Friar Laurence explains to Juliet how the drug will work :

Friar Laurence : Take thou this vial, being then in bed,
And this distilled liquor drink thou off:
When presently through all thy veins shall run
A cold and drowsy humour; for no pulse
Shall keep his native progress but surcease;
No warmth, no breath, shall testify thou liv'st
The roses in thy lips and cheeks shall fade
To paly ashes; thy eyes' windows fall,
Like death, when he shuts up the day of life;
Each part, deprived of subtle government
Shall, stiff and stark and cold, appear like death:
And in this borrowed likeness of shrunk death
Thou shalt continue two and forty hours,
And then awake as from a pleasant sleep.


Notes:

this vial: cette fiole
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drowsy: (ici) assoupissant
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surcease: s'arrêter
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fade: faner
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eyes' windows: c'est-à-dire les paupières
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subtle government: gouvernement habile
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stiff and stark: raide et triste
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And in this borrowed likeness of shrunk death
Thou shalt continue ... :
et tu continueras sous cette apparence trompeuse de la mort flétrissante
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