THE TRAGEDY OF HAMLET

Prince of Denmark
O
TRAGEDIA LUI HAMLET
Prin de Danemarca
DRAMATIS PERSONAE DRAMATIS PERSONAE
CLAUDIUS, King of Denmark CLAUDIUS, regele Danemarcei
HAMLET, son to the late, and nephew to the present King HAMLET, fiul ultimului rege i nepot al celui de acum
POLONIUS, Lord Chamberlain POLONIUS, lord cmra
HORATIO, friend to Hamlet HORATIO, prietenul lui Hamlet
LAERTES, son to Polonius LAERTES, fiul lui Polonius
VOLTIMAND VOLTIMAND
CORNELIUS
ROSENCRANTZ Courtiers curteni
CORNELIUS
GUILDENSTERN
ROSENCRANTZ
OSRIC
GUILDENSTERN
A gentleman
OSRIC
A priest
Un gentilom
MARCELLUS Officers Un preot
BERNARDO
MARCELLUS ofieri
FRANCISCO, a soldier
BERNARDO
REYNALDO, servant to Polonius
FRANCISCO, un soldat
Players
REYNALDO, tnr n slujba lui Polonius
Two clowns, grave-diggers
Actori
FORTINBRAS, Prince of Norway
Doi clovni, gropari
A Norwegian Captain
FORTINBRAS, prin al Norvegiei
English Ambassadors
Un cpitan norveg
GERTRUDE, Queen of Denmark, and mother to Hamlet
Ambasadori englezi
OPHELIA, daughter to Polonius
GERTRUDA, regin a Danemarcei i mama lui Hamlet
Lords, Ladies, Officers, Soldiers, Sailors Messengers, and
other Attendants OPHELIA, fiica lui Polonius
GHOST of Hamlet's Father Lorzi, Doamne, Ofieri, Soldai, Marinari, Trimii i ali
Slujitori
Scene: Elsinore-Denmark
FANTOMA tatlui lui Hamlet
Scena: Elsinore Danemarca
ACT I ACTUL I
Scene 1 Scena1
Elsinore. A platform before the castle. Elsinore. O teras n faa castelului.
F r a n c i s c o at his post. Enter to him B e r n a r d o . F r a n c i s c o , de straj. Intr la el B e r n a r d o .

BERNARDO BERNARDO
Who's there?* Cine-i?
FRANCISCO FRANCISCO
Nay, answer me: stand and unfold yourself.* Nu, tu rspunde-mi! Stai i te dezvlui.
BERNARDO BERNARDO
I/ong live the king! Triasc regele!
FRANCISCO FRANCISCO
Bernardo? Bernardo?
BERNARDO BERNARDO
He. El.
FRANCISCO
F RANCISCO
You come most carefully upon your hour.* Vii fr gre la ceasul tu, din timp.
BERNARDO
BERNARDO
'Tis now struck twelve; get thee to bed,
Btu doar miezul nopii; acum, la pat.
Francisco. 5
FRANCISCO
FRANCISCO
For this relief much thanks; 'tis bitter cold i mulumesc de schimb; nprasnic ger,
i inima mi-e grea.
And I am sick at heart.*
BERNARDO
BERNARDO
n paz, linite?
Have you had quiet guard?
FRANCISCO FRANCISCO
Nici mers de oarec.
Not a mouse stirring.
BERNARDO BERNARDO
Well, good night. Atunci, somn bun.
If you do meet Horatio and Marcellus, 10 De vezi n drum pe-Horatio i Marcellus,
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 The rivals of my watch, bid them make Ca soi de straj,-ndeamn-i s grbeasc.
haste.* FRANCISCO
FRANCISCO Eu cred c-i i aud. Hei, cine-i? Stai!
I think I hear them. Stand, ho, who is there? Intr H o r a t i o fi M a r c e l l u s .
Enter H o r a t i o and M a r c e l l u s .
HORATIO
HORATIO Prieteni rii.
Friends to this ground.
MARCELLUS
MARCELLUS Danului, vasali.
And liegemen to the Dane.*
FRANCISCO
FRANCISCO
V spun dar noapte bun.
Give you good night.*
MARCELLUS M ARCELLUS
O, farewell, honest soldier; Otean cinstit, cu bine ;
Who hath relieved you? Cine-i fu schimb?
FRANCISCO
FRANCISCO
Bernardo hath my place, is Bernardo e n locu-mi;
Give you good night. Noapte bun.
Exit. Exit.
MARCELLUS MARCELLUS
Holla, Bernardo! Hei, tu, Bernardo!
BERNARDO BERNARDO
Say, Vorbete!
What, is Horatio there? Horatio?
HORATIO HORATIO
A piece of him.* Un deget doar din el.
BERNARDO
BERNARDO
Welcome, Horatio; welcome, good Marcellus.
Vin', tu, Horatio, vino, bun Marcellus.
HORATIO
What, has this thing appeared again HORATIO
Eh, moftu-acela a mai ieit ast-noapte?
to-night?*
BERNARDO BERNARDO
I have seen nothing. 20 Eu n-am vzut nimic.
MARCELLUS MARCELLUS
Horatio says 'tis but our fantasy, Horatio zice c-i doar spaima noastr
And will not let belief take hold of him, i nu d-n nici un chip vrun crezmnt
Touching this dreaded sight, twice seen of us; Vedeniei ce ne tulbur de-alalteri;
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 Therefore I have entreated him along,
With us to watch the minutes of this night, 25
That if again this apparition come,
He may approve our eyes and speak to it.
HORATIO
Tush, tush, 'twill not appear.
BERNARDO
Sit down a while,
And let us once again assail your ears,
That are so fortified against our story,
What we have two nights seen.
HORATIO
Well, sit we down,
And let us hear Bernardo speak of this.
BERNARDO
I,ast night of all,
When yond same star, that's westward from
the pole, 35
Had made his course to illume that part of
heaven,
Where now it burns, Marcellus and myself.
The bell then beating one,
Enter G h o s t . *
MARCELLUS
Peace, break thee off; look, where it comes
again!
BERNARDO
In the same figure, like the king that's dead. 40
MARCELLUS
Thou art a scholar; speak to it, Horatio.*
BERNARDO
Looks it not like the king? mark it, Horatio.
HORATIO
Most like; it harrows me with fear and
wonder.*
De-aceea l-am rugat ca ntr-adins
S stea cu noi de paz-n ast noapte,
i dac iar ne-apare artarea,
Vznd-o el, s-i spun un cuvnt.
HORATIO
A, ce s-apar, cum?!
BERNARDO
Stai jos puin,
S-i umplem iar urechile-amndou,
30
Rmase surde la povestea noastr,
Cu ce-am vzut noi dou nopi.
HORATIO
S stm
i s-ascultm ce-are de spus Bernardo.
BERNARDO
Ieri noapte, mai cu seam, cnd
Aceeai stea de colo, dinspre-apus,
Urcase mult, chiar unde arde-acum,
S-i lumineze cerul ei, iar noaptea
Trecea de miez, Marcellus i cu mine,
Intr F a n t o m a .
MARCELLUS
Stai, taci odat, uite-o, vine iar!
BERNARDO
Cu chip la fel ca rposatul rege.
MARCELLUS
Eti om citit, vorbete-i tu, Horatio!
BERNARDO
Nu pare-ntocmai regele? Ia-i seama.
HORATIO
ntocmai; m cutremur i-s uimit.
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BERNARDO BERNARDO
It would be spoke to. Ateapt-o vorb.
MARCELLUS MARCELLUS
Speak to it, Horatio. ntreab dar, Horatio.
HORATIO HORATIO
What art thou that usurp'st this time of Ce duh eti tu de tulburi timp de noapte.
night, 45 Cu chip mre i n pieptar de zale,
Together with that fair and warlike form, Cum numai rar umbla doar majestatea
In which the majesty of buried Denmark* nmormntatei Danemarce?* Spune!
Did sometimes march? by heaven, I charge MARCELLUS
thee, speak! Ir ai suprat.
MARCELLUS BERNARDO
It is offended. n pas mre se duce.
BERNARDO HORATIO
See, it stalks away. Dar stai i spune! i poruncesc, vorbete!
HORATIO Exil F a n t o m a .
Stay, speak, speak, I charge thee, speak! 50 MARCELLUS
Exit G h o s t . S-a dus i nu va mai rspunde.
MARCELLUS BERNARDO
'Tis gone and will not answer. Eh, ce-i, Horatio, tremuri? eti ca varul:
BERNARDO E duhu-acesta numai spaima noastr?
How now, Horatio? you tremble and look Rspunde, ce mai zici?
pale: HORATIO
Is not this something more than fantasy? Pe Cel-de-Sus c nu puteam s cred
What think you on't? De n-aveam martori vii n adevr
HORATIO
Chiar ochii mei.
Before my God, I might not this believe, 55 MARCELLUS
Without the sensible and true avouch Ca regele-i, sau nu?
Of mine own eyes. HORATIO
MARCELLUS
Iveit, ca tine nsui tu;
Is it not like the king? Purta chiar platoa-mbrcat-n lupta
HORATIO
n care-a-nfrnt pe aprigul Norveg;
As thou art to thyself.
Such was the very armour he had on,
When he the ambitious Norway combated; 60
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 So frowned he once, when, in an angry i, crunt la fel, cnd, tuntor n glas.
parle, Zdrobi iui snii de poloni pe ghea.
He smote the sledded Polacks on the ice.* Ciudat...
'Tis strange. MARCELLUS

MARCELLVS De nc dou ori, la ceas de moarte,

Thus twice before, and jump at this dead Cu mers rzboinic veghea ne-a umplut.
hour,* HORATIO
With martial stalk hath he gone by our Ce gnd anume s mai deapn, nu tiu;
watch. 65 Dar vd c rii-n totul i se-aduc
Vestiri de negre izbucniri n stat.
HORATIO
MARCELLUS
In what particular thought to work I know
Stai jos acum i spuie-mi cine tie
not,
De ce aceeai veghe ncordat
But in the gross and scope of my opinion,
Muncete noaptea pe supuii toi,
This bodes some strange eruption to our De ce se toarn-arama-n tunuri zilnic,
state.
i zilnic vin din trguri deprtate
MARCELLVS Attea noi unelte de rzboi;
Good now, sit down, and tell me, he that De ce se-alearg-atta la corbii.
knows, C nu mai tie nimeni de duminici,
Why this same strict and most observant i ce-i aceast grab n sudori.
watch Ce leag-n munc zilele de nopi?
So nightly toils the subject of the land S-mi spun cine poate?
And why such daily cast of brazen cannon, HORATIO
And foreign mart for implements of war, Da, pot eu,
Why such impress of shipwrights, whose Sau cel puin e zvon c fostul rege,
sore task Al crui chip ni se-art-adineauri,
Does not divide the Sunday from the week; 75 A fost, cum tii, de Fortinbras norvegul,
What might be toward, that, this sweaty
haste
Doth make the night joint-labourer with the
day;
Who is't that can inform me?
HORATIO
That can I.
At least the whisper goes so; our last king,
Whose image even but now appear'd to us, so
Was, as you know, by Fortinbras of Norway,
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Act I Scene 1
 Thereto pricked on by a most emulate pride,
Dar'd to the combat; in which our valiant
Hamlet
For so this side of our known world esteemed
him
Did slay this Fortinbras; who, by a sealed
compact, 85
Well ratified by law and heraldry,
Did forfeit, with his life, all those his lands
Which he stood seized of, to the conqueror:
Against the which a moiety competent
Was gaged by our king, which had returned 90
To the inheritance of Fortinbras,*
Had he been vanquisher; as, by the same
covenant
And carriage of the article designed, *
His fell to Hamlet; now sir, young
Fortinbras,
Of unimproved mettle, hot and full,*
as
Hath in the skirts of Norway here and there
.Sharked up a list of lawless resolutes,
For food and diet, to some enterprise*
That hath a stomach in't, which is no other,
As it doth well appear unto our state, ioo
But to recover of us by strong hand
And terms compulsatory, those foresaid
lands,*
So by his father lost; and this, I take it,
Is the main motive of our preparations,
The source of this our watch, and the chief
head 105
Of this post-haste and romage in the land.
BERNARDO
I think it be no other, but e'en so;
Well may it sort, that this portentous figure
Acesta-mpins de lauda-n ntreceri,
Poftit la lupta-n care bravul Hamlet,
Cum i s-a zis n emisferul nostru,
Ucise pe-acel Fortinbras; i astfel,
Prin greu cuvnt, pe care-au pus pecei,
Cuvnt al legii i cuvnt de regi,
Pierdu Norvegu-o seam de inuturi;
n cumpn o parte cuvenit
Pusese-asemeni fostul nostru rege,
Trecnd-o-n moteniri lui Fortinbras
Ca semn al biruinei, de-ar fi-nvins;
Cum, prin aceeai scris nvoial,
Pmnturile-i toate i-au czut
Lui Hamlet; ns Fortinbras cel tnr,
Arznd i plin de focul vrstei lui,
A tot chemat la oameni fr lege,
Pe-alocurea, la poalele norvege,
Pe care-i ine-acolo i-i mbuib.
Cu gnd ascuns; i ce alt gnd s aib
Dect, cum se i tie printre noi,
Ca, silnic i lovind neateptat,
S-apuce iar pierdutele pmnturi.
Aceasta, dup ct mi dau eu seama,
E pricin acelor pregtiri,
Izvorul veghii noastre lungi i rost
Al grabei i al forfotei din ar.
BERNARDO
Nici eu nu cred altfel, ci chiar aa;
De-aceea scutul falnicei vedenii,
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 Comes armed through our watch so like the
king,
That was and. is the question of these wars, no
HORATIO
A moth it is to trouble the mind's eye:
In the most high and palmy state of Rome,
A little ere the mightiest Julius fell,
The graves stood tenantless, and the
sheeted dead
Did squeak and gibber in the Roman streets: n;
And even the like precurse of fierce events,*
As stars with trains of fire, and dews of
blood,
Disasters in the sun; and the moist star,*
Upon whose influence Neptune's empire
stands,*
Was sick almost to doomsday with eclipse: 120
As harbingers preceding still the fates
And prologue to the omen coming on,
Have heaven and earth together
demonstrated
Unto our climatures and countrymen.
Re-enter G h o s t .
But soft, behold, lo, where it comes again! 12s
I'll cross it, though it blast me; stay,
illusion!
If thou hast any sound or use of voice,
Speak to me:
If there be any good thing to be done,
That may to thee do ease, and grace to me, <>
Speak to me:
If thou art privy to thy country's fate,
Which, happily, foreknowing may avoid,
O, speak!
Or if thou hast uphoarded in thy life 135
Extorted treasure in the womb of earth,
i spada-s chiar a regelui ce-a fost
i este cap acestor nenelegeri.
HORATIO
Un fir de praf ne tulbur vederea.
n culmea, chiar, de glorie a Romei
i pn-a nu fi Cezar la pmnt,
Mormintele-au srit i morii-n giulgi,
Biguitori, pe strzi au clempnit;
i stele-au fost, cu cozi de foc, i rou
De snge; soarele s-a strns, iar luna,
Stpn-a-mpriei lui Neptuii,
Ceoas-a stat ca-n ziua de apoi;
i tot aa proorocind sori grei,
Cu crainicii c vine-o piaz-rea,
Acelai lan de semne vestitoare,
Pmnt i cer au artat de-asemeni
ranilor i cmpurilor noastre.
Intr din nou F a n t o m a.
Dar ce vd? Iat-o, iari a venit!
M sufl, dar o-ntmpin. Stai, nluc!
De nu ai grai de om, cu orice grai
S-mi spui:
Ne ceri ceva s-aducem la-mplinire
Spre pacea ta i mntuirea noastr?
S-mi spui:
Cunoti n tain soarta grea a rii
i-ai vrea, vestind-o, poate s-o fereti?
O, spune!
n timpul vieii-ai tinuit tcnd
Comori nedrepte-n pntec de pmnt?
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 For which, they say, you spirits oft walk in
death.
Speak of it, stay and speak! (The cock crows.)
Stop it, Marcellus.
MARCELLVS
Shall I strike at it with my partisan?
HORATIO
Do, if it will not stand.
BERNARDO
'Tis here!
HORATIO
'Tis here! 140
Exit G h o s t .
MARCELLUS
'Tis gone!
We do it wrong, being so majestical,
To offer it the show of violence;
For it is, as the air, invulnerable,
And our vain blows malicious mockery. i
BERNARDO
It was about to speak when the cock crew.
HORATIO
And then it started like a guilty thing,
Upon a fearful summons; I have heard,*
The cock, that is the trumpet to the morn,
Doth with his lofty and shrill-sounding
throat so
Awake the god of day, and at his warning,
Whether in sea or fire, in earth or air,*
The extravagant and erring spirit hides
To his confine; and of the truth herein
This present object made probation.
MARCELLUS
It faded on the crowing of the cock.
Some say that ever 'gainst that season comes
Wherein our Saviour's birth is celebrated,
Doar ele pot desfereca morminte!
Vorbete, stai! (Cntec de coco.)
Oprete-o tu, Marcellus.
MARCELLUS
S-o i lovesc cu sulia?
HORATIO
I,ovete-o, dac nu st.
BERNARDO
Aici!
HORATIO
Aici!
Exit F a n t o m a .
MARCELLUS
S-a dus!
Fcurm ru c-acestui duh mre
Am vrut tria noastr-a-i arta;
Fptura lui e vnt invulnerabil,
Ce paloul netrebnic ni-1 ia-n rs.
BERNARDO
i-ar fi vorbit de nu cnta cocoul.
HORATIO
Plec apoi ca-mpovrat de vin
La o chemare aspr. -Am auzit
C goarna dimineii e cocoul,
C gua lui cu un ipt subiratec
Deteapt pe-al luminii domn, i-atunci.
Din ap, foc, pmnt sau din vzduh,
Oriunde-ar fi vrun duh rtcitor,
Se-ascunde duhu-n tainia-i tiut.
C-aa i este,-acum s-a dovedit.
MARCELLUS
s
Pieri deodat-n cntec de coco.
Spun muli c pn-a se-mplini sorocul
De srbtoare-a Naterii din iesle,
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 The bird of dawning singeth all night long,
And then, they say, no spirit dare stir abroad, iso
The nights are wholesome, then no planets
strike,
No fairy takes, nor witch hath power to
charm,
So hallowed and so gracious is that time.
HORATIO
So have I heard and do in part believe it.
But look, the morn in russet mantle clad sr>
Walks o'er the dew of yon high eastward
hill:
Break we our watch up; and, by my advice,
I<et us impart, what we have seen to-night,
Unto young Hamlet, for, upon my life,
This spirit dumb to us will speak to him: ">
Do you consent we shall acquaint him with
it,
As needful in our loves, fitting our duty?
MARCELLVS
Ivet's do't, I pray; and I, this morning,
know
Where we shall find him most convenient.
Exeunt
Cocoii cnt-ntr-una pu-n zori;
Se zice c nici duhuri nu perind,
C-s nopi de har, cnd nu se lovesc stele,
Nici vrji nu leag, nici nu umbl iele;
Snt nopi de sfnt rou i iertare.
HORATIO
Se spune, da; i cred n bun parte.
Dar, iat, zorii-n pnze cum e spuza
Se plimb-n rou rumeaelor piscuri:
E timpul s plecm, i cred e-i bine
S dm de tire tnrului Hamlet
De ce-am vzut ast-noapte; fiindc jur
C lui tcuta umbr-i va vorbi.
Nu credei voi c-ar fi o datorie
A dragostei s-i spunem ce-am vzut?
M ARCELLVS
Nici vorb. Eu tiu bine, dimineaa,
Cam unde se cuvine-a-1 ntlni.
Exeunt.
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Scene 2
A room of state in the castle. Flourish.
Enter the King, Q u e e n , Hamlet, Poloni tis
Laertes, Vo l t i m a n d , Cornelius, Lords
and A t t e n d a n t s .
KING
Though yet of Hamlet our dear brother's
death*
The memory be green, and that it us befitted
To bear our hearts in grief and our whole
kingdom
To be contracted in one brow of woe,
Yet so far hath discretion fought with
nature,
That we with wisest sorrow think on him
Together with remembrance of ourselves;
Therefore our sometime sister, now our
queen,
The imperial jointress to this warlike state, 10
Have we, as 'twere with a defeated joy,
With an auspicious and a dropping eye,
With mirth in funeral, and with dirge in
marriage,
In equal scale weighing delight and dole,
Taken to wife: nor have we herein barred
Your better wisdoms, which have freely gone w
With this affair along: for all, our thanks.
Now follows that you know, young
Fortinbras,
Holding a weak supposal of our worth,
Or thinking, by our late dear brother's
death.
Our state to be disjoint and out of frame, 20
Scena 2
O ncpere de stat a castelului. Trompete.
Intr R e g e l e , R e g i n a , H a m l e t , P o l o n i u s ,
L a e r t e s , V o l t i m a n d , C o r n e l i u s , L o r z i i
Curteni.
REGELE
Dei e nc verde amintirea
A morii drag fratelui nostru Hamlet,
i nou-n inimi ni s-ar potrivi
Tristeea, iar ntregului regat,
Privirea sub sprncenele-ncruntate,
Att lupt cu sine, totui, firea,
C fr s uitm de noi, plngnd,
Gndim la el cu stpnit alean.
Aa c pe cumnata, azi regin,
August vduvind n tulburi vremi,
Am luat-o, cu nfrnt bucurie,
C-un ochi rznd i altul picurnd,
Cu mirt la groap, bocete la nunt,
Punndu-mi jalea-n cumpeni cu-nentarea,
Am luat-o de soie; cci n-am vrut
S punem piedici marii-nelepciuni
Pe care nesilit ai artat-o
n tristele-ntmplri: v mulumim.
Dar iat, tii c Fortinbras cel tnr,
inndu-ne, pesemne, de nevrednici,
Creznd c moartea drag fratelui nostru
Ls n ar vrajb i prpd,
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Act I Scene 2
2i
Colleagued with this dream of his advantage,
He hath not failed to pester us with message, Visnd ctiguri, fal i mriri,
Importing the surrender of those lands Gsi prilej de-a ne strni odihna
Lost by his father, with all bauds of law,* Cernd anume-acele vechi pmnturi,
To our most valiant brother; so much for Pe care tatl su le-a legiuit,
him. 25 Pierzudu-le, viteazului meu frate.
Now for ourself, and for this time of De-aceea-am vrut s inem acest sfat.
meeting, Snt treburi multe: noi am i vestit
Thus much the business is; we have here Norvegul, unchi lui Fortinbras cel tnr,
writ Ce-ajuns de ani i boal, n-a aflat
To Norway, uncle of young Fortinbras*, De-aceste puneri tinereti la cale,
Who, impotent and bed-rid, scarcely hears S curme-odat umbletul viclean
Of this his nephew's purpose, to suppress 30 De oti la granii i de mari chemri
His further gait herein, in that the levies, Fcute de nepot; i vom trimite
The lists and full proportions, are all made Prin voi, Cornelius, bun, i Voltimand,
Out of his subject; and we here dispatch Salutul nostru, fr s putei
You, good Cornelius, and you, Voltimand, Cu regele mai mult a ntocmi
For bearers of this greeting to old Norway; 35 Dect ce scrisul, larg, las-a se ti.
Giving to you no further personal power Drum bun, i datoria v grbeasc.
To business with the king, more than the CORNELIUS )
scope VOLTIMAND /
Of these delated articles allow: Aici i-oriunde, numai datoria.
Farewell, and let your haste commend your REGELE
duty. tim bine, tim; din inim, drum bun.
CORNELIUS \ Exeunt V o l t i m a n d i C o r n e l i u s .
VOLTIMAND J
In that and all things, will we show our duty. > Acum, Laertes, ce ne mai spui nou?
Aveai ceva de gnd, Laertes, ce?
KING
Doar nu poi cere Danului dreptate
We doubt it nothing: heartily farewell. i pierde glasul; poate vreai, Laertes,
Exeunt V 0 I t i m a n d and C o r n e l i u s .
Ce nu-i de dat i nu e de cerut?
And now, Laertes, what's the news with you?
You told us of some suit, what is't, Laertes?
You cannot speak of reason to the Dane*
And lose your voice: what wouldst thou
beg, Laertes,
That shall not be my offer, not thy asking?
26 Act I Scene 2 Actul J Scena 2 27
 The head is not more native to the heart, Nici capul nu-i de inim legat,
The hand more instrumental to the mouth, Nici mna nu e de unealt gurii,
Than is the throne of Denmark to thy father. Ct tatl tu e tronului danez.
What wouldst thou have, Laertes? Rspunde, ce-i doreti?
LAERTES LAERTES
My dread lord, &o Temute domn,
Your leave and favour to return to France, nalt voie s m-ntorc n Frana,
From whence, though willingly I came to De unde-am alergat n Danemarca,
Denmark, S-mi fac de-ncoronare datoria;
To show my duty in your coronation, Acum, c datoria mi-e-mplinit,
Yet now, I must confess, that duty done, Simiri i gnd mi zboar iar spre Frana,
My thoughts and wishes bend again toward i vou spre iertare mi le-nclin.
France, 55 REGELE
And bow them to your gracious leave and
i-a dat Polonius voia-i de printe?
pardon.
POLONIUS
KING Mi-a stors-o, doamne,-n sil, zi de zi,
Have you your father's leave? What says
Cu cazn mult; i-n sfrit i-am pus
Polonius?
Sigiliul nvoirii pe dorini.
POLONIUS V rog i eu, ngduii s plece.
He hath, my lord, wrung from me my slow
REGELE
leave
Ceas bun, Laertes; timpul i-1 alege
By laboursome petition, and at last
i cheltuie-1 din plin i dup plac.
Upon his will I sealed my hard consent: o
i-acum, tu, vere Hamlet, dar i fiu...
I do beseech you, give him leave to go.
HAMLET
KING
(aparte) Destul de rud, ns nu-nrudii.
Take thy fair hour, Laertes; time be thine
And thy best graces spend it at thy will! REGELE
De ce nori negri nc te-nvestmnt ?
But now, my cousin Hamlet, and my son,
HAMLET
HAMLET
De loc, my lord, m simt chiar prea n soare.
(aside) A little more than kin, and less than
kind.* 65
KING
How is it, that the clouds still hang on you?*
HAMLET
Not so, my lord; I am too much i' the sun.*
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Act I Scene 2
QUEEN
Good Hamlet, cast thy nighted colour off,
And let thine eye look like a friend on
Denmark;*
Do not, for ever with thy vailed lids
70
Seek for thy noble father in the dust:
Thou know'st 'tis common, all that lives
must die,
Passing through nature to eternity.
HAMLET
Ay, madam, it is common.
Q VEEN
If it be,
Why seems it so particular with thee? 75
H AM LET
"Seems," madam? nay, it is; I know not
"seems."
'Tis not alone my inky cloak, good mother,
Nor customary suits of solemn black,
Nor windy suspiration of forced breath,
No, nor the fruitful river in the eye,
Nor the dejected haviour of the visage,
Together with all forms, moods, shapes of
grief,
That can denote me truly; these indeed
seem.
For they are actions that a man might play,
But I have that within which passes show, 85
These but the trappings and the suits of woe.
KING
'Tis sweet and commendable in your nature,
Hamlet,
To give these mourning duties to your father;
But vou must know your father lost a
father,
REGINA
Alung-aceste neguri, bune Hamlet,
i-arat ochi prieteni Danemarcei;
Umblnd mereu cu pleoapele czute,
Tu ci n praf pe vrednicu-i printe.
Aa e dat: s moar ce triete,
Trecnd prin via ctre venicie.
HAMLET
Aa e dat, da, doamn.
REGINA
Dac e,
De ce s-i par altfel numai ie?
HAMLET
S-mi par"? Nu, e chiar aa, nu-mi pare".
Nu haina scoas din cerneluri, mam,
Nici alte straie-n doliul lor solemn,
Nici silnic uierata-mi rsuflare,
Nici, ele, ale ochilor praie,
i nici obrazul tras de suferin,
i toate alte forme-ale durerii
Nimic nu spun; i-n adevr c par,
so Fiind doar semne-adesea i prefaceri;
n mine-i mult mai mult dect arat
Zadarnice podoabele-ntristrii.
REGELE
Plcut i-nalt e sufletul tu, Hamlet,
Printele cu-atta chin cinstindu-i;
Dar, tii, chiar tatl tu pierdu un tat,
 Act I Scene 2
That father lost, lost his, and the survivor
bound, 90
In filial obligation for some term.
To do obsequious sorrow; but to persever
In obstinate condolement is a course
Of impious stubbornness, 'tis unmanly grief,
It shows a will most incorrect to heaven, 95
A heart unfortified, a mind impatient,
An understanding simple and unschooled;
For what we know must be and is as common
As any the most vulgar thing to sense,
Why should we in our peevish opposition too
Take it to heart? Fie! 'tis a fault to heaven,
A fault against the dead, a fault to nature,
To reason most absurd, whose common
theme
Is death of fathers, and who still hath cried,
From the first corse, till he that died to-day, ios
"This must be so." We pray you, throw to
earth
This unprevailing woe, and think of us
As of a father: for let the world take note,
You are the most immediate to our throne.
And, with no less nobility of love
Than that which dearest father bears his son,
Do I impart toward you. For your intent
In going back to school in Wittenberg,*
It is most retrograde to our desire,*
And we beseech you, bend you to remain n
Here in the cheer and comfort of our eye,
Our chiefest courtier, cousin, and our son.
Let not thy mother lose her prayers, Hamlet:
I pray thee, stay with us; go not to
Wittenberg.
Acttil 1 Scena 2
Ce tot la fel i 1-a pierdut pe-al su,
Legndu-i fiu-n triste cuveniri,
De amintirea-i, numai un rstimp;
E ns o pornire spre pcat
S strui zi de zi n neagr jale.
Durerea ta nici nu e omeneasc;
E-o fire-ntoars de la cer, n ea,
Simiri plpnde, spirit nesupus
i-o minte simpl, fr-nvtur;
tiind c moartea, dintre cele-obteti,
E tot ce poate fi mai cuvenit,
De ce att de-nvierunat am pune-o
Da inim? Greim fa de cer,
De moartea nsi i de legea firii,
Greim absurd n contra-nelepciunii,
Ce-i floarea printetilor morminte
i care, de la primul mort pe lume
Da cel de azi, n linite suspin:
Aa e scris." Rugm s scuturi dar
Tristeea netemeinic i cat
Da noi ca la un tat; afle toi
C nimeni nu-i mai lng tronul Dan,
no C-i dm aceeai dragoste curat
Cu care scumpul tat te crescu.
De-aceea, spun, dorina noastr nu e
S mergi din nou la coal-n Wittenberg,
Ci te rugm, nclin s rmi,
Ne fii lumin-a ochilor, curtean
Dinti, i vr, i drag fecior ne fii.
R EG IN A
ndur-te de-o inim de mam:
Te rog, rmi i las Wittenbergul.
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Act I Scene 2
HAMLET
I shall in all my best obey you, madam. 120
KING
Why, 'tis a loving and a fair reply;
Be as ourself in Denmark. Madam, come;
This gentle and unforced accord of Hamlet
Sits smiling to my heart, in grace whereof,
No jocund health that Denmark drinks
to-day, 125
But the great cannon to the clouds shall
tell,*
And the king's rouse the heaven shall bruit
again,
Re-speaking earthly thunder. Come away.
Flourish. Exeunt all but H a m l e t .
HAMLET
O, that this too too solid flesh would melt,*
Thaw and resolve itself into a dew! 130
Or that the Everlasting had not fixed;
His canon 'gainst self-slaughter! O God!
God!
How weary, stale, flat, and unprofitable
Seem to me all the uses of this world!
Fie on't, ah fie! 'tis an unweeded garden 135
That grows to seed; things rank and gross
in nature
Possess it merely. That it should come thus!
But two months dead, nay, not so much,
not two;
So excellent a king, that was to this
Hyperion to a satyr, so loving to my mother,* uo
That he might not beteem the winds of
heaven
Visit her face too roughly; heaven and
earth!
HAMLET
Voi face tot ce-mi spunei, totul, doamn.
REGELE
Frumos rspuns e-al dragostei cuvnt;
Ne fii de-o seam dar. S mergem, doamn;
Plcutul gest, nesilnic, al lui Hamlet
Surs aterne-n inimi; poruncesc
S nu se-nchine-n ar un pahar
Nainte tunul de-a vorbi spre nori
i cerul de-a suna-n regescul clinchet,
ntors ca tunet pe pmnt. S mergem.
Trompete. Exeunt toi, afar de H a m l e t.
H AM LET
O, trupu-mi prea-prea greu de s-ar topi
n valuri, prefcute-apoi n rou,
Sau Venicul de n-ar fi pus canon
Pe suflet biet de sinucis! O, Doamne,
Ce searbd, veted, rnced i zadarnic
E rostul lumii-ntregi n ochii mei!
Mi-e sil! Sil! Nimeni n-a plivit
Grdina de dudul dat n copt!
Urma de mult s fie cte snt.
De dou luni doar mort, i nici att;
Un rege-att de falnic, c urmaul
i vine ca un satir lui Hyperion;
Iar mamei so att de iubitor,
C nu lsa dect doar adieri
S-i rcoreasc-obrajii. -O, ceruri mari!
34
Act I Scene Actul I Scena 2 3S
2
 Must I remember? why, she would hang on
him De ce-mi mai amintesc? Ea ar fi vrut
As if increase of appetite had grown S stea mereu de gtu-i aninat,
By what it fed on, and yet within a month 145 Sorbindu-1, dar cu tot mai mare sete;
Let me not think on't; frailty, thy name i, totui, dup-o lun dar mai bine
is woman! De n-a mai ti; o, nestatornicie,
A little month, or ere those shoes were old, Adevratu-i nume e femeie!
With which she follow'd my poor father's i-s nc noi pantofii ei cu care
body, Urm sicriul bietului meu tat,
I/ike Niobe, all tears: why she, even
Ca o Niobe-n lacrmi; cum, tot ea
she, *
O God! a beast, that wants discourse of O, Doamne !-o fiar fr judecat
reason*,50 Ar fi jelit mai mult s se mrite
Would have mourned longer, married Cu unchiul, frate bun al tatii, ns
with my uncle, Venindu-i lui cum vin lui Hercul eu.
My father's brother, but no more like my Att: o lun! Chiar mai nainte
father Ca sarea mult nedreptelor ei lacrimi
Thau I to Hercules, within a month, S-i zvnte-n ochii-i roii iroirea,
Ere yet the salt of most unrighteous tears S-a mritat. O, grab cu pcat
Had left the flushing in her galled eyes, < 5& I^a pnzele de pat incestuos!
She married. O most wicked speed, to post Aceasta nu-i a bine, nu, nu poate fi.
With such dexterity to incestuous sheets!
Te sfarm, suflet, limba-mi voi muca!
It is not, nor it cannot come to good;
Intr H o r a t i o , M a r c e l l u s i B e r n a r d o .
But break my heart, for I must hold my
HORATIO
tongue!
Enter H o r a t i o , Marcellus and Ber- Alte!
nardo.
HAMLET
HORATIO
Ce plcere c te vd,
Hail to your lordship! Horatio, nu? sau eu nu mai snt eu.
HAMLET
HORATIO
I am glad to see you well: 160 Chiar el, my lord, i-n veci supusul vostru.
Horatio, or I do forget myself.
HORATIO
The same, my lord, and your poor servant
ever.
36 Act I Scene 2 My father, methinks I see my father.

HAMLET
Sir, my good friend; I'll change that name
with you;*
And what make you from Wittenberg,
Horatio?
Marcellus?

165
MARCELLUS
My good lord!
HAMLET /
I am very glad to see you. (to B e r n a r d o . )
Good even, sir.
(to Hor at i o.) But what, in faith, make you
from Wittenberg?
HORATIO
A truant disposition, good my lord.
HAMLET
I would not hear your enemy say so, ITO
Nor shall you do mine ear that violence
To make it truster of your own report
Against yourself: I know you are no truant,
But what is your affair in Elsinore?
We'll teach you for to drink deep ere you
depart. 175
HORATIO
My lord, I came to see your father's funeral.*
HAMLET
I prithee, do not mock me, fellow-student;
I think it was to see my mother's wedding.
HORATIO
Indeed, my lord, it followed hard upon.
HAMLET
Thrift, thrift, Horatio; the funeral baked-
meats*
iso
Did coldly furnish forth the marriage tables.
Would I had met my dearest foe in heaven
Or ever I had seen that day, Horatio!
Actul I Scena 2

37

HAMLET
Prieten drag, zi-mi domnule; a vrea
S schimb cu tine acel titlu. Dar
De ce-ai venit din Wittenberg, Horatio?
Marcellus?
MARCELLUS
Bunul meu stpn...
HAMLET
M bucur. (Lui B e r n a r d o : ) Bun seara, domnu-
le. (Lui H o r a t i o : ) De ce-ai venit, te-ntreb, din
Wittenberg?
HORATIO
Un gust de hoinreal,-alte.
HAMLET
Duman s-i fii, i n-ai vorbi aa;
Oricum, urechea tot nu-mi vei sili
S-asculte pri ce singur i le-aduci;
tiu prea de mult c nu eti un hoinar.
Dar ce-ai venit s faci n Elsinore?
tiina-aici se suge din butoi.
HORATIO
Am vrut s vd regeasca-nmormntare.
HAMLET
M iai n rs, studente-camarad;
Ai vrut s vezi, cred, nunta mamei mele.
HORATIO
E drept, my lord, c se inur lan.
HAMLET
Mai ieftin, ieftin! Recile bucate
Pentru comnd au fost i ale nunii.
Mai bine-n cer mi-a fi-ntlnit dumanii
Dect s-apuc aceast zi, Horatio!
l vd pe tata, uite, -l vd acum.
38 4ct l Scene 2
walked
By their oppressed and fear-surprised eyes,
HORATIO
Where, my lord?
HAMLET
In my mind's eye, Horatio.
'.8
5
HORATIO
I saw him once; he was a goodly king.
HAMLET
He was a man, take him for all in all,
I shall not look upon his like again.
HORATIO
My lord, I think I saw him yesternight.
HAMLET
Saw? who?

190
HORATIO
My lord, the king your father.
HAMLET
The king my father?
HORATIO
Season your admiration for a while
With an attent ear, till I may deliver,
Upon the witness of these gentlemen, i96
This marvel to you.
HAMLET
For God's love, let me hear.
HORATIO
Two nights together had these gentlemen,
Marcellus and Bernardo, on their watch,
In the dead waste and middle of the night,
Been thus encountered. A figure like your
father, 200
Armed at point exactly, cap-a-pe,
Appears before them and, with solemn
march,
Goes slow and stately by them: thrice he
 39 40
Actul I Scena 2 Act 1 Scene 2 Actul
I
HORATIO Scena
O, unde,-alte? 2

HAMLET
n vzul minii mele.
HORATIO
in bine minte,-a fost un rege bun.
H AMLET
A fost un om, dar om nepreuit,
i-alt semen tiu c-n veci n-am s-i mai aflu.
HORATIO
Alte, cred c l-am zrit azi-noapte.
H AMLET
Zrit, pe cine?
HORATIO
My lord, pe tatl vostru, regele.
HAMLET
Pe tatl meu, pe regele?
HORATIO
Mai bine
Uimirii potrivii-i pentru-un timp
Ureche linitit, ca s pot,
Avnd ca martori gentilom ii-aceti,
Minunea s-o destinui.
HAMLET
Doamne, spune!
HORATIO
Fcnd de straj-n dou nopi la rnd
Prietenii Marcellus i Bernardo,
n miezul plin, pustiu i stins al nopii,
Un chip la fel cu-al regelui vzur:
Cu coiful lui, cu scut i cu baltag,
Clcnd mre, ca-n umbletu-i solemn,
n sus i-n jos, de trei ori a trecut
Sub ochii lor, de spaim-ncremenii
 Within his truncheon's length; whilst they,
distilled 205 La-naltu-i sceptru; ns, ncepnd
Almost to jelly, with the act of fear S tremure ca apa nchegat,
Stand dumb and speak not to him. This Ei n-au putut s-i spun un cuvnt.
to me Dar taina lor n tain mi-au supus,
In dreadful secrecy impart they did; i-a treia noapte nsumi am vegheat;
And I with them the third night kept the i iar venind regeasca umbr,-n ea
watch, Pe tatl vostru-ntocmai l-am vzut.
Where, as they had deliver'd, both in time, 210 Aceste mini nu-i seamn mai mult.
Form of the thing, each word made true H AM LET
and good, i totul unde s-a-ntmplat?
The apparition comes: I knew your father.
MARCELLUS
These hands are not more like.
My lord,
HAMLET
Acolo, pe teras, unde-i straja.
But where was this?
M ARCELLUS H AM LET

My lord, upon the platform where we i nu i-ai spus nimic?

watched. HORATIO
HAMLET Ba da, my lord;
Did you not speak to it? Dar n-a rspuns, dei o dat, parc,
HORATIO Nlndu-i fruntea s se-ndrepte-n mers,
My lord, I did. 215 Crezurm toi c vrea s ne vorbeasc;
But answer made it none; yet once Dar chiar atunci cocoul dimineii
methought Cnt, iar umbra prinse sczmnt
It lifted up it head and did address i-apoi pieri.
Itself to motion, like as it would speak: H AMLET
But even then the morning cock crew loud, u adevr, ciudat.
And at the sound it shrunk in haste away 220 HORATIO
And vanished from our sight. Ca viaa mea, e totu-adevrat;
HAMLET Fcurm sfat i-apoi ne-am poruncit
'Tis very strange. S dm de veste-alteei-voastre.
HORATIO
As I do live, my honoured lord, 'tis true;
And we did think it writ down in our duty
To let you know of it.
42 Actul IScena 2 43
Act I Scene
2
HAM LEI HAMLET
Indeed, indeed sirs, but this troubles me, 225 Da,
Hold you the watch to-night? Da, domnii mei, dar nu tii ct m tulbur.
MARCELLUS \ Iva noapte mai pzii?
BERN.iK DO J
MARCELLUS 1
We do, my lord.
BERNARDO j
HAMLET Pzim, my lord.
Armed, say you?
HAMLET
MARCELLUS \ Era-narmat, ai spus?
BERNARDO J
Armed, my lord. MARCELLUS 1
BERNARDO J
HAMLET
Armat, my lord.
From top to toe?
MARCELLUS 1 HAMLET
BERNARDO / Din cretet pn-n tlpi?
My lord, from head to foot. MARCELLUS 1
HAMLET BERNARDO J
Then saw you not his face.* Din tlpi n cretet.
HORATIO HAMLET
O, yes, my lord; he wore his beaver up. 230 Atuncea, chipul nu i l-ai vzut.
HAMLET HORATIO
What, looked he frowningly? O, da, my lord, purta viziera-n sus.
HORATIO HAMLET
A countenance more in sorrow than in Eh, cum privea.-ncruntat?
anger. HORATIO
HAMLET Prea mai mult
Pale, or red? Adnc mhnit dect ntrtat.
HORATIO HAMLET
Nay, very pale. Aprins, sau palid?
HAMLET HORATIO
And fixed his eyes upon you? Foarte, foarte palid.
HORATIO
HAMLET
Most constantly.
Cu ochii-n ochii votri?
HAMLET
HORATIO
I would I had been there. 235
Da, mereu.
HAMLET
O, ce n-a da s-1 fi vzut i eu!
44 Act I Scene 2 Actul I Scena 2 4$
HORATIO HORATIO^
It would have much amazed you. Alte,-ai fi rmas ncremenit.
HAMLET HAMLET
Very like, very like. Stayed it long? Se poate, nu zic nu; dar ct a stat?
HORATIO HORATIO
While one with moderate haste might tell Cam ct am numra pn-ntr-o sut.
a hundred. MARCELLUS \
MARCELLUS 1 BERNARDO j
BERNARDO J Mai mult, mai mult.
I/onger, longer. HORATIO
HORATIO Vorbesc, cnd am fost eu.
Not when I saw't. HAMLET
HAMLET i barba cum era, crunt, nu?
His beard was grizzled, no? 240 HORATIO
HORATIO Era ca-n via un nisip de-argint.
It was as I have seen it in his life, HAMLET
A sable silvered. I,a noapte stm de straj mpreun.
HAMLET tiu eu? poate mai vine.
I will watch to-night: HORATIO
Perchance 'twill walk again. Da, m prind!
HORATIO HAMLET
I warr'nt it will. De-i ia din nou fptura scump-a tatii,
HAMLET Chiar iadul nsui poate s se cate
If it assume my noble father's person, Oprindu-m, i tot i voi vorbi.
I'll speak to it, though hell itself should V rog s inei mai mult n tcere
gape 245 Vedenia ce-ai ascuns-o pn-acum;
And bid me hold my peace; I pray you all, i orice-ar fi la noapte s se-ntmple,
If you have hitherto concealed this sight, Gndii ce vrei, dar limba v-o strunii.
Ivet it be tenable in your silence still, Iubirea-am s v-o-ntorc din plin. Cu bine.
And whatsoever else shall hap to-night, I/a miezul nopii, -acolo, pe teras.
Give it an understanding, but no tongue ;250 TOI
I will requite your loves. So, fare you well: Doar cinstei voastre ne simim datori.
Upon the platform, 'twixt eleven and twelve,
I'll visit you.
ALL
Our duty to your honour.
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47
HAMLET
Your loves, as mine to you: farewell.
Exeunt all but H a m l e t .
My father's spirit in arms! all is not well; 255
I doubt some foul play; would the night
were come!
Till then sit still, my soul: foul deeds will
rise,*
Though all the earth o'erwhelm them to
men's eyes.
Exit.
Scene 3
A room in P o l o n i u s ' house.
Enter L a e r t e s and O p h e l i a .
LAERTES
My necessaries are embarked, farewell:
And, sister, as the winds give benefit
And convoy is assistant, do not sleep,
But let me hear from you.
OPHELIA
Do you doubt that?
LAERTES
For Hamlet and the trifling of his favour
Hold it a fashion, and a toy in blood,
A violet in the youth of primy nature,
Forward, not permanent, sweet, not lasting,
The perfume and suppliance of a minute;
No more.
OPHELIA
No more but so?
HAMLET
Vreau schimb de dragoste-ntre noi. Cu bine.
Exeunt toi, ajar de H a m l e t .
Baltag, i scut, i coif! Semn ru, semn ru;
Pndesc mravi; vin', noapte, mai curnd!
Stai, suflet, stai; mravele urmri
Rzbi-vor chiar de sub pmnt i mri.
Exit.
Scena 3
O ncpere n casa lui P o l o n i u s .
Intr L a e r t e s i O p h e l i a .
LAERTES
Mi-au dus la rm i cufrul; adio,
i, scump sor, de e vnt prielnic
i-o nav st s plece, s nu pregei:
Trimite-mi veti.
OPHELIA
N-ai nici o ndoial.
LAERTES
Iar zmbet i-alte fleacuri de la Hamlet,
Tu ia-le drept un joc al vrstei lui:
Snt flori plpnde-n soarele de-april,
Curnd ivite, vetede curnd,
Miresme-a' unei singure clipite,
Nimic mai mult.
OPHELIA
Nimic mai mult?
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LAERTES
Think it no more. io
For nature crescent does not grow alone LAERTES
In thews and bulk, but, as this temple Nimic.
waxes, E-o lege-a firii tinerii s creasc
The inward service of the mind and soul La stat i-n muchi, dar, cu zidirea lor,
Grows wide withal; perhaps he loves you Luntrica putere-a chibzuinei
now, Asemeni crete. Azi, nu zic, te-o iubi,
And now no soil nor cautel doth besmirch 15 i nici un gnd viclean nu-i va fi stnd
The virtue of his will: but you must fear, Pe cuget; ns teme-te de rangu-i
His greatness weighed, his will is not his Prea nalt ca vrerea s mai fie-a lui;
, own; Robit fiind obriei, el nu e
For he himself is subject to his birth: Un om de rnd, ca singur s-i croiasc
He may not, as unvalued persons do, n via drum: alegerea-i se leag
Carve for himself, for on his choice depends 20 De-a rii-ntregi trie, i de-aceea
The safety and the health of this whole Alegerea i este mrginit
state,* De glasul i-nvoirea-acelui corp
And therefore must his choice be Al crui cap e el. Iubirea-i, azi,
i umple mintea pn la crezare,
circumscribed
Ca i cum el pe treapta unde st
Unto the voice and yielding of that body
l-ar da temei de fapt; dar temeiul
Whereof he is the head. Then if he says
Iubirii lui e-n glasul Danemarcei.
he loves you,
Msoar dar ce-n cinste poi s pierzi
It fits your wisdom so far to believe it 25
La oapta lui urechea de-i apleci,
As he in his particular act and place
Sau cast avutul inimii i-1 lai
May give his saying deed, which is no further
Deschis aprinsei lui nestpniri.
Than the main voice of Denmark goes
Ptrunde-te, Ophelia, de team,
withal*.
Rmi n urma-ndemnului tu propriu,
Then weigh what loss your honour may
Departe mult de-arsurile dorinei;
sustain,
If with too credent ear you list his songs, 30
Or lose your heart, or your chaste treasure
open
To his unmastered importunity.
Fear it, Ophelia, fear it, my dear sister,
And keep you in the rear of your affection,
Out of the shot and danger of desire.

