Act One, Prologue Two households, both alike in dignity In fair Verona, where we lay our scene From ancient grudge break to new mutiny Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean. From forth the fatal loins of these two foes A pair of star-crossed lovers take their life Whose misadventured piteous overthrows Do with their death bury their parents strife The fearful passage of their death marked love And the continuance of their parents' rage Which but their childrens' end, nought could remove Is now the two hour's traffic of our stage The which if you with patient ears attend What here shall miss, our toil shall strive to mend. Notes: Notice that this is a sonnet. From ancient grudge break to new mutiny D'une ancienne haine se livrent à une nouvelle révolte Retour au texte fatal loins: les entrailles fatales Retour au texte foes: ennemis Retour au texte star-crossed: maudits (par leur destin astrologique) Retour au texte take their life: sont nés Retour au texte whose misadventured piteous overthrows: dont les contretemps tragiques et malchanceux Retour au texte strife: querelle Retour au texte fearful: terrible Retour au texte which but their children's end, nought could remove: que rien, sauf la mort de leurs enfants, ne put enlever Retour au texte traffic: thème Retour au texte The which if you with patient ears attend ... What here shall miss, our toil shall strive to mend. Si vous l??coutez avec patience, nos efforts essaieront de combler les lacunes ?ventuelles. Retour au texte