	Enter ANTONIO, SALERIO, SALERINO and SOLANIO	Enter ANTONIO, SALERIO, SALERINO and SOLANIO

	ANTONIO (French)	ANTONIO (French)
	In sooth, I know not why I am so sad:	De bonne foi, je ne sais pourquoi je suis triste :
	It wearies me; you say it wearies you;	Cela me pèse, vous dites que cela vous pèse aussi ;
	But how I caught it, found it, or came by it,	mais comment j’ai attrapé ce chagrin, où je l’ai
	What stuff ’tis made of, whereof it is born,	trouvé, rencontré, de quelle étoffe il est fait,
	I am to learn;	d’où il est sorti, je dois encore l’apprendre.
	And such a want-wit sadness makes of me,	La tristesse me rend si stupide que j’ai peine à
	That I have much ado to know myself.	me reconnaître moi-même.
	SALERIO (French)	SALERIO (French)
	Your mind is tossing on the ocean;	Votre esprit est agité sur l’océan ;
	There, where your argosies with portly sail,	Là-bas, où vos vaisseaux aux voiles
10	Like signors and rich burghers on the flood,	majestueuses, tels des seigneurs et de riches
	Or, as it were, the pageants of the sea,	bourgeois des flots, ou pareilles à des chars dans
	Do overpeer the petty traffickers,	le cortège de mer, regardent de très haut les
	That curtsy to them, do them reverence,	petits navires marchands qui les saluent, leur
	As they fly by them with their woven wings.	font la révérence, quand ils glissent près d’eux le tissu de leurs ailes.
	SOLANIO (German)	SOLANIO (German)
	Believe me, sir, had I such venture forth,	Herr, glaubt mir, hätt ich so viel auf dem Spiel,
	The better part of my affections would	So wär von Herz und Hirn das meiste mir
	Be with my hopes abroad. [I should be still	Fern fort mit meiner Hoffnung. [Ich würd ständig
	Plucking the grass, to know where sits the wind,	Mit Grashalmen den Wind zu messen trachten,
	Peering in maps for ports and piers and roads,	In Karten würd ich jeden Hafen suchen,
20	And every object that might make me fear	Und jeder Umstand der mein Unterfangen
	Misfortune to my ventures, out of doubt	Behindern könnte würd mich ohne Zweifel
	Would make me sad.]	Schwermütig stimmen.]
	SALERINO (French)	SALERINO (French)
	I know, Antonio	Je sais, Antonio
	Is sad to think upon his merchandise.	est triste parce qu’il songe à ses marchandises.
	ANTONIO (French)	ANTONIO (French)
	Believe me, no: [I thank my fortune for it,	Non, croyez-moi. [J’en rends grâces au sort ;
	My ventures are not in one bottom trusted,	toutes mes espérances ne sont pas aventurées sur
	Nor to one place; nor is my whole estate	une seule chance, ni réunies en un même lieu ;
	Upon the fortune of this present year:	et ma fortune entière ne dépend pas des
45	Therefore my merchandise makes me not sad.]	évènements de cette année. Ce ne sont donc pas
		mes marchandises qui m’attristent.]
	SALERINO (French)	SALERINO (French)
	Why, then you are in love.	Il faut alors que vous soyez amoureux.
	ANTONIO (French)	ANTONIO (French)
	Fie, fie!	Fi donc !
	SALERIO (Swiss German)	SALERIO (Swiss German)
	Not in love neither? Then let us say you are sad,	O‘ nid verliebt? Dä bisch wohl eifach truurig
	Because you are not merry: and ’twere as easy	Wöu du nid heiter bisch: Chöntsch grad so guet
	For you to laugh and leap and say you are merry,	Strahlend und lachend säge du sig’sch glücklich
50	Because you are not sad.	Wöu du nid truurig bisch.