3!
50 Act 1 Scene 3 Actul I Scena 3 St
 The chariest maid is prodigal enough,
If she unmask her beauty to the moon:
Virtue itself 'scapes not calumnious
strokes:
The canker galls the infants of the spring
Too oft before their buttons be disclosed 4 o
And in the morn and liquid dew of youth
Contagious blastments are most imminent.
Be wary then; best safety lies in fear:
Youth to itself rebels, though none else near.
OPHELIA
I shall the effect of this good lesson keep 45
As watchman to my heart; but, good my
brother,
Do not, as some ungracious pastors do,
Show me the steep and thorny way to heaven,
Whiles like a puffed and reckless libertine
Himself the primrose path of dalliance
treads 50
And recks not his own rede.
LAERTES
O, fear me not;
I stay too long, but here my father comes;
Enter P o l o n i u s .
A double blessing is a double grace,
Occasion smiles upon a second leave.
POLONIUS
Yet here, Laertes? Aboard, aboard, for
shame! 55
The wind sits in the shoulder of your sail
And you are stayed for. There, my
blessing with thee,
And these few precepts in thy memory
Look thou character. Give thy thoughts no
tongue,*
Nor any unproportioned thought his act; 60
O fat-i fr minte-ndeajuns
De-i plimb fragezi anii pe sub lun;
Nici cinstea nu-i ferit de ocar;
Omida roade gingaa mldi
Adesea mult nainte de-a da-n mugur,
i molimi grele snt mai de temut
n zorii plini de rou-ai tinereii.
Ia seama: frica-i ine frumuseea,
Dumanul tinereii-i tinereea.
OPHELIA
Voi pune gndu-acestei pilde paznic
Al inimii; dar, scumpe i bun frate,
S nu faci cum fac preoii nevrednici,
Spinosul drum la ceruri artndu-1,
n timp ce, slobozi, lacomi i-ncrezui,
Ei bat poteca-n floare a ispitei,
Clcndu-i vorba.
LAERTES
N-avea nici o team.
i-acum, destul. Dar, iat, vine tata.
Intr P o l o n i u s .
Urri mai multe-aduc noroc mai mult.
Prilej de-o nou voie mi surde.
POLONIUS
Eti nc-aici, i nu la rm? Ruine!
Ateapt vntu-n coasta brcii tale.
Iar tu ntrzii. Mergi, fiule, cu bine
i-arat-i firea-n inerea de minte
A sfaturilor mele. Cumpnete
n gnd cuvntul, i n fapt, gndul;
 n Act 1 Scene 3
Be thou familiar, but by no means vulgar;
Those friends thou hast, and their adoption
tried,
Grapple them unto thy soul with hoops of
steel,*
But do not dull thy palm with entertainment
Of each new-hatched, unfledged comrade;
beware 65
Of entrance to a quarrel, but, being in,
Bear't that the opposed may beware of thee;
Give every man thy ear, but few thy voice;
Take each map's censure, but reserve thy
judgement.
Costly thy habit as thy purse can buy, 70
But not expressd in fancy; rich, not gaudy;
For the apparel oft proclaims the man,
And they in France of the best rank and
station
Are often most select and generous chief in
that.*
Neither a borrower nor a lender be,
75
For loan oft loses both itself and friend,
And borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry.
This above all, to thine own self be true
And it must follow, as the night the day,
Thou canst not then be false to any man. 80
Farewell, my blessing season this in thee!
LAERTES
Most humbly do I take my leave, my lord.
POLONIUS
The time invites you; go, your servants
tend.
LAERTES
Farewell, Ophelia, and remember well
What I have said to you.
Actul 1 Scena 3
Fii bun cu toi, nu ns nhitat;
Prietenii ncearc-i mai nti
i ine-i strns n cercuri de oel;
Dar podul palmei nu-i toci dnd mna
Cu toi bobocii, goi, abia ouai;
Pzete-te de certuri, dar de-ncepi
Cu vrunul hara, f-1 s in minte,
Cu-oricine fii urechi doar, nu i glas;
Povee ia, dar judec tu nsui;
Te-mbrac scump, aa ca dup pung,
Dar fr ciucuri; scump, nu deucheat;
Adesea haina strig cine-i omul,
i-n Frana cei de seam i de neam
Snt largi i foarte-ateni la-mbrcminte;
Bani nu da, nici nu lua cu mprumut;
i pierzi dnd bani, i pierzi i un prieten,
Iar lund, ajungi la nechiverniseal.
Dar mai ales fii sincer tu cu tine:
Urmeaz-apoi, ca noaptea dup zi,
C n-ai s poi pe nimeni vicleni.
Rodeasc-n plin povaa mea! Cu bine!
LAERTES
Smerit m plec de bun rmas, my lord,
POLONIUS
E timpul; du-te, oamenii ateapt.
LAERTES
Rmi cu bine.-Ophelia; i-amintete-i
De ce i-am spus.
54 Act I Scene 3 Actul 1Scena 3

OPHELIA 55
'Tis in my memory locked, 85
And you yourself shall keep the key of it. OPHELIA
LAERTES n minte-am nchis tot,
Farewell. i cheia-acestei taine e la tine.
Exit. LAERTES
POLONIUS Cu bine.-atunci.
What is't, Ophelia, he hath said to you? Exit.
OPHELIA POLONIUS
So please you, something touching the Iyord Dar ce i-a spus, Ophelia, I^aertes?
Hamlet. OPHELIA
POLONIUS Ceva de prinul Hamlet, dac-ngdui.
Marry, well bethought:
POLONIUS
9
Bun, bun de tot, prea bine-a chibzuit.
'Tis told me he hath very oft of late Eu nsumi tiu c-ades de la un timp
Given private time to you, and you yourself Te vede-n patru ochi i c ai fi
Have of your audience been most free and Chiar tu, cu el, de-o mare buntate.
bounteous: Aa fiind i-aa mi s-a optit,
If it be so, as so 'tis put on me, n chip de grij trebuie s-i spun
And that in way of caution, I must tell you, 95 C nu-nelegi prea limpede tu nsi
You do not understand yourself so clearly Ce fiicei mele-n cinste i se cade;
As it behoves my daughter and your honour; S-mi spui curat, ce este ntre voi?
What is between you? give me up the truth. OPHELIA
OPHELIA De ctva timp, my lord, mi s-a vdit
He hath, my lord, of late made many Cu dragoste de mine.
tenders POLONIVS
Of his affection to me. too Cu dragoste! Vorbeti ca o codan
POLONIUS Ce n-a trecut prin sita de primejdii.
Affection: pooh! you speak like a green girl, i crezi ce i-a vdit, dup cum zici?
Unsifted in such perilous circumstance; OPHELIA
Do you believe his tenders, as you call Nici eu nu tiu, my lord, ce s mai cred.
them? POLONIUS
OPHELIA Ei bine, iat, crede-te copil
I do not know, my lord, what I should think.
POLONIUS
Marry, I will teach you: think yourself a
baby,* 105
56 Act 1 Scene 3 Actul 1Scena 3
 That you have ta'en these tenders for true
pay.
Which are not sterling; tender yourself
more dearly,*
Or, not to crack the wind of the poor phrase
Running it thus, you'll tender me a fool.
OPHELIA
My lord, he hath importuned me with love no
In honourable fashion.
PoLONIUS
Ay, fashion you may call it; go to, go to.
OPHELIA
And hath given countenance to his speech,
my lord,
With almost all the holy vows of heaven.
POLONJUS
Ay, springes to catch woodcocks. I do know, 115
When the blood burns, how prodigal the
soul
Iyends the tongue vows: these blazes,
daughter,
Giving more light than heat, extinct in both
Even in their promise, as it is a-making,
You must not take for fire. From this time 120
Be something scanter of your maiden
presence,
Set your entreatments at a higher rate
Than a command to parley; for I^ord
Hamlet,
Believe so much in him, that he is young,
And with a larger tether may he walk 125
Than may be given you: in few, Ophelia,
Do not believe his vows, for they are brokers,
Not of that dye which their investments
show,
But mere implorators of unholy suits,
De-ai luat bani grei vdirile-i, ce nu-s
Argint curat. Vdete-te mai scump;
Sau, altfel ca s suflu n acelai
Deert cuvnt mi te vdeti o toant.
OPHELIA
My lord, dar el iubirea-i mi-a supus
Cinstit, deschis i plin de cuviin.
POLO NI us
Da, sigur, cuviin! Spune, spune.
OPHELIA
i-n vorba lui a strns cele mai sacre
A' cerurilor toate jurminte.
POLONIUS
Da, da, snt lauri pentru vrbii. tiu
Ce darnic e inima-n cuvinte
Cnd sngele d-n fiert: tu, fiica mea,
S nu crezi foc aceste iui aprinderi
Ce fulger, dar nu in cald i pier
Ca iuile-artificii. De astzi fii
Cu farmecele tale mai zgrcit;
i las-te chemat mai cu greu
De gustul vorbei; tnrul prin Hamlet
E prea-ncrezut n marea-i tineree,
Putnd mai fr piedici s se mite
Dect poi tu. Ophelia, mai scurt,
Cuvintele-i jurate snt samsari
Muiai n dresuri, uni cu suliman,
Scldnd n lacrimi gnduri deucheate,
58 Act I Scene 4 Actul I Scena 4 }9
 Breathing like sanctified and pious bawds,*'80 Codoae vrnd cu fruni mironosie
The better to beguile. This is for all: S-nele mult mai aprig. Asta e!
I would not, in plain terms, from this time De azi a vrea s termini cu plcerea
forth, Acestor fr margini trncneli
Have you so slander any moment leisure, Cu prinul Hamlet; ia deci bine-aminte:
As to give words or talk with the Lord i poruncesc; i-acum vezi-i de treab.
Hamlet- OPHELIA
Ivook to't, I charge you: come your ways. 135 Voi face totul s te-ascult, my lord.
OPHELIA Exeunt.
I shall obey, my lord.
Exeunt.
Scene 4 Scena 4
The platform. Terasa.
Enter H a m l e t , H o r a t i o , and M a r c e l l u s . Intr H a m l e t , H o r a t i o i M a r c e l l u s .

HAMLET HAMLET
The air bites shrewdly, it is very cold. Amarnic muc vntu,-i ger cumplit.
HORATIO HORATIO
It is a nipping and an eager air. Vzduhul taie n obraji i-neap.
HAMLET HAMLET
What hour now? Dar ct e ceasul?
HORATIO
HORATIO
Vine miezul nopii.
I think it lacks of twelve.
MARCELLUS
MARCELLUS
A i btut.
No, it is struck.
HORA TIO
HORATIO A i btut? E-aproape timpu-atunci
Indeed? I heard it not: then it draws near
Cnd duhul printre umbre se preumbl.
the season 5
Izbucnire de trompete i salve de artilerie, afar.
Wherein the spirit held his wont to walk.
Alte, oare ce s-nsemne-aceasta?
A flourish of trumpets, and ordnance shot off, within.
What does this mean, my lord?
60 Actul I Scena 4
Act I Scene 4
HAMLET
The king doth wake to-night and takes his
rouse,
Keeps wassail and the swaggering
up-spring reels;
And as he drains his draughts of Rhenish
down, 10
The kettle-drum and trumpet thus bray out
The triumph of his pledge.
HORATIO
Is it a custom?
HAMLET
Ay, marry, is't.
But to my mind, though I am native here
And to the manner born, it is a custom 15
More honoured in the breach than the
observance.
This heavy-headed revel east and west
Makes us traduced and taxed of other
nations;
They clepe us drunkards and with swinish
phrase*
20
Soil our addition; and indeed it takes
From our achievements, though performed at
height,
The pith and marrow of our attribute.
So, oft it chances in particular men,
That for some vicious mole of nature in them,
As in their birth, wherein they are not
guilty, 25
Since nature cannot choose his origin,
By their o'ergrowth of some complexion
Oft breaking down the pales and forts of
reason,
Or by some habit, that too much o'er-
leavens
HAMLET
E semn c-n noapte regele petrece,
n chef cu opieli i cltinri;
Sugnd din chiupuri vinuri de pe Rin,
Isprava-asupra cnii i se zbiar
Din goarne, darabane i cu tunul.
Ho RATIO
E-o datin?
HAMLET
E datin, vezi bine.
Dar eu, dei de batin de-aici.
Nscut n ea, o cred un obicei
Mai vrednic s se uite dect in;
Acest dezm cu capu-ngreunat
Ne face neamu-n lume de ocar;
Prem beivi, i cele mai porceti
Porecle cad, i numele ni-1 spurc;
Iar firii noastre-nalte, fr seamn,
Mduva toat astfel i se smulge.
I<a fel, ades, cu oamenii se-ntmpl,
Pentru-un nrav ascuns al firii lor,
Nrav nscut de care nu-s de vin,
Cci nimenea obria nu-i cerne
S-i surpe stlpii dreptei cuminenii,
I/snd n voie vechi apucturi
62 Act 1 Scene 4 Actul 1 Scena 4
 The form of plausive manners, that these
men, 30
Carrying, I say, the stamp of one defect,
Being nature's livery or fortune's star,
Their virtues else be they as pure as grace,
As infinite as man may undergo,
Shall in the general censure take corruption 35
From that particular fault: the dram of
eale*
Doth all the noble substance often dout
To his own scandal.
Enter G h o s t .
HORATIO
Look, my lord, it comes!
HAMLET
Angels and ministers of grace defend us!
Be thou a spirit of health or goblin damned, 40
Bring with thee airs from heaven or blasts
from hell,*
Be thy intents wicked or charitable,
Thou com'st in such a questionable shape,*
That I will speak to thee; I'll call thee
Hamlet,
King, father, royal Dane: O, answer me!* 45
Let me not burst in ignorance, but tell
Why thy canonized bones, hearsed in death,
Have burst their cerements? why the
sepulchre,
Wherein we saw thee quietly interred,
Hath oped his ponderous and marble jaws, 50
To cast thee up again? What may this
mean
That thou, dead corse, again in complete
steel,
Revisits thus the glimpses of the moon,
Sau gustul la plcere i rsf;
i zic c, nfierai e-un beteug
Al firii lor, czut din zodiac,
i vd puteri curate ca iertarea,
i ct de fr margini i le-ar ti,
Le vd pierind din pricina acelui
Cusur ascuns. Un dram de mucigai
E prea de-ajuns s trag miezuri tari
n putrezire.
Intr Fan t o m a.
HORATIO
Alte, uite-o, vine!
HAMLET
Arhangheli ai iertrii, ocrotire!
Blajine duh sau iazm blestemat,
Cereasc boare,-ori duhnet greu de iad,
Cu gnd vrjma sau gnd de ndurare,
Tu vii att de-ntrebtor la chip,
C trebuie-a-i vorbi; i zic dar Hamlet,
Printe, rege! O, rege dan, rspunde-mi:
De ce m lai s gem n netiin,
De ce aceste sfinte moate reci
Au rupt linoliul morii ceruit,
De ce mormntu-n care te-am zidit
Pietroase flci a trebuit s cate,
Zvrlindu-te n lume? i de ce
Tu, corp rpus, din nou mpltoat,
Mai poi sub lun nc s perinzi,
64 Act I Scene 4 Actul I Scena 4

Making night hideous, and, we fool of nature*
So horridly to shake our disposition
With thoughts beyond the reaches of our
souls?
Say, why is this, wherefore, what should
we do?
G h o s t beckons H a m l e t .
HORATIO
It beckons you to go away with it,
As if it some impartment did desire
To you alone.
MARCELLUS
i/ook, with what courteous action 60
It waves you to a more removed ground;
But do not go with it.
HORATIO
No, by no means.
HAMLET
It will not speak; then I will follow it.
HORATIO
Do not, my lord.
HAMLET
Why, what should be the fear?
I do not set my life at a pin's fee,
And for my soul, what can it do to that,
Being a thing immortal as itself?
It waves me forth again, I'll follow it.
HORATIO
What if it tempt you toward the flood, my
lord,
Or to the dreadful summit of the cliff* 70
That beetles o'er his base into the sea,
And there assume some other horrible form
Which might deprive your sovereignty of
reason
And draw you into madness? think of it:
Umplnd de spaim noaptea, iar noi,
55
Prostatici, mintea s ne-o silnicim
Cu gnduri care gndul l ntrec?
De ce? i cum? i ce-ar fi de fcut?
F a n t o m a cheam pe H a m l e t cu mna.
HORATIO
V cheam-acolo,-alte, ca i cum
Ar vrea prta de tain s v fac.
MARCELLUS
Privii ce unduios, cu gest curtean,
n locuri mai ferite v poftete.
Dar nu v ducei.
HORATIO
Nu, cu nici un pre.
HAMLET
M duc, c numai astfel va vorbi.
HORATIO
O, nu, my lord.
HAMLET
De ce m-a teme oare?
Cnd viaa-mi nici un ac n-o preuiesc,
Iar sufletul fiindu-mi fr moarte,
Ca duhul nsui, ce s i se-ntmple?
65 M cheam-ntr-una; da, l voi urma.
HORATIO
i dac, ispitindu-v spre rm,
Sau, sus, pe culmea stncii prea temute,
Ce st plecat-asupra mrii,-i ia
Un chip nprasnic, care s v scoat
Din recea stpnire-a-nelepciunii,
Zvrlindu-v-n eresuri? Luai seama;
66 Act I Scene 4 Actul 1 Scena 4 67
The very place puts toys of desperation, 75 n orice minte locu-acela, fr
Without more motive, into every brain, Vreun alt cuvnt, i toarn dezndejdea,
That looks so many fathoms to the sea Vznd doar ape-n clocot dedesubt
And, hears it roar beneath. i mugetu-1 cumplit doar auzindu-1.
HAMLET HAMLET
It waves me still; M cheam nc.
Go on, I'll follow thee. Mergi! Te voi urma.
MARCELLUS MARCELLUS
You shall not go, my lord. Alte, nu.
HAMLET HAMLET
Hold off your hands. 80 Jos mua de pe mine!
HORATIO HORATIO
Be ruled, you shall not go. My lord, e mai cuminte s rmnei.
HAMLET HAMLET
My fate cries out,
Destinul meu, Horatio, m strig
And makes each petty arture in this body
i orice vinioar mi-o preschimb
As hardy as the Nemean lion's nerve.*
n vn grea, ca-n leul din Nemeia.
G h o s t beckons.
F a n t o m a face semne cu mina.
Still am I called; unhand me, gentlemen,
i iar m cheam. Drumul, gentilomi!
Breaking from them.
Smulgndu-se din mna lor.
By heaven, I'll make a ghost of him that
lets me! 85 Strigoi l fac pe cine-mi st-mpotriv!
I say away! Go on, I'll follow thee. n lturi, zic! Tu mergi, te voi urma.
Exeunt G h o s t and H a m l e t . Exeunt F a n t o m a i H am l e t.
HORATIO HORATIO
He waxes desperate with imagination. Eu cred c-nchipuirea-1 va sminti.
MARCELLUS MARCELLUS
L,et's follow, 'tis not fit thus to obey him. Ce rost mai are-a-i fi supui? Hai, vin'!
HORATIO HORATIO
Have after, to what issue will this come? O, unde duc aceste fapte stranii?
MARCELLUS MARCELLUS
Something is rotten in the state of Denmark.* 90 A putrezit ceva n Danemarca.
HORATIO HORATIO
Heaven will direct it. ndrepte-o cerul!
MARCELLUS MARCELLUS
Nay, let's follow him.
Exeunt.
Nu, s-1 iscodim.
Exeunt.
6S Act 1 Scene i 69
Actul 1 Scena i
 Scene 5
Scena 5
Another part of the platform.
O alt parte a terasei.
Enter G h o s t and Ham let. Intr F a n t o m a i H a m l e t .

HAMLET
HAMLET
Where will thou lead me? speak; I'll go Destul! Rspunde-mi, unde m tot duci?
no further.
GHOST FANTOMA
Mark me. Ascult.
HAMLET HAMLET
I will. Ascult.
GHOST FANTOMA
My hour is almost come. E foarte-aproape ceasul
When I to sulphurous and tormenting S m ntorc n flcri de pucioas.
flames HAMLET
Must render up myself. O, duh srman!
HAMLET
FANTOMA
Alas, poor ghost!
Nu, nu, s nu m plngi.
GHOST
Mai bine-auzu-ascute-i dinadins
Pity me not, but lend thy serious hearing 5
La ce-i voi da pe fa.
To what I shall unfold.
HAMLET HAMLET
Spune ;-aud.
Speak; I am bound to hear.
GHOST FANTOMA
So art thou to revenge, when thou shalt Auzi i m rzbuni cnd ai s afli.
hear. HAMLET
HAMLET S aflu, ce?
What? FANTOMA
GHOST Snt duhul viu al tatlui tu mort,
I am thy father's spirit, Ivsat un timp n noapte s colind,
Doomed for a certain term to walk the Iar ziua strns n flcri s m mistui,
night io
And for the day confined to fast in fires,*
70 Act 1 Scene 5 Actul I Scena } 71
 Till the foul crimes done in my days of Ca grele ale firii frdelegi
nature Din viaa mea prin foc s ispesc.
Are burnt and purged away: but that I am De-ar fi lsat osnda-mi s-i destinui,
forbid A da-n vileag un basm de grozvii,
To tell the secrets of my prison-house, Ce sufletu-1 grpeaz i-1 nghea.
I could a tale unfold whose lightest word 15 Ca ochii ti nici stelele n-ar fi
Would harrow up thy soul, freeze thy Srite mai nebune din orbite,
young blood, Iar pru-mpletitura i-ar desface
Make thy two eyes likes stars, start from i fir de fir, pe cap, i s-ar zburli,
their spheres, Ca epii-unui arici nspimntat;
Thy knotted and combined locks to part, Dar basmul morii, venic, nu e pentru
And each particular hair to stand an end,* Urechi de lut. Ascult,-ascult.-ascult!
Like quills upon the fretful porpentine: 20 Pe tatl tu cndva de l-ai iubit
But this eternal blazon must not be
HAMLET
To ears of flesh and blood. List, list. O, O, Doamne!
list!
FANTOMA
If thou didst ever thy dear father love
Uciderea-i mrav i-o rzbun.
HAMLET
O God! HAMLET ,
Ucis!
GHOST
Revenge his foul and most unnatural FANTOMA
murder. 25 Ucis mrav, cum nu mai poate fi;
Mrav, cumplit, ciudat i nefiresc.
HAMLET
Murder? HAMLET
Mai repede! c-a vrea naripat,
GHOST
Murder most foul, as in the best it is, Ca gndul i ca dragostea, s zbor
But this most foul, strange and unnatural. La marea-mi rzbunare.
HAMLET FANTOMA
Haste me to know't, that I, with wings as Aa; eti gata.
swift* De n-ai fi numai freamt, te-a simi
As meditation, or the thoughts of love, 30 Mai lnced dect grasa buruian
May sweep to my revenge.
GHOST
I find thee apt,
And duller shouldst thou be than the fat
weed
72 Act I Scene 5 Actul I Scena S 73
 That rots itself in ease on Lethe wharf,* Ce-n smrcul apei Lethe toropete.
Wouldst thou not stir in this. Now, Hamlet, Ascult: s-a scornit c n grdin,
hear: Pe cnd dormeam, un arpe m-a mucat;
'Tis given out, that sleeping in my orchard 35 Cu-aceast ticluire se-mpuiaz
A serpent stung me; so the whole ear of Auzul Danemarcei nelate;
Denmark Dar afl tu, vlstar din trunchi de neam,
Is by a forged process of my death C arpele ce tatl i-1 muc
Rankly abused; but know, thou noble youth, i poart-acum coroana.
The serpent that did sting thy father's life HAMLET
Now wears his crown. Unchi-meu?
HAMLET
Profet ai fost, o, suflete muncit!
O my prophetic soul! 40
My uncle? FANTOMA
Spurcata fiar, oarb la incest,
GHOST
Cu dar viclean, descntece i vrji,
Ay, that incestuous, that adulterate beast,
n care zac puteri ale pierzrii,
With witchraft of his wit, with traitorous
Voina cinstei drepte-a-nduplecat,
gifts,
n buna mea regin, la dezm.
O wicked wit and gifts, that have the power
O, Hamlet, ct joas decdere!
So to seduce! won to his shameful lust 45
Iubirea-mi zi cu zi mi-o-nvredniceam
The will of my most seeming-virtuous queen:
S mearg-n pas cu-ntiul jurmnt
0 Hamlet, what a falling-off was there!
Fcut sub cununii; i de la mine,
From me, whose loves was of that dignity
S-apun brusc ctre-un miel de rnd,
That it went hand in hand even with the
Lipsit de darul firii ce-am avut!
vow
Cum cinstea ns nu cunoate clatin
1 made to her in marriage, and to decline 50
De-ar fi desfrul chiar s i se-nchine,
Upon a wretch whose natural gifts were
Pcatul, fie-nlnuind un nger
poor
Pe pat ceresc, se satur curnd,
To those of mine!
i tot la przi scrnave se arunc.
But virtue, as it never will be moved,
Dar stai! Adie-o boare dinspre zori!
Though lewdness court it in a shape of
Mai scurt: dormind o dat n grdin,
heaven,
So lust, though to a radiant angel linked, 55
Will sate itself in a celestial bed
And prey on garbage.
But soft! methinks I scent the morning air,
Brief let me be; sleeping within my orchard,
Act I Scene 5 Actul I Scena 5 75
My custom always of the afternoon,
60
Upon my secure hour thy uncle stole
With juice of cursed, hebenon in a vial,*
And in the porches of my ears did pour
The leperous distilment, whose effect
Hold such an enmity with blood of man, 65
That swift as quicksilver it courses through
The natural gates and alleys of the body
And with a sudden vigour it doth posset*
And curd, like eager droppings into milk,
The thin and wholesome blood: so did it
mine 70
And a most instant tetter barked about,
Most lazar-like, with vile and loathsome
crust,
All my smooth body.
Thus was I, sleeping, by a brother's hand
Of life, of crown, of queen, at once
dispatched, vs
Cut off even in the blossoms of my sin,
Unhouseled, disappointed, unaneled,
No rekoning made, but sent to my account
With all my imperfections on my head:
O, horrible ! O, horrible ! most horrible ! so
If thou hast nature in thee, bear it not,
Let not the royal bed of Denmark be*
A couch for luxury and damned incest.
But, howsoever thou pursuest this act,
Taint not thy mind, nor let thy soul contrive* 85
Against thy mother aught; leave her to
heaven
And to those thorns that in her bosom lodge
To prick and sting her. Fare thee well at
once!
The glow-worm shows the matin to be near,
Odihna mea, cum tii, de dup-amiaz,
La tainic ceas mravul s-a trt,
Venind cu zemuri tari de mselarii,
i-n plnia urechii mi-a turnat
Leprosul filtru,-a cruia putere
Att de rea-i cu sngele din om,
C intr vie ca argintul-viu
Prin toate ale trupului deschideri
i, fr tire, sngelui din vine,
Ca stropii acri-n laptele de prins,
i strnge i-i ncheag subiimea.
Aa-mi fcu; i pielea, ca de lepr
Scrbavnic, pe loc s-a scorojit,
Cu zgibi mustind puroaie ca un rapn.
O mn dar freasc mi-a rpit
Deodat viaa, sceptrul i regina;
Curmat n floarea negrului pcat,
Nici maslu zis i, mai mult, nici grij it,
Zvrlit bicisnic marelui jude,
Cu grabnul sub vini ncovoiat.
Nprasnic! O, nprasnic mult mai mult!
De-mi eti fecior, s nu-nduri frlegea;
Regescul pat al Danului s nu
Rmie cuib de-osnd i incest.
Dar oriicum spre-acestea vei urma,
S nu-i ntini simirea sau s-o-ndemni
n contra mamei tale, cu nimic;
S-o lai n plata cerurilor mari
i-acestor ghimpi ce-n inim-i reed,
Mucndu-i-o; cu bine dar, cu bine!
Cci focul rece mii de licurici
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Act I Scene $
 And 'gins to pale his uneffectual fire: 90
Adieu, adieu, adieu! remember me.
Exit.
HAMLET
O, all you host of heaven! O, earth! what
else?
And shall I couple hell? O, fie! Hold, hold,
my heart,
And you, my sinews, grow not instant old,
But bear me stiffly up. Remember thee? 95
Ay, thou poor ghost, while memory holds
a seat*
In this distracted globe. Remember thee?
Yea, from the table of my memory
I'll wipe away all trivial fond records,
All saws of books, all forms, all pressures
past
100
That youth and observation copied there
And thy commandment all alone shall live
Within the book and volume of my brain,
Unmixed with baser matter: yes, by heaven!
O most pernicious woman!
105
0 villain, villain, smiling, damned villain,
My tables, meet it is I set it down*
That one may smile, and smile, and be a
villain!
At least I am sure it may be so in Denmark.
( Writing.)
So, uncle, there you are; now to my word;no
It is "Adieu, adieu! remember me".
1 have sworn't.
HORATIO
(within) My lord, my lord!
MARCELLUS
(within) Lord Hamlet!
ncep s-1 piard-n zorii-apropiai;
Adio, dar! S-i aminteti de mine.
Exit.
HAMLET
Voi, ordii ale cerului! Pmnt!
S chem i iadul? Inim, fii tare!
Iar voi, o! muchi, s nu-mi mbtrnii,
Rmnei drji! S-mi amintesc de tine!
Da, duh srman, ct inere de minte
Va fi-nluntru-acestui glob de tin
Hodorogit. S-mi amintesc de tine!
Din tablele aducerii-aminte
Voi terge orice zilnice-nsemnri,
Citate vechi, preri i suferine
Pe care gndu-mi tnr le-a-ncrestat;
i-n mintea mea, scriptur sfnt, numai
Porunca ta, ferit de-orice-adaos,
Ea singur va sta: da, jur pe cer!
Farnic muiere uciga!
Surs viclean, o! blestemat surs!
Aceasta, iat, trebuie s-nsemn,
C poate fi i zmbet uciga;
Sau, cel puin, se poate-n Danemarca. (Scriind:)
Aa; te-am aternut, prea scumpe unchi.
i-acum, din nou la marele cuvnt:
Adio, dar! S-i aminteti de mine."
Da, am jurat.
HORATIO
(de afar) My lord, my lord!
MARCELLUS
(de ajar) Lord Hamlet!
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HORATIO Actul 1 Scena 5 79
(within) Heavens secure him!
HAMLET HORATIO
So be it! (de afar) Fereasc-1 cerul milostiv!
HORATIO HAMLET,
(within) Hillo, ho, ho, my lord! Amin!
HORATIO
HAMLET (de afar) Hilo, ho, ho, my lord!
Hillo, ho, ho boy! come, bird, come.* H5
HAMLET
Enter H o r a t i o and M a r c e l l u s .
Hilo, ho, ho,
MARCELLUS Copile! Vino, vino, vrednic oim!
How is't, my noble lord?
Intr H o r a t i o i M a r c e l l u s .
HORATIO MARCELLUS
What news, my lord? Stpne, ce e?
HAMLET HORATIO
O, wonderful! Alte, aflat-ai veti?
HORATIO HAMLET
Good my lord, tell it. Cumplite!
HAMLET HORATIO
No, you will reveal it. Spunei, bunule stpn.
HORATIO HAMLET
Not I, my lord, by heaven. A, nu, le vei destinui.
MARCELLUS HORATIO
Nor I, my lord. Eu nu,
HAMLET My lord, v jur pe cer!
How say you, then; would heart of man MARCELLUS
once think it?12o Nici eu, my lord.
But you'll be secret? HAMLET
HORATIO 1 Atuncea, fie. Cui i-ar fi trecut
MARCELLUS j Prin minte gndul nemaipomenit?
Ay, by heaven, my lord. Dar inei taina strns?
HAMLET HORATIO 1
There's ne'er a villain dwelling in all MARCELLUS j
Denmark Jurm, my lord.
But he's an arrant knave. HAMLET
Nemernicii din Danemarca-ntreag
Snt ticloi cu faim.
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80 to-night.
Act I Scene 5

HORATIO
There needs no ghost, my lord, come from
the grave
To tell us this.
HAMLET
Why, right, you are in the right;

*25
And so, without more circumstance at all,
I hold it fit that we shake hands and part,
You, as your business and desire shall point
you,
For every man hath business and desire,
Such as it is; and for my own poor part, 130
I will go pray.
HORATIO
These are but wild and whirling words, my
lord.
HAMLET
I'm sorry they offend you, heartily;
Yes, faith, heartily.
HORATIO
There's no offence, my lord.
HAMLET
Yes, by Saint Patrick, but there is, Horatio,* 135
And much offence too; touching this vision
here,
It is an honest ghost, that let me tell you:*
For your desire to know what is between us,
O'ermaster't as you may; and now, good
friends,
A you are friends, scholars, and soldiers, uo
Give me one poor request.
HORATIO
What is't, my lord? we will.
HAMLET
Never make known what you have seen
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81

HORATIO
i-a fost, my lord, nevoie de-o stafie
S-aduc tirea-aceasta printre noi?
HAMLET
E drept, e drept; prea bine zici, Horatio;
De-aceea dai-mi minile i, fr
Vreo alt amnare, s plecm;
Voi mergeri dar la treburi i dorinri,
Doar ele-ndreapt calea fiecui,
Iar eu, srmanul, ce s v mai spun,
Voi merge-n tain s m rog.
HORATIO
Ce neneles vrtej de vorbe,-alte!
HAMLET
mi pare ru din suflet c te supr,
Dar tii, din suflet!
HORATIO
Cum o s m supr?!
HAMLET
Ba da, pe sfntul Patrick c te supr,
i nc mult. Ct despre ce-am vzut,
Aflai c-i o stafie cumsecade;
nfrngei ns oriice dorine
De-a ti mai mult. i-acuma, scumpi prieteni,
Ca buni colegi, prieteni i ostai,
V cer nimica toat.
HORATIO
1
Orice, my lord.
HAMLET
S nu vorbii de ce-ai vzut azi noapte.
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83
HORATIO \
MARCELLUS j
My lord, we will not. HORATIO 1
HAMLET MARCELLUS f
Prea bine.-alte.
Nay, but swear't.
HAMLET
HORATIO
A, nu, cu legmnt.
In faith,
My lord,, not I. HORATIO
MARCELLUS
Pe legea mea c nu!
Nor I, my lord, in faith, us MARCELLUS
HAMLET I,a fel, my lord.
Upon my sword.* HAMLET
MARCELLUS Pe spada meaj
We have sworn, my lord, already. MARCELLUS
HAMLET Alte, am jurat.
Indeed, upon my sword, indeed. HAMLET
GHOST Nu, nu, pe spada mea, pe ea.
(beneath) Swear.
FANTOMA
HAMLET (de dedesubt) Jurai.
Ha, ha, boy, say'st thou so? art thou there, HAMLET
truepenny?* 150 Aha, copile, aa spui i tu, nu?
Come on, you hear this fellow in the Acolo eti, tovar credincios?
cellarages* Venii ncoa, s-1 auzii din pivnii
Consent to swear. Spunnd ca mine.
HORATIO HORATIO
Propose the oath, my lord. Alte, legmntul!
HAMLET HAMLET
Never to speak of this that you have seen, C nu vei spune ceea ce-ai vzut.
Swear by my sword. Jurai pe spada mea.
GHOST FANTOMA
(beneath) Swear. 155 (de dedesubt) Jurai.
HAMLET: HAMLET
Hie et ubique? then we'll shift our ground.* Hie et ubique? atunci, s ne mutm.
Come hither, gentlemen, Venii la mine, domnilor, i punei
And lay your hands again upon my sword; Cruci a' voastre mini pe spada mea:
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Never to speak of this that you have heard.

Swear by my sword.
ieo
GHOST \ (de dedesubt) Jurai.
(beneatn) Swear.
HAMLET \ Btrn sobol, att de iute sapi?!
Well said, old mole! canst work i' the
earth so fast?
A worthy pioner! Once more remove, good
friends.
HORATIO
O day and night, but this is wondrous
strange!
HAMLET
And therefore as a stranger give it welcome; 165
There are more things in heaven and earth,
Horatio,*
Than are dreamt of in your philosophy.
But come,
Here, as before, never, so help you mercy,
How strange or odd soe'er I bear myself, no
As I perchance hereafter shall think meet
To put an antic disposition on,
That you, at such times seeing me, never
shall,
With arms encumbered thus, or this head-
shake,
Or by pronouncing of some doubtful phrase, 175
As "Well, well, we know",or "We could, an
if we would",
Or "If we list to speak", or "There be, an if
they might",
Or such ambiguous giving out, to note
That you know aught of me: this not to do,*
So grace and mercy at your most need help
you. o
C n-o s spunei ceea ce-ai aflat,
Jurai pe spada mea.
FANTOMA
HAMLET
O, vrednice miner! Prieteni dragi,
Venii, venii s ne mutm din nou.
HORATIO
O, noapte, zori, ce stranie minune!
HAMLET
Primete-o bine; i oaspete strin.
Snt taine ntre pmnt i cer, Horatio,
Pe care mintea-i nici c le-a visat.
Venii; i-acum din nou ca mai-nainte,
De vrei voi cer s bine-v-cuvnte,
Prnd ciudat i ct de nepereche,
Aa cum poate, cred, va trebui
S-mi pun obrazuri vechi de mscrici,
Vznd acestea, voi s nu cumva
Cu brae grele,-n jos, i dnd din cap,
Sau chiar rostind cuvinte n doi peri,
Ca tim noi, tim", sau dac-am vrea, am
spune",
Sau unii zic", sau orice alte-asemeni
Cuvinte-amestecate s v facei
C-ai ti ceva; i-n semn de legmnt,
De vrei la ceruri mil-ori crezmnt,
Jurai.
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FANTOMA
GHOST (de dedesubt) Jurai.
(beneath) Swear. HAMLET
HAMLET Ateapt-n pace, suflet nempcat! (Jur toi.)
Rest, rest, perturbed spirit! (They swear.) Prea bine, dragi prieteni; aadar,
So, gentlemen, Zlog mi-e toat inima la voi.
With all my love I do commend me to you i ct e Hamlet, bietul, de srman,
And what so poor a man as Hamlet is*, Cu voia celui venic milostiv,
May do to express his love and friending Va face totul numai s v-arate
\ to you, 185 Iubirea lui. S mergem mpreun.
God Willing, shall not lack: let us go in Umblai, v rog, cu degetul pe buze:
\ together, Snt timpi srii! O, blestemat noroc
And still your fingers on your lips, I pray. De-a fi nscut ca eu s-i pun la loc!
The time is out of joint; o cursed spite,* Nu, mi, venii, s mergem mpreun.
That ever I was born to set it right! Exeunt.
Nay, come, let's go together. lgo
Exeunt.
ACT II
A C T U L II
Scene 1
Two months later.
A room in P o l o n i u s ' house.
Enter P o l o n i u s and R e y n a l d o .
Scena 1
Dou luni mai trziu.
O ncpere n casa lui P o l o n i u s.
Intr P o l o n i u s i R e y n a l d o .
POLONIUS
Give him this money, and these notes, POLONIUS
Reynaldo. D-i banii, d-i i rndurile-acestea,
REYNALDO
Reynaldo.
I will, my lord. REYNALDO
POLONIUS I le dau, my lord.
You shall do marvellous wisely, good POLONIUS
Reynaldo, Te miri, Reynaldo, i pe drept cuvnt,
Before you visit him, to make inquire C-i cer nti s-i iscodeti purtarea
Of his behaviour. i-apoi s-1 vezi.
REYNALDO REYNALDO
My lord, I did intend it. 5 M-am i gndit, my lord.
POLONIUS POLONIUS
Marry, well said, very well said. Look you, Bun, bun de tot; ia seama-atunci i vezi
sir,* De-mi afl toi danezii din Paris;
Inquire me first what Danskers are in Paris, Cum stau, ce via duc, n preajma cui,
And how, and who, what means, and where Ct cheltuie, de unde, i vznd,
they keep, Din larg acest nconjur, c-1 cunosc
What company, at what expense, and finding Pe fiul meu, poi mult mai strns s-ncercui
By this encompassment and drift of Dect l-ai strnge cu-ntrebri de-a dreptul.
question, to
That they do know my son, come you more
nearer*
Than your particular demands will touch it;
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Act II Scene 1
 Take you, as 'twere, some distant knowledge Pref-te,-aa, c parc l-ai cunoate;
of him, De pild, da, cunosc pe tatl lui,
And thus, "I know his father and his i oarecum pe el"; Reynaldo, nelegi?
friends, REYNALDO
And in part him", do you mark this,
Prea bine chiar, my lord.
Reynaldo? 15
REYNALDO POLONIUS
Ay, very well, my lord. i oarecum pe el; dar, mai de loc;
POLONIUS De-i el acela, ns, i cam zurliu,
"And in part him, but", you may say, E-aa i-aa." Ajuns aici, ncarc-1
"not well: De vorbe cte vrei, dar de ocri
But if't be he I mean, he's very wild, Ce pot a-1 necinsti, s te fereti.
Addicted so and so"; and there put on him Scornete-i doar nstrunice-aplecri,
What forgeries you please; marry, none so Cu care se-nsoete-o tineree
rank 20 De om zburdalnic.
As may dishonour him: take heed of that, REYNALDO
But, sir, such wanton, wild and usual slips Joc de cri, my lord.
As are companions noted and most known POLONIUS
To youth and liberty. Vezi bine, sau dueluri, chefuri, certuri
REYNALDO i chiar ceva femei mai deocheate.
As gaming, my lord. REYNALDO
POLONIUS My lord, aceasta, cred, l-ar necinsti.
Ay, or drinking, fencing, swearing, 25 POLONIUS
Quarrelling, drabbing: you may go so far. A, nu, e vorba numai cum o spui:
REYNALDO S nu-1 defaimi cu vorbe de ruine,
My lord, that would dishonour him. C-ar fi, s zicem, un mptimit,
POLONIUS Nu asta vreau; optete-i doar cusururi
Faith, as you may season it in the charge, Ce pot prea fireti zburdlniciei,
You must not put another scandal on him, Aprinderi, zvpieli i izbucniri,
That he is open to incontinency, Sau clocot viu al sngelui, cum au
Toi tinerii.
80
That's not my meaning, but breathe his
faults so quaintly
That they may seem the taints of liberty,
The flash and outbreak of a fiery mind,
A savageness in unreclaimed blood,*
Of general assault.
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93
REYNALDO
But, my good lord, 35 REYNALDO
POLONIUS Dar, bunule stpn,
Wherefore should you do this? POLONIUS
REYNALDO De ce s faci aceasta?
Ay, my lord, REYNALDO
I would know that.
Da, my lord,
POLONIUS Voiam s-ntreb.
Marry, sir, here's my drift,
POLONIUS
And I believe it is a fetch of warrant:
Aici am vrut s-ajung;
You laying these slight sullies on my son,
i cred c e un stranic iretlic:
As'twere a thing a little soiled with working, 40
Punndu-i mici cusururi n spinare,
Mark you,
tirbiri de lucru dat n folosin,
Your party in converse, him you would
M-ai neles,
sound,
n schimb, acel pe care-1 ispiteti,
Having ever seen in the prenominate crimes
tiindu-1 prins cndva pe acel tnr
The youth you breathe of guilty, be assured
n vinile-nirate mai-nainte,
He closes with you in this consequence; 45
Va face tot, fii foarte-ncredinat,
"Good sir", or so, or "friend", or
S-i dea dreptate-n oriice privine;
"gentleman",
Preascumpe domn", prietene", sau altfel,
According to the phrase or the addition
Cum, dup om, tiu eu, s-o fi zicnd
Of man and country.
n ara lui...
REYNALDO
REYNALDO
Very good, my lord.
Bineneles, my lord.
POLONIUS
POLONIUS
And then, sir, does he thishe does*
i-atuncea, dragul meu, el va cta, da, o s
what was I about to say? By the mass, 50
cate... ce voiam s zic? Ei, Doamne, dar voiam
I was about to say something: where did
s spun ceva, ori unde rmsesem?
I leave?
REYNALDO
REYNALDO ha... la dreptate-n oriice privine";
At "closes in the consequence", at "friend
La scumpe domn", prietene", sau altfel...
or so", and "gentleman".
POLONIUS
POLONIUS Aha, dreptate-n oriice privine",
At "closes in the consequence", ay, marry; 5* Bun, bun. i-atuncea, el: cunosc pe tnr,
He closes with you thus: "I know the
gentleman;
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9}
 I saw him yesterday, or t'other day, Chiar ieri, alaltieri", sau tiu eu cnd,
Or then, or then, with such, or such, and, Iv-am fost vzut cu unul i cu altul,
as you say, Aa cum spui, o dat la un chef,
There was a' gaming, there o'ertook in's I,a joc de cri cndva, iar de curnd
rouse, Btndu-se la tenis"; poate chiar
There falling out at tennis": or perchance, 60 Intrnd prin case, tii, mai mrginae",
"I saw him enter such a house of sale", I^a felinarul rou, videlicet.
Videlicet, a brothel, or so forth. See you now, Vezi dar:
Your bait of falsehood takes this carp of Cu mici momeli prinzi adevrul-crap.
truth; Aa i noi, istei i-ndemnatici,
And thus do we of wisdom and of reach, Cu mari ocoluri sau mergnd piezi,
With windlasses and with assays of bias,* 65 Ieim, nedrept, la drumul cel mai drept.
By indirections find directions out: Urmndu-mi sfatul doar ai s cunoti
So, by my former lecture and advice, Pe fiul meu. M-ai neles deci, nu?
Shall you my son. You have me, have you REYNALDO
not? My lord...
REYNALDO POLONIUS
My lord, I have. Atuncea Domnul te-nsoeasc!
POLONIUS
REYNALDO
God be wi' ye; fare ye well. Stpne bun!
POLONIUS
REYNALDO Observ-i firea foarte din ascuns.
Good my lord! 70
REYNALDO
POLONIUS Ascuns, my lord.
Observe his inclination in yourself.
POLONIUS
REYNALDO i joace-i toate mendrele.
I shall, my lord. REYNALDO
POLONIUS neleg.
And let him play his music. POLONIUS
REYNALDO Cu bine!
Well, my lord.* Exit R e y n a l d o .
Intr O p h e l i a .
POLONIUS
Farewell! Darce-i, Ophelia, ce s-a ntmplat?
Exit R e y n a l d o .
Enter O p h e l i a .
How now, Ophelia! what's the matter? 75
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OPHELIA
O, my lord, my lord, I have been so
affrighted!
POLONIUS
With what, i' the name of God?
OPHELIA
My lord, as I was sewing in my closet,
Lord Hamlet, with his doublet all unbraced,
No hat upon his head, his stockings fouled, 80
Ungartered and down-gyved to his ankle,
Pale as his shirt, his knees knocking each
other,
And with a look so piteous in purport,'
As if he had been loosed out of hell
To speak of horrors, he comes before me. 5
POLONIUS
Mad for thy love?
OPHELIA
My lord, I do not know,
But truly I do fear it.
POLONIUS
What said he?
OPHELIA
He took me by the wrist and held me hard;
Then goes he to the length of all his arm,
And with his other hand thus o'er his brow, 90
He falls to such perusal of my face
As he would draw it. Iyong stayed he so;
At last, a little shaking of mine arm,
And thrice his head thus waving up and
down,
He raised a sigh so piteous and profound 95
As it did seem to shatter all his bulk*
And end his being: that done, he lets me go
And, with his head over his shoulder turned,
Hes eemed to find his way without his eyes,
OPHELIA
Vai mie, vai, ce spaim-am tras, my lord!
POLONIUS
Dar spune-odat, pentru Dumnezeu!
OPHELIA
My lord, coseam, stnd singur-n iatac,
Cnd prinul Hamlet, descheiat la hain,
Cu capul gol, ciorapii rsucii,
Lsndu-i-se-n verigi pe clcie,
Intr la mine fr un cuvnt;
Era la chip mai alb dect cmaa,
Genunchii-i se loveau, iar uittura
Att de jalnic i-o rotea, nct
Prea scpat, atuncea chiar, din iad,
Voind s-i spun muncile.
POLONIUS
Nebun
Din pricina iubirii tale?
OPHELIA
Nu tiu,
Dei m tem c da.
POLONIUS
i ce i-a spus?
OPHELIA
M-a luat de mn i m-a strns puternic;
Retras apoi ct braul i da voie,
Cu mna stng streain la frunte,
Att de-adnc mi s-a uitat n ochi,
De-am zis c vrea s-mi deseneze chipul.
Trziu de tot, smucindu-m de bra
i dnd de trei sau patru ori din cap,
Oft adnc, ca din rrunchi, prnd
C-i d sfritul. mi dete drumu-apoi
i, capul ntorcndu-i peste umr,
Porni spre u, necondus de ochi,
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99
 For out o' doors he went without their
helps,
100
And to the last bended their light on me.
POLONIUS
Come, go with me; I will go seek the king.
This is the very ecstasy of love,
Whose violent property fordoes itself
And leads the will to desperate undertakings io5
As oft as any passion under heaven
That does afflict our natures. I am sorry.
What, have you given him any hard words
of late?
OPHELIA
No, my good lord; but, as you did command,
I did repel his letters and denied no
His access to me.
POLONI us
That hath made him mad.
I am sorry that with better heed and
judgement
I had not coted him: I feared he did but
trifle
And meant to wreck thee; but beshrew my
jealousy!*
By heaven, it is as proper to our age
H5
To cast beyond ourselves in our opinions
As it is common for the younger sort
To lack discretion. Come, go we to the king:
This must be known, which, being kept
close, might move*
More grief to hide than hate to utter love, o
Come.
Exeunt
Iar cnd fu-n prag, privirile-i ca focul
Din nou asupra mea i le-ainti.
POLONIUS
Hai, vino, vin' s cutm pe rege.
Iubirea doar d rtciri de-acestea;
Puterea ei, cu sine uciga,
Arunc mintea-n fapte nebuneti
Mai des ca orice patim sub cer
Din cte tim. mi pare foarte ru.
I-ai spus vreo vorb grea mai de curnd?
OPHELIA
O, nu, my lord, dar, cum mi-ai poruncit,
l-am dat napoi scrisorile, cerndu-i
S nu mai vie.
POLONIUS
Eh, asta 1-a smintit.
mi pare ru c l-am cam judecat
Uor: credeam c-i doar un joc al lui,
Vrnd numai s te piard; gnd nebun!
Pe cer, c e al vrstei btrneti
S-o lum naintea gndurilor noastre,
Aa cum cei mai tineri snt lipsii
De cumpn. S mergem dar la rege:
Mai mult necaz d dragostea s-o-ncui
Dect d sil a i-o spune lui.
Hai, vin'!
Exeunt.
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Act II Scene 2
Actul II Scena 2

Scene 2
Scena 2
A room in the castle.
O ncpere a castelului.
Flourish. Enter King, Q u e e n , R o s e n c r a n t z ,
Trompete. Intr R e g e l e , R e g i n a , R o s e n c r a n t z ,
G u i l d e n s t e r n and A t t e n d a n t s .
G u i l d e n s t e r n i C u r t e n i .

