James Shirley

I have not lived
After the rate to fear another world.
We come from nothing into life, a time
We measure with a short breath, and that often…

ПЕСНЯ ИЗ ТРАГЕДИИ «КУПИДОН И СМЕРТЬ». 1650Ты покорил морской простор,
И вдаль и вширь свои владенья
Ты, победитель, распростёр.
Пожалуй, их за ночь и день я…

You virgins that did late despair
To keep your wealth from cruel men,
Tie up in silk your careless hair:
Soft peace is come again.Now lovers’ eyes may gently shoot…

(EXCEPT FROM “CUPID AND DEATH”)Victorious men of earth, no more
Proclaim how wide your empires are;
Though you bind-in every shore,
And your triumphs reach as far…

In Love's name you are charged hereby
To make a speedy hue and cry,
After a face, who t'other day,
Came and stole my heart away;…

Think not my Phebe, cause a cloud
Doth now thy heavenly beauty shroud,
My wandring eye
Can stoop to common beauties of the sky,…

When this crystal shall present
Your beauty to your eye,
Think that lovely face was meant
To dress another by.…

Не думай, облак с высоты
Твоей не скроет красоты
Небесной, Феба:
Ты рядом – я не вижу неба.…

I stood and saw my Mistress dance,
Silent, and with so fixed an eye,
Some might suppose me in a trance:
But being asked why,…

ПЕСНЯ ИЗ ТРАГЕДИИ «СПОР АЯКСА И УЛИССА».
1659И наша плоть, и наша кровь,
Как тени, нематериальны.
Судьбе и Царь не прекословь:…

Твой дивный Сад не восхвалю
Я, от восторга замирая,
Хоть признавал и признаю,
Что создал ты подобье Рая.Весна – триумф и торжество –…

(EXCEPT FROM “THE CONTENTION OF AJAX AND ULYSSES”)The glories of our blood and state
Are shadows, not substantial things;
There is no armour against Fate;
Death lays his icy hand on kings:…

Be not too forward, painter; 'tis
More for thy fame, and art, to miss
All other faces, than come near
The Lady, that expecteth here.…

Ушла война из наших мест,
Насильники ушли.
Устройте же парад невест,
Девицы, – тир-лир-ли!Под барабан душа рвалась,…

Cease, warring thoughts, and let his brain
No more discord entertain,
But be smooth and calm again.Ye crystal rivers that are nigh,
As your streams are passing by,…