	Enter BASSANIO, LORENZO, and GRATIANO	Enter BASSANIO, LORENZO, and GRATIANO

	(French) Here comes Bassanio, your most noble kinsman,	(French) Voici Bassanio, votre noble allié,
	Gratiano and Lorenzo. Fare ye well:	avec Gratiano et Lorenzo. Adieu, nous vous
	We leave you now with better company.	laissons en meilleure compagnie.
	SALERIO (German)	SALERIO (German)
60	I would have stay’d till I had made you merry,	Ich wär geblieben eure Gram zu pflegen
	If worthier friends had not prevented me.	Wären nicht wert’re Freunde schon zugegen.
	ANTONIO (German)	ANTONIO (German)
	Your worth is very dear in my regard.	Ihr seid mir alle äusserst wert und teuer.
	I take it, your own business calls on you,	Ich nehme an, dass Euch Geschäfte rufen,
	And you embrace th’occasion to depart.	Und Ihr den Anlass grüsst, euch zu empfehlen.
	SALERINO (Swiss German)	SALERINO (Swiss German)
	Good morrow, my good lords.	Ä guete Morge, mini guete Herre.
	BASSANIO (Swiss German)	BASSANIO (Swiss German)
	Good signors both, when shall we laugh? Say, when?	Dir drei, wenn heimmer widder emau Spass?
	You grow exceeding strange: must it be so?	Dir mached euch so säute, muess das si?
	SOLANIO (Swiss German)	SOLANIO (Swiss German)
	We’ll make our leisures to attend on yours.	Mir all händ immer Ziit wänn du Mal chasch.

	Exeunt SALERIO, SOLANIO and SALERINO	Exeunt SALERIO, SOLANIO and SALERINO

	GRATIANO (German)	GRATIANO (German)
	You look not well, Signor Antonio.	Sie sehn nicht gut aus, Herr Antonio,
	You have too much respect upon the world;	Sie gehen mit der Welt zu ernsthaft um;
	They lose it that do buy it with much care.	Wer sie sich mühsam kauft, wird sie verlieren.
	ANTONIO (French)	ANTONIO (French)
	I hold the world but as the world, Gratiano,	Je prends le monde pour ce qu’il est, Gratiano :
	A stage where every man must play a part,	un théâtre où chacun doit jouer son rôle ;
	And mine a sad one.	le mien est d’être triste.
	GRATIANO (German)	GRATIANO (German)
	Let me play the fool:	Lass mich den Narren spielen:
80	With mirth and laughter let old wrinkles come,	Durch Lust und Lachen sollen Runzeln kommen,
	And let my liver rather heat with wine	Und meine Leber soll im Wein erglühen
	Than my heart cool with mortifying groans.	Ehe mein Herz in Seufzern frieren muss.
	I tell thee what, Antonio–	Ich sage dir, Antonio –
	I love thee, and ‘tis my love that speaks–	Ich liebe dich, und meine Liebe spricht –
	[There are a sort of men whose visages	[Es gibt die Sorte Mensch die im Gesicht
	Do cream and mantle like a standing pond,	Ganz milchig trüb wird, wie ein stiller Sumpf,
	And do a wilful stillness entertain,	Und die für sich ein stures Schweigen pflegt,
	With purpose to be dressed in an opinion	Um sich dadurch in einen Ruf zu hüllen
	Of wisdom, gravity, profound conceit,	Der Weisheit, Ernst und Tiefsinn heissen soll,
	As who should say ‘I am Sir Oracle,	Als ob man schrie: „Ich bin Monsieur Orakel,
	And when I ope my lips let no dog bark!’]	Tu‘ ich den Mund auf, darf kein Köter kläffen!“]
95	O my Antonio, I do know of these	Oh mein Antonio, ich kenne manche
	That therefore only are reputed wise	Von denen man nur glaubt, sie seien Weise
	For saying nothing; when, I am very sure,	Weil sie nichts sagen; ich bin sicher, wenn
	If they should speak, would almost damn those ears,	Sie einmal sprächen, wären ihre Hörer
	Which, hearing them, would call their brothers fools.	Beinah gezwungen, sie laut auszulachen.
100	I’ll tell thee more of this another time.	Ein andermal sag ich dir davon mehr.
	Come, good Lorenzo. Fare ye well awhile:	Komm mit Lorenzo. Lebt solange wohl,
	I’ll end my exhortation after dinner.	Ich ende meine Predigt nach dem Essen.
	LORENZO (German with French accent)	LORENZO (German with French accent)
	I must be one of these same dumb wise men,	Ich bin wohl einer von den stummen Weisen
	For Gratiano never lets me speak.	Denn Gratiano lässt mich niemals sprechen.
	ANTONIO (French)	ANTONIO (French)
110	Fare you well: I’ll grow a talker for this gear.	Adieu : à ce régime-là je deviendrais bavard.

