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Romeo and Juliet | Gradually Hardening German A1-B2 Translation Books

Romeo and Juliet | Gradually Hardening German A1-B2 Translation Books

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THEPROLOGUE
EnterChorus.
CHORUS.
Zwei
Twohouseholds,bothalikein
würde
dignity,InfairVerona,wherewelayour
szene
scene,Fromancientgrudgebreaktonew
meuterei
mutiny,Wherecivilbloodmakescivilhandsunclean.
Fromforth
den
thefatalloinsofthesetwofoes
Ein
Apairofstar-cross’dlovers
nehmen
taketheirlife;
Whosemisadventur’dpiteousoverthrowsDothwiththeir
tod
deathburytheirparents’strife.
Thefearful
durchgang
passageoftheirdeath-mark’dlove,
Und
Andthecontinuanceoftheirparents’rage,Which,
aber
buttheirchildren’send,nought
könnte
couldremove,Isnowthetwohours’
verkehr
trafficofourstage;
ACTI
Szene
SCENEI.Apublicplace.
EnterSampson
und
andGregoryarmedwithswords
und
andbucklers.
SAMPSON.
Gregory,onmy
wort
word,we’llnotcarrycoals.
GREGORY.
Nein
No,forthenweshouldbecolliers.
SAMPSON.
I
meine
mean,ifwebeincholer,we’ll
ziehen
draw.
GREGORY.
Ay,whileyou
lebst
live,drawyourneckouto’the
kragen
collar.
SAMPSON.
Istrikequickly,being
bewegt
moved.
GREGORY.
Butthouartnotquicklymovedto
schlagen
strike.
SAMPSON.
AdogofthehouseofMontague
bewegt
movesme.
GREGORY.
Tomoveisto
rühren
stir;
andtobevaliantisto
stehen
stand:
therefore,ifthouart
bewegst
moved,thourunn’staway.
SAMPSON.
Ein
Adogofthathouseshallmovemeto
stehen
stand.
Iwilltakethe
mauer
wallofanymanormaidofMontague’s.
GREGORY.
Thatshowstheeaweakslave,fortheweakest
geht
goestothewall.
SAMPSON.
Wahr
True,andthereforewomen,beingtheweakervessels,areeverthrusttothe
wand
wall:
thereforeIwillpushMontague’smenfromthe
mauer
wall,andthrusthismaidstothe
mauer
wall.
GREGORY.
Thequarrelis
zwischen
betweenourmastersandustheirmen.
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.
Drawthy
werkzeug
tool;
herecomesofthe
haus
houseofMontagues.
EnterAbram
und
andBalthasar.
SAMPSON.
Mynaked
waffe
weaponisout:
quarrel,I
werde
willbackthee.
GREGORY.
How?
Wenden
Turnthybackandrun?
SAMPSON.
Fearmenot.
GREGORY.
Nein
No,marry;
Ifearthee!
SAMPSON.
Lassen
Letustakethelawofoursides;
lassen
letthembegin.
GREGORY.
I
werde
willfrownasIpassby,
und
andletthemtakeitastheylist.
SAMPSON.
Nein
Nay,astheydare.
I
werde
willbitemythumbatthem,
was
whichisdisgracetothem
wenn
iftheybearit.
ABRAM.
Doyou
beißen
biteyourthumbatus,
sir
sir?
SAMPSON.
Idobitemy
daumen
thumb,sir.
ABRAM.
Doyou
beißen
biteyourthumbatus,
sir
sir?
SAMPSON.
Isthelawofour
seite
sideifIsayay?
GREGORY.
No.
SAMPSON.
No
sir
sir,Idonotbitemy
daumen
thumbatyou,sir;
butI
beiße
bitemythumb,sir.
GREGORY.
Doyou
streiten
quarrel,sir?
ABRAM.
Quarrel,sir?
Nein
No,sir.
SAMPSON.
Butifyou
tun
do,sir,Iamforyou.
Iserveasgooda
mann
manasyou.
ABRAM.
Nobetter.
SAMPSON.
Nun
Well,sir.
EnterBenvolio.
GREGORY.
Sagen
Saybetter;
herecomesoneofmymaster’skinsmen.
SAMPSON.
Ja
Yes,better,sir.
ABRAM.
Youlie.
SAMPSON.
Draw,
wenn
ifyoubemen.
Gregory,rememberthywashingblow.
BENVOLIO.
Part,fools!
putupyourswords,youknownotwhatyou
tut
do.
EnterTybalt.
TYBALT.
What,artthou
gezogen
drawnamongtheseheartlesshinds?
TurntheeBenvolio,lookuponthy
tod
death.
BENVOLIO.
Idobutkeep
den
thepeace,putupthy
schwert
sword,Ormanageitto
trennen
partthesemenwithme.
TYBALT.
Was
What,drawn,andtalkof
frieden
peace?
IhatethewordAsI
hasse
hatehell,allMontagues,andthee:
Haveatthee,
feigling
coward.
EnterthreeorfourCitizenswithclubs.
Erste
FIRSTCITIZEN.
Clubs,billsandpartisans!
Strike!
Schlagen
Beatthemdown!
