wereyouby

als

whenitbegan?

BENVOLIO.

Herewere

die

theservantsofyouradversary

Und

Andyours,closefightingereIdidapproach.

Idrewto

trennen

partthem,intheinstant

kam

cameThefieryTybalt,withhisswordprepar’d,Which,ashebreath’ddefiancetomyears,Heswungabouthis

kopf

head,andcutthewinds,Who

nichts

nothinghurtwithal,hiss’dhiminscorn.

Während

Whilewewereinterchangingthrusts

und

andblowsCamemoreand

mehr

more,andfoughtonpart

und

andpart,TillthePrince

kam

came,whopartedeitherpart.

Lady

LADYMONTAGUE.

OwhereisRomeo,

gesehen

sawyouhimtoday?

RightgladIamhewasnotatthisfray.

BENVOLIO.

Madam,an

stunde

hourbeforetheworshipp’dsunPeer’dforththegoldenwindowoftheeast,Atroubled

geist

minddravemetowalkabroad,

Whereunderneaththegroveofsycamore

Thatwestwardrootethfromthiscityside,SoearlywalkingdidI

sah

seeyourson.

TowardshimImade,

aber

buthewaswareof

mir

me,Andstoleintothecovertof

den

thewood.

I,measuringhisaffectionsbymyown,Whichthen

meisten

mostsoughtwheremostmightnotbefound,Being

einer

onetoomanybymywearyself,Pursu’dmyhumour,notpursuing

seine

his,Andgladlyshunn’dwhogladlyfledfrom

mir

me.

MONTAGUE.

Manyamorninghathhe

dort

therebeenseen,Withtearsaugmentingthefreshmorning’sdew,Addingtoclouds

mehr

morecloudswithhisdeepsighs;

Aber

Butallsosoonas

die

theall-cheeringsunShouldin

die

thefarthesteastbegintodraw

Die

TheshadycurtainsfromAurora’s

bett

bed,Awayfromlightstealshomemyheavy

sohn

son,Andprivateinhischamberpenshimself,

Schließt

Shutsuphiswindows,locksfairdaylightout

Und

Andmakeshimselfanartificial

nacht

night.

Blackandportentousmust

dieser

thishumourprove,Unlessgoodcounsel

kann

maythecauseremove.

BENVOLIO.

Mynoble

onkel

uncle,doyouknowthe

ursache

cause?

MONTAGUE.

Ineitherknowitnor

kann

canlearnofhim.

BENVOLIO.

Haben

Haveyouimportun’dhimbyanymeans?

MONTAGUE.

Bothbymyselfandmanyotherfriends;

Aber

Buthe,hisownaffections’counsellor,Istohimself—I

werde

willnotsayhowtrue—

Aber

Buttohimselfsosecret

und

andsoclose,Sofarfrom

klang

soundinganddiscovery,AsisthebudbitwithanenviouswormErehecanspreadhissweetleavestothe

luft

air,Ordedicatehisbeautytothesun.Couldwe

aber

butlearnfromwhencehissorrowsgrow,Wewouldaswillinglygivecureas

wissen

know.

EnterRomeo.

BENVOLIO.

See,wherehecomes.

bitte

pleaseyoustepaside;

I’ll

kennen

knowhisgrievanceorbe

viel

muchdenied.

MONTAGUE.

Iwouldthouwertso

glücklich

happybythystayTo

hören

heartrueshrift.

Come,madam,let’saway,.

BENVOLIO.

Goodmorrow,cousin.

ROMEO.

der

thedaysoyoung?

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