KING
REGELE
Welcome, dear Rosencrantz and
Venii, scumpi Rosencrantz i Guildenstern!
Guildenstern!
Mai mult dect vechi dorul s v vd,
Moreover that we much did long to see you,
Nevoia s-mi slujii v-a rechemat
The need we have to use you did provoke
Att de grabnic. Poate c-ai i prins
Our hasty sending. Something have you
Vreun zvon c Hamlet nu mai este Hamlet;
heard
De-un timp, nici port, nici suflet nu-i mai snt
Of Hamlet's transformation; so I call it, *
La fel. Ce oare-ar mai putea s fie,
Sith nor the exterior nor the inward man
Resembles that it was. What it should be, Pe lng moartea scumpului su tat,
More than his father's death, that thus hath Ce-att de-adnc 1-a zdruncinat din mini,
Eu nu pot ti; de-aceea v poftesc
put him
Pe amndoi, crescui de mici cu el,
So much from the understanding of
Vecini prin tineree i porniri,
himself,
10 Primii, un timp, s v-aezai la curte,
I cannot dream of: I entreat you both,
Ca peste tot, fiindu-i soi prieteni,
That, being of so young days brought up
S-1 tragei n petreceri sau la glume,
with him
Putnd prileju-n voie-a-1 spicui,
And sith so neighboured to his youth and
De nu cumva l doare-o tain-anume,
haviour,
Pe care,-aflnd-o,-am ti s-o lecuim.
That you vouchsafe your rest here in our
court REGINA
Some little time, so by your companies Aproape zilnic ne-a vorbit de voi,
To draw him on to pleasures, and to gather is
So much as from occasion you may glean,
Whether aught to us unknown, afflicts him
thus,
That opened lies within our remedy.
QvEES
Good gentlemen, he hath much talked of
you,
102 Act II Scene 2 Actul II Scena 2 103

And sure I am two men there is not living 20 i cred c nu-s doi oameni pe pmnt
To whom he more adheres. If it will please Mai scumpi lui Hamlet. Dac ai primi
you S fii att de prea mrinimoi,
To show us so much gentry and good will Stricnd la curtea noastr un rstimp,
As to expend your time with us a while, Ca sprijin dat ndejdilor din noi,
For the supply and profit of our hope, ederea voastr-aici ar cpta
Your visitation shall receive such thanks 25 Un dar de regi.
As fits a king's remembrance.
ROSENCRANTZ ROSENCRANTZ
Both your majesties A' voastre majesti,
Might, by the sovereign power you have Puteri auguste-asupra-ne avnd,
of us, Plcerea pot a-i pune n porunci,
Put your dread pleasures more into command i nu s roage.
Than to entreaty.
GUILDENSTERN
GuiLDENSTERN
ns ne supunem,
But we both obey,
i gata stm cu-adnc plecciune,
And here give up ourselves, in the full bent, 30
Ca prea umili, ce sntem, slujitori,
To lay our service freely at your feet
Dorind porunc doar.
To be commanded.
KING REGELE
V mulumim,
Thanks, Rosencrantz and gentle O, Rosencrantz, i-alese Guildenstern.
Guildenstern. REGINA
QUEEN V mulumim,
Thanks, Guildenstern and gentle O, Guildenstern, i-alese Rosencrantz.
Rosencrantz: V cer acum, de-ndat, s-1 vedei
And I beseech you instantly to visit 35 Pe multschimbatul fiu al nostru. Careva
My too much changed son. Go, some of you, S duc pe-aceti domni pn la Hamlet.
And bring these gentlemen where Hamlet is.
GUILDENSTERN
GUILDENSTERN
Tovria noastr i silina
Heavens make our presence and our practices
I,e fac cerul rodnice.
Pleasant and helpful to him!
QUEEN REGINA
Ay, amen! Amin!
Exeunt R o s e n c r a n t z , G u i l d e n s t e r n and Exeunt R o s e n c r a n t z , G u i l d e n s t e r n i
some A t t e n d a n t s . ciiiva C u r t e n i .
Enter P o I o n i u s. Intr P o l o n i u s .
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 POLONIUS POLONIUS
The ambassadors from Norway, my good Stpne bun, trimiii la Norveg
lord, 40 Se-ntorc zmbind.
Are joyfully returned.
REGELE
KING Mereu printe-al vetilor plcute.
Thou still hast been the father of good
POLONIUS
news.
Da? Snt, my lord? Va-ncredinez, stpne,
POLONIUS
C sufletul i zelul mi le in
Have I, my lord? I assure my good liege,
Doar Domnului i blndului meu rege,
I hold my duty as I hold my soul,
i cred, sau altfel creierul acesta
Both to my God and to my gracious king: 45
E-al unui cine care i-a pierdut
And I do think, or else this brain of mine
Adulmecul, c-am i dat de motivul
Hunts not the trail of policy so sure
C prinul Hamlet este-aa, lunatic.
As it hath used to do, that I have found
The very cause of Hamlet's lunacy. REGELE
KING O, spune, spune-mi, c de cnd atept!
O, speak of that; that do I long to hear. 50 POLONIUS
POLONIUS Mai bine,-nti pnmii-v trimiii,
Give first admittance to the ambassadors; i vestea-mi fie-al dup-mesei fruct.
My news shall be the fruit to that great REGELE
feast. Atunci, salut-i nsui i mi-i du.
KING Exit P o l o n i u s .
Thyself do grace to them and bring them in. mi spune, scumpa mea Gertruda, c-ar fi dat
Exit P o l o n i u s . De capt tulburrilor lui Hamlet.
He tells me, my dear Gertrude, he hath REGINA
found M mir s fie-alt capt dect moartea
The head and source of all your son's IyUi tat-su i zorul nunii noastre.
distemper. 55 REGELE
QUEEN Vom cerne tot.
I doubt it is no other but the main, Se napoiaz P o l o n i u s , cu V o l t i m a n d i
Cornelius.
His father's death, and our o'erhasty
marriage.
KING
Well, we shall sift him.
Re-enter P o l o n i u s , with V o l t i m a n d and
Cornelius.
106 Act II Scene 2
Actul II Scena 2 107
 Welcome, my good friends!
Say, Voltimand, what from our brother
Norway?
VOLTIMAND
Most fair return of greetings and desires. 60
Upon our first, he sent out to suppress
His nephew's levies, which to him appeared
To be a preparation 'gainst the Polack,*
But better looked into, he truly found
It was against your highness; whereat grieved 65
That so his sickness, age, and impotence
Was falsely borne in hand, sends out arrests
On Fortinbras, which he in brief obeys,
Receives rebuke from Norway and in fine
Makes vow before his uncle never more 70
To give the assay of arms against your
majesty.
Whereon old Norway, overcome with joy,
Gives him three thousand crowns in annual
fee
And his commission to employ those soldiers,
So levied as before, against the Polack, 7a
With an entreaty, herein further shown,
Giving a paper.
That it might please you to give quiet pass
Through your dominions for this enterprise,
On such regards of safety and allowance
As therein are set down.
KING
It likes us well80
And at our more considered time we'll read,
Answer, and think upon this business.
Meantime, we thank you for your well-took
labour:
Go to your rest; at night we'll feast together:
Most welcome home!
Bine-ai venit, prieteni!
Cu ce veti de la fratele Norveg?
VOLTIMAND
Voios, v-ntoarce caldele urri.
Pe loc ceru nepotului s curme
Chemrile de oti ce i s-au spus
A fi-ndreptate numai spre poloni;
Gndind mai bine, ns, le-a gsit
Pornite-n contra nlimii-voastre;
i-adnc mhnit c i se joac astfel
Pe degete bolnava-i btrnee,
Trimise mari porunci lui Fortinbras;
Supus, acesta-ascult,-ntr-un cuvnt,
Primete-ale Norvegului mustrri
i-apoi promite unchiului fi
Ca armele s nu le mai ridice
Asupra rii majestii-voastre;
Norvegul-unchi, cuprins de fericire,
i d trei mii de galbeni anual
i voie-a-i folosi ostaii strni
Asupra doar a regelui polon.
Dar roag,-aa cum scrie-aici pe larg,
(Dndu-i un document:)
S capete-n vederea-acestei trebi
Un salvconduct prin rile daneze,
Cernd un drum tiut de panic, cum
St scris acolo-n amnunt.
REGELE
Prea bine;
La timp mai potrivit vom cerceta
i-om da curnd rspunsul cuvenit.
Silinei voastre dar i mulumim.
Odihn-acum; la noapte vom petrece.
i bun sosit din nou!
108 Act II Scene 2 Actul II Scena 2 109
 Exeunt V o l t i m a n d and C o r n e l i u s .
POLONIUS
This business is well ended.
My liege, and madam, to expostulate
What majesty should be, what duty is.
Why day is day, night night, and time is
time,
Were nothing but to waste night, day and
time.
Therefore, since brevity is the soul of wit* so
And tediousness the limbs and outward
flourishes,
I will be brief your noble son is mad:
Mad call I it, for to define true madness
What is't but to be nothing else but mad?
But let that go.
QUEEN
More matter, with less art. 95
POLONIUS
Madam, I swear I use no art at all.
That he is mad, 'tis true: 'tis true 'tis pity,
And pity 'tis 'tis true: a foolish figure;
But farewell it, for I will use no art.
Mad let us grant him then, and now remainsioo
That we find out the cause of this effect,
Or rather say, the cause of this defect,
For this effect defective comes by cause;
Thus it remains, and the remainder thus
Perpend; 105
I have a daughter, have while she is
mine,
Who in her duty and obedience, mark,
Hath given me this: now gather and surmise.
"To the celestial and my soul's idol, the most
beautified Ophelia" That's an ill phrase, no
Exeunt V o l t i m a n d i C o r n e l i u s .
POLONIUS
5 Bun, bun de tot.
Stpne, doamn.-acum ca s art
Ce-nseamn-a fi sau rege sau supus,
C noaptea-i noapte, ziua zi i timpul timp,
Ar fi s pierdem noapte, zi i timp.
Cum vorba scurt-i sufletu-agerimii,
Iar vorba lung trupul i podoaba,
Voi fi deci scurt I^ord Hamlet e nebun.
Nebun, cred eu; cci nu e nebunia
A nu fi altceva dect nebun?
Dar, mai departe.
REGINA
Miez, nu miestrie.
POLONIUS
M jur c nu pun miestrie, doamn.
Nebun, e drept; e drept c este trist,
i-i trist c este drept: ce stil prostesc!
Dar treac,-am spus c nu vreau miestrie.
tiindu-1 deci nebun, ne mai rmne
S tim de unde vine-acest efect,
Mai bine zis, de unde-acest defect,
Acest efect-defect avnd un cap;
E tot ce, socotind, ne-a mai rmas
Pendicular;
Eu am o fat o am ct este-a mea
i care, fiic bun, cum o tii,
Mi-a dat rvau-acesta; judecai.
(Citete.)
Celestei i icoan a sufletului meu, prea nfru-
museatei Ophelia"... E o fraz sucit, o fraz
(Reads.)
 HO Act 11 Scene 2 Actul II Scena 2 IU

a vile phrase; "beautified" is a vile proast; nfrumuseatei" e prost spus; dar

phrase; but you shall hear. Thus: trebuie s ascultai mai departe. Aa. (Citete.)
(Reads.) n preacuratul ei sn, acest" etc.
"In her excellent white bosom, these," etc. REGINA
QUEEN Rvau-i de la Hamlet ctre ea?
Came this from Hamlet to her? POLONIUS
POLONI us O clip, doamn; v voi spune tot. (Citete.)
Good madam, stay awhile, I will be faithful. H5
S nu crezi soarele-n amiezi,
(Reads.)
Nici stelele c-s foc ceresc;
"Doubt thou the stars are fire,
Nici adevrul s nu-1 crezi,
Doubt that the sun doth move,
Dar crede-n veci c te iubesc.
Doubt truth to be a liar,
But never doubt I love. O, scump Ophelia, snt bolnav de aceste ca-
dene ; nu am meteugul s-mi scandez geme-
O dear Ophelia, I am ill at these numbers, 120
tele ; dar c te iubesc prea curat, pe tine, prea-
I have not art to reckon my groans, but
that I love thee best, o most best believe it ;* curat, crede-m. Adio.
Adieu. Al tu pe veci, prea scump lady, ct timp
"Thine evermore, most dear lady, whilst aceast inim este a lui HAMUT."
this machine is to him, HAMLET.* 125 Ca fiic bun, ea mi-a dat scrisoarea.
This in obedience hath my daughter shown Chiar multele-i aprinse struini.
Pe toate, cnd i unde i-n ce fel,
me,
Din timp mi le-a optit.
And, more above, hath his solicitings,
As they fell out by time, by means and REGELE
place, Ea cum a luat
Al given to mine ear. Iubirea lui?
KING POLONIUS
But how hath she Eu ce snt socotit?
Received his love? REGELE
POLONIUS Ca om cinstit i-oricnd om de credin.
What do you think of me? 130 POLONIUS
KING Aa i in. Dar ce-ai fi putut zice
As of a man faithful and honourable.
POLONIUS
I would fain prove so, but what might you
think,
W'
112 Act II Scene 2 Actul II Scena 2 113
 When I had seen this hot love on the wing,
As I perceived it, I must tell you that,
Before my daughter told me, what might
yOU, 135
Or my dear majesty your queen here, think,
If I had played the desk, or table-book,*
Or given my heart a winking, mute and
dumb.
Or looked upon this love with idle sight,
What might you think? No, I went round to
work, uo
And my young mistress thus I did bespeak:
"Lord Hamlet is a prince out of thy star;*
This must not be": and then I prescripts
gave her,
That she should lock herself from his resort.
Admit no messengers, receive no tokens; 145
Which done, she took the fruits of my advice;
And he repelled, a short tale to make,
Fell into a sadness, then into a fast,
Thence to a watch, thence into a weakness,
Thence to a lightness and by this declension 150
Into the madness, wherein now he raves
And all we mourn for.
KING
Do you think 'tis this?
QVEEN
It may be, very like.
POLONIUS
Hath there been such a time, I'd fain know
that.
That I have positively said "'Tis so", 155
When it proved otherwise?
KING
Not that I know.
Cnd eu, vznd iubirea-aceasta-n zbor
Cci trebuie s tii c am vzut-o
Nainte de-a-mi fi spus ea ce-ai fi zis,
Cu majestatea-sa regina dimpreun,
Fcndu-m c scriu sau c citesc,
Sau inimii i-a fi fcut cu ochiul,
Sau simplu joc le-a fi privit iubirea,
Eh, ce-ai fi zis? Eu ns m-am i pus
Pe lucru, i-stfel fetei i-am vorbit:
Lord Hamlet, prin, e zodie strin;
Deci nu se cade"; -apoi i-am i cerut
S stea-ncuiat-n cas cu zvorul,
Ferindu-se de semne sau trimii.
Fcnd ntocmai, sfatul a rodit;
Dar el, respins, povestea-i scurt-acum,
Czu-n tristee,-apoi n lung ajun,
De-aci-n nesomn, de-aci n vestejire,
De-aci-n scderi, i-alunecnd, de-aci
Sminteala-n care biguie de-atunci,
Plngndu-1 toi.
REGELE
S fie-aa, ce crezi?
REGINA
Se poate, nu zic nu.
POLONIVS
A fost cndva, in mult s tiu, cnd eu
Am spus cuvntul rspicat e-aa"
i-a fost altfel?
REGELE
Din cte tiu eu, nu.
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POLONIUS POLONIUS
(pointing to his head and shoulder)* (Artndu-i cu degetul capul i umerii.)
Take this from this, if this be otherwise! Zburai-mi sta d-ici de va fi altfel:
If circumstances lead, me, I will find Norocul ajutndu-mi, voi gsi
Where truth is hid, though it were hid indeed* Ascunsul adevr pn i-n centrul
Within the centre. Pmntului.
KING REGELE
How may we try it further? eo i ce-ar fi de fcut?
POLONIUS POLONIUS
You know, sometimes he walks four hours Cum bine tii, ades el ore-n ir
together Msoar-aceast sal.
Here in the lobby. REGINA
QUEEN Adevrat.
So he does, indeed. POLONIUS
POLONIUS i vreau s-asmut pe fiic-mea nainte-i;
At such a time I'll loose my daughter to Noi toi s stm ascuni dup-o perdea;
him: i fii doar ochi: de nu e-ndrgostit
Be you and I behind an arras then; i nu e scos de dragoste din mini,
Mark the encounter: if he love her not, ies S fiu gonit ca sfetnic i-aruncat
And be not from his reason fallen thereon, La ar,-n greu surghiun.
Let me be no assistant for a state,
REGELE
But keep a farm and carters. Vom ncerca.
KING
REGINA
We will try it. Dar uite-1, bietul: trist, vine citind.
QUEEN
POLONIUS
But look where sadly the poor wretch comes Plecai! V rog, ducei-v-amndoi.
reading. L-ntmpin chiar acum.
POLONIUS Exeunt R e g e l e , R e g i n a fi C u r t e n i .
Away, I do beseech you, both away: no Intr H a m l e t , citind.
I'll board him presently. E voie,-alte? Ce face bunul meu lord Hamlet?
O, give me leave.
HAMLET
Exeunt King, Q u e e n , and A t t e n d a n t s .
Bine, slava Domnului.
Enter H a m l e t , reading.
How does my good Lord Hamlet?
HAMLET
Well, God-a-mercy.*
116 Act 11 Scene 2 Actul II Scena 2 117
POLONIUS POLONIUS
Do you know me, my lord? M mai cunoatei, alte?
HAMLET HAMLET
Excellent, well, you axe a fishmonger.* 76 Prea bine; eti un negustor de pescrii.
POLONIUS
POLONIUS
Not I, my lord. Nu snt, my lord.
HAMLET
HAMLET
Then I would you were so honest a man.
Mi-ar fi plcut s fii om att de cinstit.
POLONIUS
POLONIUS
Honest, my lord?
Cinstit, my lord}
HAMLET
HAMLET
Ay, sir; to be honest, as this world goes,
Da, domnule; a fi cinstit, cum merge astzi
is to be one man picked out of ten thousand, iso
lumea, nseamn a fi cules din zece mii.
POLONIUS
That's very true, my lord. POLONIUS
E foarte-adevrat, my lord.
HAMLET
HAMLET
For if the sun breed maggots in a dead dog,
Cci dac soarele, acest zeu care srut str-
being a god kissing carrion Have you a*
daughter? vuri, prsete viermi ntr-un hoit de cine
Nu cumva ai o fiic?
POLONIUS
I have, my lord. POLONIUS
Da, am, my lord.
185 HAMLET
HAMLET Oprete-o s se plimbe prin soare. Zmislirea
Let her not walk i' the sun: conception is este har binecuvntat; dar, cum poate zmisli
a blessing; but as your daughter may con-* fiica dumitale, prietene, ia bine seama.
ceive, friend, look to't. POLONIUS
POLONIUS (aparte) Asta ce e ? Mereu la prad, ctre
How say you by that ? (aside) Still harping* fii-mea; totui, la nceput, nu tia cine snt;
on my daughter: yet he knew me not atiso mi-a spus c snt negustor de pete; ru
first, he said I was a fishmonger: he is far a mai ajuns, ru de tot; i, n adevr, la
gone, far gone: and truly in my youth I vremea mea, eu nsumi am suferit mari neajun-
suffered much extremity for love; very near suri de pe urma dragostei; mai-mai ntocmai.
this. I'll speak to him again. What do you Am s-i vorbesc din nou. Ce citii, my lord}
read, my lord? 195 HAMLET
HAMLET Vorbe, vorbe, vorbe.
Words, words, words.*
118 Act II Scene 2
POLONIVS
What is the matter, my lord?
HAMLET
Between who?
195
POLONIUS
I mean, the matter that you read, my lord.
HAMLET
Slanders, sir, for the satirical rogue says* 200
here that old men have grey beards, that
their faces are wrinkled, their eyes purging
thick amber and plum-tree gum, and that
they have a plentiful lack of wit, together
with most weak hams; all which, sir, though 205
I most powerfully and potently believe, yet
I hold it not honesty to have it thus set
down; for yourself, sir, shall grow old as
I am, if like a crab you could go backward.
POLONIUS
(aside) Though this be madness, yet there 210
is method in't. Will you walk out of
the air, my lord?
HAMLET
Into my grave.*
POLONIUS
(aside) Indeed, that's out of the air. How
pregnant sometimes his replies are! a hap- 215
piness that often madness hits on, which
reason and sanity could not so prosperously
be delivered of. I will leave him, and sud-
denly contrive the means of meeting be-
tween him and my daughter. My lord, 220
I will take my leave of you.
HAMLET
You cannot, sir, take from me any thing that
I will more willingly part withal: except
my life, except my life, except my life.
Actul 11 Scena 2
J19
POLONIUS
Care e pricina, my lord?
HAMLET
ntre cine?
POLONIUS
Vreau s spun, pricina despre care citii, my lord.
HAMLET
Brfeli, domnule! Acest nemernic de scriitor
satiric spune c oamenii btrni au barba cenu-
ie, c obrajii le snt zbrcii, c ochii li se cur
de clei i boabe de rin i c au o deplin
lips de duh, ca i cele mai flecite unci;
ceea ce, domnule, dei eu nsumi cred a-
ceasta cu toat puterea, socotesc c nu e
cinstit a o fi aternut n scris; cci dumneata
nsui, domnule, ai fi tot att de btrn ca mine
dac ai putea, ca un rac, s mergi de-a-ndara-
telea.
POLONIUS
(aparte) Asta, dei e nebunie, are-n ea i metod.
N-ai vrea s scpai de aerul sta, alte?
HAMLET
n mormnt.
POLONIUS
(aparte) Adevrat, asta-nsemneaz a scpa de
aer. Ce pline-i snt de miez rspunsurile cteo-
dat! Nebunia lovete-ades cuvntul fericit pe
care sntatea i cuminenia n-ar izbuti s-1
rosteasc att de cu putere. l voi lsa i de
ndat am s-ncerc s pun la cale ntlnirea
cu fiic-mea. Cinstite prin, cu umilin mi
iau de la altea-voastr bun rmas.
HAMLET
Domnule, nu-mi puteai lua nimic pe care s
nu-1 mpart mai bucuros cu dumneata; afar
doar de viaa mea, de viaa mea, de viaa mea.
120 Act II Scene 2 Actul II Scena 2 121
POLONIUS POLONIUS
Fare you well, my lord. 225 V las cu bine, alte.
Going. Pleac.

HAMLET HAMLET
These tedious old fools! Palavragiii tia de btrni zevzeci!
Re-enter R o s e n c r a n t z and Guild en s t e r n . Intr din nou R o s e n c r a n t z i G u i l d e n s t e r n .
POLONIUS
POLONIUS
You go to seek the I/>rd Hamlet; there he is. Ctai pe prinul Hamlet; este-aici.
ROSENCRANTZ
ROSENCRANTZ
(to P o l o n i u s ) God save you, sir! (lui Polonius) V aib ceru-n paz, domnule.
Exit P o l o n i u s . Exit P o l o n i u s .
GUILDENSTERN
GuiLDENSTERN
My honoured lord! Slvite prin!
ROSENCRANTZ
ROSENCRANTZ
My most dear lord! "0 Prea scump-alte!
HAMLET
HAMLET
O, bunii mei prieteni! Ce faci tu, Rosencrantz?
My excellent good friends! How dost thou
Ah, Guildenstern! Flcii mei, spunei-mi, cum
Guildenstern? Ah, Rosencrantz! Good lads,
o ducei?
how do you both?
ROSENCRANTZ
ROSENCRANTZ Ca toi copiii lumii.
As the indifferent children of the earth. GUILDENSTERN
GUILDENSTERN Ferice de-a nu fi prea ferice. Pe plria soar-
Happy, in that we are not overhappy; on 235 tei nu noi i sntem moul.
Fortune's cap we are not the very button.* HAMLET
HAMLET Nici tlpile pantofilor ei?
Nor the soles of her shoe? ROSENCRANTZ
ROSENCRANTZ O, nici, my lord.
Neither, my lord. HA MLET
Atunci i stai pe lng cingtoare, n mijlocul
HAMLET
rsfurilor ei.
Then you live about her waist, or in the
GUILDENSTERN
middle of her favours.
Doar servi de rnd.
240 HAMLET
GUILDENSTERN. n treburile-ascunse ale soartei? O, ct de-ade-
Faith, her privates we. vrat! Fortuna e o trf. Dar ce mai nou?
HAMLET
In the secret parts of Fortune? O, most
true; she is a strumpet. What's the news?
122 Act II Scene 2 Actul 11 Scena 2 123
ROSENCRANTZ ROSENCRANTZ
None, my lord, but the world's grown ho- Nimic, my lord, dect c lumea s-a fcut mai
nest. cumsecade.
HAMLET HAMLET
Then is doomsday near: but your news is245 Atunci, e semn c se apropie ziua de apoi;
not true. L,et me question more in parti- dar numai nu-i de loc adevrat; v-ntreb de-
cular: what have you, my good friends, aceea mai n amnunt: ce ru fcuri, buni
deserved at the hands of Fortune, that she prieteni, soartei, de-ai fost trimii aicea, la-n-
sends you to prison hither? chisoare?
GuiLDENSTERN GuiLDENSTERN
Prison, my lord? 25
De ce-nchisoare?
HAMLET HAMLET
Denmark's a prison. Fiindc Danemarca-i o-nchisoare.
ROSENCRANTZ ROSENCRANTZ
Then is the world one. Atuncea, lumea-ntreag e la fel.
HAMLET HAMLET
A goodly one; in which there are many De-a binelea; cu multe temnii, carcere i be-
confines: wards and dungeons, Denmark ciuri, din toate cea mai rea fiind Danemarca.
being one o' the worst. ROSENCRANTZ
My lord, noi credem altfel.
255
HAMLET
ROSENCRANTZ Eh, poate, nu e pentru voi; nimic pe lume nu
We think not so, my lord. e bun sau ru dect ce gndul singur hotrte.
HAMLET Dar mie mi-este temni.
Why, then 'tis none to you; for there is* ROSENCRANTZ
nothing either good or bad, but thinking Cum? Atunci gndul de mrire v-o face aa;
makes it so. To me it is a prison. e strimt pentru mintea-alteei-voastre.
ROSENCRANTZ HAMLET
Why then your ambition makes it one;260 O, Doamne! a putea s m nghesui n coaja
'tis too narrow for your mind. unei nuci i s m simt un rege-n necuprins,
HAMLET de n-ar fi ns visele urte.
O God, I could be bounded in a nut-shell, GuiLDENSTERN
and count myself a king of infinite space, Aceste vise snt ale mririi; fiindc miezul
were it not that I have bad dreams. nsui al mririi e numai umbra unui vis.
GuiLDENSTERN
Which dreams indeed are ambition ; for the* 265
very substance of the ambitious is merely
the shadow of a dream.
124 Act II Scene 2 Actul II Scena 2 12S
HAMLET
A dream itself is but a shadow.
ROSE NCRANTZ
Truly, and I hold ambition of so airy and
light a quality that it is but a shadow's 270
shadow.
HAM LET
Then are our beggars bodies and our mo-
narchs and outstretched heroes the beggars'
shadows. Shall we to the court? for, by my
fay, I cannot reason. 275
ROSENCRANTZ 1
GuiLDENSTERN J
We'll wait upon you.
HAMLET
No such matter: I will not sort you with
the rest of my servants; for, to speak to you
like an honest man, I am most dreadfully
attended. But, in the beaten way of friend-280
ship, what make you at Elsinore?
ROSENCRANTZ
To visit you, my lord, no other occasion.
HAMLET
Beggar that I a m, I am even poor in thanks; *
but I thank you: and sure, dear friends,
my thanks are too dear a halfpenny. Were 285
you not sent for? is it your own inclining?
is it a free visitation? Come, come, deal
justly with me: come, come; nay, speak.
GuiLDENSTERN
What should we say, my lord?
HAMLET
Any thing but to the purpose. You were 290
sent for, and there is a kind of confession
in your looks, which your modesties have
HAMLET
Visul nsui este numai umbr.
ROSENCRANTZ
Adevrat, iar visul de mrire e pentru mine
att de strveziu i de uor, c-mi pare numai
umbra unei umbre.
HAMLET
Atunci doar ceretorii au un trup, iar regii i
vitejii snt doar umbre de ceretori. Mergem
la curte? fiindc jur c nu mai pot gndi cu
fir.
ROSENCRANTZ 1
GuiLDENSTERN J
V nsoim din urm.
HAMLET
Nici vorb-aa ceva; n-am s v pun pe
voi n rnd cu ceilali slujitori, fiindc, vorbin-
du-v deschis, snt foarte-ndeaproape-nconju-
rat. Rmnnd ns la calea btut a prieteniei,
ce cutai voi n Elsinore?
ROSENCRANTZ
Am vrut s v vedem, my lord; altfel, nimic.
HAMLET
Iar eu, milogul de mine, snt srac i-n mulu-
miri; totui, v mulumesc: i bineneles,
prieteni scumpi, c mulumirile mele nu fac
nici cinci parale. Nu cumva ai fost trimii
anume? Ai venit din ndemnul vostru? Ai
dorit sincer s m vedei? Hai, purtai-v cin-
stit cu mine, hai, hai; eh, nu, vorbii!
GuiLDENSTERN
Ce s vorbim, alte?
HAMLET
Ei, ce! orice, dar numai nu alturi. Ai fost
trimii anume; vd un fel de mrturisire n
ochii votri, pe care sfiala nu-i poate colora
126 Actul II Scena 2 127
Act II Scene 2

altfel; tiu c bunul nostru rege i regina v-au

not craft enough to colour: I know the good
trimis nadins.
king and queen have sent for you.
ROSENCRANTZ
ROSENC RANTZ
To what end, my lord? 95 Cu ce scop, alte?
HAMLET
HAMLET
That you must teach me. But let me con- Cu ce scop, voi s-mi spunei. n numele cama-
jure you, by the rights of our fellowship, raderiei i al consunrii tinereii noastre, n
by the consonancy of our youth, by the numele dragostei vechi i a tot ceea ce un mai
obligation of our ever-preserved love, and bun vorbitor ar putea spune ndatorndu-v,
by what more dear a better proposer can 300 v rog fierbinte fii cu mine aceiai i deschii,
charge you withal, be even and direct with fie c ai fost trimii, fie c nu!
me, whether you were sent for, or no. ROSENCRANTZ
(aparte, lui G u i l e n s t e r n ) C6 zici?
ROSENCRANTZ
(aside to G ui I d e n s t e rn.) What say you? HAMLET
(aparte) A, nu, cu coada ochiului, i tot v
HAMLET
(aside) Nay then, I have an eye of you. If vd. Dac n adevr inei la mine, vorbii-mi
305 fr-nconjur.
you love me, hold not off.
GuiLDENSTERN
GuiLDENSTERN
My lord, we were sent for. Alte, am fost trimii.
HAMLET
HAMLET
S v spun eu de ce; v voi lua-o nainte, ca
I will tell you why; so shall my anticipation*
s v ntmpin destinuirea, i astfel cuvntul
prevent your discovery, and your secrecy
vostru dat regelui i reginei s nu nprleasc.
to the king and queen moult no feather.
De un timp, fr s tiu de ce, mi s-a vestejit
I have of late, but wherefore I know3io
tinereea, am uitat toate jocurile; i, de fapt,
not, lost all my mirth, forgone all custom
gustul de via att mi s-a ngreunat, nct
of exercises; and indeed it goes so heavily
pmntul, aceast goal alctuire, mi pare un
with my disposition that this goodly frame,
promontoriu sterp; aerul, acest baldachin prea
the earth, seems to me a sterile promontory*,
nalt, adic cerul strlucitor de deasupra, uita-
this most excellent canopy, the air, look* 315
i-v, tavanul majestuos mpodobit cu foc i
you, this brave o'erhanging firmament, this
aur, ei bine, nu mi se pare nimic altceva dect
majestical roof fretted with golden fire, why
o strnsur puturoas de aburi. Ce scul de
it appearth nothing to me but a foul and
pre este omul! Ce necuprins n puteri! n
pestilent congregation of vapours. What
trup i n micare, ce potrivit i minunat! n
piece of work is man. how noble in rea-d2o
son, how infinite in faculties, in form and
moving, how express and admirable in ac-
128
Act II Scene 2
tion, how like an angel in apprehension, how
like a god; the beauty of the world; the
paragon of animals; and yet, to me what is325
this quintessence of dust? man delights not
me, nor woman neither, though by your
smiling you seem to say so.
ROSENCRANTZ
My lord, there was no such stuff in my
330
thoughts.
HAMLET
Why did ye laugh then, when I said "man
delights not me"?
ROSENCRANTZ
To think, my lord, if you delight not in
man, what lenten entertainment the players
shall receive from you: we coted them on335
the way; and hither are they coming, to
offer you service.
HAMLET
He that plays the king shall be welcome;*
his majesty shall have tribute of me; the
adventurous knight shall use his foil and34o
target; the lover shall not sigh gratis; the*
humorous man shall end his part in peace;
the clown shall make those laugh whose*
lungs are tickled o' the sere; and the lady*
shall say her mind freely, or the blank verse 345
shall halt for't. What players are they?*
ROSENCRANTZ
Even those you were wont to take such
delight in, the tragedians of the city.*
HAMLET
How chances it they travel? their residence,
both in reputation and profit, was better 350
both ways.
Actul II Scena 2 129
fapte, ce asemntor cu ngerii! n cugetare,
ct de asemenea cu Dumnezeu! Frumuseea
nsi a lumii! Vrf a toat fptura! i totui,
pentru mine, ce este acest praf al prafului?
Oamenii nu m mai farmec; nu, nici femeia,
dei, cu sursul tu, parc ai spune c da.
ROSENCRANTZ
Alte, nici nu m-am gndit la asta.
HAMLET
Atunci de ce zmbeai cnd eu am spus c oa-
menii nu m mai farmec"?
ROSENCRANTZ
Mi-am zis, alte, c dac oamenii nu v mai
farmec, actorii, crora le-am luat-o nainte
pe drum i care vin ncoace s v nveseleasc,
vor fi primii ca-n postul mare.
HAMLET
Cel care joac pe regele va fi binevenit; tri-
butul meu i-ateapt majestatea; cavalerul
rtcitor i va ntrebuina spada i scutul;
ndrgostitul nu va suspina degeaba; perso-
najul fantastic i va sfri nestnjenit rolul;
mscriciul va face s rd chiar pe cei cu pl-
mnii gdilai n sec; iar tnra i va spune slo-
bod gndul, sau, altfel, versul alb va chiopta.
Dar ce actori snt tia?
ROSENCRANTZ
Chiar aceia pe care altdat i obinuiseri
s v nveseleasc, tragedienii oraului.
HAMLET
i cum se face c-au ajuns pe drumuri? Rm-
nerea pe loc le-ar fi adus mai bun renume i
mai mult folos.
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Act II Scene 2
ROSENCRANTZ
ROSENCRANTZ Cred c strmtorarea le vine de la moda nou.
I think their inhibition comes by the means HAMLET
of the late innovation. i mai pstreaz vechea preuire, ca atunci
HAMLET cnd m aflam eu n ora? Tot aa se ine lumea
Do they hold the same estimation they did dup ei?
when I was in the city? are they so followed? 355 ROSENCRANTZ
ROSENCRANTZ Nu! asta nu.
No, indeed, are they not. HAMLET
HAMLET Ei, cum adic? Ce, au ruginit?
How comes it? do they grow rusty? ROSENCRANTZ
ROSENCRANTZ A, nu, aceeai rvn i aprinde; dar este, al-
Nay, their endeavour keeps in the wonted te, un cuib de copilandri, de pui de oimi,
pace: but there is, sir, an eyrie of children? care ip sfritul ntrebrilor i snt de aceea
little eyases, that cry out on the top of360 foarte aplaudai: e gustul lumii, azi, i clevetesc
question and are most tyrannically clapped teatrele obinuite, cum le zic ei, nct multe
for't: these are now the fashion, and so paloe nu-ndrznesc, de teama penelor de
berattle the common stages so they call gsc, s mai calce-n ele.
them that many wearing rapiers are HAMLET
afraid of goose-quills, and dare scarce come 365 Snt chiar copii? Dar cine i sprijin? i cum
thither. snt pltii? i vor rmne-n meserie doar ct
HAMLET vor putea s cnte? Dar ce vor zice singuri
What, are they children? who maintains 'em? mai trziu, cnd, poate-n lips de-altceva mai
how are they escoted ? Will they pursue the bun, vor trece-n tagma actorilor de rnd i cnd
quality no longer than they can sing? abia atuncea vor vedea ct ru le-au fcut scri-
will they not say afterwards, if they should 370 itorii lor, punndu-i s-i semeeasc glasul
grow themselves to common players, as mpotriva lor nii?
it is most like, if their means are no better, ROSENCRANTZ
their writers do them wrong, to make A fost, spun drept, mare forfot n amndou
them exclaim against their own succession? taberele, alte; iar publicul petrecea ntrtn-
ROSENCRANTZ du-i; a fost un timp cnd nu s-a mai pltit o
Faith, there has been much to do on both 375 pies pentru care s n-ajung, actori i scriitor,
sides, and the nation holds it no sin to la pruial.
tarre them to controversy: there was for
a while no money bid for argument, unless
the poet and the player went to cuffs in
the question. 380
132
Act 11 Scene 2 Actul 11 Scena 2 133
 HAMLET
HAMLET
Is't possible?
E oare cu putin?
GuiLDENSTERN
0, there has been much throwing about of GuiLDENSTERN
brains. O, a fost mult btaie de cap.
HAMLET HAMLET
Do the boys carry it away? i-au biruit copiii?
ROSENCRANTZ ROSENCRANTZ
Ay, that they do, my lord; Hercules and385 Au biruit, my lord; i chiar pe Hercul, cu p-
his load too. mntu-n crc.
HAMLET HAMLET
It is not very strange, for my uncle is king Nu, nu e prea ciudat; fiindc unchiul e rege-al
of Denmark, and those that would make Danemarcei, iar cei ce se-ntreceau s i se
mows at him while my father lived, give strmbe n nas, n timpul vieii scumpului meu
twenty, forty, fifty, a hundred ducats a-390
tat, dau astzi zeci i sute de ducai pe-o zu-
piece, for his picture in little. 'Sblood, there*
grveal-a lui, de cele mici. E-aici un ce"
is something in this more than natural,
cu totul nefiresc, de-ar fi s afle-acestea filo-
if philosophy could find it out.
Flourish of trumpets within.
zofii...
Izbucnire de trompete.
GuiLDENSTERN
GuiLDENSTERN
There are the players.
Actorii, vin actorii.
HAMLET
Gentlemen, you are welcome to Elsinore. 395 HAMLET
Your hands? come then: the appurtenance Domnii mei, bine-ai venit la Elsinore. mi
of welcome is fashion and ceremony: let dai chiar mna? Fie, o bun primire i are
me comply with you in this garb, lest my i i se cade ceremonia ei; lsai-mi plcerea
extent to the players, which, I tell you, s m port cu voi ca-n lumea mare, pentru ca
must show fairly outwards, should more4oo rgazul meu ntre actori, care, v spun eu,
appear like entertainment than yours. You snt inui la purtri minunate, s nu arate
are welcome: but my uncle-father and aunt- mai prejos dect al vostru. V spun dar bun
mother are deceived. venit; tata-unchiu-meu ns i mtua-mam-
GuiLDENSTERN mea nu au dreptate.
In what, my dear lord? GuiLDENSTERN
n ce, my lorii
134 Act II Scene 2 Actul II Scena 2 13}
 HAMLET
I am but mad north-north-west: when the405
wind is southerly I know a hawk from a*
handsaw.
Re-enter P o I 0 n i u s.
POLONIUS
Well be with you, gentlemen!
HAMLET
Hark you, Guildenstern, and you too, at
each ear a hearer; that great baby you see
there is not yet out of his swaddling clouts. 0
ROSENCRANTZ
Happily he is the second time come to them,
for they say an old man is twice a child.
HAMLET
I will prophesy; he comes to tell me of the
players; mark it. You say right, sir: o' Mon-
day morning, 'twas then indeed. "5
POLONIUS
My lord, I have news to tell you.
HAMLET
My lord, I have news to tell you. When
Roscius was an actor in Rome,*
POLONIUS
The actors are come hither, my lord.
HAMLET
Buz, buz!* 420
POLONIUS
Upon my honour, POLONIUS
HAMLET
Then came each actor on his ass, HAMLET
POLONIUS
The best actors in the world, either for tra-
gedy, comedy, history, pastoral, pastoral-
comical, historical-pastoral, tragical-histo-425
rical, tragical-comical-historical-pastoral,
HAMLET
Eu snt nebun dinspre nord-nord-vest; ns
cnd bate vntul dinspre sud, pot foarte bine
s deosebesc un oim de un ulei.
Intr din nou P o l o n i u s .
POLONIUS
Ceas bun cu voi, preatineri gentilomi!
HAMLET
Ascult, Guildenstern; ascult, Rosencrantz;
de fiece ureche cte unul: acest copil btrn
venit aici se afla nc n scutece i fese.
ROSENCRANTZ
Noroc c e-n ele a doua oar; fiindc se
spune c-n btrni snt doi copii.
HAMLET
Presimt c vrea s-mi spun de actori; o s
vedei. Aa e, ai dreptate, domnule; era, de
diminea, ntr-o luni; chiar luni, da, da.
POLONIUS
Alte, am o veste s v spun.
HAMLET
Alte, am o veste s v spun. Cnd Roscius
era actor la Roma...
POLONIUS
Actorii au venit, my lord.
HAMLET
Ce spui!
Pe cinstea mea!
Atunci, clri pe cte un mgar...
POLONIUS
Snt cei mai buni actori de pe pmnt n tra-
gedia, comedia sau n istoria pastoral, comi-
co-pastoral, istorico-pastoral, tragico-istoric,
tragico-comico-istorico-pastoral, piese dintr-o
136 Act II Scene 2 comes.
Enter four or five P l a y e r s .
scene individable, or poem unlimited: Sene-* You are welcome, masters, welcome all. I am 450
ca cannot be too heavy, nor Plautus too* glad to see thee well. Welcome, good friends.
light for the law of writ and the liberty:
these are the only men.

430
HAMLET
O Jephthah, judge of Israel, what a treasure*
hadst thou!
POLONI us
What a treasure had he, my lord?
HAMLET
Why,
"One fair daughter, and no more,* 435
The which he loved passing well."
POLONIUS
(aside) Still on my daughter.
HAMLET
Am I not i' the right, old Jephthah?
POLONIUS
If you call me Jephthah, my lord, I have a
daughter that I love passing well.