Downwith
den
theCapulets!
DownwiththeMontagues!
EnterCapuletinhis
kleid
gown,andLadyCapulet.
CAPULET.
What
lärm
noiseisthis?
Givememylong
schwert
sword,ho!
LADYCAPULET.
A
krücke
crutch,acrutch!
Whycallyoufora
schwert
sword?
CAPULET.
Mysword,Isay!
OldMontagueiscome,
Und
Andflourisheshisbladein
trotz
spiteofme.
EnterMontague
und
andhisLadyMontague.
MONTAGUE.
Thou
bösewicht
villainCapulet!
Holdmenot,
lassen
letmego.
LADYMONTAGUE.
Thoushaltnotstironefootto
suchen
seekafoe.
EnterPrinceEscalus,withAttendants.
Prinz
PRINCE.
Rebellioussubjects,enemiestopeace,Profanersof
dieses
thisneighbour-stainedsteel,—
Willtheynot
hören
hear?
What,ho!
Youmen,youbeasts,Thatquenchthe
feuer
fireofyourperniciousrageWithpurplefountainsissuingfromyourveins,Onpainof
folter
torture,fromthosebloodyhands
Werft
Throwyourmistemper’dweaponstothe
boden
groundAndhearthesentenceofyour
bewegten
movedprince.
Threecivilbrawls,bredofanairy
wort
word,Bythee,oldCapulet,
und
andMontague,Havethricedisturb’d
die
thequietofourstreets,
Und
AndmadeVerona’sancientcitizensCastbytheir
grab
gravebeseemingornaments,Towield
alt
oldpartisans,inhandsas
alt
old,Canker’dwithpeace,to
trennen
partyourcanker’dhate.
Ifeveryou
stören
disturbourstreetsagain,Yourlivesshall
bezahlen
paytheforfeitofthepeace.
For
dieser
thistimealltherestdepart
weg
away:
You,Capulet,shallgoalongwith
mir
me,AndMontague,comeyouthis
nachmittag
afternoon,Toknowourfarther
vergnügen
pleasureinthiscase,TooldFree-town,ourcommonjudgement-place.
Einmal
Oncemore,onpainofdeath,
alle
allmendepart.
[ExeuntPrince
und
andAttendants;
MONTAGUE.
Whosetthisancient
streit
quarrelnewabroach?
Speak,nephew,wereyouby
als
whenitbegan?
BENVOLIO.
Herewere
die
theservantsofyouradversary
Und
Andyours,closefightingereIdidapproach.
Idrewto
trennen
partthem,intheinstant
kam
cameThefieryTybalt,withhis
schwert
swordprepar’d,Which,ashebreath’ddefiancetomyears,Heswungabouthis
kopf
head,andcutthewinds,Who
nichts
nothinghurtwithal,hiss’dhimin
verachtung
scorn.
Whilewewereinterchangingthrusts
und
andblowsCamemoreand
mehr
more,andfoughtonpart
und
andpart,TillthePrince
kam
came,whopartedeitherpart.
Lady
LADYMONTAGUE.
OwhereisRomeo,
gesehen
sawyouhimtoday?
RightgladIamhewasnotatthisfray.
BENVOLIO.
Frau
Madam,anhourbeforetheworshipp’d
sonne
sunPeer’dforththegolden
fenster
windowoftheeast,Atroubled
geist
minddravemetowalk
im ausland
abroad,Whereunderneaththegroveofsycamore
So
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
thefarthesteastbeginto
ziehen
drawTheshadycurtainsfromAurora’s
bett
bed,Awayfromlightstealshomemyheavy
sohn
son,Andprivateinhis
kammer
chamberpenshimself,Shutsuphiswindows,locksfair
tageslicht
daylightoutAndmakeshimself
eine
anartificialnight.
Blackandportentous
muss
mustthishumourprove,Unlessgood
rat
counselmaythecauseremove.
BENVOLIO.
Mynoble
onkel
uncle,doyouknowthe
ursache
cause?
MONTAGUE.
Ineitherknowitnor
kann
canlearnofhim.
BENVOLIO.
Haben
Haveyouimportun’dhimbyanymeans?
MONTAGUE.
Bothbymyselfandmanyotherfriends;
Aber
Buthe,hisownaffections’
berater
counsellor,Istohimself—Iwillnot
sagen
sayhowtrue—
Buttohimselfsosecret
und
andsoclose,Sofarfrom
klang
soundinganddiscovery,Asisthebudbitwithanenvious
wurm
wormErehecanspreadhissweetleavestothe
luft
air,Ordedicatehisbeautytothe
sonne
sun.Couldwebutlearnfromwhencehissorrowsgrow,Wewouldas
gerne
willinglygivecureasknow.
EnterRomeo.
BENVOLIO.
Siehst
See,wherehecomes.
So
bitte
pleaseyoustepaside;
I’ll
kennen
knowhisgrievanceorbe
viel
muchdenied.
MONTAGUE.
Iwouldthouwertso
glücklich
happybythystayTo
hören
heartrueshrift.
Come,madam,let’saway,.
BENVOLIO.
Goodmorrow,
cousin
cousin.
ROMEO.
Isthedaysoyoung?