	Exeunt GRATIANO and LORENZO	Exeunt GRATIANO and LORENZO

	BASSANIO (English to the audience)	BASSANIO (English to the audience)
	Gratiano speaks an infinite deal of nothing, more	Gratiano speaks an infinite deal of nothing, more
	than any man in all Venice. His reasons are as	than any man in all Venice. His reasons are as
	two grains of wheat hid in two bushels of chaff:	two grains of wheat hid in two bushels of chaff:
	you shall seek all day ere you find them, and	you shall seek all day ere you find them, and
	when you have them, they are not worth the search.	when you have them, they are not worth the search.
	ANTONIO (Rumantsch)	ANTONIO (Rumantsch)
	Well, tell me now (French) what lady is the same	Bien, lu di a mi uss (French) Quelle est donc cette dame
120	To whom you swore a secret pilgrimage,	que vous avez juré d’aller voir en secret pèlerinage,
	That you today promised to tell me of?	vous m’aviez promis d’en parler aujourd’hui ?
	BASSANIO (French)	BASSANIO (French)
	‘Tis not unknown to you, Antonio,	Vous n’ignorez pas, Antonio,
	How much I have disabled mine estate,	A quel point j’ai délabré ma fortune,
	By something showing a more swelling port	En déployant un faste plus somptueux
	Than my faint means would grant continuance:	Que mes moyens me permettaient de soutenir.
	Nor do I now make moan to be abridged	Je ne me plains pas à présent de devoir réduire
	From such a noble rate; but my chief care	Ce noble train de vie, mais mon premier souci
	Is to come fairly off from the great debts	Est de me tirer avec honneur des dettes considérables
	Wherein my time something too prodigal	que j’ai contractées par un peu trop de prodigalité.
130	Hath left me gaged. To you, Antonio,	C’est à vous, Antonio, que je dois le plus,
	I owe the most, in money and in love,	tant en argent qu’en amitié ; et c’est
	And from your love I have a warranty	de votre amitié que j’attends avec confiance
	To unburden all my plots and purposes	les moyens d’accomplir tous mes desseins, et les plans
	How to get clear of all the debts I owe.	que je forme pour me libérer de toutes mes dettes.
	ANTONIO (French)	ANTONIO (French)
	I pray you, good Bassanio, let me know it;	Je vous prie, mon cher Bassanio, de me les faire connaître ;
	And if it stand, as you yourself still do,	et, s’ils ne s’écartent pas plus que vous
	Within the eye of honour, be assured,	des chemins de l’honneur, soyez sûr
	My purse, my person, my extremest means,	que ma bourse, ma personne et tout ce que j’ai
	Lie all unlocked to your occasions.	de ressources en ce monde sont à votre service.
	[BASSANIO (French)	[BASSANIO (French)
140	In my schooldays, when I had lost one shaft,	Lorsque j’étais écolier, dès que j’avais perdu une de
	I shot his fellow of the self-same flight	mes flèches, j’en décochais une autre dans la même
	The self-same way with more advisèd watch,	direction, mettant plus d’attention à suivre son vol,
	To find the other forth, and by adventuring both	afin de retrouver l’autre; et, en risquant les deux,
	I oft found both. I urge this childhood proof,	souvent je retrouvais les deux. Je vous cite cet exemple
	Because what follows is pure innocence.	de mon enfance, parce que ce qui suit est pure innocence.
	I owe you much, and, like a wilful youth,	Je vous dois beaucoup: et comme il arrive à un jeune homme
	That which I owe is lost; but if you please	livré à ses fantaisies, ce que je vous dois est perdu.