440
HAMLET
Nay, that follows not.
POLONIUS
What follows then, my lord?
HAMLET
Why,
"As by lot, God wot,"
and then you know,

445
"It came to pass, as most like it was,"
the first row of the pious chanson will show
you more; for look where my abridgement
Actul II Scena 2 137 138 A 1
Act II Scene 2 c
bucat sau poeme fr capt. Seneca nu
li se pare prea greoi, nici Plaut prea uor; snt
singurii oameni care tiu s mpace cadena
versului i micarea n voie.
HAMLET
O, Jephtah, judector al Israelului, ce comoar
ai tu!
POLONIUS
Ce comoar are, alte?
HAMLET
Eh, cum,
O fat blond, atta tot,
Mai scump dect viaa lui."
POLONIUS
(aparte) Cu gndul tot la fii-mea.
HAMLET
Nu am dreptate, btrne Jephtah?
POLONIUS
Dac mi zicei Jephtah, my lord, am n adevr
o fat, pe care o iubesc mai mult dect via
mea.
HAMLET
Nu, nu urmeaz numaidect.
POLONIUS
Dar ce urmeaz atunci, my^Jord,}
HAMLET
Eh,
Ce-n sori se scrie, Domnul tie."
Mai departe, tii,
S-a ntmplat, cum a fost dat"...
Rndul urmtor al acestui cntec pios i-ar
spune mai mult; dar iat-i c mi taie vorba.
Intr patru-cinci A c t o r i .
Bine-ai venit, maetrilor; bun venit tuturor!
M bucur c te vd sntos; bine ai venit,
 O, old friend! Why, thy face is valanced*
since I saw thee last; com'st thou to beard
me in Denmark? What, my young lady and
mistress! By'r lady, your ladyship is* 455
nearer to heaven, than when I saw you last,
by the altitude of a chopine. Pray God your*
voice, like a piece of uncurrent gold, be not
cracked within the ring." Masters, you are all
welcome. We'll e'en to't likeFrench falconers, 460
fly at any thing we see: we'll have a speech
straight: come, give us a taste of your qua-
lity come, a passionate speech.
FIRST PLAYER
What speech, my good lord?
HAMLET
I heard thee speak me a speech once, but it 465
was never acted, or, if it was, not above
once; for the play, I remember, pleased not
the million; 'twas caviary to the general,
but it was as I received it, and others,
whose judgements in such matters cried in 470
the top of mine an excellent play, well
digested in the scenes, set down with as
much modesty as cunning. I remember, one
said there were no sallets in the lines, to
make the matter savoury, nor no matter
in the phrase, that might indict the author475
of affection; but called it an honest method,
as wholesome as sweet, and by very much
more handsome .than fine. One speech in't
I chiefly loved: 'twas Aeneas' talk to Dido,* 480
and thereabout of it especially, when he
speaks of Priam's slaughter: if it live in*
your memory, begin at this line; let me
see, let me see;
"The rugged Pyrrhus, like th'Hyrcanian* 485
beast..."
'tis not so: it begins with Pyrrhus...
buni prieteni! O, vechiul meu prieten! Obra-
zul i s-a-nciucurat cu barb de cnd nu te-am
mai vzut; vreai s mi-o iai nainte n Dane-
marca? O, tnr lady i doamn, domnia-voas-
tr e mai aproape de cer cu un coturn dect
cnd v-am vzut ultima dat. Dea Domnul ca
glasul s nu vi se fi spart ca banul de aur care
nu mai umbl. Maetrilor, fii cu toii bineve-
nii ! Vom cdea ca oimii Franei pe ce se-n-
tmpl s vedem: deocamdat, o recitare mi-
nunat. Hai, dai-ne doar un gust despre
miestria voastr; hai, ceva plin de patim.
PRIMUL ACTOR
Dar ce s recitm, my lord}
HAMLET
Te-am auzit odat recitind ceva ce nu s-a ju-
cat; sau dac s-a jucat, nu de mai multe ori;
fiindc piesa, mi aduc bine aminte, n-a pl-
cut milionului de ini icre negre pentru po-
por! Dar, dup ct am neles eu i alii, a
cror pricepere e-n fruntea priceperii mele,
era o pies nentrecut, bine mprit pe
scene i aternut-n scris cu tot atta gingie
ct i ndemnare. Am auzit pe cineva spunnd
c versurile n-ar fi prea srate ca miezul lor
s fie mai gustos i c nici miez n-ar fi ndeajuns
n versurile astfel vinovate de goal-nchipuire.
Dar tot acela i recunotea c-i lucru bine alc-
tuit, plcut i plin i mult mai mult spontan
dect meteugit. O parte mai cu seam mi
plcea: era povestea spus de Enea Didonei;
ns, ndeosebi, cam unde-ncepe el s poves-
teasc uciderea lui Priam. Stai, stai s vd:
Cumplitul Pyrrhus, fiar-a groaznicei Hirca-
nii..." nu, nu e-aa; ncepe cu Pyrrhus, ns...
da:
140 Act 11 Scene 2
"The rugged Pyrrhus, he whose sable arms,
Black as his purpose, did the night ressemble,
When he lay couched in the ominous horse,
Hath now this dread and black complexion
smeared
490
With heraldry more dismal head to foot;
Now is he total gules, horridly tricked
With blood of fathers, mothers, daughters,
sons,
Baked and impasted with the parching streets
That lend a tyrannous and a damned light 495
To their lord's murder: roasted in wrath and
fire,
And thus o'er-sized with coagulate gore,
With eyes like carbuncles, the hellish Pyrrhus
Old grandsire Priam seeks"
So, proceed you.
wo
POLONIUS
'Fore God, my lord, well spoken, with good
accent and good discretion.
FIRST PLAYER
Anon he finds him
Striking too short at Greeks; his antique sword,
Rebellious to his arm, lies where it falls,
Repugnant to command: unequal matched, 505
Pyrrhus at Priam drives, in rage strikes wide,
But with the whiff and wind of his fell sword
The unnerved father falls. Then senseless
Ilium,
Seeming to feel this blow, with flaming top
Stoops to his base; and with a hideous crash 5io
Takes prisoner Pyrrhus' ear, for, lo! his
sword,
Actul II Scena 2
141
Cumplitul Pyrrhus, care, cu-nlunecat blazonu-i,
La chip ca gndu-i negru, prea ca rupt din
noapte
,
Cnd sta pitit n calul tiut de piaza-rea,
Temuta-i neagr fire el i-a mnjit-o-acum
Cu-o mult mai trist faim; din tlpi i pn-n
cretet
,
nvemntat n rou i crunt mpodobit
Cu sngele attor prini troieni i fii,
Rscopt de dogoreal pe uliele-n flcri,
Ce calea de blesteme i crime-i lumineaz,
Avnd vemntu-4 scoar de cheaguri sngernde,
Cu ochii de jratic, mpieliatul Pyrrhus
l caut pe Priam, btrnul rege."
Urmeaz, mai departe.
POLONIUS
Pe Dumnezeu din cer, alte, bine spus, cu
glasul cel mai potrivit i fr ngmfare.
PRIMUL ACTOR
Iat-
l
Lovind n greci zadarnic; vestit strvechiu-i palo
l simte-a rzvrtire rmas unde-a czut,
Nevrnd s-l mai asculte; n mult nedreapt
lupt
,
La Priam vine Pyrrhus; turbat, lovete-n gol,
Dar numai uieratul tesacului doboar
Ca mort pe bietul rege-printe. llionul,
Dei pierit, lovirea prnd a mai simi-o,
Cu cretetul n flcri spre tlpi se ncovoaie,
Urechile lui Pyrrhus umplndu-le cu tunet,
142 Act II Scene 2
Which was declining on the milky head
Of reverend Priam, seemed i' the air to stick:
So, as a painted tyrant, Pyrrhus stood,
Like a neutral to his will and matter,
515
Did nothing.
But as we often see, against some storm,
A silence in the heavens, the rack stand still,
The bold winds speechless, and the orb bellow
As hush as death, anon the dreadful thunder 520
Doth rend the region, so after Pyrrhus' pause
Aroused vengeance sets him new a-work;
And never did the Cyclops' hammers fall
On Mars's armour, forged for proof eterne,
With less remorse than Pyrrhus' bleeding sword 525
Now falls on Priam.
Out, out, thou strumpet, Fortune! All you
gods,
In general synod take away her power,
Break all the spokes and fellies from her wheel,
And bowl the round nave down the hill of
heaven 530
As low as to. the fiends!"
POLONIUS
This is too long.
HAMLET
It shall to the barber's, with your beard.
Prithee, say on: he's for a jig, or a tale of
bawdry, or he sleeps: say on, come to Hecuba. 535
FIRST PLAYER
"But who, ah! woe, had seen the mobled queen"
HAMLET
"The mobled queen"?
POLONIUS
That's good, "mobled queen" is good.
UJ
Actul II Scena 2
C, iat, spada, care cdea pe tmpla alb,
Cinstit, a lui Priam, n vnt a-ncremenit;
i Pyrrhus, ca un crncen tiran n zugrveal,
Strin parc de vrerea i scopu-i dinainte,
A stat n loc.
Cum ns-ades ne pare-nainte de furtun
C norii stau grmad n linite deplin,
C vnturile-s mute i hu-i dedesubt
Tcut ca moartea nsi, dar trsnetul deodat
Vzduhu-l taie-n dou; la fel, dup o clip
De stat n loc, pe Pyrrhus din nou mnia-l min;
i n-au czut vreodat ciclopice ciocane
Pe venic nezdrobita armur a lui Marte
Mai fr remucare ca-nsngerata spad
Pe cretetul lui Priam.
Afar', Fortun-trf! 0, zei, venii cu toii
i-n sfnt sobor rpii-i puterea; roii ei
Prefacei-i n ndri i spie, i obezi,
Iar inima zvrlii-i din ceruri, rostogol,
n iadul fr fund''
POLONIUS
Prea lung.
HAMLET
Atunci, la brbier, o dat cu barba dumitale.
Te rog, spune mai departe: lui i plac doarcn-
tecele glumee i povetile denate; altfel,
adoarme. Spune mai departe; vin' la Hecuba.
PRIMUL ACTOR
O, cine-ar ti cum ns regina-mbrobodit..."
HAMLET
Regina-mbrobodit" ?
POLONIUS
Asta e bine, regina-mbrobodit", e bine.
144 Act 11 Scene 2 Actul II Scena 2

14S
FIRST PLAYER
"Run barefoot up and down, threatening the
flames
With bisson rheum, a clout upon that head no
Where late the diadem stood, and for a robe,
About her lank and all o'er-teemed loins,
A blanket in the alarm of fear caught up,
Who this had seen, with tongue in venom steeped
'Gainst Fortune's state would treason have
pronounced; Mb
But if the gods themselves did see her then,
When she saw Pyrrhus make malicious sport
In mincing with his sword her husband's
limbs,
The instant burst of clamour that she made,
Unless things mortal move them not at all.bbo
Would have made milch the burning eyes of
heaven
And passion in the gods."
POLONIUS
Iyook, whether he has not turned his colour,
and has tears in's eyes. Prithee, no more.
HA MLE\
'Tis well; I'll have thee speak out the rest 555
of this soon. Good my lord, will you see the
players well bestowed? Do you hear, let
them be well used, for they are the abstract
and brief chronicles of the time: after your
death you were better have a bad epitaph seo
than their ill report while you live.
POLONI us
My lord, I will use them according to their
desert.
HAMLET
God's bodkin, man, much better: use every*
PRIMUL ACTOR
Orbecia descul, amenintnd chiar focul
Cu lacrimile-i ruri; pe capu-i, drept coroan,
O zdrean, iar vemntul pe alele-i nguste
i stoarse de prea multa trecut lehuzie
Fiindu-i, luat din spaim pe spate, un plocat;
Acel ce-ar ti aceasta, cu limb-nveninat,
F ortunii-neltoare rosti-i-ar viclenia,
Iar zeii nii dac ar fi vzut-o cnd
Privea la Pyrrhus, care, fcnd tin negru haz,
Toca sub spad ale lui Priam. mdulare,
Clipita-aceea plin de rgetele ei
Afar numai dac durerea nu-i atinge
Ar fi muiat de lacrimi ceretii ochi de foc
i chiar pe zei de mil."
POLONIUS
Uite, uite! parc s-a schimbat la fa, iar ochii-i
snt plini de lacrimi. Te rog, destul.
HAMLET
Bine. mi vei spune i restul n curnd. Scumpe
domn, vrei s iei seama ca actorii s fie bine
gzduii? Ascult, f n aa fel s fie ngrijii
cum se cade; fiindc ei snt, peste vreme, cro-
nica prescurtat a viemii: e mai bine s ai
dup moarte un epitaf prost dect s te cle-
veteasc ei n timpul vieii.
POLONIUS
Alte, i voi ngriji dup cum merit.
HAMLET
Cu mult mai bine, omule, pentru Dumnezeu!
146 Act 11 Scene 2 Actul II Scena 2

147
 man after his desert, and who shall 'scape 565 ngrijit dup cum merit, care om ar scpa
whipping? Use them after your own honour nebiciuit? ngrijete-i dup cinstea i rangul
and dignity: the less they deserve, the more dumitale: cu ct merit ei mai puin, cu att
merit is in your bounty. Take them in. mai mare va fi lauda buntii dumitale. Du-i
POLONIUS nuntru.
Come, sirs. POLONIUS
HAMLET Poftii, domnilor.
Follow him, friends: we'll hear a play to-57o HAMLET
morrow. (Exit P o l o n i u s with all the Pla- Urmai-1, prieteni; mine vom asculta piesa.
yers but the Firs t.) Dost thou hear me, (Exit P o l o n i u s , cu toi A c t o r i i , afar de P r i m u l . )
old friend; can you play The Murder of Ascult, btrne prieten, putei juca Ucide-
Gonzago? rea lui Gonzalv?
FIRST PLYAEK 575 PRIMUL ACTOR
Ay, my lord. Putem, my lord.
HAMLET HAMLET
We'll ha't to-morrow night. You could, Atunci, o vei juca chiar mine sear. Dar ai
for a need, study a speech of some dozen or s poi, pentru o nevoie a mea, s nvei cam
sixteen lines, which I would set down and dousprezece pn la aisprezece versuri, pe
insert in't, could you not? care a vrea s le scriu eu i s le strecor n
FIRST PLAYER pies? Poi, sau nu?
Ay, my lord. 680 PRIMUL ACTOR
HAMLET Da, pot, my lord.
Very well. Follow that lord, and look you HAMLET
mock him not. (Exit First P l a y e r. ) (To R o- Foarte bine. Du-te dup domnul acela; i
sencrantz and Guildenster n.) My good luai seama s nu prea v batei joc de el.
friends, I'll leave you till night: you are Exit P r i m u l A c t o r. (Ctre Rose nor ant z
welcome to Elsinore. 585 si G u i l d e n s t e r n : )
ROSENCRANTZ Bunii mei prieteni, v las pn la noapte; bi-
Good my lord! ne-ai venit la Elsinore!
Exeunt R o s e n c r a n t z and G u i l d e n s t e r n. ROSENCRANTZ
HAMLET Stpne bun!
Ay, so, good bye to you! Exeunt R o s e n c r a n t z i G u i l d e n s t e r n .

Now I am alone. HAMLET

O, what a rogue and peasant slave am I! V aib Domnu-n paz. Acum snt singur.
Is it not monstrous that this player here, O, rob nemernic i mrav ce snt!
Firesc e oare ca un biet actor,
148 Act 11 Scene 2
But in a fiction, in. a dream of passion, 59t>
Could force his soul so to his own conceit
That from her working all the visage wanned,
Tears in his eyes, distraction in's aspect,
A broken voice, and his whole function
suiting
With forms to his conceit ? and all for nothing, 595
For Hecuba!
What's Hecuba to him, or he to her,
That he should weep for her? What would
he do,
Had he the motive and the cue for passion
That I have ? He would drown the stage with
tears 6oo
And cleave the general ear with horrid
speech.
Make mad the guilty and appal the free,
Confound the ignorant and amaze indeed
The very faculties of eyes and ears.
Yet I, 60s
A dull and muddy-mettled rascal, peak,
I/ike John-a-dreams, unpregnant of my
cause,*
And can say nothing: no, not for a king,
Upon whose property and most dear life
A damned defeat was made. Am I a coward? 6io
Who calls me villain, breaks my pate across,
Plucks off my beard and blows it in my
face,*
Tweaks me by the nose, gives me the lie
i' the throat,
As deep as to the lungs? who does me this?
Ha!
'Swounds, I should take it: for it cannot be* o 15
But I am pigeon-livered and lack gall
To make oppression bitter, or ere this*
Actul 11 Scena 2
149
Spunnd poveti i-nchipuind dureri,
S-i poat-aduce firea dup gnd,
Obrazul supt s i se-nglbeneasc,
Prnd, cu ochii-n lacrimi, ca znatec,
Cu glasul frnt i potrivindu-i portul
Pe-nchipuiri? i totul pentru ce?
Pentru Hecuba!
Dar ce-i e lui Hecuba i ea lui
S-o plng?-Atunci, de ce-ar fi el n stare,
Avnd temeiul meu de suferin?
Cu plnsu-i scena-ntreag-ar neca-o,
Bocind ar sparge-auzul tuturor,
Ar scoate-adnc din mini pe vinovat,
Pe cei nevinovai mpalidnd,
i dnd pe fa crima,-ar mpietri
Pe ci ar sta s-asculte i s-1 vad.
Iar eu,
Un trntor scrnav, lnced i ntng,
Un gur-casc-al propriei dureri,
Nimic nu spun; nu, nici chiar pentru-un rege,
A crui scump via i-avuie
l-au fost prdate. Poate snt un la?
De ce nu-mi spune nimenea netrebnic?
i tidva nu mi-o sparge n frme?
Nu-mi smulge barba, s mi-o zvrle-n ochi?
De nas s m trasc? iar minciuna
Pe gt s mi-o ndese n bojoci?
Aceste-ocri nu-i nimeni s le-aduc?
Ha!
Nimic nu m-ntrt, nghit orice;
Am doar ficai de ginga porumbel,
lipsii de fierea-n care-ar fi s simt
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151
I should have fatted, all the region kites
With this slave's offal: bloody, bawdy villain
Remorseless, treacherous, lecherous, kindless
villain! 620
O, vengeance!
Why, what an ass am I! This is most brave,
That I, the son of a dear father murdered,
Prompted to my revenge by heaven and hell,
Must like a whore unpack my heart with
Words, 625
Aud fall a-cursing like a very drab,
A scullion! Fie upon't! foh!
About, my brains! Hum' I have heard
That guilty creatures, sitting at a play,
Have by the very cunning of the scene 630
Been struck so to the soul, that presently
They have proclaimed their malefactions;
For murder, though it have no tongue, will
speak
With most miraculous organ. I'll have these
players
Play something like the murder of my
father 6 35
Bafore mine uncle, I'll observe his looks,
I'll tent him to the quick; if he do blench,
I know my course. The spirit that I have
seen*
May be a devil, and the devil hath power
To assume a pleasing shape; yea, and
perhaps 640
Out of my weakness, and my melancholy,
As he is very potent with such spirits,
Amaru-acestei vitregii, cci altfel
De mult a fi-ngrat toi uliii
Cu-adnc dezgusttorul lor prinos.
Nemernic, desfrnat i sngeros!
Viclean, mrav, lipsit de remucri!
O, duh al rzbunrii!
Un biet asin, i-ar fi mai de isprav,
Iar eu, fecior al scumpului ucis,
mpins de cer i iad s m rzbun,
n vorbe, ca o a, m descarc,
M vait, blestem ca un fecior de lele
Sau ca rndaii!
Mi-e sil, oah! Trezete-te, tu, creier!
Se spune c, la teatru, vinovaii,
Sub farmecul i-ndemnarea scenei,
Se simt att de zdruncinai, c-ndat
i dau nelegiuirile-n vileag;
Dei lipsindu-i limba, crima totui
Griete-n chipul cel mai nefiresc.
Actorii-acetia vor juca n faa
I^ui unchiu-meu o pies foarte-asemeni
Cu moartea tatii; i-am s-i cat n ochi;
Iar dac, speriat, va tresri,
Voi ti atunci ce drum s-apuc. Stafia
Se poate s fi fost doar Necuratul,
i Necuratu-ntotdeauna poate
S-i dea un chip aromitor; tiu eu,
n istovirea i-n tristeea mea,
De n-a vrut el s-ncerce cu vedenii
S2 Act II Scene 2 Actul II Scena 2 If3

Abuses me to damn me; I'll have grounds S-mi pun viaa sub osnd? Dar
More relative than this; the play's the Am alt temei, mai sigur: piesa-i la
* thing* n care pot pe rege s-1 nha.
Wherein I'll catch the conscience of the Exit.
king. 645
Exit.
ACT III
A C T U L III
Scene I
Scena 1
The next day.
A room in the castle. A doua zi.
O ncpere a castelului.
Enter King, Qti e e n, P o l o n i u s , O p h e l i a ,
Intr R e g e l e , R e g i n a , P o l o n i u s , O p h e l i a ,
R o s e n c r a n t z and G u i l d e n s t e r n . R o s e n c r a n t z i G u i l d e n s t e r n .

KING
RECELE
And can you, by no drift of circumstance,*
i n-ai putut, nici chiar din ntmplare,
Get from him why he puts on this confusion,
S dai de taina-ntunecrii lui,
Grating so harshly all his days of quiet
Ce-i rcie odihna, ca o ghear,
With turbulent and dangerous lunacy?
Cu tulburea putere-a nebuniei?
ROSENCRANTZ
He does confess he feels himself distracted, s ROSENCRANTZ
But from what cause he will by no means Ne-a spus c-i simte sufletu-abtut,
Dar nu ne-a spus, de ce, nici un cuvnt.
speak.
GUILDENSTERN GUILDENSTERN
Nor do we find him forward to be sounded, Nici nu prea st s fie cercetat;
But, with a crafty madness, keeps aloof, Rmne dus pe gnduri, singuratic,
When we would bring him on to some De vrem s-i smulgem vreo mrturisire
confession De starea lui.
Of his true state. REGINA
QUEEN Dar v-a primit frumos?
Did he receive you well? 10 ROSENCRANTZ
ROSENCRANTZ Mai mult dect frumos: ca un curtean.
Most like a gentleman.
GUILDENSTERN
GUILDENSTERN Silindu-i ns firea-ndeajuns.
But with much forcing of his disposition.
ROSENCRANTZ
ROSENCRANTZ Zgrcit s-ntrebe, ns la-ntrebri
Niggard of question, but of our demands
Avnd rspunsul viu.
Most free in his reply.
 156 Act 111 Scene 1 Actul III Scena 1 157

QUEEN
REGINA
Did you assay him
To any pastime? Irai mbiat
Cu mici petreceri?
15 ROSENCRANTZ
ROSENCRANTZ Da, doamn, s-a-ntmplat ca-n drum, venind,
Madam, it so fell out that certain players S-ntrecem uite-actori, i i-am i spus;
We o'er-raught on the way; of these we i parc 1-a cuprins o bucurie
told him. Aflnd de ei; cred chiar c-au i ajuns
And there did seem in him a kind of joy i c-au primit porunc,-n noaptea-aceasta,
To hear of it: they are here about the court, S joace-n faa lui.
And, as I think, they have already order 2
POLONIUS
This night to play before him.
POLONIUS
E-adevrat ;
'Tis most truef Prin mine, roag-a' voastre majesti
And he beseeched me to entreat your S vin i s-asculte nscenarea.
majesties REGELE
To hear and see the matter. Din inim; i snt prea mulumit
KING S-1 tiu pornit la astfel de petreceri.
With all my heart; and it doth much Plcerea scenei, tineri gentilomi,
content me Ctai s-i fie ct mai ascuit.
To hear him so inclined. 25
ROSENCRANTZ
Good gentlemen, give him a further edge,* Ctm, my lord.
And drive his purpose into these delights. Exeunt R o s e n c r a n t z i G u i l d e n s t e r n .
ROSENCRANTZ
We shall, my lord. REGELE
Exeunt R o s e n c r a n t z and G u i l d e n s t e r n t Gertruda, du-te i tu,
Fiindc-n tain-am ticluit ca Hamlet
KING
Sweet Gertrude, leave us S poat-ntmpltor i chiar aici
too, S dea de-Ophelia;
For we have closely sent for Hamlet Iar eu cu tatl ei, fireti iscoade,
hither,* Ascuni, nct, vznd, dar nevzui.
That he, as 'twere by accident, may here 30
Affront Ophelia:
Her father and myself, lawful espials,
We'll so bestow ourselves, that seeing
unseen,
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Act III Scene 1 Actul 111 Scena 1
 We may of their encounter frankly judge Putea-vom astfel prinde adevrul,
And gather by him, as he is behaved, Aflnd prin el, din felul cum se poart,
De-i chinul dragostei care-1 muncete
35 Att de greu.
If't be the affliction of his love or no
REGINA
That thus he suffers for.
Ascult, my lord, i plec.
QvEEN
Iar pentru tine,-Ophelia, doresc
I shall obey you.
Ca, blnd, frumuseea ta s fie
And for your part, Ophelia, I do wish
That your good beauties be the happy cause Temeiu-nsingurrii lui; ndjduiesc,
Of Hamlet's wildness; so shall I hope your Spre cinstea amnduror, s-1 poi iar
virtues 40 Aduce-ncet la calea prsit.
Will bring him to his wonted way again, OPHELIA
To both your honours. A vrea i eu, da, doamn.
OPHELIA Exit R e g i n a ,
Madam, I wish it may. POLONIUS
Exit Q u e e n . Ophelia, tu plimb-te. Stpne,
PoLONIUS Primii s stm ascuni. (O p h e li e i:)
Ophelia, walk you here. Gracious, so please Iar tu citete,
you, Aa poi da culoare i-neles
We will bestow ourselves. (t0 O p h e l i a ) Singurtii. Ades, cum bine tim,
Read on this book, E vin grea s te prefaci smerit
That show of such an exercise may colour* 45 i-n fapt cuvios ca s-ndulceti
Your loneliness. We are oft to blame in Pe Diavol chiar.
this, REGELE
'Tis too much provedthat with devotion's (aparte) O, ct de-adevrat!
visage Ca biciu-mi arde gndul vorba lui!
And pious action we do sugar o'er Nici chipul trfei potrivit cu dresuri
The devil himself. Nu-i dragostei rvnite mai urt
KING Ca fapta mea sub vorbele-mi viclene.
(aside) o, 'tis too true! O, grea povar!
How smart a lash that speech doth give
my conscience! 50
The harlot's cheek, beautied with plastering
art
Is not more ugly to the thing that helps it
Than is my deed to my most painted word:
O heavy burthen ! 55
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161
POLONIVS
I hear him coming: let's withdraw, my lord. 55
Exeunt King and P o l o n i u s .
Enter H a m l e t .
HAMLET
HAMLET
To be, or not to be, that is the
question ;*
Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer
The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,
Or to take arms against a sea of troubles,
And by opposing, end them? To die; to
sleep, w
No more and by a sleep to say we end
The heart-ache, and the thousand natural
shocks
That flesh is heir to; 'tis a consummation
Devoutly to be wished, to die, to sleep;
To sleep: perchance to dream; ay, there's
the rub; 65
For in that sleep of death what dreams may
come,
When we have shuffled off this mortal coil,
Must give us pause; there's the respect
That makes calamity of so long life:
For who would bear the whips and scorns
of time, 70
The oppressor's wrong, the proud man's
contumely,
The pangs of despised love, the law's delay,
The insolence of office, and the spurns
That patient merit of the unworthy takes,
When he himself might his quietus make 75
With a bare bodkin? who would fardels
bear.
To grunt and sweat under a weary life,
But that the dread of something after death,
POLONIUS
]>aud venind; my lord, s ne retragem.
Exeunt R e g e l e si P o l o n i u s .
Intr H a m l e t .
A fi sau nu, aceasta e-ntrebarea;
Mai-nalt e-n sine cugetul s-ndure
Sgeile i pratiile soartei,
Sau, mri de suferine nfruntnd,
S curme totul scurt? S mori; s dormi,
Nimic mai mult. Iar printr-un somn s-nchei
Dureri i mii de lovituri fireti
Czute din strmoi; e-o suferin
Plcut oriicui; s mori, s dormi;
S dormi: cu vise, poate;-aci e-aci;
Cci visele din somnul morii, cnd
Din iarmarocul vieii vom scpa,
Ne in pe loc. De-aci vine blestemul
C poate fi att de lung viaa;
Ce om ar sta s-ndure btrneea,
Tirani nedrepi, trufia ndrznea,
Purtri de azi pe mine-n judeci,
Obrznicia scribilor slujbai,
Izbnda lng merit a prostiei
i dragostea lovit de dispre,
Cnd singur ar putea s-i dea odihna
Cu-un vrf de-oel? i cine ar mai geme
Sub grea povara vieii, n sudori,
De n-ar fi taina-aceea dup moarte
Ce-nghea-n noi voina de pe urm
162 Act HI Scene 1 Actul III Scena I
 The undiscovered country, from whose
bourn
No traveller returns, puzzles the will,
And makes us rather bear those ills we have
Than fly to other that we not know of?
Thus conscience does make cowards of us
all,
And thus the native hue of resolution
Is sicklied o'er with the pale cast of thought, g,
And enterprises of great pitch and moment
With this regard their currents turn awry
And lose the name of action. Soft you now!
The fair Ophelia! Nymph, in thy orisons
Be all my sins remembered.
OPHELIA
Good my lord, 9C
How does your honour for this many a day?
HAMLET
I humbly thank you, well, well, well.
OPHELIA
My lord, I have remembrances of yours.
That I have longed long to re-deliver;
I pray you now receive them.
HAMLET
No, not I;
I never gave you aught.
OPHELIA
My honoured lord, you know right well you
did,
And with them words of so sweet breath
composed
As made these things more rich: their
perfume lost,
Take these again; for to the noble mind 100
I/a gndu-ntunecatului trm,
De unde nimeni nu s-a mai ntors?
gl i-aa ntrziem sub vechi dureri
De teama celor nc netiute;
Gndirea deci ne face lai pe toi;
Prin ea, culoarea vie-a hotrrh
Plete-n raza palid de gnd
i fapte mari, soroace-ale-mplinirii.
Sub ochiul minii,-avntu-i ncovoaie,
Pierznd chiar numele de fapte.-Ajunge!
Ophelia! O, nimf, n ruga ta
Pcatele-amintete-mi.
OPHELIA
Bun stpn,
De-atta timp ce face-altea-voastr?
HAMLET
Plecat, i mulumesc; eu, bine, bine.
OPHELIA
My lord, am unele-amintiri n dar
i vreau de mult s vi le dau-napoi;
V rog s le primii acum.
HAMLET
Nu, nu, eu nu;
Eu niciodat nu i-am dat nimic.
95
OPHELIA
Mrite lord, tii bine c mi-ai dat;
i chiar cu oapte dulci le-ai nsoit,
Fcndu-le mai scumpe; dar pierznd
Parfumul, luai-le-napoi; zadarnic
164 Act IU Scene 1 Actul 111 Scena 1

16f
 Rich gifts wax poor when givers prove ferent honest, but yet I could accuse me of
unkind.
There, my lord.
HAMLET
Ha, ha! are you honest?*
OPHELIA
My lord?
HAMLET
Are you fair?

'
OPHELIA
What means your lordship?
HAMLET
That if you be honest and fair, your honesty
should admit no discourse to your beauty.
OPHELIA
Could beauty, my lord, have better converse*
than with honesty?

'
HAMLET
Ay, truly; for the power of beauty will
sooner transform honesty from what it is
to a bawd than the force of honesty can
translate beauty into his likeness: this was
sometime a paradox, but now the time
gives it proof. I did love you once.
OPHELIA
Indeed, my lord, you made me believe so.
HAMLET
You should not have believed me, for virtue
cannot so inoculate our old stock but we
shall relish of it: I loved you not.
OPHELIA
I was the more deceived.
HAMLET
Get thee to a nunnery; why wouldstthou*
be a breeder of sinners? I am myself indif-
 E darul scump, cnd sufletul nu-i darnic,
lat-le, my lord.
HAMLET
Ha, ha! Eti dar cinstit?
OPHELIA
My lord?
HAMLET
Eti i frumoas?
OPHELIA
Ce vrea s spun-altea-voastr?
HAMLET
C dac eti frumoas i cinstit, cinstea dumi-
tale n-ar trebui s-i asculte frumuseea.
OPHELIA
My lord, dar s-ar putea ca frumuseea s aib
o prieten mai bun dect cinstea?
HAMLET
E-aa cum spun; fiindc puterea frumuseii
mai curnd va preschimba cinstea ntr-o desfr-
nat dect va putea cinstea s fac frumu-
seea a-i semna; asta era altdat un paradox,
dar timpurile noastre l-au dovedit adevrat.
Odinioar te-am iubit.
OPHELIA
n adevr, my lord, i m-ai fcut s cred.
HAMLET
Nu trebuia s m crezi; fiindc virtutea nu
poate altoi putredul nostru trunchi nct miasma
lui s nu mai duhneasc; nu, nu te-am iubit.
OPHELIA
Am fost cu-att mai dezamgit.
HAMLET
Du-te la o mnstire; de ce vrei s prseti
doar pctoi? i eu, ca toat lumea, snt
cinstit; dar pot cu-attea vini s m gsesc,
166 Act III Scene I Actul UI Scena l 167
 such things that it were better my mother 25
had not borne me: I am very proud, revenge-
ful, ambitious, with more offences at my
beck than I have thoughts to put them in,
imagination to give them shape, or time to
act them in. What should such fellows asi S0
I do crawling between earth and heaven?
We are arrant knaves, believe none of us,
go thy ways to a nunnery. Where's your
father?
OPHELIA
At home, my lord.
HAMLET
Let the doors be shut upon him, that he
may play the fool no where but in's own
house. Farewell.
OPHELIA
O, help him, you sweet heavens!
HAMLET
If thou dost marry, I'll give thee this plague uo
for thy dowry: be thou as chaste as ice,
as pure as snow, thou shalt not escape ca-
lumny. Get thee to a nunnery, farewell.
Or, if thou wilt needs marry, marry a fool,
for wise men know well enough what* 145
monsters you make of them. To a nunnery,
go, and quickly too, farewell.
OPHELIA
Heavenly powers restore him!
HAMLET
I have heard of your paintings too.well enough;
God hath given you one face and you i so
make yourselves another: you jig, you amble
and you lisp, you nick-name God's crea-
tures and make your wantonness ignorance.
c ar fi fost mai bine ca mam-mea s nu m
fi nscut. Snt mndru, ambiios, rzbuntor;
i am jigniri n gua mea mai multe dect
gndire ca s torn n ele, nchipuire ca s le
rostesc sau timp s pot a le preface-n fapte.
De ce semeni ca mine s mai croncneasc-ntre
pmnt i cer? Cu toii sntem ticloi sus-pui;
nu crede pe nici unul dintre noi. Vezi-i de
drum, la mnstire. Unde e tatl dumitale?
OPHELIA
Acas, my lord.
135 HAMLET
Vezi, uile s fie bine-nchise, s nu-i poat
juca prostia dect acas. Cu bine!
OPHELIA
Oh, ceruri milostive, ajutai-1!
HAMLET
Dac te mrii, i dau de zestre-acest blestem :
fii cast ca gheaa, alb ca zpada, i tot nu
vei scpa neterfelit. Menete-i viaa mnsti-
rii, du-te; i mergi cu bine. Sau, de va trebui
s te mrii, mrit-te c-un ntru; fiindc
brbaii nelepi tiu prea bine ce montri
facei voi din ei. La 'mnstire, du-te; i ct
mai repede. Cu bine!
OPHELIA
Puteri cereti, redai-i sntatea!
HAMLET
Am auzit i c dai cu sulimanuri; Dumnezeu
v-a druit cu un chip, i voi v facei altul;
umblai buiestru, n dansuri opii, cuvntul
vi-1 pelticii; i scornii creaturilor Domnului
porecle i facei din dezmul vostru netiin.
us Act III Scene I Actul III Scena 1 169
 Go to, I'll no more on't, it hath made me
mad. I say we will have no more marriage; 15s
those that are married already, all but one
shall live, the rest shall keep as they
are. To a nunnery, go.
Exit.
OPHELIA
O, what a noble mind is here o'erthrown!*
The courtier's, solidier's, scholar's, eye,
tongue, sword, i$o
The expectancy and rose of the fair state,
The glass of fashion and the mould of form,
The observed of all observers, quite, quite
down,
And I, of ladies most deject and wretched,
That sucked the honey of his music vows; ies
Now see that noble and most sovereign
reason,
I/ike sweet bells jangled out of tune, and
harsh.
That unmatched form and feature of blown
youth
Blasted with ecstasy! O woe is me,
To have seen what I have seen, see what
I see! 170
Re-enter King and P o l o n i u s .
KING
Love! his affections do not that way tend,
Nor what he spake, though it lacked form
a little,
Was not like madness. There's something
in his soul
O'er which his melancholy sits on brood,
And I do doubt the hatch and the disclose 175
Will be some danger: which for to prevent,
I have in quick determination
Du-te, jocul vieii mi-e urt; de-aceea snt
nebun. Dar zic c nu vom mai vedea cstorii;
cei cstorii de mai-nainte, afar doar de unul,
vor tri. Ceilali vor rmne cum snt. I,a m-
nstire, du-te.
Exit.
OPHELIA
Ce cuget nalt ntr-nsul s-a surpat!
El, ochiul curii, paloul otirii
i limba coalei celei mai vestite,
Ndejdea-n floare-a unei ri mree.
Oglinda i tiparul frumuseii,
El, vrf al vrfurilor, la pmnt!
Iar eu, dintre femei cea mai zdrobit,
Eu, care-am supt din mierea oaptei lui,
S vd cum mintea-nalt i se zbate
Dogit, ca un clopot ntr-o turl,
Fiina-i nepereche,-abia-nflorit,
n crivul smintelii. O... prpd
De-a ti ce tiu i de-a vedea ce vd!
Intr din nou R e g e l e i P o l o n i u s .
REGELE
Iubire! Nu, iubirea calc altfel;
i nici ce-a spus, dei cam fr fir,
Nu seamn-a sminteal. Altceva
Clocete-n gnd melancolia lui;
M tem ca nu cumva s scoat cap
Vrun pui de ru, i ca s-o iau-nainte,
Pe loc am poruncit precum urmeaz:
no Actul III Scena 1 171
Act III Scene 1
 Thus set it down: he shall with speed
to England,
For the demand of our neglected tribute:
Haply the seas, and countries different, i80
With variable objects, shall expel
This something-settled matter in his
heart,
Whereon his brains still beating puts him
thus
From fashion of himself. What think you
ou't?
POLONIUS
It shall do well: but yet do I believe 185
The origin and commencement of his grief
Sprung from neglected love. How now,
Ophelia?
You need not tell us what Lord Hamlet
said,
We heard it all. My lord, do as you please;
But if you hold it fit, after the play,
iso
Let his queen mother all alone entreat him
To show his grief; let her be round with
him;
And I'll be placed, so please you, in the ear
Of all their conference. If she find him not,
To England send him; or confine him where m
Your wisdom best shall think.
KING
It shall be so:
Madness in great ones must not unwatched
go-
Exeunt
Va fi pornit degrab-n Englitera,
S cear-acel tribut ntrziat.
tiu eu? poate c mri i ri strine,
Cu lucruri noi i vesele, i vor smulge
Ceea ce zace-n inim-i adnc
i care mintea-i bntuie, scondu-1
Din firea lui aleas. Crezi c-i bine?
POLONI us
Mai bine nici c se putea; dar cred
C tot lstar al dragostei i-a fost
Abaterea. Ophelia, tim tot
Ce-a spus lord Hamlet; sire, cum dorii;
Dar, de gsii c-i bine, dup teatru,
Regina-mam singur s-1 cheme,
Iar eu, ascuns, voi fi numai urechi
La tot ce-i spun. De nu-i va afla gndul,
Trimitei-1 atunci n Englitera
Sau unde-nelepciunea voastr vede
Surghiun mai nimerit.
REGELE
Da, da, e bine
Sminteala celor mari din scurt a ine.
Exeunt.
 172
Scene 2
A hall in the castle.
Enter H a m l e t and three of the P l a y e r s .
HAMLET
Speak the speech, I pray you, as I pronounced*
it to you, tripplingly on the tongue; but
if you mouth it as many of your players do,
I had as lief the town-crier spoke my lines;
nor do not saw the air too much with your 5
hand thus, but use all gently, for in the very
torrent, tempest, and, as I may say, whirl-
wind of your passion, you must acquire and
beget a temperance, that may give it smooth-
ness. O, it offends me to the soul to hear io
a robustious periwig-pated fellow tear a pas-
sion to tatters, to very rags, to split the
ears of the groundlings, who for the most
part are capable of nothing but inexplic-
able dumb-shows and noise: I would have is
such a fellow whipped for o'erdoing Ter-
magant; it out-herods Herod: pray you,
avoid it.
FIRST PLAYER
I warrant your honour.
HAMLET
Be not too tame neither, but let your own 20
discretion be your tutor, suit the action to
the word, the word to the action, with this
special observance, that you o'erstep not
the modesty of nature: for any thing so
o'erdone is from the purpose of playing, 25
whose end, both at the first, and now, was
and is, to hold as 'twere the mirror up
Act Ul Scene 2 Actul III Scena 2
173
Scena 2
O sal n castel.
Intr H a m l e t i trei dintre A c t o r i.
HAMLET
Te rog, rostete partea-aceea cum i-am ros-
tit-o eu, n ritm mai viu; dar nu cumva s-i
umfli glasul, cum i-1 umfl unii-actori; mai
bucuros primesc atunci s-mi spun caraula
oraului acele rnduri. Nici s tot tai aerul cu
mna, aa; s faci orice cu gust i cuviin,
fiindc n cderea, n furtuna i, pot s zic, n
viscolul durerii, se cere netirbit o msur,
ce singur d farmec suferinei. O, m rnete-n
suflet s aud cum un voinic, om zdravn, cu
peruc, i sfie durerea-n zdrene i strig
s despice-auzul celor muli, care n mare parte
nu-neleg dect sau urletul, sau fluturarea mi-
nilor, muteasc; mi-ar veni s-1 biciui pe acto-
rul care vrea s ntreac pe Termagant; nseam-
n-a fi mai Irod dect Irod; te rog, nltur aa
ceva.
PRIMUL ACTOR
Alte, fii ncredinat.
HAMLET
S nu fii nici prea lnced; chibzuiala prime-
te-o nevzut cluz; oglinda faptei este
vorba, i-oglinda vorbei nu e dect fapta; ur-
mnd aa, vei mplini ntocmai cuviina firii^
pentru c, dect umflarea goal-n glas i-n
gest, nimic nu este mai nepotrivit cu rostul
scenei, al crei scop, pe vremuri ct i azi,
a fost i este s ridice, cum s-ar zice, oglinda-n
174 Act 111 Scene 2 Actul III Scena 2 175
 to nature, to show virtue her own feature,
scorn her own image, and. the very age
and body of the time his form and pres- 30
sure. Now this overdone or come tardy
off, though it make the unskilful laugh,
cannot but make the judicious grieve, the
censure of which one must in your allowance
o'erweigh a whole theatre of others. O, there 35
be players that I have seen play, and
heard others praise, and that highly, not to
speak it profanely, that neither having the
accent of Christians, not the gait of Chris-
tian, pagan, nor man, have so strutted and 40
bellowed, that I have thought some of na-
ture's journeymen had made men, and not
made them well, they imitated humanity
so abominably.
FIRST PLAYER
I hope we have reformed that indifferently 45
with us.
HAM LET
O, reform it altogether; and let those that
play your clowns speak no more than is
set down for them: for there be of them that
will themselves laugh, to set on some quan- 50
tity of barren spectators to laugh too,
though in the meantime some necessary ques-
tion of the play be then to be considered:
that's villainous and shows a most pitiful
ambition in the fool that uses it. Go, make 55
you ready.
Exeunt P l a y e r s .
Enter P o l o n i u s , R o s e n c r a n t z , and
Guildenstern.
How now, my lord? will the king hear this
piece of work?
faa firii; s arate virtuii chipul, iar vremii
vrsta, forma i-ngustimea. Prin tot ce-ar fi
prea mult sau prea puin, dei nepricepuii
rd, adevratul gust va suferi; i gustul unui
singur om ales se cade-a trage-n cumpn mai
greu dect un teatru-ntreg de ceilali. O, ci
actori n-am vzut jucnd, i chiar din cei ce-s
ridicai n slvi, dar care, ca s zic fr pcat,
lipsii de glasul, umbletul i portul att al bu-
nului cretin, ct i-al pgnului i chiar al
omului dintotdeauna, rgind ca taurii n mers
fudul, preau ieii din mna nedibace de lucr-
tori cu ziua ai naturii, att de-ngrozitor mai-
mureau fptura omeneasc.
PRIMUL ACTOR
Alte, eu cred c noi toi am lepdat aceste-
apucturi.
HAMLET
Prea bine, lepdai-le cu totul. i nu uitai,
oprii pe mscrici s spun mai mult dect e
scris anume pentru el; fiindc unii dintre-aceti
actori rd singuri i vor prin mici adaosuri i
rs s-nveseleasc-oricum pe ntri, dei poate
c-atunci e mai nevoie s se urmreasc ne-
lesul adnc al piesei; e chiar dezgusttor; i
asta-arat c mscricii snt purtai de cea
mai jalnic ambiie. Dar duce-v-i, fii gata.
Exeunt A c t o r i i .
Intr Polonius, R o se nc ra nt z si Guil-
denstern.
Eh, ce-i, my lord? Vrea regele s-asculte-aceas-
t oper?
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177
PoLONIUS
And the queen too, and that presently.
POLONIUS
HAMLET I,a fel ca i regina, chiar acum.
60
Bid the players make haste.
HAMLET
Exit P o l o n i u s . Atunci spune actorilor s grbeasc.
Will you two help to hasten them? Exit P o l o n i u s .
ROSENCRANTZ ) Ai vrea s-1 ajutai ca s-i grbeasc?
GuiLDENSTERN J
ROSENCRANTZ 1
Ay, my lord. GUILDENSTERN J
Exeunt R o s e n c r a n t z and. G u i l d e n s t e r n . O, da, my lord.
HAMLET Exeunt R o s e n c r a n t z i G u i l d e n s t e r n .
What ho! Horatio! HAMLET
Enter H o r a t i o . Ei, tu, Horatio!
HORATIO Intr H o r a t i o .
Here, sweet lord, at your service. HORATIO
HAMLET Aici, prea bun stpne, v ascult.
Horatio, thou art e'en as just a man 65 HAMLET
As e'er my conversation coped withal. Horatio, tu eti singurul om drept
HORATIO Cu care pot vorbi deschis oricnd.
O, my dear lord, HORATIO
HAMLET O, scumpe lord,
Nay, do not think I flatter, HAMLET
For what advancement may I hope from A, nu te mgulesc;
thee, Fiindc ce-a putea rvni s-mi dai,
That no revenue hast but thy good spirits, Cnd inima ta bun-i tot avutul
To feed and clothe thee? Why should the Cu care te hrneti i te mbraci?
poor be flattered? 70 De ce s mgulesc un om srac?
No, let the candied tongue lick absurd pomp, Rmie curii graiul uns cu miere
And crook the pregnant hinges of the knee i, din genunchi, picioru-ncovoiat
Where thrift may follow fawning. Dost Acelor ce se gudur. nelegi?
thou hear? De cnd putea scump sufletu-mi s-aleag,
Since my dear soul was mistress of her Cernind pe buni de ri, sigiliul lui
choice, 1,-a pus pe tine ca al su; ai fost
And could of men distinguish her election, 75
Hath sealed thee for herself, for thou
hast been
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w Actul III Scena 2 179

