Acte Two, scene four Juliet is waiting for her nurse to return from seeing Romeo: Juliet : O God, she comes ! O honey nurse, what news ? Hast thou met with him ? Now, good sweet nurse - O Lord, why lookst thou sad Though news be sad, yet tell them merrily ; If good, thou shamest the music of sweet news By playing it to me with so sour a face. Nurse : I am a-weary ; give me leave a while. Fie, how my bones ache ; What a jaunce I have had ! Juliet : I would thou hadst my bones and I thy news ; Nay, come, I pray thee,speak, good, good, nurse speak. Nurse : Jesu, what haste ! Can you not stay a while ? Do you not see that I am out of breath ? Juliet : How art thou out of breath, when thou hast breath To say to me that thou art out of breath ? The excuse that thou doth make in this delay Is longer than the tale thou dost excuse. Is thy news good, or bad ? answer to that ; Say either, and I'll stay the circumstance : Let me be satisfied, is't good or bad ? Notes: thou sham'st the music of sweet news By playing it to me with so sour a face : Tu gâtes la musique des bonnes nouvelles en me la jouant de si mauvaise gràce. Retour au texte give me leave : laisse-moi en paix Retour au texte What a jaunce I have had ! : Que j'ai couru à droite et à gauche ! Retour au texte I would thou hadst... : je voudrais que toi, tu ais ... Retour au texte haste : hâte Retour au texte stay : (ici) attendre Retour au texte in this delay : en me faisant attendre Retour au texte the tale thou dost excuse : l'histoire que tu évites de me raconter Retour au texte I'll stay the circumstance : je me passerai des dˇtails Retour au texte