	To shoot another arrow that self way	Mais si vous voulez risquer une autre flèche du même côté
	Which you did shoot the first, I do not doubt,	où vous avez lancé la première, je ne doute pas que,
150	As I will watch the aim, or to find both	par ma vigilance à observer sa chute, je ne retrouve les deux,
	Or bring your latter hazard back again	ou du moins que je ne vous rapporte celle que vous aurez hasardée la dernière,
	And thankfully rest debtor for the first.	en demeurant avec reconnaissance votre débiteur pour l’autre.
	ANTONIO (French)	ANTONIO (French)
	You know me well, and herein spend but time	Vous me connaissez bien; et vous perdez votre temps
	To wind about my love with circumstance;	à circonvenir mon amour avec tous ces détours.
	Then do but say to me what I should do	Dites-moi donc ce qu’il faut que je fasse pour vous,
	That in your knowledge may by me be done,	et tout ce que vous me croyez possible ;
160	And I am prest unto it: therefore, speak.]	je suis prêt à le faire : parlez donc.]
	BASSANIO (French)	BASSANIO (French)
	In Belmont is a lady richly left;	Il y a à Belmont une riche héritière ;
	And she is fair, and, fairer than that word,	et elle est belle, plus belle que ce mot,
	Of wondrous virtues: sometimes from her eyes	et dotée de vertus prodigieuses. J’ai déjà reçu
	I did receive fair speechless messages:	de ses yeux de doux messages muets.
	Her name is Portia, (Italian) nothing undervalued	Son nom est Portia, (Italian) e non è per niente inferior
	To Cato’s daughter, Brutus’ Portia	alla figlia di Catone, la Porzia di Bruto,
	(French) Nor is the wide world ignorant of her worth,	(French) L’univers entier connaît son mérite ;
	For the four winds blow in from every coast	car les quatre vents lui amènent de toutes les côtes
	Renowned suitors, [and her sunny locks	d’illustres adorateurs. [Ses cheveux, dorés comme les
170	Hang on her temples like a golden fleece;]	rayons du soleil, tombent en boucles sur ses tempes comme une toison d’or :]
	Which makes her seat of Belmont Colchos’ strand,	ce qui fait de sa demeure de Belmont un rivage de
	And many Jasons come in quest of her.	Colchos, où plus d’un Jason se rend pour la conquérir :
	O my Antonio, had I but the means	ô mon Antonio, si j’avais seulement le moyen
	To hold a rival place with one of them,	d’entrer en concurrence avec eux, j’ai dans
	I have a mind presages me such thrift,	mon âme de tels présages de succès,
	That I should questionless be fortunate!	qu’il est hors de doute que je l’emporterais.
	ANTONIO (French)	ANTONIO (French)
	Thou know’st that all my fortunes are at sea;	Tu sais que toute ma fortune est sur la mer,
	Neither have I money nor commodity	que je n’ai point d’argent, ni la possibilité
	To raise a present sum: therefore go forth;	de rassembler une forte somme. Va donc essayer
180	Try what my credit can in Venice do:	ce que peut mon crédit dans Venise.
	That shall be racked, even to the uttermost,	Je l’épuiserai jusqu’au bout, pour te donner les moyens
	To furnish thee to Belmont, (Italian) to fair Portia.	de paraître à Belmont (Italian) dalla tua bella Porzia.
	[(French) Go, presently inquire, and so will I,	[(French) Va, informe-toi où il y a de l’argent, et j’en
	Where money is, and I no question make	ferai autant de mon côté, et je ne doute point
	To have it of my trust or for my sake.]	que je n’en trouve par mon crédit, ou par mes amitiés.]