As one, in suffering all, that suffers nothing, Nepstor la suferine mari i om

A man that fortune's buffets and, rewards Pe care soarta lui 1-a mulumit
Hast ta'en with equal thanks; and blest I/Ovindu-1 fie, fie rsfndu-1.
are those Ferice omu-al crui snge-aprins
Whose blood and judgement are so well E ndoit cu rece judecat
commingled* so i nu-i sub degetele soartei flaut
That they are not a pipe for fortune's finger S cnte ce vrea dnsa. O, arat-mi
To sound what stop she please. Give me that Un semen nerobit mptimirii,
man i-1 voi purta n suflet, n ascunsul
That is not passion's slave, and I will wear i viul gnd al gndurilor mele,
him Cum doar pe tine te mai port. Ajunge!
In my heart's core, ay, in my heart of Se joac-n faa regelui, la noapte,
heart, Un fel de scen foarte-apropiat
As I do thee. Something too much of this. 85 De chipul cum i-am spus c-a murit tata.
There is a play to-night before the king; Te rog, vznd-o, stnd i judecind
One scene of it comes near the circumstance Cu tot ce-i spune cugetul tu bun,
Which I have told thee of my father's death: Observ-mi unchiul; tainica lui crim
I prithee, when thou seest that act a-foot, De va rmne-n cuca ei de cine
Even with the very comment of thy soul, 9 o Turbat, fr s latre.-atunci s tii
Observe my uncle; if his occulted guilt C-i duh de diavol duhul aprut
Do not itself unkennel in one speech, i-nchipuirea mea-i mai fumegoas
It is a damned ghost that we have seen, Ca foalele beteagului Vulcan.
And my imaginations are as foul Ia seama.-nseamn totu-n amnunt,
As Vulcan's stithy. Give him heedful note; 95 Eu stau cu ochii pe obrajii lui,
For I mine eyes will rivet to his face, i s-mbinm apoi tot ce-am vzut
And after we will both our judgements join Din felul cum se poart.
In censure of his seeming.
HORATIO
HORATIO Da, my lord.
Well, my lord: De nu s-o da de gol i va fura
If he steal aught the whilst this play is Din ce-i al nostru, eu voi plti furtul.
playing,
HAMLET
And 'scape detecting, I will pay the theft. 100
I-aud venind. Voi fi deci iar znatic.
HAMLET Tu ia un loc.
They are coming to the play: I must be idle.
Get you a place.
J8C Act IU Scene 2 Actul III Scena 2 181
 Danish march. A flourish. Enter King, Q u e e n , Mar danez. Trompete. Intr R e g e l e , R e g i n a ,
Polonius, Ophelia, Rosencrantz, Polonius,Ophelia, Rosencrantz, Guil-
G u i l d e n s t e r n and other L o r d s A t t e n d - d e n s t e r n i ali L o r z i c u r t e n i , urmai de
ants, with the G u a r d carrying torches. P a z n i c u l purttor de tore.
KING
REGELE
How fares our cousin Hamlet?* Cum o duce vrul nostru Hamlet?
HAMLET
HAMLET
Excellent, i' faith, of the chameleon's dish:
De minune, cu tain de cameleon: triesc cu
I eat the air, promise-crammed; you cannot
feed capons so. aer i fgduine; dar n-ai putea-ngra cla-
poni cu aer.
105 REGELE
KING N-are nici o legtur cu-ntrebarea, Hamlet;
I have nothing with this answer, Hamlet; rspunsul nu mi se cuvine.
these words are not mine. HAMLET
HAMLET E drept; nici mie-aCUm. (Ctre P o l o n i u s : )
No, nor mine now. (To P o l o n i u s ) My lord, Spuneai, my lord, c-n vremea studeniei ai
you played once i't he university, you say? fost actor?
POLONIUS POLONIUS
That did I, my lord, and was accounted a no Am fost, my lord, i nc socotit un bun actor.
good actor. HAMLET
HAMLET i ce jucai?
What did you enact? POLONIUS
POLONIUS Jucam pe Julius Caesar, i eram ucis pe Capi-
I did enact Julius Caesar, I was killed i' * tol de ctre Brutus.
the Capitol, Brutus killed me.
HAMLET
HAMLET Era o brut-atunci, de ucidea pe Capitol un
It was a brute part of him to kill so capital us
capital viel. Snt gata actorii?
a calf there. Be the players ready?
ROSENCRANTZ
ROSENCRANTZ
Snt gata, my lord; cer numai puin-ngduin.
Ay, my lord, they stay upon your patience.
QUEEN REGINA
Come hither, my dear Hamlet, sit by me. Vino, scump Hamlet, stai lng mine.
HAMLET HAMLET
No, good mother, here's metal more attrac- Nu, scump mam; am aici un metal mai
tive. atrgtor.
POLONIUS POLONIUS
(to the K i n g ) O, ho! do you mark that? 120 (ctre R e g e ) Aha! Vedei?
182 Act 111 Scene 2 Actul III Scena 2 183
 HAMLET HAMLET
Lady, shall I lie in your lap? S stau, my lady, n poala dumitale?
Lying down at O p h e l i a ' s feet. Asezndu-se jos, la picioarele O p h e l i e i .
OPHELIA OPHELIA
No, my lord. A, nu, my lord.
HAMLET HAMLET
I mean, my head upon your lap? Adic numai cu capu-n poal.
OPHELIA OPHELIA
Ay, my lord. Da, my lord.
HAMLET HAMLET
Do you think I meant country matters? 125 Credeai poate c-am spus ceva ca la ar?
OPHELIA
OPHELIA
I think nothing, my lord.
Nu cred nimic, my lord.
HAMLET
HAMLET
That's a fair thought to lie between maids'
E un gnd minunat a sta ntre genunchii fete-
legs.
lor.
OPHELIA
What is, my lord? OPHELIA
Ai spus, my lord?
HAMLET
Nothing. i3o HAMLET
Nimic.
OPHELIA
You are merry, my lord. OPHELIA
Sntei vesel, my lord.
HAMLET
Who, I? HAMLET
Eu, vesel?
OPHELIA
Ay, my lord. OPHELIA
Da, my lord.
HAMLET
O God, your only jig-maker. What should HAMLET \
a man do but be merry? for look you how 135 O, Doamne, snt numai paiaa dumitale. Ce-ar
cheerfully my mother looks, and my father face un om de n-ar fi vesel? Fiindc, vezi,
died within's two hours. ce fericit arat nsi mama, iar tata-i mort
de dou ceasuri.
OPHELIA
Nay, 'tis twice two months, my lord. OPHELIA
Nu, de dou luni, my lord.
HAMLET
HAMLET
So long? Nay then, let the devil wear black,
De-atta timp? Atunci dracul s mai umble-n
for I'll have a suit of sables. O heavens!* no
negru, eu voi mbrca un rnd de haine tivite
184 Act III Scene 2 Actul 111 Scena 2 185
 die two months ago, and not forgotten
yet? Then there's hope a great man's me-
mory may outlive his life half a year: but,
by'r lady, he must build churches then, or
else shall he suffer not thinking on, with 145
the hobby-horse, whose epitaph is "For, O,*
for, O, the hobby-horse is forgot."
The trumpets sound. The D u m b - s h o w enters'
Enter a King and a Q u e e n , very lovingly, the
Q u e e n embracing him, and he her. She kneels and
makes show of protestation unto him. He takes her
up, and declines his head upon her neck: he lies him
down upon a bank of flowers: she, seeing him asleep,
leaves him. Anon comes in another man, takes off his
crown, kisses it, pours poison in the sleeper's ears, and
leaves him. The Q u e e n returns, finds the King
dead, makes passionate action. The Poisoner with
some three or four mutes comes in again, seeming to
condole with her. The dead body is carried away.
The Poisoner wooes the Q u e e n with gifts: she seems
harsh awhile, but in the end accepts his love.
OPHELIA
What means this, my lord?
HAMLET
Marry, this is miching mallecho; it means*
mischief.
150
OPHELIA
Belike this show imports the argument of*
the play.
Enter P r o l o g u e .
HAMLET
We shall know by this fellow: the players
cannot keep counsel; they'll tell all.
OPHELIA
Will he tell us what this show meant? 175
HAMLET
Ay, or any show that you will show him:
cu blnuri scumpe. O, ceruri mari, s mori de
dou luni, i nimeni s nu te uite nc? Atunci,
snt ndejdi ca-aducerea-aminte a unui mare
om s dinuie chiar ase luni! Dar jur pe Sfnta
Fecioar c pentru asta trebuie s-nale cteva
biserici; cci altminteri l-ateapt soarta calu-
lui de lemn, al crui epitaf e: Salt, salt,
clu de lemn, uitat de toat lumea".
Muzic de oboiuri. Intr M i m i i . Apar un Rege
i o R e g i n vdit ndrgostii, mbrfindu-se unul
pe altul. R e g i n a ngenuncheaz i arat R e g e l u i mari
semne de dragoste. El o ridic i i las capul pe umrul
ei; se ntinde apoi pe un strat de flori. Ea, vzndu-l
adormit, l prsete. Intr apoi un altul, i scoate coroana
de pe cap, o srut i, dup ce picur otrav n urechea
R e g e l u i , pleac. R e g i n a se napoiaz; gsete pe
Rege mort i d din mini a dezndejde. Otrvitorul,
nsoit de ali civa Mim i, intr din nou, prnd a boci
dimpreun cu ea. Trupul nensufleit e scos afar. Otr-
vitorul copleete pe R e g i n cu daruri; deocamdat ea
pare scrbit, dar n cele din urm i primete mrtu-
risirea dragostei.
OPHELIA
Ce-nseamn jocul lor, my lord?
HAMLET
Fh, e un ahr-mahr cam fr rost.
OPHELIA
Poate c privete subiectul piesei.
Intr P r o l o g u l .
HAMLET
Prietenul acesta ne va spune: actorii nu pot ine-
ascuns nimic, spun tot ce tiu.
OPHELIA
i ne va spune el ce-nseamn jocul?
HAMLET
Da, sau orice joc i joci; s nu te ruinezi c-i
186 Act III Scene 2 Actul IU Scena 2 187
 be not you ashamed to show, he'll not shame
to tell you what it means.
OPHELIA
You are naught, you are naught: I'll mark
the play.
iso
PROLOGUE
For us and for our tragedy,
Here stooping to your clemency,
We beg your hearing patiently.
(Exit.)
HAMLET
Is this a prologue or the posy of a ring?*
OPHELIA
'Tis brief, my lord. 185
HAMLET
As woman's love.
Enter two P l a y e r s , King and Q u e e n .
PLAYER KING
Full thirty times hath Phoebus' cart gone
round*
Neptune's salt wash and Tellus' orbed ground,
And thirty dozen moons with boroowed sheen
About the world have times twelve thirties
been, *90
Since love our hearts and Hymen did our
hands
Unite commutual in most sacred bands.
PLAYER QUEEN
So many journeys may the sun and moon
Make us again count o'er ere love be done!
But, woe is me, you are so sick of late,
195
So far from cheer and from your former state,
That I distrust you. Yet, though I distrust,
Discomfort you, my lord, it nothing must:
For women fear too much, even as they love,
And women's fear and love hold quantity, 200
In neither ought, or in extremity;*
joci, nici el nu se va ruina s spun ce-nsem-
neaz.
OPHELIA
Vorbii necuviine; voi cta numai la actori.
PROLOGUL
Rugm s dai cu toii ascultare
Actorilor din tragica-nscenare,
Plecat lumii ngduitoare."
HAMLET
Prolog sau vorbe scrise pe-un inel?
OPHELIA
Prolog, dar scurt, my lord.
HAMLET
Ca dragostea femeii.
Intr doi A c t o r i , Rege si R e g i n .
ACTORUL REGE
De treizeci de ori Phoebus nfocat
Pe Tellus i Neptun i-a-nconjurat,
i treizeci cte douspe luni reci
Lucir-n nopi de douspe-ori treizeci
De cnd prin dragoste i nunt-am fost
Unii pe veci n sfnt acelai rost."
ACTORUL REGIN
De nc-attea ori lun i soare
Pmntul i iubirea ne-nconjoare!
Dar eti de-o vreme-att de slab, vai mie,
Att de palid, fr voioie,
nct mi-e team; totui, teama mea
Tristei fr msur s nu-i dea,
Cci teama i iubirea-au legea lor,
Fiind, ele-s de-o seam, altfel mor.
Dar cum mi-am pus iubirea n dovezi,
188 Act 111 Scene 2
Actul 111 Scena 2 189
 Now, what my love is, proof hath made you
know,
And as my love is sized, my fear is so:
Where love is great, the littles doubts are fear,
Where little fears grow great, great love grows
there. 205
PLAYER KING
Faith, I must leave thee, love, and shortly
too;
My operant powers their functions leave to do:
And thou shalt live in this fair world behind,
Honoured, beloved; and haply one as kind
For husband shalt thou
PLAYER QUEEN
0, confound the rest!210
Such love must needs be treason in my breast:
In second husband let me be accurst,
None wed the second but who kill'd the first.
HAMLET
(aside) That's wormwood, wormwood.
PLAYER QUEEN
The instances that second marriage move 215
Are base respects of thrift, but none of love:
A second time I kill my husband dead,
When second husband kisses me in bed.
PLAYER KING
I do believe you think what now you speak,
But what we do determine, oft we break. 220
Purpose is but the slave to memory,
Of violent birth, but poor validity,
Which now like fruit unripe sticks on the tree,
But fall unshaken when they mellow be.
Most necessary 'tis that we forget
To pay ourselves what to ourselves is debt:
What to ourselves in passion we propose,
The passion ending, doth the purpose lose.
n creterea ei teama tu mi-o vezi;
Iubirea mare spaimele-i sporete
i-n spaime mari iubirea mare crete."
ACTORUL REGE
Iubito, simt c-am s te las curind;
Puterile-i pierd rostul rnd pe rnd;
Iar tu, iubit i cu-un mare nume,
Tri-vei tot n minunata lume,
i alt brbat..."
ACTORUL REGIN
O, uit ce mai spui!
S-mi vnd eu sufletu-n iubirea lui}
Blestem s-mi fie-al doilea brbat!
So nou ia cine soul i-a curmat."
HAMLET
(aparte) Amarnic filtru!
ACTORUL REGINA
n mintea cui de-a doua vrea nuntire
Snt gnduri de ctig, nu de iubire;
Ucid din nou pe soul rposat
Cnd soul nou m-mbrieaz-n pat."
ACTORUL REGE
Te cred c simi ce spui, ns-i tiut
C vorbele se terg ca un fcut.
Dorina noastr e-amintirii sclav,
Se nate-arznd, dar firea-i e firav:
E fruct necopt ce ine la btaie,
Dar cade singur carnea-i cnd se moaie.
Noi, mai cu seam, uitm de-attea ori
Cu ce ne sntem nine datori;
n legmntul gndului aprins,
225 Cu flacra-i, si gndul ni s-a stins.
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190 Act 111 Scene 2
The violence of either, grief or joy,
Their own enactures with themselves destroy: 230
Where joy most revels, grief doth most lament;
Grief joys, joy grieves, on slender accident.
This world is not for aye, nor 'tis not strange
That even our loves should with our fortunes
change;
For 'tis question left us yet to prove,
235
Whether love lead fortune, or else fortune love.
The great man down, you mark his favourite
flies;
The poor advanced makes friends of enemies:
And hitherto doth love on fortune tend;
For who not needs shall never lack a friend 240
And who in want a hollow friend doth try,
Directly seasons him his enemy.
But, orderly to end where I begun,
Our wills and fates do so contrary run,
That our devices still are overthrown,
Our thoughts are ours, their ends none of our
own:
So think thou wilt no second husband wed,
But die thy thoughts when thy first lord is
dead.
PLAYER QUEEN
Nor earth to me give food, nor heaven light!
Sport and repose lock from me day and night! 250
To desperation fotrn my trust and hope,
And anchor's cheer in prison be my scope!
Each opposite, that blanks the face of joy,
Meet what I would have well and it destroy!
Both here and hence pursue me lasting strife, 255
//, once a widow, ever I be wife!
HAMLET
If she should break it now!
Actul 111 Scena 2
Tristei i bucurii au scurt soroc,
Se nasc i mor n propriul lor foc;
Nimica toat sufletul ni-l fringe;
Durerea rde-ades, iar rsul plnge.
Cu-o soart trectoare e firesc
C dragostele ni se irosesc;
Att nu tim din ce ne-arat firea:
Ne mn-n via soarta, sau iubirea?
Cnd cade-un om, prietenii s-ati dus
La cel srac ajuns deodat sus.
Ca soarta-i i iubirea: unduioas;
La om bogat, prietenii se-ndeas,
Iar la srac, abia de vrun viclean
i d pe fa sufletul duman.
Dar ca s vin la vorba ntrerupt,
Dorinele cu soarta ni se lupt,
i cum curnd snt pulbere i vnt,
Strin ne st sfritu-a orice gnd.
tiu bine-acum c nu vreai alt brbat,
Dar gndu-i va-nsoi pe rposat."
ACTORUL REGINA
245
S n-am noroc de pine i lumin,
De somnu-acelor nopi cite-au s vin!
Preschimbe-mi-se viaa-n chin amar
i, pustnic, s gem ntr-un celar!
Dureri, ce fericirea-mi vestejeasc,
Rstoarne-orice dorin omeneasc!
Muncit rmie-mi sufletu-n vecie
De vduv, mai fi-voi iar soie!"
HAMLET
Mai poate-acum s rup ce-a jurat?
192 Act III Scene 2 Actul III Scena 2 193
PLAYER KING ACTORUL REGE
'Tis deeply sworn. Sweet, leave me here Preascutnpo,-acuma las-m niel;
awhile; Mi-e ru i-a vrea ca timpul s-l nel
My spirits grow dull and fain I would beguile
Cu-un somn."
The tedious day with sleep.
Adoarme.
Sleeps.
PLAYER QUEEN ACTORUL REGIN
Sleep rock thy brain,iw S-i fie somnul legnare;
And never come mischance between us twain! i piaz-rea n veci nu ne-mpresoare!"
Exit. Exit.
HAMLET HAMLET
Madam, how like you this play ? V place piesa, doamn?
QUEEN REGINA
The lady doth protest too much, methinks. Jurmntul mi se pare prea lung.
HAMLET HAMLET
O, but she'll keep her word. O, dar ea-1 va ine.
KING REGELE
Have you heard the argument? Is there no* 265 Ai auzit subiectul piesei? Nu cumva e-n el
offence in't? vre o jignire?
HAMLET HAMLET
No, no, they do but jest, poison in jest; no A, nu, a, nu, ei doar glumesc, otrav-n glum;
offence i' the world. nu e, pentru nimic n lume, vreo jignire.
KING
REGELE
What do you call the play?
i cum i zice piesei?
HAMLET
HAMLET
The Mouse-trap. Marry, how ? Tropically.* 270
Cursa de oareci. Cum aa? La figurat. n piesa-
This play is the image of a murder done in
aceasta e un omor care s-a petrecut la Viena.
Vienna: Gonzago is the duke's name, his
Gonzalv se cheam ducele; soia sa, Baptista;
wife, Baptista; you shall see anon, 'tis a
cum vei vedea ndat, povestea e plin de
knavish piece of work, but what of that?
tlc; dar ce ne pas? Majestatea-voastr i
your majesty, and we that have free souls,275
noi avem cu toii .suflete curate, povestea ne-
it touches us not: let the galled jade wince,
putnd s ne ating; tresar gloaba cu spinarea
our withers are unwrung. roas, crarea-n coama noastr e nestricat.
Enter L u c i a n u s .
Intr L u c i a n u s .
This is one L,ucianus, nephew to the king.
Acesta e unul I^ucianus, nepot al regelui.
194 Act UI Scene 2 Actul III Scena 2 195
OPHELIA OPHELIA
You are as good as a chorus, my lord. Sntei bun de cor al tragediei, my lord.
HAMLET HAMLET
I could interpret between you and your*280 Pot fi mijlocitor chiar ntre dumneata i iubi-
love, if I could see the puppets dallying. tul dumitale, de-a putea s vd ppuile jucnd.
OPHELIA OPHELIA
You are keen, my lord, you are keen. Sntei tios, my lord, sntei tios.
HAMLET HAMLET
It would cost you a groaning to take off Ai plti cu lacrimi dac mi-ai tirbi tiul.
mine edge. OPHELIA
OPHELIA Cu-att mai bine i cu-att mai ru.
Still better and worse. 285 HAMLET
H AMLET Aa nu v-nelegei voi brbaii... ncepe, groaz-
So you mis-take your husbands. Begin,* nic uciga; destul cu-attea strmbturi; sfrin-
murderer; pox, leave thy damnable faces ie, ncepe-odat! Hai! Auzi cum croncne
and begin; come, "the croaking raven doth un corb a rzbunare" !
bellow for revenge".
LUCIANUS
LVCIANUS
Mini tari, gnd-iad i must de mtrgun;
Thoughts black, hands apt, drugs fit, and time Prielnic timp i nimeni s m spun;
agreeing; 290 Tu, filtru muced, stors n miez de noapte,
Confederate season, else no creature seeing; Plesnit cu trei blesteme de Hecate,
Thou mixture rank, of midnight weeds collected, Puterea vrjii fulger-i ntreag.
With Hecate's ban thrice blasted, thrice i nodul vieii-acesteia-l dezleag."
infected*
Picur otrav n urechea adormitului.
Thy natural magic and dire property,
HAMLET
On wholesome life usurps immediately .* 295
Pours the poison into the sleeper's ear.
l otrvete-n somn ca s-i ia tronul. Gonzalv
l cheam; povestea e adevrat; i e scris n
HAMLET
cel mai ales grai italian; vei vedea de ndat
He poisons him i' the garden for his estate,
his name's Gonzaga, the story is extant cum ucigaul va cpta iubirea nevestei lui
and written in very choice Italian, you shall Gonzalv.
see anon how the murderer gets the love OPHELIA
of Gonzago's wife. 300 Se scoal regele.
OPHELIA
The king rises.
196 Act III Scene 2 Actul III Scena 2 197
HAMLET HAMLET
What, frighted with false fire?* O good Horatio, I'll take the ghost's word
QUEEN for a thousand pound. Didst perceive?
How fares my lord?
HORATIO
POLONIVS Very well, my lord. 325
Give o'er the play.
KING
Give me some light. Away!

305
POLONIVS
Lights, lights, lights.
Exeunt all but H a m l e t and H o r a t i o .
HAMLET
Why, let the stricken deer go weep*
The hart ungalled play;
For some must watch, while some must sleep:
Thus runs the word away.

sio
Would not this, sir, and a forest of feathers*
if the rest of my fortunes turn Turk
with me with two Provincial roses on my
razed shoes, get me a fellowship in a cry
of players, sir?

315
HORATIO
Half a share.*
HAMLET
A whole one, I.
For thou dost know, o Damon dear*
This realm dismantled was
Of Jove himself; and now reigns here

320
A very, very peacock*
HORATIO
You might have rhymed.
HAMLET
Ei, cum, s-a speriat de-nchipuiri?
REGINA
My lord, v este ru!
POLONIVS
Destul cu piesa!
REGELE
Luminile! S mergem!
POLONIVS
Lumini! Lumini! Lumini!
Exeunt toi, ajar de H a m l e t i H o r a t i o .
HAMLET
Eh, plng cerbul fr paz,
Feritul joace-n spume;
Cind unii dorm, alii vegheaz:
Aa e zis pe lume.
Cu-aceast strof, domnule, avnd i o pdure
de pene la tmple, iar la pantofi doi trandafiri
din Frana, n-a putea, bineneles, cnd soarta,
de azi-nainte, s-ar purta turcete, s intru ca
tovar n vreo ceat de actori?
HORATIO
Pe jumtate doar.
HAMLET
Ba pe de-a-ntregul vreau.
Fiindc, scumpe Damon, tii
C-n prbuitu-acesta de regat
Zevs nsui a tronat, dar azi
Troneaz-n el doar un pun.
HORATIO
Puteai s fi rimat.
HAMLET
Horatio scump, o mie de ducai arunc pe vorba
acelui duh. Vzui?
Ho RATI o
Vzut, my lord.
198 Act III Scene
2
Actul 111 Scena 2 199
HAMLET
Upon the talk of the poisoning? HAMLET
Ho RATIO Chiar partea-aceea cu otrava, nu?
I did very well note him. HORATIO
HAMLET Aceea, mi-am nsemnat-o bine.
Ah, ha! Come, some music! come, the re- HAMLET
corders ! Ah, ha! Vreau muzic! Vreau flautele!
For if the king like not the comedy, 33 o Cci dac scena regelui nu-i place,
Why then, belike, he likes it not, perdy.* Atunci, nu-i place, i eu n-am ce-i face.
Come, some music! S vin muzic!
Re-enter R o s e n c r a n t z and G u i I d e n- Intr din nou R o s e n c r a n t z i G u i l d e n -
stern. stern.
GuiLDENSTERN
GuiLDENSTERN
Good my lord, vouchsafe me a word with you. My lord, ngduii-mi un cuvnt.
HAMLET
HAMLET
Sir, a whole history.
Domnule, chiar o poveste-ntreag.
GuiLDENSTERN
GuiLDENSTERN
The king, sir, 335
Regele, my lord,
HAMLET
HAMLET
Ay, sir, what of him?
Da, ce-i cu el?
GuiLDENSTERN
Is in his retirement marvellous distempered. GuiLDENSTERN
St singur i e foarte tulburat.
HAMLET
With drink, sir? HAMLET
De butur, domnule?
GuiLDENSTERN
GuiLDENSTERN
No, my lord, rather with choler.
A, nu, my lord, de mnie.
HAMLET
HAMLET
Your wisdom should show itself more richer 340
nelepciunea dumitale-ar trebui s se arate
to signify this to the doctor; for, for me to*
mai bogat spunnd aceasta unui medic; cci
put him to his purgation would perhaps
dac-ar fi ca eu s-i dau purgaia de care are
plunge him into more choler.
nevoie, aceasta l-ar cufunda, poate, ntr-o m-
GuiLDENSTERN nie mult mai mare.
Good my lord, put your discourse into some
GuiLDENSTERN
frame and start not so wildly from my affair. 345
Stpne bun, punei n vorbe puin rnduial
HAMLET i nu v slbticii de-nsrcinarea mea.
I am tame, sir; pronounce.
HAMLET
Snt, iat, foarte mblnzit, domnule. Vorbete.
200 Act UI Scene 2 Actul III Scena 2 201
GuiLDENSTERN GuiLDENSTERN
The queen, your mother, in most great afflic- Regina-mam, adnc ndurerat, m-a trimis
tion of spirit, hath sent me to you. s v caut.
HAMLET HAMLET
You are welcome. Fii dar binevenit.
GuiLDENSTERN GuiLDENSTERN
Nay, good my lord, this courtesy is not of 350 A, nu, my lord, aceast curtenie nu-mi spune
the right breed. If it shall please you to nimic bun. Numai dac vrei s-mi dai rspuns
make me a wholesome answer, I will do ntreg, a putea s art porunca reginei; de
your mother's commandment; if not, your nu, v cer iertare, m retrag, i-nsrcinarea
pardon and my return shall be the end of mea s-a ncheiat.
my business. 355
HAMLET
HAMLET Nu, nu pot, domnule.
Sir, I cannot. GuiLDENSTERN
GuiLDENSTERN De ce, my lord?
What, my lord?
H AMLET
AMLET S-i dau rspuns ntreg; dar mintea mea e
Make you a wholesome answer; my wit's nentreag; ns, domnule, aa cum pot rs- s
diseased: but, sir, such answer as I can make, punde, atept porunca dumitale, sau, cum ai
you shall command or rather, as you say, 360 spus, porunca mamei mele; deci, fr-nconjur,
my mother: therefore no more, but to the despre ce e vorba? Spuneai c mama,
matter; my mother, you say, ROSENCRANTZ
ROSENCRANTZ Regina zice c purtarea voastr-n ast sear-a-
Then thus she says; your behaviour hath ncremenit-o.
struck her into amazement and admiration.
HAMLET
HAMLET O, fiu preaminunat, care poi mpietri o biat
O wonderful son, that can so astonish a 365 mam! Dar ce se-ascunde dup clciele uimi-
mother! But is there no sequel at the heels rii-acestei mame? Spune.
of this mother's admiration? Impart. ROSENCRANTZ
ROSENCRANTZ Dorina ca-nainte de culcare s stai de vorb
She desires to speak with you in her closet, cu dnsa n iatac.
ere you go to bed.
HAMLET
HAMLET Ca i cum mi-ar fi de zece ori mam, m supun.
We shall obey, were she ten times our* 370 Mai ai i altceva?
mother. Have you any further trade
with us?
202 Act III Scene 2 Actul III Scena 2 203
ROSENCRANTZ
My lord, you once did love me. 395
HAMLET
And do still, by these pickers and stealers.*
ROSENCRANTZ
Good my lord, what is your cause of dis-3'5
temper? You do surely bar the door upon
your own liberty, if you deny your griefs
to your friend.
HAMLET
Sir, I lack advancement.
ROSENCRANTZ
How can that be, when you have the voice 380
of the king himself for your succession in
Denmark?
HAMLET
Ay, sir, but "while the grass grows,"the*
proverb is something musty.
Re-enter P l a y e r s with recorders.
O, the recorders! let me see one. To with- 385
draw with you: why do you go about to*
recover the wind of me, as if you would
drive me into a toil?
GUILDENSTERN
O, my lord, if my duty be too bold, my love
is too unmannerly.

390
HAMLET
I do not well understand that. Will you play
upon this pipe?
GUILDENSTERN
My lord, I cannot.
HAMLET
I pray you.
GUILDENSTERN
Believe me, I cannot.
ROSENCRANTZ
My lord, cndva ineai la mine.
HAMLET
Mult, ca i acum, pe-aceste zece hoae.
ROSENCRANTZ
Stpne bun, de ce sntei att de abtut? V-n-
chidei singur ua unei temnii, innd n tain
fa de-un prieten durerile ce v frmnt.
HAMLET
Doresc mriri, prietene.
ROSENCRANTZ
Eh, cum se poate, tdoar avei cuvntul regelui
nsui pentru-a-i urma la tron n Danemarca?
HAMLET
Ei da, dar pn-atunci, pate, murgule, iarb
verde" zicala-i muced de veche.
Intra din nou A c t o r i , cu flaute.
O, flautele! dai-mi unul. S-i spun o vorb:
pentru ce mi dai trcoale i mi te-aezi n
vnt, de parc-ai vrea s m mpingi n plas?
GUILDENSTERN
Alte, dac datoria mea e prea-ndrznea, iu-
birea mi este prea necuvenit.
HAMLET
Nu prea-neleg cum vine asta. Ai vrea s cni
cu acest flaut?
GUILDENSTERN
Nu pot, my lord.
HAMLET
Te rog.
GUILDENSTERN
Credei-m c nu pot.
204 Act III Scene 2 205
Actul HI Scena 2
HAMLET HAMLET
I do beseech you. Te rog din suflet.
GviLDENSTERN GviLDENSTERN
I know no touch of it, my lord. My lord, nu tiu nici s suflu n el.
HAMLET HAMLET
It is as easy as lying: govern these ventages Ei cum, dar e tot att de uor ca i cnd mini;
with your fingers and thumb, give it breath cu degetele numai s stpneti aceste mici spr-
with your mouth and it will discourse most400 turi, s sufli-apoi, i flautul va spune un cntec
eloquent music; look you, these are the dintre cele mai gritoare. lai seama doar la
stops. gurile-acestea.
GviLDENSTERN GviLDENSTERN
But these cannot I command to any utter- Dar nu le pot face s rosteasc ceva plcut;
ance of harmony; I have not the skill. mi lipsete ndemnarea.
HAMLET HAMLET
Why, look you now how unworthy a thing405 Atuncea, vezi, ce lucru de nimic ai vrea s faci
you make of me! You would play upon me, din mine! Ai vrea ca eu s cnt; pari a-mi cu-
you would seem to know my stops, you noate sunetele toate; ai vrea s-mi smulgi
would pluck out the heart of my mystery, chiar taina inimii; ai vrea s-mi afli cuprin-
you would sound me from my lowest note derea ntreag de sunete adnci i ascuite;
to the top of my compass; and there is much ce muzic i voce minunat nu stau tcute-n
music, excellent voice, in this little organ, evioara-aceasta; i totui n-o poi face s-o
yet cannot you make it speak. 'Sblood, do* rosteasc. Nu, zu, crezi c mai uor cnt eu
you think I am easier to be played on than dect un flaut? Ia-m drept orice instrument
a pipe? Call me what instrument you will, vrei, orict m-ai zgndri, n-ai s-ajungi s-i
though you can fret me, yet you cannot* 415 cnt eu niciodat.
play upon me. Intr din nou Polonius.
Re-enter P o l o n i u s . My lord, Preabunul bine-v-cuvnte!
God bless you, sir! POLONIVS
My lord, regina-ar vrea s v vorbeasc, i
POLONIUS
My lord, the queen would speak with you, chiar acum.
and presently. HAMLET
Vezi noru-acela care pare-aproape o cmil?
HAMLET
Do you see yonder cloud that's almost in42" POLONIVS
Fecioar Preacurat,-n adevr, e chiar cmil!
shape of a camel?
POLONIUS
By the mass and 'tis, like a camel indeed.
Actul IU Scena 2 207
206 Act III Scene 2
HAMLET Exeunt all
Methiuks but
it is like a Hamlet
weasel. .
POLONIVS HAMLET
It is "
back'd By and
like a by" is
weasel. easily
HAMLET said.
Or like a 'Tis
whale. now
425 the
POLONIVS very
Very like witchi
a whale. ng
HAULET time of
Then I night,
will come When
to my church
mother yards
by and yawn,
by. and
( hell
Aside.) itself
They fool b
me to the reathes
top of my out
bent. I* Contagio
will come n to this
by and world:
by. Leave now
me, could I
friends. drink
I will, say h
so. ot blood,
430 And do
POLONIVS such
I'll say so. bitter
business hypocrites
as the day ;
435 How in
Would my words
quake to soever
look on. she be
Soft! now shent;
to my To give
mother. them
0 seals
never, my
heart, soul,
lose consent!
not thy Exit.
nature,
let not
ever
The
soul of
Nero
enter
this
firm
bosom;
*
Let me
be
cruel,
not
unnatu
ral:
1 will
speak
daggers to
her, but
use none;
440
My
tongue
and soul
in this be
HAMLET Vin, da,
Mi se vin
pare c ndat.
mai
POLONIVS
curnd e
M duc
ca o
s-i spun.
nevstuic
Exeunt
. toi, afar
POLONIVS de
Spinarea- Hamle
t.
i este ca
de HAMLET
nevstuic Uor de zis
. ndat".
E miez
HAMLET
de
Sau e ca
noapte,
de
plin de
balen?
vrji i
POLONIVS iele,
Nici Cnd
vorb, de casc
balen. cimitirele
HAMLET , iar iadul
Atuncea Pe lume
vin la sufl
mama de molimi;
ndat. snge-n
(Aparte;) clocot
M A vrea
batjocore s beau,
sc toi, ca
fr s soarele el
tie c nsui
mi S
mplinesc tremure.
chiar voia Domol,
mea. domol: la
Lsai- mama!
m, O, inim,
prieteni. pstreaz
-i firea
;-n
pieptu-mi
S nu se-
ncuibe
sufletul
lui Nero;
Voi fi
cumplit,
nu ns
nefiresc;
i voi
vorbi-n
cuite;
dar nici
unul
De
mnuit.
Fii,
limb-a
mea,
viclean;
Vreau
sufletu-n
cuvinte
s-i
mpil,
Dar nu s-
o-nsemn
cu roul
lor sigil.
Exil.
 208 Act HI Scene 3 Actul III Scena 3 209

Scene 3 Scena 3
A room in the castle.
O ncpere a castelului.
Enter King, R o s e n c r a n t z and G u i l d e n s t e r n . Intr R e g e l e , R o s e n c r a n t z i G u i l d e n s t e r n .

Kl NG
I like him not, nor stands it safe with us REGELE
Nu-mi place Hamlet, slobod printre noi
To let his madness range. Therefore prepare
Purtndu-i nebunia. Fii deci gata;
you;
V dau pe loc rescript de-nsrcinare,
I your commission will forthwith dispatch,
Iar el v va-nsoi n Englitera.
And he to England shall along with you:
Coroana noastr nu mai st s-ndure
The terms of our estate may not endure* 5
Att de-aproape ceasul ru ce poate
Hazard so near's us as doth hourly grow
ni-ntr-o clip din sminteala lui.
Out of his lunacies.
GujLDENSTERN GuiLDENSTERN
We will ourselves provides Temute lord, noi nine-i lum seama:
Most holy and religious fear it is E grij sfnt grija de-a feri
To keep those many many bodies safe De orice ru attea viei, ce azi
That live and feed upon your majesty. io Triesc din mila majestii-voastre.
ROSENCRANTZ ROSENCRANTZ
The single and peculiar life is bound Cnd viaa fiecrui om inut-i,
With all the strength and armour of the Prin iscusina minii, s-nconjoare
Primejdia, cu-att mai mult o via,
mind
To keep itself from noyance, but much more De care-atrn viaa celorlali,
That spirit upon whose weal depends and Se cade-a fi ferit; cci un rege
rests Cnd moare-i ca genunea fr fund,
The lives of many. The cease of majesty Ce-nghite tot; e-o roat uria,
Dies nor alone, but like a gulf doth draw Ce st n muni pe piscul cel mai-nalt
What's near it with it: or it is a massy wheel, i de-ale crei spie zeci de mii
Fixed on the summit of the highest mount, De viei mrunte-s prinse; iar cnd cade,
To whose huge spokes ten thousand lesser Cu-adaos i urmri, n mare huiet,
things
Are mortised and adjoined, which when it
falls, o
Each small annexment, petty consequence,
210 Act 111 Scene 3 Actul III Scena 3 211
 Attends the boisterous ruin. Never alone
Did the king sigh, but with a general groan.
KING
Arm you, I pray you, to this speedy voyage.
For we will fetters put about this fear, 25
Which now goes too free-footed.
ROSENCRANTZ \
GviLDENSTERN J
We will haste us.
Exeunt R o s e n c r a n t z and G u i l d e n s -
tern.
Enter P o l o n i u s .
POLONIUS
My lord, he's going to his mother's closet:
Behind the arras I'll convey myself,
To hear the process: I'll warrant she'll tax
him home:
And, as you said, and wisely was it said, 30
'Tis meet that some more audience than a
mother,
Since nature makes them partial, should
o'erhear
The speech of vantage. Fare you well, my
liege;
I'll call upon you ere you go to bed
And tell you what I know.
KING
Thanks, dear my lord. 35
Exit P o l o n i u s .
O, my offence is rank, it smells to heaven,*
It hath the primal eldest curse upon't,
A brother's murder. Pray can I not;
Though inclination be as sharp as will,
My stronger guilt defeats my strong intent, 40
And like a man to double business bound,
I stand in pause where I shall first begin
Se surp-adnc. Suspinul unui rege
Din bocetele-obteti abia se-alege.
REGELE
V rog, curnd fii gata de plecare;
Voi pune piedici strnse-acestei temeri,
Ce umbl-att de slobod printre noi.
ROSENCRANTZ \
GUILDENSTERN \
Ne vom grbi, my lori.
Exeunt R o s e n c r a n t z si G u i l d e n s t e r n .
Intr P o l o n i u s .
POLONIUS
My lord, s-a dus la mam-sa-n iatac:
Voi sta pitit n dosu-unei perdele,
S-aud ce-i spun; snt sigur c-o s-1 frece;
i, cum spuneai cu-atta-nelepciune,
E foarte nimerit s mai asculte,
Din loc ascuns, un altul taina lor,
Fiind tiut c inima de mam
E-n chip firesc uor prtinitoare.
Cu bine, bun stpn; i v voi spune,
Nainte de culcare, ce-am aflat.
REGELE
i mulumesc, preascumpe sfetnic!
Exit P o l o n i u s .
Mrava-mi fapt a-mpuit chiar cerul;
E-n ea strvechi blestemul cel dinti,
Uciderea lui Abel. S m rog?
Dei a vrea i snt pornit, dar nu pot;
Mai tare, crima-mi sfrtec dorina
i stau ca omul ntre dou gnduri,
Ivipsit de hotrrea de-a ncepe
212 Act III Scene 3 Actul III Scena 3 213
And both neglect. What if this cursed hand
Were thicker than itself with brother's
blood,
Is there not rain enough in the sweet heavens, 45
To wash it white as snow? Whereto serves
mercy
But to confront the visage of offence?
And what's in prayer but this twofold force,
To be forestalled ere we come to fall,
Or pardoned being down? Then I'll lookup; 50
My fault is past. But o, what form of prayer
Can serve my turn? "Forgive me my foul
murder?"
That cannot be, since I am still possessed
Of those effects for which I did the murder,
My crown, mine own ambition and my queen: 55
May one be pardoned and retain the offence?
In the corrupted currents of this world
Offence's gilded hand may shove by justice,
And oft 'tis seen the wicked prize itself
Buys out the law: but 'tis not so above; 60
There is no shuffling, there the action lies
In his true nature and we ourselves com-
pelled
Even to the teeth and forehead of our faults
To give in evidence. What then? what rests?
Try what repentance can: what can it not? 65
Yet what can it when one can not repent?
O wretched state! O bosom black as death!
O limed soul, that struggling to be free
Art more engaged ! Help, angels! make assay!
Bow, stubborn knees, and, heart with strings
of steel, TO
Be soft as sinews of the new-born babe!
All may be well.
Retires and kneels.
Din dou unul. Blestemata-mi mn,
Chiar ngroat-n sngele fresc,
Cum, nu snt ploi la ceru-ndurtor
S-o spele-ndeajuns, cum e zpada?
De ce-i iertarea, nu pentru pcate?
i care e puterea rugciunii,
De nu s ne vesteasc n cdere,
Sau, altfel, cnd cdem, s ne ridice?
M uit deci iar> cu ochi nevinovai.
Dar care vorbe-n rugciune pot
S-ajute? Uit-mi fapta uciga"?
Cu neputin.-avnd acele bunuri
Coroana, mreia i regina
Ce mna mi-au ntors-o la omor.
Pot fi iertat pstrndu-le pe toate?
n curgerea murdar-a lumii noastre,
Cu mini de aur, crima poate da
Un brnci dreptii, i de cte ori
Cu bani din furturi nu s-a cumprat
Chiar legea! Dar la ceruri nu e-aa;
Acolo nu-i scpare.-acolo fapta
St goal, i cu toii sntem dui,
Privind slbatici colii faptei noastre,
S-o artm. Cum, totul e pierdut?
S-ncerc puterea mare-a pocinei;
Dar poate ea s uureze chiar
Pe cel ce nu mai poate-a se ci?
O, chip cumplit! O, suflet negru-iad
i care,-mpotmolit, te zbai s scapi,
Dar eti mai prins! O, ngeri, ajutor!
ndoaie-te, genunchi nepenit,
i, inim, cu baiere de fier,
nmoaie-te pufoas, ca un prunc!
Aa, e bine-aa.
Merge ntr-un col i ngenuncheaz.
 Act III Scene 3
21}
Actul III Scena 3
Enter H a m l e t .
MLET
Intr H a m l e t .
Now might I do it pat, but now he is
HAULET
a-praying;*
1 pot lovi din spate ct se roag;
And now I'll do it and so he goes to heaven,
Acuma chiar, ca s-1 trimit la ceruri
And so am I revenged. That would be
i fapta-i s-mi rzbun. Dar s mai cuget;
scanned: 7*
Un josnic monstru a ucis pe tata,
A villain kills my father, and for that,
Iar eu, fecior, vreau s trimit pe monstru
I, his sole son, do this same villain send
La ceruri.
To heaven.
l rspltesc, n loc s m rzbun.
O, this is hire and salary, no revenge.
Pe tata 1-a rpus stul i strmb,
He took my father grossly, full of bread, so
Cu toate frdelegile-i n floare;
With all his crimes broad blown, as flush
Doar ceru-i tie singur socoteala,
as May;
Dar dup mintea i credina noastr,
And how his audit stands who knows save
E greu de el; iar eu s m rzbun
heaven?
n clipa chiar cnd sufletu-i curat
But in our circumstance and course of
E pregtit de marea-nfiare?
thought,
Nu,
'Tis heavy with him: and am I then
Nuntru, spad,-alege timp cumplit,
revenged,
Cnd doarme beat, cnd url de mnie
To take him in the purging of his soul, 85
Sau cnd incestu-1 trage ctre pat;
When he is fit and seasoned for his passage?
Jurnd nedrept, jucnd sau fptuind
No.
Vreo fapt fr iz de mntuire;
Up, sword, and know thou a more horrid
Atunci s-1 pun cu tlpile spre cer,
hent,
S-i dea spurcatul sufletul lui negru
When he is drunk, asleep, or in his rage.
Satanei. Leacul rugciunii-aceti
Or in the incestuous pleasure of his bed.
Puine zile-i d s mai boleti.
At game, a-swearing, or about some act o
Exit.
That has no relish of salvation in't,
Then trip him, that his heels may kick at
heaven,
And that his soul may be as damned and
black
As well whereto it goes. My mother stays:
This physic but prolongs thy sickly days. 95
Exit.
216 Act III Scene 4 Actul UI Scena 4

217
KING
(rising) My words fly up, my thoughts re-
main below: REGELE
Words without thoughts never to heaven go. (ridicndu-se) nal cuvnt, dar gndul e-n noroi:
Exit. Cuvntul gol din cer cade-napoi.
Exit.
Scene 4 Scena 4
The Q u e e n's closet. Iatacul R e g i n e i .
Enter Q u e e n and P o l o n i u s . Intr R e g i n a i P o l o n i u s .

PoLONIUS POLONIUS
He will come straight; look you lay home Sosete-acum. Fii aprig, fii tare;
to him, Vorbii-i de preamarile-i trsni
Tell him his pranks have been too broad to i c-nlimea-voastr 1-a ferit
bear with, De focul unei mari mnii. Eu stau
And that your grace hath screened and stood Pitit aici. Vorbii-i fr-nconjur.
between HAMLET
Much heat and him. I'll silence me even (de afar) Eh, mam, mam...
here.
REGINA
Pray you, be round with him.
N-avea nici o grij;
5 Auzi c vine. Du-te i te-ascunde.
P o l o n i u s se d dup o perdea.
HAMLET Intr H a m l e t .
(within) Mother, mother, mother!
QUEEN HAMLET
I'll warrant you, Eh, mam, spune, despre ce e vorba?

Fear me not. Withdraw, I hear him coming. REGINA
P o l o n i u s hides behind the arras. tii, Hamlet, c-ai jignit pe tatl tu.
Enter H a m l e t .
HAMLET
Now, mother, what's the matter?
QUEEN
Hamlet, thou hast thy father much offended.
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218 Act III Scene 4 Actul III Scena 4

HAMLET HAMLET
Mother, you have my father much offended, io tii, mam, c-ai jignit pe tatl meu.
QUEEN REGINA
Come, come, you answer with an idle Rspunzi cu-o limb,-a zice, fr rost.
tongue.* HAMLET
ntrebi cu-o limb,-a zice, blestemat.
HAMLET
Go, go, you question with a wicked tongue. REGINA
Dar ce e asta?
QUEEN
Why, how now, Hamlet? HAMLET
Despre ce e vorba?
HAMLET
What's the matter now? REGINA
Tu uii ce snt?
QUEEN
Have you forgot me? HAMLET
Pe crucea mea c nu:
HAMLET
Soia fratelui de so, regin
No, by the rood, not so:*
i, nu mai mi-ai fi fost, mi eti i mam.
You are the queen, your husband's brother's
wife, is REGINA
And, would it were not so, you are my Atunci, aduc pe cine merii, cum vorbeti!
mother. HAMLET
QUEEN Stai, stai aici; un pas s nu clinteti,
Nay, then, I'll set those to you that can i n-ai s pleci nainte de-a-i fi pus
speak. Oglinda-n fa, ca s-i vezi n cuget.
HAMLET REGINA
Come, come, and sit you down, you shall Ce vreai? Ce vreai s faci? S m omori?
not budge, Srii, srii!
You go not till I set you up a glass POLONIUS
Where you may see the inmost part of you. 20 (din dosul perdelei) Srii, srii, srii!
QUEEN HAMLET
What wilt thou do? thou wilt not murder (trage sabia) Dar ce-i? Un obolan? M prind
me? c-1 tai!
Help, help ho! Injige sabia n perdea.

POLONIUS
(behind) What, ho! help, help, help!
HAMLET
(drawing) How now! a rat? Dead for a
ducat, dead!
Makes a pass through the arras.
220 Act III Scene 4 Actul III Scena 4 221
POLONIUS POLONIUS
(behind) O, I am slain! (de dup perdea) Ucis, UCS !
Falls and dies. Se prbuete si moare.
QUEEN REGINA
O me, what hast thou done? 25 Vai mie, ce-ai fcut?
HAMLET HAMLET
Nay, I know not, is it the king? tiu eu? O fi chiar regele? Te-ntreb.
QUEEN
REGINA
O, what a rash and bloody deed is this!
O, crunt i nesocotit fapt!
HAMLET
HAMLET
A bloody deed; almost as bad, good mother,*
Mai crunt nu ca a ucide-un rege
As kill a king and marry with his brother.
i-a-i lua apoi pe frate de brbat.
QUEEN
REGINA
As kill a king?
Ca a ucide-un rege?
HAMLET
HAMLET
Ay, lady, it was 013' word. so
Aa am spus.
Lifts up the arras and discovers P o l o n i u s .
Ridic perdeaua i dezvelete pe P o l o n i u s .
Thou wretched, rash, intruding fool, Cu bine, biet ntng nesocotit!
farewell; Primete-i soarta c te-am luat drept altul;
I took thee for thy better; take thy fortune; Aflai trziu c-i ru s fii prea harnic.
Thou find'st to be too busy is some danger. Tu nu-i mai fringe minile; stai jos.
Leave wringing of your hands: peace! sit S-i frng, mai bine, inima; i-a frnge-o
you down. De-ar fi ca lutul mbibat i moale,
And let me wring your heart, for so I shall, 35 Dar proaste-apucturi i-au mpietrit-o,
If it be made of penetrable stuff, mpotrivind-o firii simitoare.
If damned custom have not brassed it so,
REGINA
That it be proof and bulwark against sense.*
Dar ce-am fcut, s plesci mpotriv-mi
QUEEN
Cumplita-i limb?
What have I done, that thou dar'st wag
thy tongue HAMLET
In noise so rude against me? Ce-ai fcut? O fapt
HAMLET Ce-ntunec roeaa sfiiciunii,
Such an act 40 Numete strmb virtutea viclenie,
That blurs the grace and blush of modesty. Iubirii caste-i smulge de pe frunte
Calls virtue hypocrite, takes off the rose
From the fair forehead of an innocent love,
222 Act IU Scene 4
Actul III Scena 4 223
 And sets a blister there, makes marriage
vows
As false as dicers' oaths, O, such a deed 45
As from the body of contraction plucks
The very soul, and sweet religion makes
A rhapsody of words: heaven's face does
glow.*
Yea, this solidity and compound mass,
With tristful visage, as against the doom, so
Is thought-sick at the act.
QVEEN
Ay me, what act,*
That roars so loud and thunders in the
index ?
HAMLET
Look here, upon this picture, and on this,*
The counterfeit presentment of two brothers.
See what a grace was seated on this brow; 55
Hyperion's curls, the front of Jove himself,*
An eye like Mars, to threaten and command,
A station like the herald Mercury
Naw-lighted on a heaven-kissing hill;
A combination and a form indeed,
Where every god did seem to set his seal
To give the world assurance of a man:
This was your husband. Look you now what
follows:
Here is your husband, like a mildewed ear,
Blasting his wholesome brother. Have you
eyes? 65
Could you on this fair mountain leave to
feed,
And batten on this moor? Ha! have you
eyes?
You cannot call it love, for at your age
Petalele, iar fruntea i-o spuzete,
Fcnd din taina nunii zrfie;
O fapt ce golete jurmntul
De suflet, iar credina o preschimb
n vorbe goale, ca-ntr-o rapsodie:
Roete cerul, da, pmntul nsui,
Ca-n faa judecii de pe urm,
Cu chipul jalnic, sufere el nsui
De fapta ta.
REGINA
Vai mie,-att de groaznic url
i bubuie-n ceaslovul de pcate?
HAMLET
Privete-aceste dou zugrveli,
nfind pe fraii amndoi.
nti, vezi fruntea-aceasta linitit.
Un chip de Zevs, Hiperioii la plete,
Ca Marte poruueiud doar cu privirea,
Statura-naripatului M~rcuriu
Pe-un vrf de munte ce srat cerul;
Fiin plsmuit parc-adius
60 S-i pun zeii marele sigil
De-ucrediuare c-au fcut un om:
E fostul so. Privete-apoi alturi:
E soul nou; acelai spic de gru,
Dar pliu de negi proi. Ai ochi, sau nu?
Un plai mre de munte dat n schimb
Pe-un smrc buruienos! Ai ochi, sau nu?
S nu-mi spui de iubire: la o vrst,
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22f
The hey-day in the blood is tame, it's
humble,
A sngelui zvcnire, mai domoal,
And waits upon the judgement, and what
St-n urma chibzuinei i nu poate
judgement 70
Sri la sta de la celalt. Simul
Would step from this to this? Sense sure
De via-1 ai ntreg i-n ntregime
you have,
E vtmat: nici nsi nebunia,
Else could you not have motion, but sure
Nici gndul abtut de nuceal
that sense
Nu-i pierd puterea de a ti s-aleag
Is apoplexed, for madness would not err,
Din doi pe cel mai bun. Ce demon oare
Nor sense to ecstasy was ne'er so thralled
Te-a-mpins la el n joc de-a baba-oarba?
But it reserved some quantity of choice, 75
Ochi fr suflet, suflet fr vz,
To serve in such a difference. What devil
Urechi de ciung sau orb, mirosul numai,
was't
Sau doar un sim n parte vtmat,
That thus hath cozened you at hoodman-
Nici el mai jos n-ar fi putut cdea.
blind?
Ruine, unde-i este-mbujorarea?!
Eyes without feeling, feeling without sight,
O, iad rzvrtitor, dac-ai putut
Ears without hands or eyes, smelling sans
S-ai chiar reci ciolane de matroan,
all,
Atunci virtutea-n focul tinereii
Or but a sickly part of one true sense so
Topeasc-se ca ceara: nu-i ruine
Could not so mope. O shame! where is
C aria vieii ne-nfierbnt
thy blush?
De-ndat ce ia foc chiar promoroaca,
Rebellious hell,
Iar judecata e codoaa poftei.
If thou canst mutine in a matron's bones,
To flaming youth let virtue be as wax REGINA
And melt in her own fire; proclaim no shame 85 Taci, Hamlet, taci; destul! destul!
When the compulsive ardour gives the charge, Cci mi-ai ntors privirile n cuget
Since frost itself as actively doth burn, i vd n el ntunecimi i pete
And reason pandars will. Neterse de cerneluri.
QUEEN HAMLET
O, Hamlet, speak no more: S te las
Thou turn'st my very eyes into my soul, Din nou n patul rnced i slinos,
And there I see such black and grained spots 90
As will leave there their tinct.
HAMLET
Nay, but to live
In the rank sweat of an enseamed bed,
226 Act III Scene 4 Actul III Scena 4 227
 Stewed in corruption, honeying and making Fierbnd ca bligarul, unde-i dai
love Din mierea dragostei,
Over the nasty sty, REGINA
QUEEN O, Hamlet, taci;
O, speak to me no Cuvintele-i m-njunghie-n urechi;
more; Destul, scump Hamlet!
These words like daggers enter in my ears; 95 HAMLET
No more, sweet Hamlet! Uciga de rnd,
HAMLET Un rob ce nu-i a douzecea parte
A murderer and a villain, Din fostu-i lord; un Viciu, nu un rege;
A slave that is not twentieth part the tithe Punga al stpnirii i al legii,
Of your precedent lord, a Vice of kings,* Furnd coroana, grea de nestemate,
A cutpurse of the empire and the rule, i afundnd-o-n buzunri!
That from a shelf the precious diadem stole ioo REGINA
And put it in his pocket! Destul!
QUEEN HAMLET
No more! Un rege slut, de petice,
HAMLET Intr F a n t o m a .
A king of shreds and patches * Sub aripi sfinte viaa ocrotii-mi,
Enter G h o s t .
Voi, oti cereti! Tu, mndru rege, ce vreai?
Save me and hover o'er me with your wings,
REGINA
You heavenly guards! What would your
Oh, e nebun!
gracious figure?
QUEEN
HAMLET
Alas, he's mad! IOS Vii tu s ceri un fiu amntor.
HAMLET Ce zace-mptimit sub vremi i las
Do you not come your tardy son to chide, Nenfptuit marea ta porunc?
That, lapsed in time and passion, lets go by O, spune!
The important acting of your dread com- FANTOMA
mand? S nu i uii: venirea mea
O, say! Vrea gndul faptei doar s-i mai ascut.
GHOST Vezi us-ncremenirea mamei tale:
Do not forget: this visitation no
Is but to whet thy almost blunted purpose.
But look, amazement on thy mother sits;
228
Act III Scene 4 Actul III Scena 4

229
 O, step between her and her fighting soul: Stai tu-ntre ea i sufletu-i muncit;

HAMLET
Conceit in weakest bodies strongest works,
Speak to her, Hamlet. f
n trupuri slabe spaima-i mult mai tare.
Vorbete-i, Hamlet.
HAMLET
How is it with you, lady?* H5 Ce e, scump mam?
QUEEN REGINA
Alas, how is't with you, Cu tine ce e? Vai!
That you do bend your eye on vacancy, Priviri supuse-arunci n gol i stai
And with the incorporai air do hold De vorb cu vzduhul strveziu;
discourse? Iscoade-ascunse-i stau la pnd-n ochi
Forth at your eyes your spirits wildly peep; i, ca ostaii speriai n somn,
And, as the sleeping soldiers in the alarm, 120 Culcatu-i pr, cuprins de-aceeai via,
Your bedded hair, like life in excrements, Pe cap i s-a zburlit. O, scumpe fiu,
Start up and stand an end. O gentle son, Stropete apa rece-a stpnirii
Upon the heat and flame of thy distemper. Pe focul tu. Dar ncotro te uii?
Sprinkle cool patience. Whereon do you HAMLET
look? La el, la el! Privete-1, ct de palid!
HAMLET Cu vorba-i i durerea-i ar clinti
On him! on him! Look you how pale he Din loc un munte. Nu privi la mine,
glares! 125 S nu-mi nmoi cu ochii-acetia grei
His form and cause conjoined, preaching to Nendurtoru-mi gnd; n loc de snge,
stones Culoarea faptei mi s-ar pierde-n lacrimi.
Would make them capable. Do not look upon REGINA
me, Cu cine stai de vorb?
Lest with this piteous action you convert
HAMLET
My stern effects: then what I have to do Cum, nu vezi?
Will want true colour; tears perchance for
REGINA
blood. 130
Nimic, nimic; vd doar ce-i de vzut.
QUEEN
HAMLET
To whom do you speak this?
i nici n-auzi nimic?
HAMLET
Do you see nothing there?
QUEEN
Nothing at all; yet all that is I see.
HAMLET
Nor did you nothing hear?
Actul HI Scena 4 231
230 Act III Scene 4
QUEEN healthful
No, nothing music: it is
but ourselves. not
HAMLET m
Why, look adness
you there! That I
look, how it have
steals uttered;
a bring
way! 135 me to
My father, in the test,
his habit as he And I
lived! the
Dook, where matter
he goes, even will re-
now out at the word,
p which
ortal! madness
Exit Would
Ghost. gambol
from.
QUEEN
Mother,
This is the
for love
very coinage
of
of your brain:
g
This bodiless l45
race,
creation
Lay not
ecstasy
that
Is very
flattering
cunning in.
unction to
HAMLET your soul,
Ecstasy! That not
1 0
* your
My pulse, as trespass but
yours, doth my
temperately madness
keep s
t peaks:
ime, It will but
And makes as skin and
film the REGINA
ulcerous Aud ce spui.
place, HAMLET
Whiles rank Privete
corruption, colo! Uite-
mining all 1, se
within, strecoar!
Infects E tatl
unseen. meu, n
Confess haina lui
yourself to de cas!
150
heaven, Privete-1
Repent what's
c se
past, avoid
duce !-
what is to
Acum e-n
come,
prag!
And do not
Exit
spread the Fantom
compost on a.
the REGINA
w E goala
eeds plsmuire-
To make them
a minii
ranker.
Forgive me tale;
this my Sminteala-
v i foarte
irtue: meter-n
For in the aceste
fatness of Alctuiri
these pursy de fum.
times HAMLET
Sminteal
!
Domol, ca-
n tine,
inima mea
bate
n ritmul
sntii.
Nu-i
sminteal
Nimic din tot
ce-am spus;
ncearc-m
i-n ritmul
sntii, nu
sminteala
O vei vedea
c opie. O,
mam,
Tu cugetul, ca
s-1 alini, i-1
ungi
Cu nebunia
mea i uii
pcatul,
Dar buba rea
sub astfel de
pojghi
Va ceii i-i
va mnca-n
ascuns
Tot sufletul.
Mai bine
spovedete-i
Da cer
pcatul; fie-al
pocinei
Trecutul, dar
al cinstei
viitorul;
i nu mai da
urzicii-
ngrminte,
S-i creti
veninul. Iart-
mi tu virtutea,
Cci azi, cnd
lumea gfie-n
osnz,
232 Act III Scene 4 Actul III Scena 4 233
 Virtue itself of vice must pardon beg, 155
Yea, curb and woo for leave to do him
good.
QUEEN
0 Hamlet, thou hast cleft my heart in twain.
HAMLET
O, throw away the worser part of it,
And live the purer with the other half.
Good night: but go not to my uncle's bed;i6o
Assume a virtue, if you have it not.
That monster, custom, who all sense doth
eat,*
Of habits devil, is angel yet in this,
That to the use of actions fair and good
He likewise gives a frock or livery,
That aptly is put on. Refrain to-night
And that shall lend a kind of easiness
To the next abstinence; the next more easy;
For use almost can change the stamp of
nature,
And either master the devil, or throw him out 170
With wondrous potency. Once more, good
night:
And when you are desirous to be blest,
I'll blessing beg of you. For this same lord,
Pointing to P o l o n i u s .
1 do repent: but heaven hath pleased it so
To punish me with this, and this with me, 175
That I must be their scourge and minister.
I will bestow him, and will answer well
The death I gave him. So, again, good night;
I must be cruel, only to be kind:*
Thus bad begins, and worse remains behind. 180
One word more, good lady.
QUEEN
What shall I do?
Virtutea cere viciului iertare,
Se-nclin,-i cere voie s-1 ajute.
REGINA
O, Hamlet, inima-mi despici n dou.
HAMLET
Atunci, arunc partea vtmat,
Rmi cu partea nc neatins.
i noapte bun; ns nu n patul
Incestului! Silete-te-a fi tare;
De nu-i mai simi n trup nici o trie,
Obinuina-i fiar.-nghite tot,
Dar poate-n strai de diavol fi i nger
Cnd faptei bune-i d ca-mbrcminte
Sutana i-o ajut s se-mbrace.
165 Aa e: nfrneaz-te la noapte
i astfel te-nlesneti ca mai uor
S te-nfrnezi n nopile ce vin.
Silina schimb chiar pecetea firii
i chiar pe... Diavol, dac nu-1 rstoarn
Ca prin minune. Iari, noapte bun;
i cnd vei vrea iertare de la ceruri,
Snt gata s m rog. Ct despre el,
(Artnd spre P o l o n i u s : )
mi pare ru, dar ceru-a vrut aceasta,
Osnda lui s fie-osnda mea;
Am fost poruncii plinitor i-unealt.
l duc la loc ferit i voi rspunde
De moartea lui. Din nou, dar, noapte bun.
Snt crud n fapt, dar duios n minte :
Fac ru s-o iau mai rului-nainte.
O vorb doar.
REGINA
Ce trebuie s fac?
234 Act HI Scene 4 Actul III Scena 4 235
HMLET
Not this, by no means, that I bid you do:*
Let the bloat king tempt you again to bed,
Pinch wanton on your cheek, call you his
And let him, for a pair of reechy kisses, 185
Or paddling in your neck with his damned
Make you to ravel all this matter out,
That I essentially am not in madness,
But mad in craft; 'twere good you let him
For who, that 's but a queen, fair, sober,
Would from a paddock, from a bat, a gib,
.Such dear concernings hide ! who would do
No, in despite of sense and secrecy,
Unpeg the basket on the house's top,
Let the birds fly, and like the famous ape, 195
To try conclusions, in the basket creep
And break your own neck down.
QUEEN
Be thou assured, if words be made of breath
And breath of life, I have no life to breathe
What thou hast said to me.
HAMLET
I must to England; you know that?
QUEEN
I had forgot: 'tis so concluded on.
HAMLET
There's letters seal'd: and my two school-
Whom I will trust as I will adders fanged,
HAMLET
A, nu, cu nici un chip, ce-am spus; nu, nu;
Primete-i iar ispita-n aternut,
Obraz ciupit, porecle, giugiuliri;
mouse, i-n schimbu-a dou rncede sruturi,
Lsndu-1 s te gdile pe ceaf,
Ajut-1 s-neleag-odat c,
fingers, De fapt, eu snt nebun fiindc vreau.
E bine s se tie, fiindc ce
Regin i cuminte i frumoas
Un lucru-att de pre ar tinui
know; De-o broasc, de-o maimu sau de-un
zgripor ?
wise, 190 n ciuda tainei i-a purtrii bune,
Desf pe coama casei colivia,
S zboare porumbeii, i-apoi intr
so? Tu nsi, ca maimua din poveste,
Rupndu-i gtul de pe-acoperi.
REGINA
S tii c dac vorbele snt suflet
i sufletul e via, nu am via
S suflu vrun cuvnt din tot ce-ai spus.
HAMLET
Eu plec n Englitera! Ce, nu tii?
200 REGINA
Am i uitat c-aa s-a hotrt.
HAMLET
Rescriptu-i sigilat; iar doi colegi,
n care m ncred ca-n dou-aspide,
Alack,
fellows
236 Act III Scene 4 Actul III Scena 4 237
 They bear the mandate; they must sweep205
my way,*
And marshal me to knavery. I^et it work;
For 'tis the sport to have the engineer
Hoist with his own petar, and't shall go
hard*
But I will delve one yard bellow their mines,
And blow them at the moon: O, 'tis most
sweet 21
When in one line two crafts directly meet.
This man shall set me packing:
I'll lug the guts into the neighbour room.
Mother, good night indeed; this counsellor
Is now most still, most secret, and most
grave, 215
Who was in life a most foolish prating knave.
Come, sir, to draw toward an end with you.
Good night, mother.
Exeunt severally; H a m l e t dragging in P o I 0
n i us.
Vegheaz-asupr-mi i-mi deschid doar calea,
Trgndu-m-n capcan... las, las!
C e plcut s vezi cum meteri mari
Se-arunc-n vnt cu propriul fitil;
Va fi destul de greu, dar voi spa
Pe dedesubt, mai jos dect se-ascund.
Ca s-i trimit n lun. E plcut
Cnd dou gnduri lupt sub pmnt.
Dar trebuie s-1 duc pe dumnealui;
Trag rnza-i n odaia de alturi.
i noapte bun, mam. Sfetnicul
Acesta, n via ticlos, acum
E cel mai linitit, mai de cuvnt.
Hai, scumpe domn, s-i ncheiem povestea.
i noapte bun, mam.
Exeunt, jiecare n cte o parte; H a m l e t trnd pe
P o l o n i us.
ACT IV

A C T U L IV

Scene 1
A room in the castle.
Enter King, Q u e e n , R o s e n c r a n t z and Scena 1
Guildenstern. O ncpere a castelului.
Intr R e g e l e , R e g i n a , R o s e n c r a n t z si G u i l
denstern.
KING
There's matter in these sighs, these profound
heaves ;* REGELE
You must translate, 'tis fit we understand n hohote se plnge cu-un temei;
them.* Te rog s-1 tlmceti ca s-neleg.
Where is your son? Dar Hamlet unde-i?
QUEEN REGINA
Bestow this place on us a little while. ngduie s fim o clip singuri.
Exeunt R o s e n c r a n t z and G u i l d e n s t e r n . Exeunt R o s e n c r a n t z si G u i l d e n s t e r n .
Ah, mine own lord, what have I seen to- Stpne-al meu, oh! ce-am vzut azi-noapte!
night ! i REGELE
KING Ce, scumpa mea Gertruda? Ce-i cu Hamlet?
What, Gertrude? How does Hamlet? REGINA
QUEEN Nebun ca marea i ca vntul cnd
Mad as the sea and wind when both contend Se-ntrec n larg. n rtcirea lui,
Which is the mightier; in his lawless fit, Simind ceva sub cutele perdelei,
Behind the arras hearing something stir, Strig, trgndu-i spada: Un guzgan!"
Whips out his rapier, cries "A rat, a rat!" io i, nemaistnd s vad ce, omoar
And in this brainish apprehension kills* Pe bun btrnul sfetnic.
The unseen good old man. REGELE
KING Crunt fapt!
O heavy deed !* Peam la fel dac-a fi fost acolo;
It had been so with us, had we been there; Pe toi ne pate umbletu-i n voie,
His liberty is full of threats to all, Pe noi, pe tine i pe oriicare.
To you yourself, to us, to every one. ,s
240 Actul IV Scena l 241
Act IV Scene 1
 Alas, how shall this bloody deed be
answered?
It will be laid to us, whose providence
Should have kept short, restrained and out
of haunt,
This mad young man; but so much was our
love,
We would not understand what was most
fit, 20
But, like the owner of a foul disease,
To keep it from divulging, let it feed
Even on the pith of life. Where is he gone?
QVEEN
To draw apart the body he hath killed:
O'er whom his madness, like some ore* ^
Among a mineral of metals base,
Shows itself pure; he weeps for what is done.
KING
O, Gertrude, come away!
The sun no sooner shall the mountains touch,
But we will ship him hence: and this vile
deed so
We must, with all our majesty and skill,
Both countenance and excuse. Ho, Guilden-
stern!
Re-enter R o s e n c r a n t i \and G u i 1 d e n-
stern.
Friends both, go join you with some
further aid;
Hamlet in madness hath Polonius slain
And from his mother's closet hath he dragged
him: 35
Go seek him out, speak fair, and bring the
body
Into the chapel. I pray you, haste in this.
Exeunt R o s e n c r a n t i ; and G u i l d e n s t e r n .
Dar cum rspundem noi de fapta lui?
Punndu-ni-se-n seam, se va zice
C n-am putut din timp mpiedica,
Fcndu-1 nevtmtor, pe-acest
Nebun de tnr; c-n iubirea noastr
Am tinuit ce trebuia tiut,
ntocmai ca bolnavii care in
n tain-o boal ruinoas, chiar
Mduva de le-o roade.-Acuma unde-i?
REGINA
Trte leul undeva, deoparte,
Dar n sminteala lui, ca aurul,
Dintr-un amestec prost de fier sau plumb,
Rmas curat, i plnge nebunia.
REGELE
Gertruda mea, s mergem.
S nu se-nale soarele pe creste
Nainte de a-1 ti-mbarcat; iar fapta-i grea
Va trebui ca noi s-o coperim
Cu chiar hlamida noastr i, la timp,
S-i dm un bun temei. Hei, Guildenstern!
Intr din nou R o s e n c r a n t z i G u i l d e n -
stern.
Prieteni, nc-o mn de-ajutor:
Polonius a fost ucis de Hamlet,
Apoi 1-a scos, trndu-1, din iatac;
Plecai i-i dai de urm; ducei mortul
I,a un altar; v rog, ct mai curnd.
Exeunt R o s e n c r a n t z i G u i l d e n s t e r n .
242 Act IV Scene 2 Actul IV Scena 2 243
Come, Gertrude, we'll call up our wisest
friends,
And let them know both what we mean
to do
And what's untimely done: So, haply,
slander,* 40
Whose whisper o'er the world's diameter
As level of the cannon to his blank
Transports his poinsoned shot, may miss
our name
And hit the woundless air. O, come away!*
My soul is full of discord and dismay. ' 45
Exeunt.
Gertruda, vino, vom chema-nelepii,
Ca s le spunem ce-am decis s facem
i ceea ce-nzltare s-a fcut...
i astfel clevetirea, care-n lume.
Ca puca-n int, i trimite glonu-i
Otrvitor, s treac peste noi,
i/ovind n vnt. S mergem, vino dar!
Mi-e mintea numai vrajb i povar.
Exeunt.
Scena 2
O alt ncpere a castelului.
Intr H a m l e t .
Scene 2
HAMLET
Another room in the castle.
Enter H a m l e t .
1,-am dus la loc ferit.
ROSENCRANTZ 1
GUILDENSTERN j
HAMLET (de afar) Lord Hamlet! Hamlet!
Safely, stowed. HAMLET
ROSENCRANTZ ) Dar ce se-aude? Cine strig Hamlet"?
GuiLDENSTERN ) Chiar vin aici.
(within) Hamlet! Lord Hamlet! Intr R o s e n c r a n t z i G u i l d e n s t e r n .
HAMLET ROSENCRANTZ
But soft, what noise? who calls on Hamlet? V rog, my lord,, cu mortul ce-ai fcut?
O, here they come. HAMLET
Enter R o s e n c r a n t z and G u i l d e n s t e r n . 1,-am mpcat cu ruda lui, rna.
ROSENCRANTZ
What have you done, my lord, with the
dead body? 5
HAMLET
Compounded it with dust, whereto 'tis kin.*
244 Act IV Scene 2
Actul IV Scena 2 24}
ROSENCRANTZ
ROSENCRANTZ
Tell us where 'tis, that we^ may take it
Spunei-ne de unde-1 putem lua,
thence
S-1 ducem la biseric.
And bear it to the chapel.
HAMLET
HAMLET
S nu crezi asta.
Do not believe it.
ROSENCRANTZ
ROSENCRANTZ
Believe what? S nu cred ce?
l0

HAMLET
That I can keep your counsel and not mine
own. Besides, to be demanded of a sponge,
what replication should be made by the
son of a king?
ROSENCRANTZ
Take you me for a sponge, my lord?*
16
HAMLET
Ay, sir; that soaks up the king's counte-
nance, his rewards, his authorities. But such
officers do the king best service in the end:
he keeps them, like an ape an apple in the*
corner of his jaw, first mouthed, to be last 20
swallowed: when he needs what you have
gleaned, it is but squeezing you, and, sponge,
you shall be dry again.
ROSENCRANTZ
I understand you not, my lord.
HAMLET
I am glad of it: a knavish speech sleeps in* 25
a foolish ear.
ROSENCRANTZ
My lord, you must tell us where the body
is and go with us to the king.
HAMLET
The body is with the king, but the king is*
not with the body. The king is a thing so
HAMLET
C pot urma gndul vostru i nu pe-al meu.
i-apoi, s m ntrebe un burete! Ce rspuns
ar trebui s dea un fiu de rege?
ROSENCRANTZ
My lord, m socotii pe mine un burete?
HAMLET
Da, domnule, burete, care suge ncrederea, rs-
plata i puterea regelui. Slujitorii-acetia, ns,
snt regelui foarte de folos pn la urm, cci
el i ine cum ine maimua mrul ntre flci;
nti luai n gur, i nghiii la urm; dac are
nevoie de ceea ce-ai strns prin mbibare, des-
tul e s v stoarc i, burete, sntei seci din
nou, cum ai mai fost.
ROSENCRANTZ
Nu v-neleg, my lord.
HAMLET
Snt bucuros c nu-nelegi; vorba cu tlc
adoarme n urechea bleaga.
ROSENCRANTZ
Dar, my lord, trebuie s ne spunei unde-|
corpul, iar apoi s ne-nsoii la rege.
HAMLET
Corpul este cu regele, dar regele, v spun, nu e
cu corpul. Regele-i un lucru *
Actul IV Scena 3 247
246 pleasure.
Act IV Scene 3

GUILDENSTERN
A thing, my lord?
HAMLET
Of nothing: bring me to him. Hide fox,*
and all after.
Exeunt.

Scene 3
Another room in the castle.
Enter King, attended.

KING
I have sent to seek him and to find the body.
How dangerous is it that this man goes loose!
Yet must not we put the strong law on him;
He's loved of the distracted multitude,
Who like not in their judgement, but their
eyes; ^
And where 'tis so, the offender's scourge is
weighed,
But never the offence. To bear all smooth
and even,
This sudden sending him away must seem
Deliberate pause: diseases desperate grown
By desperate appliance are relieved,

io
Or not at all.
Enter R o s e n c r a n t z and G u i l d e n s t e r n .
How now! what hath befallen?
ROSENCRANTZ
Where the dead body is bestowed, my lord,
We cannot get from him.
KING
But where is he?
ROSENCRANTZ
Without, my lord, guarded to know your
GUILDENSTERN
My lord, un lucru?
HAMLET
De nimic; hai, duce-m-i la el. I^a vizuin,
vulpe, i toi dup ea.
Exeunt.

Scena 3
O alt ncpere a castelului.
Intr R e g e l e , urmat de Slujitori.

REGELE
l caut i vor gsi i leul.
Ct ru ne face omu-acesta slobod!
n chinga legii nu-1 vom strnge totui:
Iubit de muli, znatica mulime,
Ce-i numai ochi, dar nu i chibzuial,
i vede doar osnda, nu i vina.
i-atunci, ca drumul s ne fie neted,
Vom da un chip de lung chibzuin
Surghiunului su grabnic; boala grea
Se mntuie lovit-asemeni greu,
Sau nicidecum.
Intr R o s e n c r a n t z i G u i l d e n s t e r n .
Eh, ce-i? ce s-a-ntmplat?
ROSENCRANTZ
My lord, o vorb n-am putut s-i smulgem
De locul unde-i mortul.
REGELE
Dar el unde-i?
ROSENCRANTZ
E-afar', my lord; pzit, dup porunc.
248 Act IV Scene 3 Actul IV Scena 3 249
KING REGELE
Bring him before us. Aducei-1 aici.
RoSENCRANTZ ROSENCRANTZ
Ho, bring in the lord. 15 Hei, Guildenstern, tu! Adu pe my lord.
Enter H a m l e t guarded. Intr H a m l e t , pzit.
KING REGELE
Now, Hamlet, where's Polonius? Eh, Hamlet, unde e Polonius?
HAMLET HAMLET
At supper. I^a cin.
KING REGELE
At supper, where? I/a cin! Unde?
HAMLET HAMLET
Not where he eats, but where he is eaten: Nu unde mnnc, ci unde e mncat: o anumit
a certain convocation of politic worms are* 20 convocare de viermi politici l nconjoar. Chiar
e'en at him. Your worm is your only emperor* peste regi, tot viermii-s mprai: le cer s-ngrae
for diet: we fat all creatures else to fat us, psri, animale, cu care s se-ngrae dnii,
and we fat ourselves for maggots: your fat sfrind i ei prin a-ngra doar viermi; un
king and your lean beggar is but variable rege gras i un milog sfrijit snt numai dou
service, two dishes, but to one table: that's 25 feluri de mncare pe-aceeai mas: acesta e
the end. sfritul.
KING REGELE
Alas, alas! Vai, vai!
HAMLET HAMLET
A man may fish with the worm, that hath Un om, deci, poate pescui c-un vierme care s-a
eat of a king and eat of the fish that hath fed hrnit dintr-un rege i-apoi s mnnce din
of that worm. petele care s-a hrnit cu acel vierme.
REGELE
30
Ce vreai s spui cu-aceasta?
KING HAMLET
What dost thou mean by this?
Nimic, dect s v art cum un rege se poate
HAMLET foarte triumfal plimba prin maele unui milog.
Nothing but to show you how a king may
REGELE
go a progress through the guts of a beggar. Unde e-acum Polonius?
KING HAMLET
Where is Polonius? n ceruri; trimitei-i s-1 vad; de nu-1 gsesc
HAMLET acolo, niv ctai-1 jos, la locul dimpotriv.
In heaven; send thither to see: if your 35
messenger find him not there, seek him i'
250 Act IV Scene 3
Actul IV Scena 3

251
 the other place yourself; but if indeed you*
find him not within this month, you shall i numai dac, n adevr, nu-1 gsii luna aceas-
nose him as you go up the stairs into the ta, l vei adulmeca pe treptele ce duc la galerie.
lobby. REGELE
(dtorva Sluji to r i) Ducei-v i-1 cutai
* acolo.
KING HAMLET
(to some A t t e n d a n t s . ) Go seek him there. Pn sosii, v ateapt.
HAMLET Exeunt S l u j i t o r i i .
He will stay still you come. REGELE
Exeunt A t t e n d a n t s . Spre binele tu, Hamlet, fapta-aceasta,
KING Ce, tot att ct te iubim, ne doare,
Hamlet, this deed, for thine especial safety, i cere s te-ndeprtezi de-aici
Which we do tender, as we dearly grieve Ca flacra de iute; fii dar gata;
For that which thou hast done, must send E vnt prielnic, pnzele-s ntinse,
thee hence 45 i-ai buni prieteni. Totu-i ndreptat
With fiery quickness: therefore prepare "Spre Englitera.
thyself; HAMLET
The bark is ready and the wind at help, Englitera?
The associates tend and every thing is bent REGELE
For England. Da!
HAMLET
HAMLET
For England? Bun.
REGELE
KING
E bine dac gndu-mi l-ai aflat.
Ay, Hamlet.
HAMLET
HAMLET
Good. Vd un heruv care se uit la el. Dar, fie, Engli-
tera, da! Cu bine, scump mam.
KING
REGELE
So is it, if thou knew'st our purposes. 50
Hamlet, eu snt iubitu-i tat .
HAMLET HAMLET
I see a cherub that sees them. But, come, Mama; tatl i mama snt doar soi, iar soii
for England! Farewell, dear mother.
KING
Thy loving father, Hamlet.
HAMLET
My mother; father and mother is man and
2S2 Act IV Scene 3 Actul IV Scena 3

253
 wife; man and. wife is one flesh; so my mother. 55
Come, for England!
Exit.
KING
Follow him at foot, tempt him with speed
aboard,
Delay it not; I'll have him hence to-night:
Away! for every thing is sealed and done
That else leans on the affair: pray you,
make haste; 60
Exeunt R o s e n c r a n t z and G ui I dens t e r n.
And, England, if my love thou hold'st at
aught *
As my great power thereof may give thee
sense,
Since yet thy cicatrice looks raw and red
After the Danish sword; and thy free awe
Pays homage to us, thou mayst not coldly
set 65
Our sovereign process, which imports at full,
By letters congruing to that effect,
The present death of Hamlet. Do it,
England;
For like the hectic in my blood he rages,
And thou must cure me: till I know 'tis
done, 70
Howe'er my haps, my joys were ne'er begun.*
Exit.
snt acelai trup, i astfel eti mama mea. Dar
fie, Englitera!
Exit.
REGELE
Urmai-1 pas cu pas; i mbarcai-1;
S n-amnai plecarea; de cu noapte
S fii departe, aa-i scris sub pecei,
Sau, altfel, vei rspunde; rog, dai zor.
Exeunt R o s e n c r a n t z i G u i l d e n s t e r n .
Tu, Anglie, de-mi ii la pre iubirea
i marea mea putere i-e de-ajuns,
De-ndat ce grea sabia danez
Cu rni nchise te-a-nsemnat, iar groaza-i
Ne d tribut tu nu poi privi rece
Porunca-mi suveran, care-a pus
n chiar rescriptul ntocmit pecetea
De moarte pentru Hamlet. F aceasta;
Fiindc-n friguri sngele mi fierbe,
i numai tu-mi tii leacul; pn-atunci,
Uitnd plceri, rmn sub grele munci.
Exit.
Actul IV Scena 4 2SS
254 Act IV Scene 4
Scena 4
Scene 4 A doua zi.
O cmpie n Danemarca.
The next day.
Intr n scen F o r t i n b r a s , cu oastea lui n trecere.
A plain in Denmark.
Enter F o r t i n b r a s with his army over the stage.
FORTINBRAS FORTINBRAS
Go, captain, from me greet the Danish nchin-te din parte-mi, cpitane,
king; Coroanei danemarce; apoi spune
Tell him that by his license Fortinbras* C Fortinbras poftete-ngduina
Craves the conveyance of a promised march De trecere-nvoit prin regat;
Over his kingdom. You know the rendezvous. Iar dac majestatea-sa dorete,
If that his majesty would aught with us, 5 i fac chiar eu plecate-nchinciuni;
We shall express our duty in his eye; Aa s-i spui.
And let him know so. CPITANUL
CAPTAIN Aa-i voi spune, lord.
I will do't, my lord. FORTINBRAS
FORTINBRAS Ia bine seama.
Go softly on. Exeunt F o r t i n b r a s si O s t a i i .
Intr H a m l e t , R o s e n c r a n t z , G u i l d e n
Exeunt F o r t i n b r a s and S o l d i e r s .
s t e r n i alii.
Enter H a m l e t , R o s e n c r a n t z , G u i l-
d e n s t e r n and others. HAMLET

HAMLET
A cui e oastea, scumpe domn?
Good sir, whose powers are these? CPITANUL
E-a regelui Norveg, domnule.
CAPTAIN
HAMLET
They are of Norway, sir.*
i ce scop are, rogu-te?
io CPITANUL
S rup din Polonia o parte.
HAMLET
HAMLET
How purposed, sir, I pray you?
Cine-o comand, domnule?
CAPTAIN
CA P1TANUL
Against some part of Poland.
Chiar Fortinbras, nepotul Norvegului.
HAMLET
Who commands them, sir?
CAPTAIN
The nephew to old Norway, Fortinbras.
256 Act IV Scene 4 Actul IV Scena 4 257
HAMLET HAMLET
Goes it against the main of Poland, sir, is i vrea s ia Polonia ntreag,
Or for some frontier? Sau numai doar o margine?
CAPTAIN CPITANUL
Truly to speak, and with no addition, I^a drept vorbind i fr s adaug,
We go to gain a little patch of ground, Voim numai o fa de pmnt,
That hath in it no profit but the name. n care nu-i dobnd, ci doar faim.
To pay five ducats, five, I would not farm Nici cinci ducai n-a da pe ea,-n arend.
it; so De altfel, nici Norvegul, nici Polonul,
Nor will it yield to Norway or the Pole* Vnznd-o-n bani, n-ar cpta mai mult.
A ranker rate, should it be sold in fee. HAMLET
HAMLET Atunci, Polonul nu va apra-o.
Why, then the Polack never will defend it. CPITANUL
CAPTAIN Ba da, e nesat de soldai.
Yes, it is already garrisoned. H AMLET
HAMLET Mii suflete i galbeni zeci de mii
Two thousand souls and twenty thousand Nu fac ct face acest fir de pai:
ducats 25 E buba rea a buneistri i-a pcii,
Will not debate the question of this straw:* Ce roade-adnc i ine-ascuns c piere
This is the imposthume of much wealth and Bolnavul. Domnule, v mulumesc.
peace,* CPITANUL
That inward breaks and shows no cause V las cu Domnul!
without Exit.
Why the man dies. I humbly thank you, sir. ROSENCRANTZ
CAPTAIN Vrei s mergei, my lord?
God be wi' you, sir. HAMLET
Exit. V-ajung de-ndat; luai-o nainte.
ROSENCRANTZ Exeunt toi, ajar de H a m l e t .
Will't please you go, my lord? 30 Tot ce se-ntmpl vine mpotriv-mi,
HAMLET Dnd pinteni rzbunrii-mi! Ce e omul,
I'll be with you straight, go a little before. Cnd bunul lui cel mai de pre i inta
Exeunt all but H ami e t.
Snt doar s doarm i s-nghit?-0 fiar!
How all occasions do inform against me,
And spur my dull revenge! What is a man,
If his chief good and market of his time*
Be but to sleep and feed? a beast, no more. 35
Act IV Scene 4 Actul IV Scena 4 2*9
Sure, he that made us with such large
discourse,*
Looking before and after, gave us not
That capability and god-like reason*
To fust in us unused. Now, whether it be
Bestial oblivion, or some craven scruple to
Of thinking too precisely on the event,
A thought which, quartered, hath but one
part wisdom
And ever three parts coward, I do not
know
Why yet I live to say "this thing's to do,"
Sith I have cause, and will, and strength,
and means **
To do't. Examples gross as earth exhort
me;
Witness this army of such mass and charge,
Led by a delicate and tender prince,
Whose spirit with divine ambition puffed
Makes mouths at the invisible event,
50
Exposing what is mortal and unsure
To all that fortune, death, and danger dare,
Even for an egg-shell. Rightly to be great*
Is not to stir without great argument,
But greatly to find quarrel in a straw
When honour's at the stake. How stand I
then,
That have a father killed, a mother stained,
Excitements of my reason and my blood,
And let all sleep, while to my shame I see
The iminent death of twenty thousand men,* so
That for a fantasy and trick of fame
Go to their graves like beds, fight for a plot
Whereon the numbers cannot try the cause.
Which is not tomb enough and continent
Acel ce ne-a-nzestrat cu-nelepciune,
Ce vede tot n urm i-nainte.
El nu ne-a dat din venic sfnta-i minte
S rncezeasc-n noi, nefolosit;
Dar fie c-i uitare dobitoac
Sau fie numai grij -amntoare
De-a ti prea bine ce e de tiut,
O parte doar e-n ea de-nelepciune,
Iar trei snt numai neputin nu tiu
De ce mai spun aceasta-i de fcut",
Cnd, ca s-o fac, am mijloace, putere
i-ndreptire. Pilde mari m-ndeamn,
Dovad oastea-att de grea i deas,
Supus-acelui palid cpitan,
Cu inima de zeu i cruia
Puin psndu-i ce e s se-ntmple,
i-arunc-n vnt fiina-i pieritoare,
Se ia de piept cu soarta i cu moartea
Doar pentru coaja oului. Mre
E nu s arzi doar pentru pricini mari,
Ci s te-aprinzi chiar pentru-un fir de pai
Cnd cinstea-i nsi este-n joc; iar eu,
Cu tat-ucis, cu mam pngrit,
Cu sngele i cugetul n flcri,
Las totu-n aipire, n timp ce vd,
Spre marea mea ruine, zeci de mii
55 De oameni drzi, sortii curndei mori,
C pentru-o toan, numai, de renume,
Ei merg ctre morminte ca la paturi,
C lupt pentru-un petic de pmnt,
Pe care n-au nici loc destul s lupte
i nici mormnt att de larg s-ncap
260 Act IV Scene i Actul IV Scena 5 261
To hide the slain? O, from this time forth,* *5 Pe cei ucii. De-acum, tu, via-a mea,
My thoughts be bloody, or be nothing noat-n snge ca s-nsemni ceva.
worth! Exit.
Exit.
Scene 5 Scena 5
A few days later. Cteva zile mai trziu.
Ekinore. A room in the castle. Elsinore. O ncpere n castel.
Enter Q u e e n , H o r a t i o and a G e n t l e m a n . Intr R e g i n a , H o r a t i o i un G e n t i l o m .

QUEEN REGINA
I will not speak with her. Nimic nu am cu dnsa de vorbit.
GENTLEMAN GENTILOMUL
She is importunate, indeed distract:* Dar struie; znatic, cum este,
Her mood will needs be pitied. l-ar prinde bine-o mngiere.
QUEEN REGINA
What would she have? Ce vrea?
GENTLEMAN
GENTILOMUL
She speaks much of her father, says she
Vorbete despre tat-su, de zvonuri,
hears De curse-ntinse i se bate-n piept;
There's tricks i' the world, and hems and
Se-nfurie din mai nimic i spune
beats her heart, t
Cuvinte n doi peri, fr-neles;
Spurns enviously at straws, speaks things
i totui vorba-i dezlnat-ndeamn
in doubt,*
That carry but half sense: her speech is Pe ci ascult s i-o potriveasc
Pe gndul lor i s-i gseasc-un fir;
nothing.
Yet the unshaped use of it doth move Iar ea, fcnd cu ochiul, dnd din cap.
The hearers to collection; they aim at it,
And botch the words up fit to their own
thoughts; io
Which, as her winks, and nods, and gestures
yield them,
262 Act IV Scene 5
 Indeed would make one think there might Actul IV Scena 5
be thought,
Though nothing sure; yet much unhappily. 263
HORATIO
'Twere good she were spoken with, for she Ajut clevetirea cui ar crede
C tie multe, fr-a ti nimic.
may strew
Dangerous conjectures in ill-breeding minds, s HORATIO
QUEEN E bine s-o primii; s nu mai dea
Let her come in. De bnuit la mini ruvoitoare.
Exit G e n t l e m a n . Exit G e n t i l o m u l .
REGINA
(aside) To my sick soul, as sin's true nature is,
Each toy seems prologue to some great (aparte) S intre,-atunci.
Bolnav-n cuget, vinovatei firi
amiss:
So full of artless jealousy is guilt,* Nimicu-i semn de negre prevestiri;
It spills itself in fearing to be spilt. 20 De culp plin, n temerea-i uoar,
Re-enter G e n t l e m a n with O p h e l i a . Pcatul, singur, d pe din afar.
OPHELIA Intr din nou G e n t i l o m u l cu O p h e l i a .
Where is the beauteous majesty of Denmark? OPHELIA
QUEEN Dar unde-i mndra majestate dan?
How now, Ophelia? REGINA
OPHELIA Ophelia, snt aici!
(sings) How should I your true love know* OPHELIA
From another one? (cnt) Fiind ctt alii, care-i semnul
By his cockle hat and staff 25 Iubitului tu drag?
And his sandal shoon. El poart-un melc la plrie,
QUEEN Sandale i toiag.
Alas, sweet lady, what imports this song? REGINA
OPHELIA Vai, dulce lady, ce e acest cntec?
Say you? nay, pray you, mark.
OPHELIA
(sings) He is dead and gone, lady* Ai spus ceva? Nu, rogu-v, tcere!
He is dead and gone, 30
(Cnt.) E mort, s-a dus, s-a dus, my lady,
At his head a grass-green turf,
At his heels a stone. E mort, i-acum s-a dus,
O ho! Sub tlpi o piatr, iar la cap
QUEEN Un strat de flori i-au pus.
Nay, but Ophelia, Oh, oh!
REGINA
Ophelia,
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OPHELIA OPHELIA
Pray you, mark. V rog, tcere!
(sings) White his shroud as the mountain (Cnt.) Linoliu-i alb ca neaua de pe munte...
snow, Intr Rege le.
Enter King. REGINA
QUEEN Privete-o, vai! my lord!
Alas, look here, my lord. OPHELIA
(cnt) E semnat cu flori,
35 Pe care jalea-i nu le ud
OPHELIA Cu-o ploaie de plnsori.
(sings.) Larded all with sweet flowers; REGELE
Which bewept to the grave did not go Ce faci, dulce lady?
With true-love showers.
OPHELIA
KING
Bine, Domnul s v aib-n paz! Se spune c
How do you, pretty lady? bufnia era o fat de brutar. Mrite lord, cu
OPHELIA toii tim ce sntem, dar nu i tot ce s-ar putea
Well, God 'ild you! They say the owl was 40 s fim. La masa voastr-aplece-i Domnul
a baker's daughter. Lord, we know what* chipul!
we are, but know not what we may be.
REGELE
God be at your table!
Vreo-nchipuire despre tatl ei.
KING OPHELIA
Conceit upon her father. V rog, nici un cuvnt despre asta; dar lumea
OPHELIA dac-ntreab, s rspundei.
Pray, let's have no words of this, but when (Cnt.) Chiar mine este Sfntul Valentin:
they ask you what it means, say you this: Cu toii-n zori de zi;
(sings) To-morrow is Saint Valentine's day,* Iar eu, fecioar, la fereastr-i
All in the morning betime, Vreau Valentin a-i fi.
And I a maid at your window, Din timp se scoal el, se-mbrac,
To be your Valentine. so i uii i d brnci;
Then up he rose, and donned Ms clothes, i intr fata, ns fat
And dupped the chamber-door, N-a mai plecat de-atunci.
Let in the maid, that out a maid REGELE
Never departed more. Dulce Ophelia I
KING OPHELIA
Pretty Ophelia! 55 n adevr, dar fr jurmnt, voi pune capt
OPHELIA cntecului!
Indeed, without an oath, I'll make an end
on't.
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Act IV Scene i
 (sings) By Gis and by Saint Charity, (Cnt.) Pe sfinii scrii in calendar,
Alack, and fie for shame! Vai mie, ce ruine!
Young men will do't, if they come lo't, La fel fac toi brbaii tineri;
By cock, they are to blame. Mustrai-i mult i bine.
Nainte de-a-i cdea n pat,
80 Vorbeai de cununie.
Quoth she, before you tumbled me, Iar el rspunde:
You promised me to wed. De nu cdeai la mine-n pat,
He answers: De mult mi-erai soie.
So would I ha'done, by yonder sun, REGELE
An thou hadst not come to my bed. 5 De cnd e-n starea asta?
KING
OPHELIA
How long hath she been thus?
Cred c totul va merge bine. Trebuie rbdare,
OPHELIA dei nu pot dect s plng la gndul c l-au
I hope all will be well, we must be patient, ntins sub bulgrii-ngheai. Dar frate-meu va
but I cannot choose but weep to think they ti i asta, aa c eu v mulumesc de sfatul
would lay him i' the cold ground, my brother bun. Trsura! Noapte bun, doamnelor; v
shall know of it, and so I thank you 70 spun dar noapte bun, scumpe doamne; aa
for your good counsel. Come, my coach!* c noapte bun, noapte bun.
Good night, ladies, good night sweet ladies, Exit.
good night, good night.
REGELE
Exit. Urmeaz-o i, te rog, pzete-o bine.
KING Exit H o r a t i o .
Follow her close, give her good watch, I
E-n ea otrava-adncii suferine
pray you. De tatl mort. Gertruda mea, Gertrud,
Exit H o r a t i o . Durerile, cnd vin, nu snt iscoade,
O. this is the poison of deep grief; it Ci oti! nti, scump tatl ei ucis;
springs 75 Apoi, plecarea fiului tu, singur
All from her father's death: O Gertrude, De vin-n drept surghiunul lui: poporul.
Gertrude, Cu mintea-i nentreag, tot optete
When sorrows come, they come not single
spies,
But in battalions. First, her father slain;
Next, your son gone, and he most violent
author
Of his own just remove; the people muddied, 80
Thick and unwholesome in their thoughts
and whispers
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Act IV Scene S
269
For good Polonius' death: and we have done
but greenly,* De moartea lui Polonius; poate c
In hugger-mugger to inter him: poor
Iy-am ngropat prea-n grab i-n ascuns.
Ophelia*
Ophelia, srmana, fr mintea
Divided from herself, and her fair judge- Fr de care toi am fi nu oameni,
ment, * Ci zugrveli sau chiar curate fiare;
Without the which we are pictures, or mere i, n sfrit, ct toate la un loc,
beasts; 85 Sosi-n ascuns i frate-su din Frana;
Ivast, and as much containing as all these, l pate spaima, st ntunecat,
Her brother is in secret come from France, i snt destui uiertori s-i umple
Feeds on his wonder, keeps himself in Urechea cu veninul oaptei lor,
clouds, * Iar el cerind asupra morii tiri,
And wants not buzzers to infect his ear Nimic nu-i va opri s ne arate
With pestilent speeches of his father's Cu degetul. O, scumpa mea Gertruda,
death; 90 Acestea toate-s tot attea gloane
Wherein necessity, of matter beggared, Ce Cad asupr-mi. (Zgomot afar.)
Will nothing stick our person to arraign REGINA
In ear and ear. O my dear Gertrude, this, Ce se-aude oare?
I/ike to a murdering-piece, in many places* Intr un alt G e n t i l o m .
Gives me superfluous death. (A noise within.) REGELE
QUEEN Switzerii unde-s? Paz la intrare!
Alack, what noise is this? 96 Intr un T r i m i s .
Enter another G e n t l e m a n De ce e vorba?
KING TRIMISUL
Attend, where are my Switzers? Let them Ascundei-v, my lord:
guard the door.* Oceanu-u revrsare peste rmuri
Enter a M e s s e n g e r . Nici el mai nemilos nu-nghite-ntinderi
What is the matter? Ca tnrul I^aertes, rsculat,
n fruntea otii. Gloata-i spune lord;
MESSENGER
Save yourself, my lord:
The ocean, overpeering of his list,
Eats not the flats with more impiteous
haste* 100 b

Than young I^aertes in a riotous head

O'erbears your officers: the rabble call him
lord;
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270 Act IV Scene S
i totu-i parc la-nceputul lumii:
And, as the world were now but to begin. Istoria i datina-s uitate
Antiquity forgot, custom not known, Ca temelii de fapt i cuvnt;
The ratifiers aud props of every word, 105 Toi strig: Ales-am rege pe Laertes!"
They cry "Choose we; Laertes shall be i dnd n nori cu plria, url:
king!" Laertes, rege, regele Laertes!"
Caps, hands and tongues applaud it to the REGINA
clouds; Ce veseli snt c-adulmec greit!
"Laertes shall be king, Laertes king!" O, alta-i urma, cini fr miros! (Zgomot afar.)
QUEEN REGELE
How cheerfully on the false trail they cry! Au spart intrarea.
O, this is counter, you false Danish dogs!* no Intr L a e r t e s , narmat, urmat de D a n e z i .
(Noise within.) LAERTES
KING Pe rege l cat! Stai, domnilor, afar.
The doors are broke. DANEZII
Enter L a e r t e s , armed; Danes following. Nu, nu, nuntru!
LAERTES LAERTES
Where is this king? Sirs, stand you all Rogu-v, mi dai voie.
without. DANEZII
DANES i dm, i dm.
No, let's come in. Se retrag dincolo de us.
LAERTES LAERTES
I pray you, give me leave. Pzii intrarea. O, rege prea mrav,
DANES S-mi dai pe tata!
We will, we will. REGINA
They retire without the door. Bunule Laertes!
LAERTES LAERTES
I thank you: keep the door. O thou vile Un strop de snge bun, i am alt tat,
king, us Pe tata-nmormntndu-1, iar pe mama
Give me my father!
QUEEN
Calmly, good Laertes.
LAERTES
That drop of blood that's calm proclaims
me bastard,
Cries cuckold to my father, brands the
harlot
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272 Act IV Scene 5 273

Even here, between the chaste unsmirched Cu vorba trf nfiernd-o ntre
brow Neprihnitele-i sprncene.
Of my true mother. REGELE
KING Ce-i,
What is the cause, Laertes, 120 Laertes, n rscoala-i uria?
That thy rebellion looks so giant-like? Gertruda, las-1; n-avea nici o team:
Let him go, Gertrude; do not fear our Pe regi dumnezeirea-i nconjoar
person:* Cu-un gard prin care viclenia-i poate
There's such divinity doth hedge a king, Zri, dar nu i s-i ating. Spune,
That treason can but peep to what it would, De ce te-aprinzi att? Gertruda, las-1;
Acts little of his will. Tell me, Laertes, 125 Vorbete.
Why thou art thus incensed: let him go, LAERTES
Gertrude: Unde-i tata?
Speak, man. REGELE
Mort.
LAERTES
Where is my father? REGINA
Dar nu de rege.
KING
Dead. REGELE
Gertruda, las; ntrebe tot ce vrea.
QUEEN
LAERTES
But not by him.
E mort, dar cum? Eu nu pot fi-nelat;
KING La iad, credina! Ce-am jurat, la dracu!
Let him demand his fill. Chiar sufletu-mi, n groapa cea mai neagr!
LAERTES nfrunt osnda venic.-Am ajuns
How came he dead? I'll not be juggled withti3o C las deoparte lumile-amndou
To hell, allegiance! vows, to the blackest i orice-ar fi, vreau numai s rzbun
devil! Pe tata.
Conscience and grace, to the profoundest REGELE
pit! Cine-i poate sta-mpotriv?
I dare damnation: to this point I stand, LAERTES
That both the worlds I give to negligence, Nici lumea-ntreag, doar voina mea.
Let come what comes; only I'll be revenged 135
Most throughly for my father.
KING
Who shall stay you?
LAERTES
My will, not all the world's:
274 Act IV Scene f Actul IV Scena S 27f
 And for my means, I'll husband them so well, i mijloacele mi le-oi drmui
They shall go far with little. S scot destul din prea puin.
KING REGELE
Good Laertes, I^aertes,
If you desire to know the certainty De vrei s tii curatul adevr
Asupra morii tatlui, e scris
i4o n rzbunarea-i ca s-nhai de-a valma
Of your dear father, is't writ in your revenge Prieteni i dumani?
That, sweepstake, you will draw both friend
LAERTES
and foe,
Doar pe dumani.
Winner and loser?
REGELE
LAERTES Atunci, i i cunoti?
None but his enemies.
LAERTES
KING
Will you know them then? in larg deschise brae pentru prieteni;
LAERTES i viaa chiar mi-o dau ca pelicanul,
To his good friends thus wide I'll ope my Ce sngele-i mparte.
arms; 145 REGELE
And, like the kind life-rendering pelican, Eh, da, acum
Repast them with my blood. Vorbeti ca bun fecior de neam, cum eti.
KING C n-am n cruda-i moarte nici o vin
Why, now you speak i snt eu nsumi foarte-ndurerat,
I/ike a good child and a true gentleman. Ca-n zorii zilei mintea-i va vedea
That I am guiltless of your father's death De limpede.
And am most sensibly in grief for it, 150 DANEZII
It shall as level to your judgement 'pear* (din ajar) Lsai-o dar s intre.
As day does to your eye. LAERTES
Ce zgomot e acesta?
DANES
(within) I/et her come in. Intr din nou O p h e l i a .

LAERTES Mnie, seac-mi creierii! Srate

How now, what noise is that? De apte ori, orbii-m, voi, lacrimi!
Re-enter O p h e l i a .
Sminteala-i voi plti-o greu, nct
S-ncline orice cumpeni. Scump sor!
O heat, dry up my brains! tears seven times
salt,
Burn out the sense and virtue of mine eye! 155
By heaven, thy madness shall be paid
with weight
Till our scale turn the beam. O rose of May,
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Dear maid, kind sister, sweet Ophelia! Codan dulce, trandafir de mai!
O heavens! is't possible a young maid's O, Doamne, drept e mintea unei fete
wits S piar-aa cum piere btrneea?
Should be as mortal as an old man's life? io tiam c firea-n dragoste se-nal
Nature is fine in love, and where 'tis fine,* i d din sine tot ce-i mai de pre
It sends some precious instance of itself Fiinei dragi.
After the thing it loves. OPHELIA
OPHELIA (cint) L-au dus descoperit n racla,
(sings.) They bore him barefaced on the bier: Tra-la, tra-la, tra-la-la-la;
Hey non nonny, nonny, hey nonny:* w$ i-n groap lacrimi au plouat,
And in his grave rained many a tear, Drum bun, o! drag hulub!
Fare you well, my dove! LAERTES
LAERTES Cu mintea-ntreag, n-ai putea mai mult
Hadst thou thy wits and didst persuade S-ndemni la rzbunare.
revenge, OPHELIA
It could not move thus. (cnt) Cntati cu toii-adnc, adine
OPHELIA i zicei-i pe nume-adnc.
(sings.) You must sing a-down, a-down,* no O, cum se-ntoarce roata! Vicleanul paznic a
An you call him a-down-a. furat fata stpnului.
O, how the wheel becomes it! It is the false * LAERTES
steward that stole his master's daughter. Nimicul ei spune mai mult dect orice neles.
LAERTES OPHELIA
This nothing's more than matter. Pentru-amintire, iat rozmarin; te rog, iubite,
OPHELIA amintete-i; i iat pansele, ca s visezi.
There's rosemarj^, that's for remembrance;* 175 LAERTES
pray you, love, remember; and there is n nebunia ei, ce-nvtur! Visarea se potri-
pansies, that's for thoughts.
vete cu-amintirea.
LAERTES OPHELIA
A document in madness, thoughts and re- i iat, ie, un fir de mrar i colombine; iar
membrance fitted.
ie, iat, un fir de cimbrior; am dou-trei i
OPHELIA pentru mine; e iarba sfintelor duminici. O,
There's fennel for you, and columbines; there's 180 poart-i bine cimbriorul. Poftim i-o rom-
rue for you, and here's some for me, we nit; a vrea s-i dau cteva micunele, dar
may call it herb of grace o' Sundays, you
may wear your rue with a difference; there's
a daisy; I would give you some violets, but
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they withered all when my father died; they 185
Actul IV Scena 5
say he made a good end,
(sings.) For bonnie sweet Robin is all my s-au uscat cnd tata a murit; se spune c-a
joy.* sfrit-o cretinete,
LAERTES (Cnt.) Robin cel blind e viaa mea ntreag.
Thought and afflictions, passion, hell
LAERTES
itself, Dureri i doruri, patimi, iadul nsui,
She turns to favour and to prettiness. Ea-n flori i fericire le preschimb.
OPHELIA OPHELIA
(sings.) And will let not come again?*
(cnt) i nu va mai veni-napoi?
190 Si nu va mai veni-napoi?
And will let not come again? Nu, nu, a rposat,
No, no, he is dead, S-a-ntins pe-al morii pat
Go to thy death-bed, i nu va mai veni-napoi.
He never will come again. Ca neaua era barba lui
i-ntreg acoperit cu in;
His beard was as white as snow, 195
S-a dus, n cer s-a dus,
Flaxen was his poll:
La mntuire sus,
He is gone, he is gone,
Destul cu pins i cu suspin!
And we cast away moan,
Dar pentru toate sufletele cretineti, m rog
God ha' mercy on his soul!
eu lui Dumnezeu. V las cu Domnul.
And of all Christian souls, I pray God. 200
Exit.
God be wi' you.
Exit. LAERTES
O, Doamne, poi rbda aceasta?
LAERTES
Do you see this, o God? REGELE
Durerea ta o-mprtesc, I,aertes,
KING
i dreptu-acesta nu-mi poi lua. Te du,
I^aertes, I must commune with your grief.
Alege-i cei mai nelepi prieteni,
Or you deny me right. Go but apart,
i ei s ne supun judecii;
Make choice of whom your wisest friends
Iar dac ei, de-a drept sau lturalnic,
you will, 205
Afla-m-vor de vin,-i dau regatul,
And they shall hear and judge 'twixt you
and me;
If by direct or by collateral hand
They find us touched, we will our kingdom
give,
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Our crown, our life, and all that we call 281

ours,
Coroana, viaa, tot ce este-al nostru;
To you in satisfaction; but if not,
Iar dac nu, atuncea ca supus
210 S-i lai rbdarea-u minile-mi regeti,
Be you content to lend your patience to us, Ca inima-mbinndu-ne-o cu-a ta,
And we shall jointly labour with your soul S-i dm dreptatea cuvenit.
To give it due content. LAERTES
LAERTES Fie;
I/et this be so. Cci chipul morii, tainica-ngropare,
His means of death, his obscure funeral, Nu spad, nu trofee i nimic
No trophy, sword, nor hatchment o'er his Din rnduiala spiei lui strvechi,
bones,* 218 Pstrat sub pecei, e strigtor la cer;
No noble rite, nor formal ostentation, i in s aflu totul.
Cry to be heard, as 'twere from heaven to REGELE
earth, Vei afla;
That I must call't in question. Aflnd, securea cad ns grea.
KING Te rog s m-nsoeti.
So you shall; Exeunt.
And where the offence is, let the great axe
fall.
I pray you, go with me. 220
Exeunt. Scena 6
Alt ncpere a castelului.
Intr H o r a t i o i un S l u j i t o r .
Scene 6
HORATIO
Another room in the castle
Dar cine snt i ce vor ei s-mi spun?
Enter H o r a t i o and a S e r v a n t .
SLUJITORUL
Snt marinari: spun c v-aduc nite
scrisori.
HORATIO
What are they would speak with me? Exit S l u j i t o r u l.

SERVANT
Sea-faring men, sir: they say they have
letters for you.
Exit S e r v a n t .
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283
HORATIO
Let them come in.
I do not know from what part of the world 5
I should be greeted, if not from Lord
Hamlet.
Enter S a i l o r s .
FIRST SAILOR
God bless you, sir.
HORATIO
Let him bless thee too.
FIRST SAILOR
He shall, an't please him. There's a letter
for you, sir, it came from the ambassador io
that was bound for England, if your name
be Horatio, as I am let to know it is.
HORATIO
(reads) "Horatio, when thou shalt have over-
looked this, give these fellows some means
to the king: they have letters for him. Ere 15
we were two days old at sea, a pirate of
very warlike appointment gave us chase;
finding ourselves too slow of sail, we put on
a compelled valour, and in the grapple I board-
ed them, on the instant they got clear of our 20
ship, so I alone became their prisoner. They
have dealt with me like thieves of mercy, *
but they knew what they did; I am to do
a turn for them. Let the king have the let-
ters I have sent, and repair thou to me with 25
as much speed at thou wouldest fly death;
I have words to speak in thine ear will make
thee dumb, yet are they much too light
for the bore of the matter. These good fel-*
lows will bring thee where I am. Rosencrantz 30
and Guildenstern hold their course for En-
HORATIO
S intre.
Din nici o parte-a lumii veti eu nu tiu
S pot primi dect de la lord Hamlet.
Intr M a r i n a r i .
PRIMUL MARINAR
Dumnezeu s v binecuvnte, domnule.
HORATIO
Asemeni, bine-te-cuvnte.
PRIMUL MARINAR
Dac va binevoi, domnule. Iat o scrisoare
pentru dumneavoastr; e de la ambasadorul
trimis n Englitera; dac v numii n adevr
Horatio, aa cum mi s-a spus.
HORATIO
(citete) Horatio, dup ce vei fi citit scrisoa-
rea, nlesnete acestor prieteni s poat vedea
pe rege; au unele scrisori pentru el. Nici dou
zile nu se mpliniser de cnd cltoream pe
mare, cnd un pirat narmat stranic de rzboi
ne puse pe fug. Socotind noi nine c nu
puteam naviga dect prea ncet, ne-am luat
curajul n dini i, n ncierare, eu am srit
n corabia dumanilor; dar ntr-o clipit ei
se desprinser de corabia noastr, aa c rmsei
n minile lor. E drept c s-au purtat cu mine
ca nite hoi cumsecade; tiau ei ns ce fac;
la rndul meu, i n schimb, i voi rsplti din
plin. F n aa fel ca regele s primeasc scri-
sorile pe care i le-am trimis; iar tu alearg la
mine mai iute dect ai fugi de moarte. Am unele
lucruri de spus ntre patru ochi, care te vor
amui, dei nu snt dect foarte palide pe lng
adevrul tiut numai de mine. Aceti buni
prieteni te vor aduce unde m aflu eu. Rosen-
crantz i Guildenstern i vd de drum spre
284 Act IV Scene 7 Actul IV Scena 7 28i
gland: of them I have much to tell thee. Englitera; am multe s-i spun i despre ei.
Farewell. He that thou knowest thine, Cu bine. Acela pe care l tii al tu,
HAMI.ET." HAMI.ET"

Come, I will give you way for these your Venii, ca drum ndat s deschid
letters; Scrisorilor, iar apoi, ntr-un suflet,
And do't the speedier, that you may direct I,a cel ce v trimise s m ducei.
me 35 Exeunt.
To him from whom you brought them.
Exeunt.
Scene 7 Scena 7
Another room in the castle. Alt ncpere a castelului.
Enter King and L a e r t e s . Intr R e g e l e si L a e r t e s .

KING REGELE
Now must your conscience my acquittance Acuma d-mi sigiliul mpcrii,
seal, i-n inim primete-m prieten
And you must put me in your heart for De-ndat ce urechile-i aflar
friend, C ucigaul scumpului tu tat
Sith you have heard, and with a knowing Vna chiar viaa mea.
ear, LAERTES
That he which hath your noble father slain Aa e; dar
Pursued my life. De ce n-ai pedepsit aceste-isprvi
LAERTES Att de crunte-n firea lor cumplit,
It well appears: but tell me 5 Aa cum mintea i-aprarea voastr
Why you proceeded not against these feats, Urmau s v ndemne?
So crimeful and so capital in nature, REGELE
As by your safety, wisdom, all things else, O, ndoit
You mainly were stirred up.
KING
O, for two special reasons,
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Act IV Scene 7
 Which may to you perhaps seem much
unsinewed,* 10
But yet to me they're strong. The queen
his mother
Ivives almost by his looks; and for myself
My virtue or my plague, be it either which
She's so conjunctive to my life and soul,*
That, as the star moves not but in his sphere, 15
I could not but by her. The other motive,
Why to a public count I might not go,
Is the great love the general gender bear
him;
Who, dipping all his faults in their affection,
Work, like the spring that turneth wood to
stone,* 20
Convert his gyves to graces, so that my
arrows, *
Too slightly timbered for so loud a wind,
Would have reverted to my bow again,
But not where I have aimed them.
LAERTES
And so have I a noble father lost; 25
A sister driven into desperate terms,
Whose worth, if praises may go back again,
Stood challenger on mount of all the age
For her perfections: but my revenge will
come.
KING
Break not your sleeps for that: you must
not think 30
That we are made of stuff so flat and dull*,
That we can let our beard be shook with
danger *
And think it pastime. You shortly shall
hear more;
I loved your father and we love ourself;
Cuvnt avut-am, i-nc prea temeinic,
Dei-1 poi lua nebrbtesc. Regina,
Ca mam, vede doar prin ochii lui, iar eu
Noroc sau nenoroc, i zici cum vrei
O simt att de strns a vieii mele,
nct, ca steaua care nu se-nvrte
Dect n sfera ei, nici eu nu pot
Tri fr de dnsa. Alt cuvnt,
C fapta-i crunt n-am dat la iveal,
E dragostea ce-i poart lumea-ntreag,
i care, vina-n dragoste scldndu-i,
Ca apele ce schimb lemnu-n piatr,
l-ar fi mutat ctuele-n inele,
Iar, firave, sgeile-mi, zburnd
n vntul lumii aprig, s-ar fi-ntors,
Uitndu-i inta, iari ctre arc.
LAERTES
i astfel eu pierdui un vrednic tat
i aruncat-n dezndejde,-o sor,
Al crei merit, de mai pot trecutul
S-1 laud, sta pe-un vrf de munte fa
De-al vremii ei. Dar m voi rzbuna!
REGELE
Nu-i pierde somnul cu-acest gnd, s nu crezi
C regele-i un lut nesimitor
i c-ar putea sfidarea-i nebuneasc
S-o ia drept glum.-Ascult.-ascult nc:
ineam la tatl tu cum in la mine,
288 Act IV Scene 7 Act id IV Scena 7 289
 And that, I hope, will teach you to imagine 35 i asta, cred, te-nva s-i nchipui
Enter a M e s s e n g e r , with letters. Intr un T r i m i s , cu scrisori.
How now! what news? Ce e? Ce veti?
MESSENGER TRIMISUL
letters, my lord, from Hamlet I Scrisori de la lord Hamlet:
This to your majesty; this to the queen* A majestii-voastre i-a reginei.
KING REGELE
From Hamlet? who brought them? Lord Hamlet! Cum, dar cine le-a adus?
MESSENGER TRIMISUL
Sailors, my lord, they say; I saw them not: Aud, my lord, c marinari; dar nu tiu;
They were given me by Claudio; he received Claudio mi le-a dat; el le-a primit
them 40 Din mna cui le-aduse.
Of him that brought them. REGELE
KING (ctre L a e r t e s ) Ascult, dar, Laertes.
(to L a e r t e s ) Laertes, you shall hear them. Tu du-te.
Leave us. Exit T r i m i s u l .
Exit M e s s e n g e r . (Citete.) nlate i puternice lord, vei ti c
(Reads). "High and mighty, you shall know m aflu gol n regatul vostru. Mine v voi ceri
I am set naked on your kingdom. To-mor- ngduina s vd regetii votri ochi; cern-
row shall I beg leave to see your kingly 45 du-v mai nti iertare, v voi povesti atunci
eyes, when I shall, first asking your pardon, mprejurarea neateptatei i mai mult dect
thereunto, recount the occasion of my sudden ciudatei mele napoieri.
and more strange return. HAMI<ET"
HAMT,BT"
Ce poate fi? Dar s-au ntors i ceilali?
What should this mean? Are all the rest
Sau poate totu-i numai nlucire?
come back?* 50
Or is it some abuse and no such thing? LAERTES
Cunoatei scrisul?
LAERTES
Know you the hand? REGELE
E mna lui; o vd n vorba gol"!
KING
Iar n post-script adaug: Snt singur".
'Tis Hamlet's character "Naked" !
D-mi dar un sfat.
And in a postscript here, he says "alone":*
LAERTES
Can you devise me? 56
M simt, my lord, ca ameit. Dar vin.
LAERTES
I am lost in it, my lord. But let him come;
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It warms the very sickness in my heart, 291

That I shall live and tell him to his teeth,*
"Thus diddest thou." Un val fierbinte-n inim-mi se-nal
KING La gndul c-am s pot s-i strig n fa:
If it be so, I^aertes, E fapta ta".
As how should it be so? how otherwise? 60 REGELE
Will you be ruled by me? Dac e-a lui, I^aertes
LAERTES A cui ar putea fi, de nu a lui?
Ay, my lord; Atunci asculi de mine?
So you will not o'errule me to a peace. LAERTES
KING Ascult, my lord;
To thine own peace. If he be now returned, Dar fr-a-mi da porunci, cumva, de pace.
As checking at his voyage, and that he REGELE
means* De pace-n tine. Acum, c el s-a-ntors,
No more to undertake it, I will work him 65 Curmndu-i drumul i fiindc-i greu
To an exploit now ripe in my device, Din nou s-1 mai pornim, am s-1 mbii
Under the which he shall not choose but Cu o isprav ce-mi trecu prin gnd,
fall: Sub care va cdea zdrobit, tiu bine;
And for his death no wind of blame shall De moartea lui nici vntul n-o s sufle;
breathe. Chiar mam-sa urmarea va ierta-o,
But even his mother shall uncharge the Numind-o ntmplare.
practice,*
And call it accident. LAERTES
LAERTES Ascult, my lord;
My lord, I will be ruled; 70 i mai ales dac-ai putea s facei
The rather, if you could devise it so Ca eu s fiu unealta.
That I might be the organ. REGELE
KING Se i cade.
It falls right. S-a spus mult bine-n timpul lipsei tale,
You have been talked of since your travel Chiar Hamlet sta s-asculte, de-nsuirea
much, Prin care, dup unii, strluceti;
And that in Hamlet's hearing, for a quality Nici darurile-i multe, la un loc,
Wherein they say you shine: your sum of N-au fost n stare s-i trezeasc pizma
parts n Ca-ndemnarea-aceea, dup mine,
Did not together pluck such envy from him. De preul cel mai mic.
As did that one, and that in my regard
Of the unworthiest siege.*
292 Act IV Scene 7 Actul IV Scena 7 293
LAERTES LAERTES
What part is that, my lord? Stpne, care?
KING
REGELE
A very riband in the cap of youth,
O panglic la tmpla tinereii,
Dar foarte cuvenit, cci nimic
so
Nu prinde tinereilor mai bine
Yet needful too; for youth no less becomes
Dect uorul port al nepsrii,
The light and careless livery that it wears
Cum i cruntei vrste i se cade
Than settled age his sables and his weeds,*
Mai bine haina neagr i-oblojeala
Importing health and graveness. Two
Cu buruieni. Acum cam dou luni
months since,
Era pe-aici un gentilom normand;
Here was a gentleman of Normandy: 85
i tiu pe frnci, doar am luptat cu ei;
I've seen myself, and served against, the
Clri snt stranici; dar acest viteaz
French,
Era parc vrjit: crescnd din a,
And they can well on horseback: but this
Fcea cu roibul lui minuni, din fru,
gallant*
Had witchraft in't; he grew unto his seat, Prnd cu el c-i una, cal i om
And to such wondrous doing brought his Nscui deodat; att m-a uluit,
horse C n-am putut prin nici un iretlic
As had he been incorpsed, and demi-natured 90 S-i dau de rost.
With the brave beast: so far he passed my LAERTES
thought My lord, era normand?
That, I, in forgery of shapes and tricks, REGELE
Come short of what he did. Normand.
LAERTES LAERTES
A Norman was't? Lamond a fost, pe viaa mea!
KING REGELE
A Norman. Iyamond.
LAERTES LAERTES
Upon my life, Lamond.* l tiu prea bine, este giuvaerul
KING i piatra rar-a gintei lui ntregi.
The very same. 95 REGELE
LAERTES Ei bine, nsui el mrturisea
I know him well: he is the brooch indeed C-ai fi att de meter i stpn
And gem of all the nation.
KING
He made confession of you,
And gave you such a masterly report*

294 Act IV Scene 7
For art and exercise in your defence,
And for your rapier most especially,
That lie cried out, 'twould be a sight indeed
If one could match you: the scrimers of
their nation,
He swore, had neither motion, guard, nor
eye,*
If you opposed them. Sir, this report of his 105
Did Hamlet so envenom with his envy,
That he could nothing do but wish and beg
Your sudden coming o'er, to play with you
Now, out of this
LAERTES
What out of this, my lord?
KING
Laertes, was your father dear to you?
Or are you like the painting of a sorrow,*
A face without a heart?
LAERTES
Why ask you this?
KING
Not that I think you did not love your
father,
But that I know love is begun by time,
And that I see, in passages of proof,
Time qualifies the spark and fire of it.
There lives within the very flame of love
A kind of wick or snuff that will abate it;
And nothing is at a like goodness still,
For goodness, growing to a plurisy,*
120
Dies in his own too much: that we would
do,
We should do when we would; for this
"would" changes
And hath abatements and delays as many
As there are tongues, are hands, are accidents;
f
Actul IV Scena 7
loo 293
Pe arta spadei tale n dueluri,
i spada-ndeosebi i-o proslvea,
C-ar fi ceva nemaivzut de nimeni
ntrecerea-i cu altul; se jura
C nimeni, nici din neamul lui, nu are
Iueal, ochi, fereal i curaj
S-i stea-mpotriv. Lauda-i, Laertes,
Att de mult 1-a otrvit pe Hamlet,
nct nimic n-ateapt i nu cere
Dect venirea ta, ca s v-ntrecei.
i-acum, vezi tu
LAERTES
Da, ce s vd, my lord?
no REGELE
Laertes, oare i-ai iubit tu tatl?
Sau eti doar zugrveala-ndurerrii,
Un chip lipsit de inim?
LAERTES
Dar cum? !
REGELE
Nu cred eu doar c nu l-ai fi iubit,
Dar tiu c dragostea se nate-n timp
us i am dovezi c timpul de asemeni
Aprinderea-n scderi i-o domolete;
n flacra iubirii se ascunde
Un smbure de noapte: e fetila;
Nimic n noi nu st ca la-nceput,
Ci totul crete pn la-nflorire
i piere-n nflorirea-i; tot ce-am vrea
E de fcut cnd vrem, fiindc-a vrea"
Se schimb dup limba ce-1 rostete,
Chiar voia ntmplrii-1 mai amn;
296 Act IV Scene 7 Actul IVScena 7 297
 And then this "should" is like a spendthrift's
Sigh,* 125
That hurts by easing. But, to the quick
o' the ulcer:*
Hamlet comes back: what would you under-
take,
To show yourself indeed your father's son
More than in words?
LAERTES
To cut his throat i' the church.
KING
No place indeed should murder sanctuarize;i30
Revenge should have no bounds. But, good
Ivaertes,
Will you do this, keep close within your
chamber.
Hamlet returned shall know you are come
home:
We'll put on those shall praise your excellence
And set a double varnish on the fame 135
The Frenchman gave you; bring you in fine
together
And wager on your heads: he, being remiss,
Most generous and free from all contriving,
Will not peruse the foils, so that with ease,
Or with a little shuffling, you may choose uo
A sword unbated, and in a pass of practice
Requite him for your father.
LAERTES
I will do't;
And for that purpose I'll anoint my sword.
I bought an unction of a mountebank.
So mortal, that but dip a knife in it, us
Where it draws blood, no cataplasm so rare,
Collected from all simples that have virtue*
i-atunci rmne fapta doar suspin
Nesocotit. Dar s-apsam pe ran:
Se-ntoarce Hamlet; ce-ai de gnd s faci
Ca s te-ari fiu bun n ce ve? face,
Iar nu-n cuvinte?
LAERTES
l spintec lng-altar.
REGELE
E drept c locul nu-1 poate sfini;
Iar rzbunarea-i fr margini; dar, I^aertes,
Atunci te-nchide-n cas ctva timp,
i Hamlet afle-aci c te-ai ntors;
Voi pune lume s te-nale-n slvi,
S dea-ndoit strlucire faimei
Din vorbele lui I/mond; i vom face
Prinsori pe mna voastr; nct el, slab,
Cum tii, dar ndrzne i-n cuget drept,
Uitnd de arme-nti s le ia seama,
Tu vei putea alege prea uor,
Sau fie chiar cu-un iretlic anume,
Floreta fr bont, i ntr-o clip
A luptei, te rzbuni.
LAERTES
Voi face-ntocmai;
i pentru-aceasta i otrvesc i vrful.
Am luat de la un vraci o alifie
n care-o limb de oel de-nmoi
i zgrii omul, nici o oblojeal,
Cu orice foi de brusturi sau ptlagini,
298 Act IV Scene 7 Actul IV Scena 7 299
 Under the moon, can save the thing from
death
That is but scratched withal. I'll touch my
point
With this contagion, that, if I gall him
slightly, 150
It may be death.
KING
Let's further think of this;
Weigh what convenience both of time and
means
May fit us to our shape: if this should fail,
And that our drift look through our bad
performance,
'Twere better not assayed: therefore this
project155
Should have a back or second, that might
hold
If this did blast in proof. Soft! let me see:
We'll make a solemn wager on your cunnings:
I ha't:
When in your motion you are hot and dry160
As make your bouts more violent to that
end
And that he calls for drink, I'll have prepared
him
A chalice for the nonce, whereon but sipping,*
If he by chance escape your venomed stuck,
Our purpose may hold there. But stay, what
noise? 165
Enter Q u e e n .
How now, sweet queen?
QUEEN
One woe doth tread upon another's heel,
So fast they follow: your sister's drowned,
Laertes-
Din cte cresc sub lun, nu mai poate
S-i scape viaa; cu acest venin
Voi unge vrfu,-nct, numai rnindu-1,
S moar.
REGELE
Stai, s mai gndim puin;
S cumpnim i mijlocul i timpul
Urzelii noastre; dac-i s dm gre,
S ni se vad gndu-n stngcie,
Mai bine nu-ncercm; de-aceea cred
C trebuie s-1 sprijinim cu-un altul,
S izbndim cu-acesta. Stai, s vd;
Vom face deci prinsori, cum am vorbit;
A, da,
n toiul luptei, cnd v vei aprinde
i,-n scopul nostru, - arat-o mare sete,
Cernd s bea, eu, pregtit din timp,
i dau o cup-n care de-i nmoaie
Doar buzele, scpnd de vrful uns,
Noi tot ne-atingem scopul. Ce se-aude?
Intr R e g i n a .
Regin scump, ce e?
REGINA
Durerile vin una dup alta
i-i calc-n urme. Ophelia s-a-necat.
300 Act IV Scene 7 Actul IV Scena 7 301
LAERTES ', LAERTES
Drowned! O, where? Cum s-a-necat?! Dar unde?
QUEEN REGINA
There is a willow grows askant the brook, no E-o salcie ce crete peste-o ap,
That shows his hoary leaves in the glassy n care-i vezi doar partea alb-a frunzei;
stream; S-a dus acolo.-ncins cu ghirlande
Therewith fantastic garlands did she make J De flori uscate,-urzici, pstie roii,
Of crow-flowers, nettles, daisies, and long Tulpini cu nume de ruine, cror
purples, Copile le spun degete-de-mort;
That liberal shepherds give a grosser name, i vrnd s-agae veteda-i cunun
But our cold maids do dead men's fingers De-un ram pletos, o achie-a plesnit,
call them: * 175 Iar ea czu n apa plngtoare
There, on the pendent boughs her coronet Cu flori cu tot. Vemntu-i mai pluti
weeds Un timp, innd-o-not ca pe-o siren:
Clambering to hang, an envious sliver broke, Cnta frnturi de cntece strvechi,
When down her weedy trophies and herself Ca i cum moartea nu-i putea-nelege,
Fell in the weeping brook; her clothes Ca o crias-a valurilor limpezi
spread wide, Trind n lumea ei; vemntu-i, ns,
And mermaid-like a while they bore her up, iso ngreunat de ap,-a rupt-o, biata,
Which time she chanted snatches of old De viersu-i dulce, afundnd-o-n moartea
lauds, Nmolului.
As one incapable of her own distress, > LAERTES
Or like a creature native and inbued Vai mie, s-a-necat!
Unto that element. But long it could not be REGINA
Till that her garments, heavy with their S-a necat, Laertes.
drink, iss i LAERTES
Pulled the poor wretch from her melodious Srman sor, ai destul ap,
lay De-aceea plnsu-mi voi opri; i totui
To muddy death.
LAERTES
Alas, then she is drowned!
QUEEN
Drowned, drowned.
LAERTES
Too much of water hast thou, poor Ophelia,
'>
And therefore I forbid my tears: but yet *90
302 Actul IV Scena 7 303
Act IV Scene 7
 It is our trick: nature her custom holds, Acesta-i omul; firea-i ine legea;
I^et shame say what it will: when these are n lacrimi, zic ce va vrea ruinea,
gone, Noi dm afar pe femeie. Adio!
The woman will be out. Adieu, my lord: Cuvntu-n vlvti mi s-ar preface
I have a speech of fire that fain would blaze, De n-a fi slab.
But that this folly douts it. Exit.
Exit. REGELE
KING Gertruda, dup el!
I/et's follow, Gertrude: 195 Ce cazn-avui turbarea s i-o-nduplec!
How much I had to do to calm his rage! M tem acum din nou s nu se-aprind;
Now fear I this will give it start again; De-aceea, dup el.
Therefore let's follow. Exeunt.
Exeunt.
ACT V A C T U L V
Scene 1
The next day.
A churchyard.
Enter two C l o w n s , with spades and pihes.
FIRST CLOWN
Is she to be buried in Christian burial when
she wilfully seeks her own salvation?*
SECOND CLOWN
I tell thee she is; therefore make her grave
straight: the crowner hath sat on her, and*
5
finds it Christian burial.
FIRST CLOWN
How can that be, unless she drowned herself
in her own defence?
SECOND CLOWN
Why, 'tis found so.
FIRST CLOWN
It must be se offendendo; it cannot be else.*
For here lies the point: if I drown myself 10
wittingly, it argues an act: and an act hath
three branches; it is: to act, to do, to per-
form ; argal, she drowned herself wittingly.
SECOND CLOWN
Nay, but hear you, goodman delver.
FIRST CLOWN
Give me leave. Here lies the water, good; 15
here stands the man, good; if the man go
to this water and drown himself, it is, will
he, nill he, he goes, mark you that; but if
Scena 1
Ziua urmtoare.
Un cimitir.
Intr doi C l o v n i , cu cazmale i tirncoape.
PRIMUL CLOVN
S fie-nmormntat cretinete una care i-a
cutat singur mntuirea?
AL DOILEA CLOVN
i spun, aa va fi; prin urmare, f-i groapa
ct mai iute. Asupra ei s-a rostit judectorul
nsui i a hotrt s-o-ngroape cretinete.
PRIMUL CLOVN
Se poate una ca asta, fr ca ea, necndu-se,
s se fi aprat?
AL DOILEA CLOVN
Ei, aa s-a hotrt.
PRIMUL CLOVN
Trebuie neaprat un se offendendo; altfel, nu
se poate. Fiindc-aici e totul: dac m nec de
bunvoie, asta presupune un fapt, i faptul
are trei pri; adic: a fptui, a face i a nde-
plini: ergu, ea s-a necat de bunvoie.
AL DOILEA CLOVN
Dar ascult puin, tat-gropar.
PRIMUL CLOVN
I^as-m. Va s zic, aici e o ap, bun; aici
e un om, bun; dac omul intr n aceast ap
i se neac, nsemneaz, vrea, nu vrea, c
se-neac, bag de seam; dar dac apa vine
306 Act V Scene 1 Actul V Scena l 307
 the water come to him and drown him, he la el i l neac, el nu se neac singur; ergu,
drowns not himself: argal, he that is not 20 cine nu e vinovat de moartea lui, acela nu-i
guilty of his own death, shortens not his curmeaz viaa.
own life.
AL DOILEA CLOVN
SECOND CLOWN Dar asta e lege?
But is this law?
PRIMUL CLOVN
FIRST CLOWN Bineneles, e legea cercetrii n judecat.
Ay, marry, is't; crowner's quest law.
AL DOILEA CLOVN
SECOND CLOWN Vrei s tii adevrul? Dac fata asta nu era
Will you ha' the truth on't? If this had not 25 de neam mare, n-ar fi fost ngropat cretinete.
been a gentlewoman, she should have been*
PRIMUL CLOVN
buried out o' Christian burial.
ntocmai, i cu att mai mil mi e de oamenii
FIRST CLOWN
de neam, cu ct au, fa de cretinii de rnd,
Why, there thou say'st: and the more pity*
ncurajarea de a se neca sau spnzura ei nii.
that great folk should have countenance in
I,a lucru, dar, cazma. Singurii oameni de neam
this world to drown or hang themselves, 30
mare i spi veche snt grdinarii, sptorii
more than their even Christian. Come, my*
i groparii; ei singuri duc mai departe meseria
spade; there is no ancient gentlemen but
lui Adam.
gardeners, ditchers, and grave-makers: they
hold up Adam's profession. AL DOILEA CLOVN
Era Adam de neam?
SECOND CLOWN
Was he a gentleman? 35 PRIMUL CLOVN
Fi EST CLOWN Pi, el cel dinti a purtat arme.
A' was the first that ever bore arms.* AL DOILEA CLOVN
SEC OND CLOWN Eh, cum, c n-a avut nici una.
Why, he had none. PRIMUL CLOVN
FIRST CLOWN Ce, eti pgn? Cum nelegi tu Sfintele Scrip-
What, art a heathen? How dost thou under- turi? Scriptura zice c Adam spa; puteai spa
stand the Scripture? The Scripture says fr armele lui, uneltele? Am s-i mai pun o
Adam digged: could he dig without arms? 40 alt ntrebare i, dac nu-mi rspunzi adevrat,
I'll put another question to thee: if thou te recunoti tu singur
answerest me not to the purpose, confess* AL DOILEA CLOVN
thyself Fie, spune.
SECOND CLOWN
Go to.
308 Actul V Scena l 309
Act V Scene 1
FIRST CLOWN
What is he that builds stronger than either 45
the mason, the shipwright, or the carpenter?
SECOND CLOWN
The gallows-maker; for that frame outlives a
thousand tenants.
FIRST CLOWN
I like thy wit well, in good faith: the gallows
does well; but how does it well? it does well 50
to those that do ill: no, thou dost ill to
say the gallows is built stronger than the
church: argal, the gallows may do well to
thee. To't again, come.
SECOND CLOWN
"Who builds stronger than a mason, a ship- 55
wright, or a carpenter?"
FIRST CLOWN
Ay, tell me that, and unyoke.*
SECOND CLOWN
Marry, now I can tell.
FIRST CLOWN
To't.
SECOND CLOWN
Mass, I cannot tell.* 60
Enter H a m l e t and H o r a t i o .
FIRST CLOWN
Cudgel thy brains no more about it, for
your dull ass will not mend his pace with*
beating, and when you are asked this ques-
tion next, say 'a grave-maker: the houses
he makes last till doomsday. Go, get thee 65
to Yaughan; and fetch me a stoup of liquor*
Exit Second Clown.
F i r s t Clown digs and sings.
In youth, when I did love, did love*
Methought it was very sweet
PRIMUL CLOVN
Cine cldete mai trainic i dect zidarul, i
dect meteugarul de corbii, i dect dulgherul?
AL DOILEA CLOVN
Cel ce ridic spnzurtori, fiindc spnzurtoarea
triete i dup o mie de spnzurai.
PRIMUL CLOVN
Zu c mi place gluma ta. Bun treab spn-
zurtorile; adic, cum bun treab? bun pen-
tru cei ce fac ru, dar faci ru spunnd c spn-
zurtorile snt cldite mai temeinic dect bise-
rica ; ergu, ai merita o spnzurtoare. Rspunde
nc o dat, hai!
AL DOILEA CLOVN
Cine cldete mai trainic dect zidarul, mete-
ugarul de corbii sau dect dulgherul?"
PRIMUL CLOVN
Aa, rspunde-mi i dejug.
AL DOILEA CLOVN
Oho, am ghicit!
PRIMUL CLOVN
D-i drumul.
AL DOILEA CLOVN
Pe sfnta liturghie c n-am ghicit.
Intr H a m l e t i H o r a t i o .
PRIMUL CLOVN
Eh, nu-i mai bate capul n zadar, fiindc mga-
rul tu molu n-o s-i iueasc cneala din
btaie; cnd i s-o pune ntrebarea, s rspunzi;
groparul; lcaurile pe care le face el in pn
la judecata de apoi. Hai, du-te la Yaughan i
adu-mi un clondir de drojdie.
Exit Al d o i l e a Clovn.
P r i m u l Clovn sap i cnt.
Ca tnr, tot iubind, iubind,
Nimic mai dulce nu-mi prea
310 Act V Scene 1
Actul V'Scena l 311
 To contract, 0, the time, for-a my behove,
0, methought, there a was nothing a meet. 7e Dect s-o duc ntr-un colind
Plcut i-aprins, ca vrsta mea.
HAMLET
Has this fellow no feeling of his business HAMLET
he sings in grave-making? Prietenul acesta nu-i va fi simind meseria,
HORATIO de cnt spnd un mormnt?
Custom hath made it in him a property of HORATIO
easiness.* Obinuina 1-a nvat s nu i-o mai simt.
HAMLET HAMLET
'Tis e'en so: the hand of little employment 75 Aa e, numai mna puin dedat la lucru este
hath the daintier sense. mai simitoare.
FIRST CLOWN PRIMUL CLOVN
(sings.) But age, with his stealing steps* (cnt) Dar anii furiai, trziu,
Hath clawed me in his clutch, n gheare m-ncletar,
And hath shipped me until the land, mpotmolit, eu nu mai tiu
As if I had never been such. 80 Ce-am fost odinioar.
Throws up a skull. Arunc afar o east.
HAMLET HAMLET
That skull had a tongue in it, and could easta-asta a avut cndva o limb care putea
sing once: how the knave jowls it to the s cnte, i cum o trntete ticlosul de pmnt,
ground, as if 'twere Cain's jaw-bone, that ca i cum ar fi flcile lui Cain, care a fcut omo-
did the first murder! This might be the rul dinti! Poate c ceea ce calc n picioare
pate of a politician, which this ass now o'er- 85 acest mgar a fost mutra unui om politic;
reaches; one that would circumvent God,* a unuia care urmrea s prind pe Dumnezeu
might it not? n capcan; nu s-ar putea?
HORATIO Ho RATIO
It might, my lord. Ba da, my lord.
HAMLET HAMLET
Or of a courtier, which could say "Good Sau a unui curtean, care putea spune: Bun di-
morrow, sweet lord? How dost thou, sweet 90 mineaa, scumpe lord! Ce facei, scumpe lord?"
lord"? This might be my lord such-a-one, Poate c mi-e chiar lord cutare, care luda calul
that praised my lord such-a-one's horse, lordului cutric, vrnd s i-1 cear; nu s-ar
when he went to beg it, might it not? putea?
HORATIO Ho RATIO
Ay, my lord. Ba da, my lord.
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313
HAMLET
Why, e'en so: and now my Lady Worm's,* 95
HAMLET
chapless and knocked about the mazzard
Da, da, iar acum este al lordului Vierme; fr
with a sexton's spade: here's fine revolution,
falca de jos i lovit n umerii obrajilor de caz-
an we had the trick to see't; did these bones
maua unui gropar. Minunat rsturnare, dac
cost no more the breeding, but to play at
ne-ar fi dat s-o putem vedea. Att de puin s
loggats with them? mine ache to think on't.* too
fi costat oare plsmuirea acestor oseminte, nct
FIRST CLOWN s poat fi luate drept popice? M dor ale mele
(sings.) A pick-axe, and a spade, a spade, gndindu-m la aceasta.
For and a shrouding sheet:
PRIMUL CLOVN
0, a pit of clay for to be made
(ant) Att: lopat, tmcop,
For such a guest is meet.
Un giulgi fcut din nade,
Throws up another skull.
Un an n care s-l ngrop,
HAMLET E tot ce i se cade.
There's another: why may not that be the * 105 Arunc alt east.
skull of a lawyer? Where be his quiddities
HAMLET
now, his quillets, his cases, his tenures, and
Alta, dar asta n-ar putea fi cpna unui avo-
his tricks? why does he suffer this mad knave
cat? Unde i-or fi acum isteimile, chichiele,
now to knock him about the sconce with
cazurile, ndreptirile i capcanele? Cum de
a dirty shovel and will not tell him of his no
ndur el ca un ticlos de rnd s-l loveasc
action of battery? Hum! This fellow might
n tidv cu o cazma murdar, fr s-l trag
be in's time a great buyer of land, with his
n judecat pentru lovire? Semenul acesta poate
statues, his recognizances, his fines, his
s fi fost, la vremea lui, vrun mare cumpr-
double vouchers, his recoveries: is this the
tor de pmnturi, cu terfeloage, cu mrturii,
fine of his fines and the recovery of his u5
cu globiri, cu cte dou rnduri de idule, cu
recoveries, to have his fine pate full of fine
fel de fel de ntriri asta e globirea globiri-
dirt? will vouchers vouch him no more of
lor lui i ntrirea ntririlor lui, s-i umple
his purchases, and double ones too than the
tarea lui tidv cu pmnt tare? idulele, nici
length and breadth of a pair of indentures?
chiar dou rnduri, nu-i pstreaz, din tot p-
The very conveyances of his lands will 12(>
mntul cumprat, dect ce s-ar putea acoperi cu
scarcely lie in this box, and must the inheritor
dou hroage ? Numai scrisurile pmnturilor lui,
himself have no more, ha?
i abia ar ncpea n aceast cutie; iar el, stpnul
HORATIO lor, s nu aib drept la mai mult, ce zici?
Not a jot more, my lord.
HORATIO
HAMLET Nici un bulgre mai mult, my lord.
Is not parchment made of sheep-skins? HAMLET
Pergamentele nu snt de piele de oaie?
314 Act V Scene 1 Actul V Scena l 31}
HORATIO HORATIO
Ay, my lord, and of calves-skins too. 125 Ba da, my lord, dar i de viel.
HAMLET HAMLET
They are sheep and calves which seek out Toi care se ntresc cu aa ceva snt oi i viei.
assurance in that. I will speak to this fellow. Vreau s vorbesc puin cu acest prieten. Al cui
Whose grave's this, sirrah?* mormnt e, jupne?
FIRST CLOWN PRIMUL CLOVN
Mine, sir. Al meu, domnule.
(sings.) Or a pit of clay for to be made (Cnt.) Un an n care s-l ngrop
For such a guest is meet. iso E tot ce i se cade.
HAMLET HAMLET
I think it be thine indeed, for thou liest in't.* Cred, n adevr, c este al tu, fiindc stai n el.
FIRST CLOWN PRIMUL CLOVN
You lie out on't, sir, and therefore 'tis not Dumneata stai afar, i de aceea nu e al dumi-
yours: for my part, I do not lie in't, and tale; ct despre mine, eu nu stau n el, i totui
yet it is mine. e al meu.
HAMLET HAMLET
Thou dost lie in't, to be in't and say it is 35 Mai stai cu vorba c eti n el i c e al tu;
thine: 'tis for the dead, not for the quick; e al unui mort, nu al unui viu, aa c mai stai
therefore thou liest. cu minciuna.
PRIMUL CLOVN
FIRST CLOWN
Cum s mai stau cu o minciun care nu st
'Tis a quick lie, sir; 'twill away again from
numai la mine, st i la dumneata?
me to you.
HAMLET
HAMLET
uo Crui om i faci groapa?
What man dost thou dig it for?
PRIMUL CLOVN
FIRST CLOWN Nici unui om, domnule.
For no man, sir.
HAMLET
HAMLET Atunci, crei femei?
What woman then?
PRIMUL CLOVN
FIRST CLOWN Nici uneia.
For none neither.
HAMLET
HAMLET Pe cine nmormntai?
Who is to be buried in't?
PRIMUL CLOVN
FIRST CLOWN Pe cineva care a fost femeie, domnule; dar,
One that was a woman, sir; but, rest her 145 odihneasc-i-se sufletul, acum a rposat.
soul, she's dead.
316 Act V Scene 1 Very strangely, they say.

HAMLET
How absolute the knave is! we must speak*
by the card, or equivocation will undo us.
By the Lord, Horatio, this three years I*
have took note of it, the age is grown so 150
picked, that the toe of the peasant comes
so near the heel of the courtier, he galls his
kibe. How long hast thou been grave-maker?
FIRST CLOWN
Of the days i' the year I came to 't that day*
that our last king Hamlet overcame Fortin- *55
bras.
HAMLET
How long is that since?
FIRST CLOWN
Cannot you tell that? every fool can tell
that: it was that very day that young Hamlet
was born: he that is mad and sent into
England.

160
HAMLET
Ay, marry, why was he sent into England?
FIRST CLOWN
Why, because a' was mad; a' shall recover
his wits there; or, if a' do not, 'tis no great
matter there.
HAMLET
Why?

165
FIRST CLOWN
'Twill not be seen in him there; there the
men are as mad as he.
HAMLET
How came he mad?
FIRST CLOWN
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317

HAMLET
Ce sigur de sine e ticlosul! Trebuie s-i vor-
bim ca dup busola marinarilor, altfel ne rpune
cu vorba-i n doi peri. Pe bunul Dumnezeu,
Horatio, de trei ani ncoace m-am nvat cu aa
ceva; vremurile s-au tot ascuit, nct dege-
tul cel mare de la picior al ranului a ajuns
la clciul curteanului, rnindu-i degertura.
De cnd te-ai fcut gropar?
PRIMUL CLOVN
Din acea zi, dintre toate celelalte ale anului,
cnd ultimul nostru rege Hamlet a nvins pe
Fortinbras.
HAMLET
Ct e de-atunci?
PRIMUL CLOVN
Cum, nu tii? Asta tie orice prost: era chiar n
ziua cnd se ntea tnrul Hamlet, la care e
nebun i e trimis n Englitera.
HAMLET
Da, da, c bine zici, dar de ce o fi fost trimes
n Englitera?
PRIMUL CLOVN
Eh, asta e, fiindc era nebun; ca s-i vin n
fire acolo; sau, dac nu i-ar reveni, n-ar fi
mare lucru.
HAMLET
De ce?
PRIMUL CLOVN
Fiindc nici nu se va bga de seam; acolo toi
oamenii snt ca el de nebuni.
HAMLET
Dar cum a-nnebunit?
PRI MUL CLOVN
Foarte neneles, zice-se.
318 Actul V Scena l 319
Act V Scene /

HAMLET
HAMLET
How "strangely"? no Cum neneles" ?
PRIMUL CLOVN
FIRST CLOWN
Pierzndu-i minile, vezi bine.
Faith, e'en with losing his wits.
HAMLET
HAMLET
Pe ce temei?
Upon what ground?
PRIMUL CLOVN
FIRST CLOWN
Pe ce temei! Pe acest temei de temelie al Da-
Why, here in Denmark: I have been sexton
nemarcei ; eu snt gropar pe pmntul ei de-acum
here, man and boy, thirty years.
treizeci de ani, de mic copil, i pn azi, om n
HAMLET toat firea.
How long will a man lie i' the earth ere he "5
HAMLET
rot?
Atunci tii ct timp poate sta un om n pmnt
FIRST CLOWN fr s putrezeasc?
V faith, if a' be not rotten before a' die
PRIMUL CLOVN
as we have many pocky corses now-a-days,*
tiu eu, dac nu cumva era putred dinainte s
that will scarce hold the laying in a'
moar aa cum de la un timp se ntmpl
will last you some eight year or nine year: *80
cu nenumrate hoituri rscoapte, care abia mai
a tanner will last you nine year.*
in pn s fie ngropate i poate sta cam
HAMLET vreo opt-nou ani; da, un tbcar i ine, nici
Why he more than another? vorb, nou ani.
FIRST CLOWN HAMLET
Why, sir, his hide is so tanned with his trade De ce mai mult dect alii?
that a' will keep out water a great while;
PRIMUL CLOVN
and your water is a sore decayer of your 185
Eh, cum, domnule, nveliul lui e aa de tbcit
whoreson body. Here's a skull now: this hath
de meserie, nct mult vreme apa nu-1 poate
lien you i'the earth three and twenty years.
ptrunde; numai apa i prpdete leul,
HAMLET acest fecior de curv. Uite o cpn: tidva
Whose was it? asta a zcut n pmnt douzeci i trei de ani.
FIRST CLOWN HAMLET
A whoreson mad fellow's it was; whose do A cui a fost?
you think it was? 190
PRIMUL CLOVN
HAMLET A unui smintit fecior de curva oarecare, a cui
Nay, I know not. crezi c era?
HAMLET
Nu cred nimic, eu nu tiu.
320 Puts down the skull.
Act V Scene 1

FIRST CLOWN
A pestilence on him for a mad rogue! a'
poured a flagon of Rhenish on my head
once. This same skull, sir, was, sir, Yorick's* 195
skull, the king's jester.
HAMLET
This?
FIRST CLOWN
F'en that.*
HAMLET
Let me see. (Takes the skull.) Alas, poor Yorick !*
I knew him, Horatio, a fellow of infinite 200
jest, of most excellent fancy: he hath
bore me on his back a thousand times, and
how abhorred in my imagination it is! my*
gorge rises at it. Here hung those lips that
I have kissed I know not how oft; where* 205
be your gibes now? your gambols, your
songs, your flashes of merriment, that were
wont to set the table on a roar? Not one
how to mock your own grinning, quite chop-
fallen. Now get you to my lady's table, 210
and tell her, let her paint an inch thick,
to this favour she must come; make her
laugh at that. Prithee, Horatio, tell me one
thing.
HORATIO
What's that, my lord?

215
HAMLET
Dost thou think Alexander looked o' this
fashion i' the earth?
HORATIO
E'en so.
HAMLET
And smelt so? pah!
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2 c c 2
321

PRIMUL CLOVN
Lovi-1-ar ciuma de nemernic! Odat mi-a
vrsat n cap o caraf de vin renan. Aceast
tidv, i nu alta, domnule, a fost tidva lui
Yorick, mscriciul regelui.
HAMLET
Asta?
PRIMUL CLOVN
Mi-e sil de ea!
HAMLET
D-mi s vd. (la easta.) Srmane Yorick!
L-am cunoscut, Horatio, era un prieten de ne-
sfrit voie bun, de cea mai nstrunic nchi-
puire ; m-a dus n crc de mii de ori; iar acum,
ce groaz mi e de el dac m gndesc! M nec
de grea. Aici erau buzele pe care le-am srutat
de nu mai tiu cte ori. Unde i mai snt glu-
mele? unde, zburdlniciile? unde, cntecele?
unde, izbucnirile tale de veselie, care dezlnuiau
hazul i hohotele mesenilor? Nimic nu i-a mai
rmas ca s-i rzi chiar de rnjetul tu? Unde
i-e falca de jos? Hai, du-te la my lady n odaie
i spune-i c, orict de gros i-ar pune dresul
pe obraz, tot aa va ajunge; f-o s rd i de
aceast glum. Te rog, Horatio, spune-mi un
lucru.
HORATIO
Ce lucru, my lord?
HAMLET
Crezi c Alexandru arta tot la fel n pmnt?
HORATIO
Tot la fel.
HAMLET
i mirosea tot aa? Pfff...
Las easta jos.
HORATIO
E'en so, my lord.
220
HAMLET
To what base uses we may return, Horatio!
Why may not imagination trace the noble
dust of Alexander, till he find it stopping
a bung-hole?
HORATIO
'Twere to consider too curiously, to con- 22s
sider so.
HAMLET
No, faith, not a jot; but to follow him thither
with modesty enough and likelihood to
lead it; as thus: Alexander died, Alexander
was buried, Alexander returneth to dust, 230
the dust is earth, of earth we make loam,
and why of that loam, whereto he was con-
verted, might they not stop a beer-barrel?
Imperious Caesar, dead and turned to clay,
Might stop a hole, to keep the wind away. 235
O, that that earth, which kept the world
in awe,
Should patch a wall to expel the winter's
flaw!
But soft! but soft, awhile: here comes the
king.
Enter the Corpse of O p h e l i a , a P r i e s t ,
King, Q u e e n , L a e r t e s , C o u r t i e r s .
The queen, the courtiers: who is this they
follow?
And with such maimed rites? This doth
betoken 240
The corse they follow did with desperate
hand
Fordo its own life: 'twas of some estate.
HORATIO
Tot aa, my lord.
HAMLET
La ce treapt josnic ne ntoarcem noi, oamenii,
Horatio! De ce nu se poate urmri cu nchipui-
rea nobila rn a lui Alexandru pn ce ajunge
s astupe o vran de poloboc?
HORATIO
Ar fi prea mult din partea minii noastre.
HAMLET
Nu, zu, chiar de loc; numai s-1 urmrim cu
destul msur i ncredinare pn acolo; ca,
de pild: Alexandru a murit, Alexandru a fost
nmormntat, Alexandru s-a ntors din nou n
rn; rna este pmnt; din pmnt se face
chirpici; de ce cu acest chirpici s nu se poat
astupa o vran de poloboc?
Mre Cezaru-ntors prin moarte-n tin
Astup guri, vntu-n loc s in.
O, lutu-i, fost groaz pmnteasc,
E bun doar, iarna, ziduri s crpeasc.
Destul! n lturi! Regele-a sosit.
Intr cadavrul O p h e l i e i , un P r e o t, R e g e l e )
Regina, Laertes, Curteni,
Pe cine oare curtea s-o petreac?
i fr toate datinile? Parc
Ea singur, cu mna-i, i-ar fi rupt
Al vieii fir; era de neam nalt.
324 Act V Scene 1 Actul V Scena l 32$
 Couch we awhile, and mark. Pitii, vedea-vom tot.
Retiring with H o r a t i o . Retrgndu-se cu H o r a t i o .
LAERTES LAERTES
What ceremony else? Mai e ceva?
HAMLET HAMLET
That is Laertes, a very noble youth: mark. 245 Horatio, e I^aertes.
LAERTES Ce tnr chipe i ce nobil pare!
What ceremony else? LAERTES
PRIEST Mai e ceva?
Her obsequies have been as far enlarged PREOTUL
As we have warranty: her death was doubtful, Plinit-am slujba cuvenit dup
And, but that great command o'ersways Canonul morii ei fr de lege;
the order, De nu primeam porunc de mai sus,
She should in ground unsanctified been Urma-ntr-o groap neaghesmuit
lodged 250 S-atepte ziua judecii; n loc
Till the last trumpet: for charitable prayers, De rugi, doar bolovani i pietre.
Shards, flints and pebbles should be thrown Flori albe, ns, iat, o-ncunun
on her: i este-adus-n casa ei de veci
Yet here she is allowed her virgin crants,* Cu mare-alai i-n dangte de clopot.
Her maiden strewments and the bringing
LAERTES
home Mai e ceva ce-ar trebui?
Of bell and burial. 255
PREOTUL
LAERTES Nimic;
Must there no more be done?
Canonul slujbei-ar fi s-1 pngrim
PRIEST Cntndu-i ca de suflete-mpcate
No more be done:
Un recviem.
We should profane the service of the dead
To sing a requiem and such rest to her LAERTES
As to peace-parted souls. I/sai-o,-atunci, n groap.
Rsar flori cereti din snu-i fr
LAERTES
Prihan. Afl, pop ticlos,
Lay her i' the earth,
C sora mea n cer va fi un nger,
And from her fair and unpolluted flesh 26
Iar tu amar vei geme-n iad!
May violets spring! I tell thee, churlish
priest,
A ministering angel shall my sister be,
When thou liest howling.
326 Act V Scene 1 Actul V Scena l 327
 HAMLET
HAMLET
What, the fair Ophelia! Ophelia!
QUEEN
REGINA
(scattering flowers.) Sweets to the sweet: (presrind flori) Adio! Floarei flori i se cuvin.
farewell! Trgeam ndejdi s-mi fii prin Hamlet nor;
I hoped thou shouldst have been my Credeam c pat de nunt-am s-i deretic,
Hamlet's wife, 265 i nu mormnt.
I thought thy bride-bed to have decked,
LAERTES
sweet maid
O, ntreite munci,
And not have strewed thy grave.
De zeci de ori, pe blestematul ins,
LAERTES A crui fapt i-a rpit simirea
O, treble woe Att de rar! -O clip doar, gropari,
Fall ten times double on that cursed head S-o pot cuprinde-n brae nc-o dat.
Whose wicked deed thy most ingenious
Sare in mormnt.
sense*
Surpai pmntul peste viu i moart,
Deprived thee of! Hold off the earth a while, 270
Prefacei groapa-aceasta ntr-un munte,
Till I have caught her once more in mine
S-ntreac Pelionul i chiar vrful
arms:
Albastrului Olimp.
Leaps info the grave.
HAMLET
Now pile your dust upon the quick and dead,
Till of this flat a mountain you have made (naintnd) Durerea cui
To o'ertop old Pelion, or the skyish head* E-att de-nalt?-Al cui cuvnt de jale,
Of blue Olympus. Oprind din mers, uimite, stelele,
Auzul li-1 sfie?-Aici snt eu,
HAMLET
Eu, Hamlet danul.
(advancing) What is he whose grief 275
Sare n mormnt.
Bears such an emphasis? whose phrase of
LAERTES
sorrow
Conjures the wandering stars and makes I^a iad cu tine!
(njcndu-l:)
them stand
Like wonder-wounded hearers? This is I,
Hamlet the Dane.*
Leaps into the grave.
LAERTES
The devil take thy soul! 28o
Grappling with him.
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Actul V Scena l
328 Act V Scene 1
HAMLET
HAMLET Nu tii s te rogi.
Thou pray'st not well. i spun, ia mna jos din gtul meu.
I prithee take thy fingers from my throat; Dei la fire blind, nemnios,
For, though I am not splenitive and rash,* St-n mine-ascuns ceva-nfricotor,
Yet have I in me something dangerous, Ce-nghea mintea-i. Mna de pe mine!
Which let thy wisdom fear. Hold off thy REGELE
hand. 285 Desparte-i.
KING REGINA
Pluck them asunder. Hamlet, Hamlet!
QUEEN TOI
Hamlet, Hamlet! Gentilomi...
ALL
HORATIO
Gentlemen,
Stpne bun, my lord, fii linitit.
HORATIO S l u j i t o r i i curii i despart, iar ei ies din mormnt,
Good my lord, be quiet.
HAMLET
The A t t e n d a n t s part them, and they come out
M bat cu el pentru-acest lucru pn
of the grave.
Ce pleoapele-mi putea-vor s clipeasc.
HAMLET
REGINA
Why, I will fight with him upon this theme
O, fiul meu, ce lucru te aprinde?
Until my eyelids will no longer wag.
HAMLET
QUEEN Iubita mea Ophelia! Mii de frai,
0 my son, what theme? 290 i tot nu pot, cu dragostea lor toat,
HAMLET Pe-a mea s-ajung. Ce poi face tu?
1 loved Ophelia: forty thousand brothers* REGELE
Could not, with all their quantity of love, O, e nebun, Laertes.
Make up my sum. What wilt thou do for REGINA
her? ndur totul, pentru Dumnezeu.
KING HAMLET
O, he is mad, Laertes. Nu zu, arat-mi ce poi face tu?
QUEEN S plngi? S lupi? S te sfii cu dinii?
For love of God, forbear him. 295 S sorbi un ru? S-nghii chiar un balaur?
HAMLET
'Swounds, show me what thou'lt do:*
Woo't weep? woo't fight? woo't fast?
woo't tear thyself?*
Woo't drink up eisel? eat a crocodile?*
330 Act V Scene 1 Actul V Scena l 331
 I'll do't. Dost come here to whine?
To outface me with leaping in her grave? 300
Be buried quick with her, and so will I:
And, if thou prate of mountains, let them
throw
Millions of acres on us, till our ground,
Singeing his pate against the burning zone,*
Make Ossa like a wart! Nay, an thou'lt
mouth,* 305
I'll rant as well as thou.
QUEEN
This is mere madness:
And thus awhile the fit will work on him;
Anon, as patient as the female dove
When that her golden couplets are disclosed,*
His silence will sit drooping.
HAMLET
Hear you, sir; 3io
What is the reason that you use me thus?
I loved you ever: but it is no matter;
Let Hercules himself do what he may,*
The cat will mew, and dog will have his day.
Exit.
KING
I pray thee, good Horatio, wait upon him. 315
Exit H o r a t i o .
(To L a e r t e s.)
Strengthen your patience in our last
night's speech;
We'll put the matter to the present push.
Good Gertrude, set some watch over your son.
This grave shall have a living monument:*
An hour of quiet shortly shall we see; 320
Till then, in patience our proceeding be.
Exeunt.
Eu fac orice. i-atunci de ce tot urli?
De ce, sub nas, mi sri n groapa ei?
i eu, cu ea, vreau s m-ngrop de viu.
Ct despre muni, arunce peste noi
Pmntul de pe lume, i mormntul
Prleasc-n stele cretetu-i seme,
Fcnd un neg din Ossa. Dac strigi,
La fel ca tine zbier.
REGINA
O, nebunie!
Aa-1 muncete-adesea cte-o toan,
i-apoi, mai blnd ca blnda porumbi,
Cnd pui de aur scot din ou capul,
Tcerea-1 copleete.
HAMLET
M auzi?
De ce te pori cu mine-n acest fel?
Ca frate bun eu te-am inut; dar, fie.
Hercule nsui fac ce e-al su,
Pisica ipe-n ochii de dulu.
Exit.
REGELE
Te rog, Horatio, du-te i ia-i seama.
Exit H o r a t i o .
(Lui L a e r t e s : )
Rbdarea ntrete-i-o gndind
La ce-am vorbit. Nimic nu-i de-amnat.
Gertrud scump, fiul i-1 vegheaz.
Acest mormnt din marmur va crete;
Ne vine ceasul linitii-n curnd,
Dar pn-atunci s-naintm rbdnd.
Exeunt.
332 Act V Scene 2 Actul V Scena 2 333
Scene 2 Scena 2
A hall in the castle. O sal a castelului.
Enter H a m l e t and H o r a t i o . Intr H a m l e t si H o r a t i o .

HAMLET HAMLET
So much for this, sir: now shall you see the Destul; i-acum povestea de pe mare;
other; i-aduci aminte cum s-a petrecut?
You do remember all the circumstance? HORATIO
HORATIO Mi-aduc, my lord!
Remember it, my lord! HAMLET
Horatio,-n suflet mi se da o lupt
HAMLET
Sir, in my heart there was a kind of fighting, Ce nici s dorm nu m lsa; eram
That would not let me sleep: methought I Mai ru dect ocnaii-n fiare. Iute,
lay 5 De-atunci iueala-o laud, i voi spune
Worse than the mutines in the bilboes. C-ades nesbuina-i mult mai bun
Rashly,* Cnd gndul chibzuit ni se-ofilete;
And praised be rashness for it, let us know, De-aci vedem c-n noi un dumnezeu
Lucreaz-n tot ce vrem.
Our indiscretion sometimes serves us well*
HORATIO
When our deep plots do pall, and that should
learn us De bun seam.
10 HAMLET
There's a divinity that shapes our ends,
mi las cabina,-nfurat degrab
Rough-hew them how we will.
n haina mrii, bjbi pe-ntuneric
HORATIO S dau de ei i, iat, i gsesc;
That is most certain. Le-apuc scrisoarea, m ntorc furi
HAMLET Din nou la mine; fr s mai tiu
Up from my cabin, De bun-cuviin, rup sigiliul
My sea-gown scarfed about me, in the dark Rescriptului, i ce vd, scump Horatio
Groped I to find out them, had my desire, O, rege ticlos! vd chiar porunca,
Fingered their packet, and in fine withdrew* is Cu fel i fel de-ascunsuri mpnat,
To mine own room again; making so bold,
My fears forgetting manners, to unseal
Their grand commission; where I found,
Horatio,
A royal knavery, an exact command,
I,arded with many several sorts of reasons, 20
334 Actul V Scena 2 335
Act V Scene 2
 Importing Denmark's health, and England's Privind tria celor dou ri,
too, A Danemarcei, ct i-a Engliterei,
With, ho! such bugs and goblins in my life, i plin, c triesc, cu-ati strigoi,
That, on the supervise, no leisure bated, nct, citind-o, nici s mai rsufle
No, not to stay the grinding of the axe, i nici securea s-o mai dea pe piatr,
My head should be struck off. S-mi i reteze capul.
HORATIO HORATIO
Is't possible? 25 Cum se poate?
HAMLET HAMLET
Here's the commission, read it at more Scrisoarea, iat-o; cnd ai timp, citete-o.
leisure. Dar vrei s afli-acum cum am urmat?
HORATIO
But wilt thou hear now how I did proceed? V rog.
HORATIO HAMLET
I beseech you. Fiind cuprins n plasa lor mrav,
HAMLET Cum eu puteam abia s-mi spun prologul,
Being thus be-netted round with villanies, Cnd ei i i-ncepuse piesa,-am stat
Or I could make a prologue to my brains,* 30 i-am scris miestru-o alt-nsrcinare;
They had begun the play, I sat me down, A seri frumos credeam pe vremi c nu e
Devised a new commission, wrote it fair: O treab pentru oamenii de seam
I once did hold it, as our statists do,* i-am vrut s uit; Horatio,-acuma ns
A baseness to write fair, and laboured much Mi-a fost de mare ajutor. Ai vrea
How to forget that learning, but, sir, now 35 S tii ce-am scris?
It did me yeoman's service: will thou know* HORATIO
The effect of what I wrote? Da, bunule stpn.
HORATIO HAMLET
Ay, good my lord. O rugminte-aprins-a regelui
HAMLET C Anglia-i vasal de credin,
An earnest conjuration from the king, C dragostea-ntre ei poate-nflori,
As England was his faithful tributary, C pacea, venic verde-ncununat,
As love between them like the palm might Se cade a le strnge prieteugul
flourish, 40 i alte-asemeni c" i )(c", de seam,
As peace should still her wheaten garland
wear
And stand a comma 'tween their amities,*
And many such-like "Ases", of great charge,*
.136 Act V Scene 2 Actul V Scena 2 .3
 That, on the view and knowing of these nct, vznd scrisoarea, fr pas,
contents, I,snd deoparte orice cercetare,
Without debatement further, more or less, 45 Pe purttorii ei s-i i omoare,
He should those bearers put to sudden death, Chiar fr spovedanie.
Not shriving-time allowed. HORATIO
Ho RAT JO Dar sigiliul?
How was this sealed ? HAMLET
HAMLET Eh, iari mna cerului: aveam
Why, even in that was heaven ordinant. Iya mine, de la tatl msu, tiparul
I had my father's signet in my purse, Sigiliului regal al Danemarcei.
Which was the model of that Danish seal: 50 Am ndoit-o tot ca i cealalt,
Folded the writ up in the form of the other, l-am pus sigiliul, am dus-o iar la loc
Subscribed it, gave't the impression, placed i n-au tiut de pruncu-nlocuit;
it safely, A doua zi fu lupta. Ce-a urmat,
The changeling never known. Now, the next Cunoti prea bine.
day* HORA TIO
Was our sea-fight; and what to this was i-au mers senini la moarte amndoi.
sequent HAMLET
Thou know'st already. 5& Dar, omule, ei singuri i-au fcut-o;
HORATIO De loc nu-i simt pe cuget; au pierit
So Guildenstern and Rosencrantz go to't. Fiindc-au vrut s se strecoare-n moarte.
E greu de cei ce josnicele firi
HAMLET
Why, man, they did make love to this i-arunc-ntre floretele crucie
employment; A doi vrjmai puternici.
They are not near my conscience; their HORATIO
defeat O, ce rege!
Does by their own insinuation grow: HAMLET
'Tis dangerous when the baser nature comes 60 Nu crezi acum c el, care-a ucis
Between the pass and fell incensed points
Of mighty opposites.
HORATIO
Why, what a king is this!
HAMLET
Does it not, think'st thee, stand me now
upon
338 Act V Scene 2 Actul V Scena 2 339
 He that hath killed my king, and whored Pe scumpu-mi rege, preacurvind pe mama,
my mother, i care, desprindu-m de tron,
Popped in between the election and my hopes,* 65 A vrut chiar viaa-n undii s mi-o prind,
Thrown out his angle for my proper life, Ar merita, fr pcat, s fie
And with such cozenage is't not perfect Pltit la fel? i n-a fi blestemat
conscience, S las pe lume acest vierme-al firii
To quit him with his arm? and is't not to S-o road mai departe?
be damned, HORATIO
To let this canker of our nature come Curnd va ti, i chiar din Englitera,
In further evil? Sfritul celor petrecute-acolo.
HAMLET

Curnd, dar mai-curndul este-al meu;
HORATIO i-o via-i doar ct ai clipi din ochi.
It must be shortly known to him from mi pare ns foarte ru, Horatio,
England C mi-am ieit din fire cu Laertes;
What is the issue of the business there. Fiindc-n chipul suferinei mele
HAMLET O vd pe-a lui. A vrea s mi-1 apropii.
It will be short: the interim is mine; Doar ifosul durerii lui m-a-mpins
And a man's life's no more than to say La patima-mi semea.
"one."
HORATIO
But I am very sorry, good Horatio, 75
Cine e?
That to Laertes I forgot myself;
Intr O s r i c .
For, by the image of my cause, I see
The portraiture of his: I'll court his OSRIC
favours: nlimea-voastr e cu totul binevenit din nou
But, sure, the bravery of his grief put me n Danemarca.
Into a towering passion. HAMLET
HORATIO i mulumesc adnc plecat, domnule. (Lui
Peace! who comes here? so H o r a t i o . ) Cunoti musculia asta ?
Enter 0 s r i c. HORATIO
OSRIC Nu, bun stpn.
Your lordship is right welcome back to
Denmark. *
HAMLET
I humbly thank you, sir. (To Horatio.) Dost
know this water-fly?
HORATIO
No, my good lord.
340 Act V Scene 2 Actul V Scena 2 341
 HAMLET
Thy state is the more gracious, for 'tis a 85
vice to know him. He hath much land, and
fertile: let a beast be lord of beasts, and his
crib shall stand at the king's mess: 'tis a
chough, but, as I say, spacious in the pos-
90
session of dirt.
OSRIC
Sweet lord, if your lordship were at leisure,
I should impart a thing to you from his
majesty.
HAMLET
I will receive it, sir, with all diligence of
spirit. Your bonnet to his right use, 'tis for 95
the head.
OSRIC
I thank your lordship, it is very hot.
HAMLET
No, believe me, 'tis very cold, the wind is
northerly.
OSRIC
It is indifferent cold, my lord, indeed. 100
HAMLET
But yet methinks it is very sultry and hot,
or my complexion
OSRIC
Exceedingly, my lord; it is very sultry, as
'twere I cannot tell how: my lord, his ma-
jesty bade me signify to you that he has 105
laid a great wager on your head: sir, this
is the matter
HAMLET
I beseech you, remember
H a m l e t moves him to put on his hut.
OSRIC
Nay, good my lord, for my ease, in good
HAMLET
Te poi simi cu-att mai izbvit, cci a-1 cu-
noate e un pcat. Are pmnt mult i bogat,
domneasc peste vite o vit, a crei iesle atrn
de aceea la masa regelui: e-o coofan, dar, aa
cum spun, e foarte avut n mlatini i noroaie.
OSRIC
Slvite lord, dac nlimea-voastr ar avea
puin rgaz, v-a mprti ceva din partea
majestii-sale.
HAMLET
Primesc cu toat diligenta sufletului. D-i drep-
tul ei acestei plrii; e pentru cap.
OSRIC
Mulumesc alteei-voastre, e foarte cald.
HAMLET
Na, crede-mi, e foarte frig; i bate vnt din
miaznoapte.
OSRIC
E ntructva frig, my lord, n adevr.
HAMLET
i totui mi se pare foarte cald i chiar nbu-
itor, sau firea mea...
OSRIC
E chiar prea cald, my lord, i foarte nbuitor,
e ca i cam... nu pot s spun. Dar majestatea-
sa, my lord, mi-a dat porunc s v informez
c-a pus un mare rmag pe mna voastr;
my lord, e vorba...
HAMLET
Da, rogu-te, amintete-mi.
H a m l e t li face semn s-fi pun plria.
OSRIC
Nu, nu, stpne bun, m simt mai bine-aa.
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Actul V Scena 2 343
 faith. Sir, here is newly come to court Laer-no
tes; believe me, an absolute gentleman, full
of most excellent differences, of very soft
society and great showing: indeed, to speak
feelingly of him, he is the card or calendar*
of gentry; for you shall find in him the con- its
tinent of what part a gentleman would see.
HAMLET
Sir, his definement suffers no perdition in*
you, though, I know, to divide him inven-
torially would dizzy the arithmetic of me-
mory, and yet but yaw neither, in respect 120
of his quick sail. But in the verity of extol-
ment, I take him to be a soul of great arti-
cle, and his infusion of such dearth and
rareness, as, to make true diction of him, his
semblable is his mirror, and who else would 125
trace him, his umbrage, nothing more.
OSRIC
Your lordship speaks most infallibly of him.
HAMLET
The concernancy, sir? why do we wrap the
gentleman in our more rawer breath?*
OSRIC
Sir? 130
HORATIO
Is't not possible to understand in another*
tongue? You will do't, sir, really.
HAMLET
What imports the nomination of this gentle-
man?
OSRIC
Of Laertes?
HORATIO
His purse is empty already; all's golden 135
words are spent.
Laertes, tii, s-a-ntors din nou la curte; crede-
i-m, este un gentilom desvrit; plin de cele
mai deosebite caliti, societatea lui e ferme-
ctoare, iar aspectul i e mre; n adevr, vor-
bind simit, e poate nsui tabelul sau registrul
bunei-purtri n lumea mare, i-ai putea gsi
n el mai tot ce caut un gentilom.
HAMLET
Domnule, delineaia lui nu sufer prin dumneata
nici o pierdere. i, totui, stnd s-1 inventa-
riem cu de-amnuntul, eu cred c-am ncurca
pn la urm chiar aritmetica memoriei. Dar
ca s-1 elogiez cum i se cuvine, l consider a
fi un suflet de mare distincie i o infuzie att
de scump i rar, nct, vorbind curat, doar
oglinda i mai arat un semen, oriicine altul,
din ci ncearc s-1 urmeze, fiind doar umbra-i,
i nimic mai mult.
OSRIC
Altea-voastr vorbete infailibil despre el.
HAMLET
La drept vorbind, de ce-om fi-nfurnd noi,
domnule, pe gentilom n cele mai reci vorbe ale
noastre?
OSRIC
Ai spus, alte?
HORATIO
N-ar fi mai de-neles s vorbii n alt limb?
ncercai, vei izbuti.
HAMLET
Ce import denominaiile acestui gentilom?
OSRIC
Ale lui Laertes?
HORATIO
i-a cheltuit cuvintele de aur; n pung i
sufl vntul.
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Act V Scene 2
HAMLET HAMLET
Of him, sir. Ale lui, domnule.
OSRIC OSRIC
I know you are not ignorant tiu bine c altea-voastr nu ignor
HAMLET HAMLET
I would you did, sir; yet, in faith, if you A vrea s tii, cu toate c, de fapt, tiind c
did, it would not much approve me. Well, o tiu, asta nu m recomand prea mult. Dar
sir? spune, domnule.
OSRIC OSRIC
You are not ignorant of what excellence ... nu ignorai ct e de excelent I^aertes n
Laertes is HAMLET
HAMLET Asta nu-ndrznesc s spun, ca s nu trebuie
I dare not confess that, lest I should com- cumva s m msor cu dnsul n acea exce-
pare with him in excellence; but to know a **5 len. i-apoi, a cunoate bine pe altul n-
man well, were to know himself. seamn a te cunoate pe tine nsui.
OSRIC OSRIC
I mean, sir, for his weapon; but in the n arme am vrut s spun c-i excelent; sau,
imputation laid on him, by them in his oriict, aa cum zice lumea, e dat ca fr de
meed he's unfellowed.
pereche.
HAMLET
HAMLET
What's his weapon? tso
i care-i arma lui?
OSRIC
OSRIC
Rapier and dagger.*
Floreta i pumnalul.
HAMLET
HAMLET
That's two of his weapons: but, well.
Acestea-s numai dou dintre armele lui; dar
OSRIC
spune.
The king, sir, hath wagered with him six*
Barbary horses, against the which he has OSRIC
impawned, as I take it, six French rapiers 155 Alte, regele-a-ncheiat un rmag pe ase
and poniards, with their assigns, as girdle, cai arabi, iar el, n schimb, aud c a propus
hangers, and so: three of the carriages, in* acelai numr de pumnale i de spade franu-
faith, are very dear to fancy, very respon- zeti, cu zapise, cu cingtori i dricuri: trei din-
sive to the hilts, most delicate carriages, ieo tre ele ntrec, n adevr, nchipuirea ome-
and of very liberal conceit. neasc, avnd mnere scumpe i foarte res-
ponsive; concepute generos, averi ntregi snt
dricurile lor.
346 Act V Scene 2 Actul V Scena 2 347
HA MLh T
Wat call you the carriages?
HORATIO
I knew you must be edified by the margent*
ere you had done.
OSRIC
The carriages, sir, are the hangers.
165
HAMLET
The phrase would be more germane to the*
matter if we could carry a cannon by our
sides: I would it be hangers till then. But
on: six Barbary horses against six French
swords, their assigns, and three liberal-con- ?<>
ceited carriages: that's the French bet against
the Danish. Why is this all you call it?
OSRIC
The king, sir, hath laid, sir, that in a dozen*
passes between yourself and him, he shall
not exceed you three hits: he hath laid on175
twelve for nine: and it would come to imme-
diate trial it your lordship would vouchsafe
the answer.
HAMLET
How if I answer "no"?
OSRIC
I mean, my lord, the opposition your per- iso
son in trial.
HAMLET
Sir, I will walk here in the hall: if it please
his Majesty, it is the breathing time of day
with me, let the foils be brought, the gentle-
man willing, and the king hold his purpose, 185
I will win for him an I can: if not, I will
gain nothing but my shame and the odd
hits.
HAMLET
Ce numeti dumneata dricuri?
HORATIO
tiam c trebuie s fii, mai nti, lmurit
printr-o gloss marginal.
OSRIC
Curelria, alte.
HAMLET
Cuvntul ar fi mai propriu pentru tunuri, dac
am putea s le purtm la old, aa c, pn
atunci, prefer s spun curelrie. Dar, va s zic:
ase cai arabi pe ase sbii franuzeti, cu
zapise i dricurile concepute generos. Deci
Frana pariaz contra Danemarcei. i cum
le-a propus n schimb, aa cum zici?
Os Ric
Alte, regele s-a prins, alte, c-n douspre-
zece reprize el nu v va atinge mai mult de
trei ori; iar el se prinde pentru nou; i lupta
poate ncepe chiar acum dac-nlimea-voastr
binevoiete s-i dea rspunsul.
HAMLET
i dac rspund nu"?
OSRIC
Am vrut s spun, my lord, dac rspundei bine-
voind s-i fii oponent.
HAMLET
M voi plimba prin sala-aceasta, domnule; cu
voia majestii-sale, e ceasul cnd rsuflu peste
zi; s se aduc armele, cu voia gentilomului,
iar regele s-i in rmagul. Vreau s i-1
ctig, de voi putea; de nu, voi ctiga numai
ruine i un prisos de lovituri.
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349
Os iac OSRIC
Shall I deliver you so? Pot arta lucrurile-acestea?
HAMLET HAMLET
To this effect, sir, after what flourish your 190 Arat-le, dar dup ce le-nfloreti, ca dup fi-
nature will. rea dumitale.
OSRIC
OSRIC
ncredinez alteei-voastre ntregul meu zel.
I commend my duty to your lordship.*
HAMLET
HAMLET Al dumitale, al dumitale. (Exit O s r i c . ) Bine
Yours, yours. (Exit O s r i c . ) He does well to face c-i ncredineaz el singur zelul; nu cred
commend it himself; there are no tongues* s mai fie alte limbi att de ntortocheate.
else for's turn. HORATIO
Alearg ca un pui de coofan, cu goacea nc
195 pe cap.
HORATIO HAMLET
This lapwing runs away with the shell on sta i ca prunc s-a temenit n faa sfrcului
his head. de , ca s sug. Snt foarte muli ca el, de-a-
HAMLET celai soi, pe care acest veac de nimic i-a des-
He did comply with his dug before he sucked* vrit; au prins din vnt cntecul epocii i obi-
it. Thus has he and many more of the ceiul de suprafa al politeii; un fel de spuma
same breed that I know the drossy age dotes 200 sclipitoare, care i duce la preuire i faim;
on only got the tune of the time and* dar peste care dac sufli, ca s-o ncerci, se sparge
outward habit of encounter; a kind of yesty ca bica de spun.
collection, which carries them through Intr un Lor d.
and through the most fond and winnowed* LORD
opinions; and do but blow them to their205 Alte, majestatea-sa v-a vorbit prin tnrul
trial, the bubbles are out. Osric, care, napoindu-se, i-a adus tirea c l
Enter a Lord. ateptai n sal; i m trimite pe mine s
aflu dac dorii acum acea ntlnire de arme
LORD
My lord, his majesty commended him to you cu I/aertes, sau, poate, vrei un rgaz oarecare.
by young Osric, who brings back to him, HAMLET
that you attend him in the hall: he sends Rmn la tot ce-am hotrt, fiindc hotrrea
to know if your pleasure hold to play with 210 mea e chiar plcerea regelui. S-mi spun ga-
Ivaertes, or that you will take longer time? ta", i snt gata; acum sau oriicnd voi fi
cum m simt acum.
HAMLET
I am constant to my purposes; they follow
the king's pleasure: if his fitness speaks, mine
is ready; now or whensoever, provided I
2t5
be so able as now,
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351
LORD LORD
The king and queen and all are coming down. Regele i regina i toat curtea, iat-i c i
HAMLET coboar.
In happy time. HAMLET
Coboare sntoi.
LORD
The queen desires you to use some gentle LORD
entertainment to Laertes before you fall Regina ns-ar dori ca, mai-nainte de-a-ncepe,
to play. 22o s-i spunei o vorb bun lui lyaertes.
HAMLET
HAMLET Bine m nva.
She well instructs me.
Exit Lord.
Exit Lord.
HORATIO
Ho RATIO My lord, vei pierde.
You will lose, my lord. HAMLET
HAMLET Eu nu cred; de cnd s-a dus el n Frana, am
I do not think so; since he went into France, fcut mereu exerciii de duel; voi ctiga la
I have been in continual practice; I shall puncte. Nu tii, ns, ce strns mi-este inima.
win at the odds. Thou wouldst not think 225 Dar fie!
how ill all's here about my heart, but it HORATIO
is no matter. Atuncea, nu, stpne bun,
HORATIO HAMLET
Nay, good my lord, Prostii! Snt temeri care pot s-arunce n f r-
HAMLET mntare numai o femeie.
It is but foolery; but it is such a kind of HORATIO
gain-giving as would perhaps trouble a 230 Alte, dac inima v spune ceva de ru, mai
woman. bine ascultai-o. Iye-ntmpin eu venirea i le
HORATIO spun c nu sntei dispus.
If your mind dislike anything, obey it. I HAMLET
will forestal their repair hither and say you Nici vorb; presimirile snt fleacuri: cderea
are not fit. unei vrbii e-o-ntocmire a cerului. i rul de-i
acum, nseamn c n-are s mai fie; dac n-are
HAMLET
s mai fie, nseamn c e acum; iar dac nu-i
Not a whit; we defy augury: there is special* 235
acum, va fi, aa c totu-i s fii gata; cnd piere
providence in the fall of a sparrow. If it
be now, 'tis not to come; if it be not to
come, it will be now; if it be not now, yet it
will come: the readiness is all; since no
352 Act V Scene 2 Actul V Scena 2 353
 man has aught of what he leaves, what is't 240 omul i, din tot ce las, nimic im este-al lui,
to leave betimes? I^et be. ce-nseamn-a lsa totul mai curnd? Deci, fie.
Enter King, Q u e e n , L a e r t e s , L o r d s , Intr R e g e l e , Regina, Laertes, Lorzi,
0 s r i c, and other A t t e n d a n t s with foils and O s r i c fi S l u j i t o r i cu florete fi mnui, o
gauntlets; a table and flagons of wine on it. mas i vase de pmnt cu vin pe ea.
KING REGELE
Come, Hamlet, come, and take this hand Primete-i, Hamlet, mna de la mine.
from me. Re gele pune mna lui Lae rte s ntr-a lui
Hamlet.
The King puts L a e r t e s ' hand into H a m-
1 e t's. HAMLET

HAMLET Te rog s ieri; am fost nedrept i ru.

Give me your pardon, sir: I have done you Te rog s ieri, ca gentilom ce eti.
wrong; Cu toii cei de fa tiu i-ai auzit,
But pardon't, as you are a gentleman. Bineneles, ct snt de pedepsit
This presence knows, Cu trista-mi rtcire. Fapta-aceea,
Cu care firea, cinstea i mndria
245 i le-am aprins, a fost o nebunie.
And you must needs have heard, how I am Ai fost jignit, dar nu te-a jignit Hamlet.
punished Cnd Hamlet, scos din mini, nemaifiind
With a sore distraction. What I have done,* El nsui, l jignete pe Laertes,
That might your nature, honour, and Atunci nu Hamlet face-aceast fapt.
exception Dar cine-o face?-0 face nebunia-i,
Roughly awake, I here proclaim was madness. Iar Hamlet este-alturi de jignit;
Was't Hamlet wronged Laertes? Never Sminteala-i e duman bietului Hamlet,
Hamlet. 250 n faa lumii-ntregi
If Hamlet from himself be ta'en away, Primeasc mndra ta mrinimie
And when he's not himself does wrong De vini precugetate s m scutur,
Laertes, Dac, trgnd cu arcul peste cas,
Then Hamlet does it not, Hamlet denies it. Am tras lovindu-mi fratele.
Who does it then? His madness. If't be so,
Hamlet is of the faction that is wronged;255
His madness is poor Hamlet's enemy.
Sir, in this audience,
Let me disclaiming from a purposed evil
Free me so far in your most generous
thoughts,
That I have shot my arrow o'er the house 260
And hurt my brother.
3S4 Act V Scene 2 Actul V Scena 2 3SS
LAERTES LAERTES
I am satisfied in nature, Primesc,
Whose motive, in this case, should stir me i gndul rzbunrii mi s-a ters
most Din firea linitit; ns cinstea-mi
To my revenge: but in my terms of honour Rmne totui nc nempcat
I stand aloof and will no reconcilement, Ct timp btrni tiui ca fr pat
Till by some elder masters of known honour 265 N-or spune ei c numele mi-1 pot
I have a voice and precedent of peace, Privi din nou ca netirbit, dar pn
To keep my name ungored. But all that time Atunci primesc iubirea ce-mi ari,
I do receive your offered love like love Ferind-o de jigniri.
And will not wrong it. HAMLET
HAMLET Snt fericit;
I embrace it freely S-ncepem dar freasca-ne prinsoare.
And will this brother's wager frankly play. 270 Floretele! Snt gata.
Give us the foils. Come on.
LAERTES
LAERTES Dai-mi una.
Come, one for me. HAMLET
HAMLET Floreta mea te-ajut; -n stngcia-mi,
I'll be your foil, I^aertes: in mine ndemnarea ta ca steaua-n noapte
ignorance* Va strluci.
Your skill shall, like a star i' the darkness LAERTES
night- M luai n rs, my lord,.
Stick fiery off indeed. HAMLET
LAERTES M jur c nu.
You mock me, sir. REGELE
HAMLET mparte, Osric, armele. Tu, Hamlet,
No, by this hand. 275 Cunoti prinsoarea?
KING HAMLET
Give them the foils, young Osric. Cousin O cunosc, my lord;
Hamlet, V-ai prins, my lord, pe mna cea mai slab.
You know the wager?
HAMLET
Very well, my lord;
Your grace has laid the odds o' the weaker
side.
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KING REGELE
I do not fear it; I have seen you both: Eu nu m tem. V tiu pe amndoi;
But since he is better, we have therefore Vom fi, oricum, ctigtori la puncte.
Odds. 280
LAERTES
LAERTES E prea greoaie; d-mi-o pe cealalt.
This is too heavy; let me see another. HAMLET
HAMLET mi place, da. Snt tot att de lungi?
This likes me well. These foils have all a Se pregtesc s nceap.
length? OSRIC
They prepare to play. O, da, my lord.
OSRIC REGELE
Ay, my good lord. S vd n ir ulcioarele cu vin.
KING Cci dac Hamlet va lovi ntiul
Set me the stoups of wine upon that table. Sau, chiar lovit, va da rspuns pe loc,
If Hamlet give the first or second hit, 285 Atunci s trag tunurile toate;
Or quit in answer the third exchange, Vom bea cu toii.-ncurajnd pe Hamlet;
I^et all the battlements their ordnance Voi pune-n chiup o piatr nestemat
fire; Mai grea dect purtar pe coroana
The king shall drink to Hamlet's better Toi regii Danemarcei, rnd pe rnd.
breath, Aducei chiupurile; toba dea de veste
And in the cup an union shall he throw, Iva trmbii i prin trmbie la tunuri,
Richer than that which four successive Iar tunul spun cerurilor nalte
kings 290 C regele bea nsui pentru Hamlet"!
In Denmark's crown have worn. Give me ncepei. Voi, arbitri, numai ochi.
the cups; HAMLET
And let the kettle to the trumpet speak, Snt gata.
The trumpet to the cannoneer without. LAERTES
The cannons to the heavens, the heaven to Gata.
earth,
"Now the king drinks to Hamlet." Come,
begin; 295
And you, the judges, bear a wary eye.
HAMLET
Come on, sir.
LAERTES
Come, my lord.
358 Act V Scene 2 Actul V Scena 2 359
 They play. ncep duelul.
HAMLET HAMLET
One. O dat.
LAERTES LAERTES
No. Nu.
HAMLET HAMLET
Judgement. Arbitrii.
OSRIC
OSRIC
A hit, a very palpable hit. Atins, atins, nici vorb.
Drum, trumpets, and shot. Tobe, trmbie i bubuituri de tun.
LAERTES
LAERTES
Well, again. Atunci, din nou.
KING
REGELE
Stay, give me drink. Hamlet, this pearl is
O clip, chiupul! Hamlet, nestemata
thine; 300 E-n sntatea ta. Ducei-i-o lui Hamlet.
Here's to thy health; give him the cup.
HAMLET
HAMLET
nti s termin; pune-mi-1 alturi.
I'll play this bout first, set it by a while.
Rencep.
Come. (They play.) Another hit; what say
A doua oar; ce poi s mai spui?
you?
LAERTES LAERTES
A touch, a touch, I do confess 't. Atins, atins, mrturisesc.
KING REGELE
Our son shall win. Ctig Hamlet.
QUEEN REGINA
He's fat and scant of breath.* 305 Sufl greu; e gras!
Here, Hamlet, take my napkin, rub thy Batista, Hamlet, terge-te pe frunte;
brows; Regina bea, urnd noroc lui Hamlet.
The queen carouses to thy fortune, Hamlet. HAMLET
HAMLET O, bun doamn!
Good madam! REGELE
KING Nu, Gertruda, nu!
Gertrude, do not drink. REGINA
QUEEN Voi bea, my lord, i iart-m, te rog.
(Bea.)
I will, my lord; I pray you, pardon me.
(Drinks.)
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Act V Scene 2 Actul V Scena 2 361
 KING
(aside) It is the poisoned cup; it is too late. 310 REGELE
(aparte) E chiupul otrvit! E prea trziu.
HAMLET
I dare not drink yet madam; by and by. HAMLET
Eu nu beau nc, doamn, dar ndat.
QUEEN
Come, let me wipe thy face. REGINA
LAERTES Apropie-i obrazul s i-1 terg.
My lord, I'll hit him now. LAERTES
KING My lord, acum l ating eu.
I do not think't. REGELE
LAERTES Nu cred.
(aside) And yet it is almost against my LAERTES
conscience. (aparte) Dar inima mea parc m oprete.
HAMLET
HAMLET
Come for the third, I/aertes: you do but
Hai iar, Laertes; ns nu n joac;
dally; 3i5 Te rog, lovete-orict de-ntrtat;
I pray you, pass with your best violence; Snt sigur c m crezi vrun domnior.
I am sure you make a wanton of me.*
LAERTES LAERTES
Say you so? come on. Aa vorbii? Ei, hai.
They play. Se dueleaz.

Os RIC Os Ric
Nothing neither way. Nimic, din nici o parte.
LAERTES LAERTES
Have at you now! Iat, acum!
L ae r t e s wounds H a m l e t ; then, in scuffling, L a e r t e s rnete pe H a m l e t ; apoi, n ncierare,
they change rapiers, and H a m l e t wounds La- ei schimb floretele, i H a m l e t rnete pe L a e r t e s .
e r t e s.
REGELE
KING Desparte-i; s-au aprins peste msur.
Part them; they are incensed.
HAMLET
HAMLET Nu, nu, din nou.
Nay, come, again.
R e g i n a cade.
The Q u e e n falls.
OSRIC
OsRIC
Dar ce e cu regina?
Look to the queen there, ho! 320
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HORATIO HORATIO
They bleed on both sides. How is it, my Rnii, la fel. Cum v simii, my lord?
lord? OSRIC
OSRIC Laertes, cum te simi?
How is't, Laertes? LAERTES
LAERTES Czut n lau-ntins de mine, Osric;
Why, as a woodcock to mine own springe, i mor prin chiar urzelile-mi viclene.
Osric ; HAMLET
I am justly killed with mine own treachery. Regina, ce e cu regina?
HAMLET REGELE
How does the queen? A leinat vzndu-te c sngeri.
KING REGINA
She swounds to see them bleed.* 325 Nu, nu, otrava, scumpul meu fiu Hamlet,
QUEEN Otrava...! Mor de vinul otrvit.
No, no, the drink, the drink. O my dear Moare.
Hamlet, HAMLET
The drink, the drink! I am poisoned. Mrav! nchidei ua cu zvorul!
Dies. Ctai-1 toi i dai-mi pe mrav!
HAMLET L a e r t e s cade.
0 villany! Ho! let the door be locked: LAERTES
Treachery! seek it out. E-aproape, Hamlet. Hamlet, vei muri;
L a e r t e s falls. Nu-i leac pe lume s-i mai fac bine,
LAERTES Puin mai ai tu nsui de trit,
It is here, Hamlet: Hamlet, thou art slain;330 l-n mna ta unealta uciga,
No medicine in the world can do thee good, Cu vrf i-nveninat. Viclenia
In thee there is not half an hour's life; S-a-ntors asupra-mi; iat, zac aci,
The treacherous instrument is in thy hand, Pe veci, ca i regina otrvit.
Unbated and envenomed: the foul practice Spun dar c numai regele-i de vin.
Hath turn'd itself on me: lo, here I lie, 335 HAMLET
Never to rise again: thy mother's poisoned: Cu vrf i-nveninat !-Atunci, venin,
1 can no more: the king, the king's to Lucreaz mai departe.
blame. Strpunge pe Rege.
HAMLET
The point envenomed too! Then, venom,
to thy work.
Stabs the King.
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 Treason! treason! As thou'rt man,

340
KING
O, yet defend me, friends; I am but hurt.
HAMLET
Here, thou incestuous, murderous, damned
Dane,*
Drink off this potion: is thy union here?*
Follow my mother.
King dies.
LAERTES
He is justly served;
345
It is a poison tempered by himself.
Exchange forgiveness with me, noble Hamlet:
Mine and my father's death come not upon
thee,
Nor thine on me !*
Dies.
HAMLET
Heaven make thee free of it! I follow thee.
I am dead, Horatio. Wretched queen, adieu! 35
You that look pale, and tremble at this
chance,
That are but mutes or audience to this act,*
Had I but time as this fell sergeant death
Is strict in his arrest O, I could tell you
But let it be. Horatio, I am dead;

355
Thou livest; report me and my cause aright
To the unsatisfied.
HORATIO
Never believe it:
I am more an antique Roman than a Dane,
Here's yet some liquor left.
HAMLET
TOI
Trdare! O, trdare fr seamn!
REGELE
Venii, prieteni, snt numai rnit.
HAMLET
Bea ici, spurcate dan incestuos,
Acest amestec; bea i nestemata
i mergi pe urma mamei.
R e g e l e moare.
LAERTES
I se cade;
Otrava-i pregtit de el nsui.
Iar noi s ne iertm, o! vrednic Hamlet.
Tu n-ai pe cuget moartea mea i-a tatii;
Nici eu pe-a ta!
Moare.
HAMLET
Rog cerul s i-o ierte! Te urmez.
Horatio, mor. Adio, biat mam!
Iar voi, care, privind mpalidai,
Ai fost doar martori mui nenorocirii,
S am rgaz dar moartea, crud gealat,
Zorete aprig ai putea ti cum
Dar las. Mor, o! scumpul meu Horatio,
Triete tu i du-mi dreptatea-n faa
Uimitei lumi.
HORATIO
Eu nu, alte, nu.
M simt mai mult roman dect un dan:
Mai e un strop rmas aici.
HAMLET
Horatio,
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 Give me the cup: let go, by heaven I'll D-mi chiupu... arunc-1, pentru Dumnezeu!
have't. 360 Gndete-te c, pentru cei ce nu tiu,
0 God, Horatio, what a wounded name, Eu las un nume numai rni n urm.
Things standing thus unknown, shall I n sufletul tu bun de mai m ii,
leave behind me! Arunc-i fericirea pentru-un timp
If thou didst ever hold me in thy heart, i-apuc, n via, rsuflnd din greu,
Absent thee from felicity awhile, S-mi spui povestea.
And in this harsh world draw thy breath Cntec rzboinic ndeprtat i salve de tun.
in pain, 365 Ce se-aude oare?
To tell my story. OSRIC
March afar off and shot within. E Fortinbras cel tnr, care,-ntors
What warlike noise is this? Cu oastea-i n triumf, de la poloni,
OSRIC Cinstete ca rzboinic pe trimiii
Young Fortinbras, with conquest come from Sosii ai Engliterei.
Poland, HAMLET
To the ambassadors of England gives Mor, Horatio...
This warlike volley. Otrava simt c-mi copleete mintea,
HAMLET i nu voi ti nimic din Englitera.
O, I die, Horatio; Dar vd pe tronul Danemarcei, iat,
The potent poison quite o'er-crows my spirit: 370 Pe Fortinbras. Murind, snt pentru el.
1 cannot live to hear the news from England, S-i spui cam tot ce s-a-ntmplat de-am fost
But I do prophesy the election lights Adus aici. Iar restul e tcere.
On Fortinbras: he has my dying voice; Moare.
So tell him, with the occurrents, more and HORATIO
less, Ce cuget nalt! Dormi lin, o! dulce prin,
Which have solicited. The rest is silence. 375 i stol de ngeri somnul i-1 ngne!
Dies. Cntec rzboinic, afar.
HORATIO De ce rsun tobele pe-aproape?
Now cracks a noble heart. Good night, sweet Intr F o r t i n b r a s , A m b a s a d o r i i englezi,
prince,* cu tobe, stindarde i n s o i t o r i .
And flights of angels sing thee to thy rest!
March within.
Why does the drum come hither?
Enter F o r t i n b r a s and the English
A mbassadors, with drum, colours, and
At t e n d a n t s .
368 Act V Scene 2 Actul V Scena 2 369
FORTINBRAS
Where is this sight?
HORATIO
What is it you would see?
If aught of woe, or wonder, cease your
search. 380
FORTINBRAS
This quarry cries on havoc. O proud Death,*
What feast is toward in thine eternal cell,
That thou so many princes at a shot
So bloodily hast struck?
FIRST AMBASSADOR
The sight is dismal;
And our affairs from England come too late: 385
The ears are senseless that should give us
hearing,
To tell him his commandment is fulfilled,
That Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are dead:
Where should we have our thanks?
HORATIO
Not from his mouth
Had it the ability of life to thank you:390
He never gave commandment for their
death.
But since, so jump this bloody question,
You from the Pollack wars, and you from
England,
Are here arrived, give order that these
bodies
High on a stage be placed to the view, 395
And let me speak to the yet unknowing
world
How these things came about: so shall you
hear
Of carnal, bloody and unnatural acts,
Of occidental judgements, casual slaughters,
FORTINBRAS
Dar ce-mi vd ochii?
HORATIO
Ce-ai vrea s vedei?
Prpd i spaim, totul este-aici.
FORTINBRAS
Cumplit mcel! Ce crunt srbtoare
Gteti n noaptea-i venic, o! moarte,
Lovind atia principi dintr-o dat?
PRIMUL AMBASADOR
Privelitea-i o spaim fr seamn,
Iar noi sosim trziu din Englitera.
Urechile ce trebuia s-asculte
C-am mplinit porunca, sugrumnd
Pe Rosencrantz i Guildenstern, snt surde.
De unde mulumiri?
HORATIO
Nu de la el,
Chiar de-ar putea, trind, s mulumeasc;
Nu el a dat porunc s-i ucidei.
Fiindc ns crunta ntmplare
A vrut ca voi, sosind din Englitera,
Iar ceilali din rzboiul cu polonii,
S fii de fa, poruncii s suie
Aceste leuri pe o schel-nalt,
De unde celor care nu tiu nc
Le-oi spune tot; i astfel vei afla
De fapte crunte, glgind de snge,
De-omoruri datorite ntmplrii,
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 Of deaths put on by cunning and for no
cause,
400
And, in this upshot, purposes mistook
Fall'n on the inventors' heads: all this can I
Truly deliver.
FORTINBRAS
I^et us haste to hear it,
And call the noblest to the audience.
For me, with sorrow I embrace my fortune: 405
I have some rights of memory in this
kingdom,
Which now to claim my vantage doth invite
me.
HORATIO
Of that I shall have also cause to speak,
And from his mouth whose voice will draw
on more:*
But let this same be presently performed, 4io
Even while men's minds are wild, lest more
mischance
On plots and errors happen.
FORTINBRAS
I^et four captains*
Bear Hamlet like a soldier to the stage,
For he was likely, had he been put on,
To have proved most royal: and, for his
passage, 415
The soldiers' music and the rites of war
Speak loudly for him.
Take up the bodies: such a sight as this
Becomes the field, but here shows much
amiss.
Go, bid the soldiers shoot.
Dead march. Exeunt, carrying out the corpses; a piece
goes off.
De mori nedrepte, silnice, viclene
i, n sfrit, urzeli rstlmcite,
ntoarse-asupra celor ce urzeau.
Voi spune tot.
FORTINBRAS
Atunci s ne grbim,
i vin toi mai-marii rii-acolo.
Iar eu, nevrnd, m voi supune soartei:
n ara-aceasta-am drepturi cunoscute,
i ele doar m-ndeamn s le cer.
HORATIO
Acolo, voi vorbi i despre-aceasta
Cu gura-aceea-al crei glas s-a stins.
Dar tot ce-am spus e de fcut acum,
Ct lumea-i nc-ncins, ca s-oprim
Urzeli sau ntmplri.
FORTINBRAS
Voi, cpitani,
Suii pe Hamlet sus ca pe-un viteaz;
Fiindc-aa s-ar fi purtat el nsui,
Fiind un mare rege: s-1 petrecem
Cu goarnele i datini de rzboi
Vorbeasc lumii despre el.
I/iai leurile toate :-acest mcel
Se cade n rzboi, dar nu-n castel.
Pornii i oastea trag.
Mar de nmor mint are. Exeunt, ducnd afar trupwile;
urmeaz un bubuit de artilerie.
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