	Exeunt	Exeunt

SCENE II

Belmont. In Portia’s House.

	Enter PORTIA and NERISSA	Enter PORTIA and NERISSA

	PORTIA (Italian)	PORTIA (Italian)
	By my troth, Nerissa, my little body is aweary of	Ti giuro, Nerissa, che il mio piccolo corpo
	this great world.	è stanco di questo grande mondo.
	NERISSA (Italian)	NERISSA (Italian)
	You would be, sweet madam, if your miseries	Potreste esserelo, dolce signora, se le vostre
	were in the same abundance as your good fortunes are;	miserie fossero pari alle vostre fortune. (German) und
	(German) and yet, for aught I see, they are as sick	dennoch, nach allem, was ich sehe, werden die, die sich
	that surfeit with too much as they that starve with	an zu viel überfressen, genauso krank wie die, die an
	nothing. It is no mean happiness therefore, to be seated	zu wenig verhungern. Es ist also ein massloses Glück,
	in the mean: superfluity comes sooner by white hairs,	im Mittelstand zu sitzen: Überfluss kommt früher zu
	but competency lives longer.	weissen Haaren, ein gutes Auskommen lebt nicht am
		besten, aber länger.
	PORTIA (Italian)	PORTIA (Italian)
	Good sentences and well pronounced.	Savie parole e saviamente espresse.
	NERISSA (Italian)	NERISSA (Italian)
10	They would be better, if well followed.	Sarebbero migliori se venissero praticate.
	PORTIA (Italian)	PORTIA (Italian)
	If to do were as easy as to know what were good	Se il fare fosse facile come il sapere quel che è bene
	to do, chapels had been churches and poor men’s	fare, i tabernacoli sarebbero chiese e i tuguri
	cottages princes’ palaces. It is a good divine that	palazzi principeschi. Buon sacerdote è chi
	follows his own instructions. [I can easier teach	riesce a praticare quel che predica. [In quanto a me,
	twenty what were good to be done, than be one	farei prima a dar precetti a venti pesone, che
	of the twenty to follow mine own teaching.]	mettermi con quei venti a seguire i miei precetti.]
	But this reasoning is not in the fashion to choose me	Ma queste chiacchiere non mi aiutano a scegliermi
	a husband. O me, the word ‘choose!’ I may	un marito. Una parola, scegliermi! Non si può
20	neither choose who I would nor refuse who I	né scegliere quello che ci va, né rifiutare quello
	dislike; so is the will of a living daughter curbed	che non ci va quando la volontà di una figlia viva
	by the will of a dead father.	è soggetta alle ultime volontà di un padre morto.
	NERISSA (French)	NERISSA (French)
	Your father was ever virtuous; and holy men at	Votre père fut toujours vertueux, et les saints
	their death have good inspirations:	personnages ont à leur mort de bonnes inspirations.
	therefore the lottery that he hath devised in these	Ainsi, dans cette loterie qu’il a imaginée, et au
		moyen de laquelle vous devez être le partage de celui
	three chests of gold, silver and lead, whereof	qui, entre trois coffres d’or, d’argent et de plomb,
	who chooses his meaning chooses you, will, no	choisira selon son intention, vous pouvez être sûr que
	doubt, never be chosen by any rightly but one	le bon choix sera fait par un homme que vous pourrez
	who shall rightly love. But what warmth is	aimer en bonne conscience. Mais quelle chaleur
	there in your affection towards any of these princely	d’affection sentez-vous pour tous ces brillants
30	suitors that are already come?	adorateurs qui sont déjà arrivés ?
	PORTIA (French)	PORTIA (French)
	I pray thee, over-name them; and as thou namest	Je t’en prie, dis-moi leurs noms : à mesure que
	them, I will describe them; and, according to my	tu les nommeras je ferai leur portrait, et tu
	description, level at my affection.	devineras mes sentiments par ma description.
	NERISSA (Italian)	NERISSA (Italian)
	First, there is the Neapolitan prince.	Primo: c’è il principe Napoletano.
	PORTIA (Italian)	PORTIA (Italian)
	Ay, that’s a colt indeed, for he doth nothing but	Oh, quello è sicuramente un prodotto da scuderia, visto
	talk of his horse; and he makes it a great	che non sa parlar altro che del suo cavallo; e considera
	appropriation to his own good parts, that he can	notevole aggiunta a tutti i suoi meriti quello di
	shoe him himself. I am much afeard my lady his	saperselo ferrare da sé. Ho gran paura che la sua
	mother played false with a smith.	signora madre abbia giocato d’azzardo col suo maniscalco.
	NERISSA (Swiss German)	NERISSA (Swiss German)
	Then there is the County Palatine.	U denn heimer da dr Graf us dr Pfalz.
	PORTIA (Swiss German)	PORTIA (Swiss German)
40	He doth nothing but frown, as who should say ‘If	De muffled gäng nur grantig ume, wie wenn er würd
	you will not have me, choose:’ he hears merry	säge: „Wenn’d mi nid wosch, denn halt“, er ghört
	tales and smiles not: I fear he will prove the	heiteri Gschichte und lächlet nid mal: Ig ha Angst, er
	weeping philosopher when he grows old, being	wird im Alter zum ne chlönendä Philosoph, wenn er
	so full of unmannerly sadness in his youth.	scho als junge Bursch so usinning schwermüetig isch.
	NERISSA (French)	NERISSA (French)
	How say you by the French lord, Monsieur Le Bon?	Que dites-vous du seigneur français, monsieur le Bon ?
	PORTIA (French)	PORTIA (French)
	God made him, and therefore let him pass for a man.	Dieu l’a fait; ainsi je consens qu’il passe pour un
	In truth, I know it is a sin to be a mocker: but he,	homme. Je sais bien que c’est un péché de se moquer
	why he hath a horse better than the Neapolitan’s,	de son prochain ; mais lui ! Comment ! il a un meilleur
50	a better bad habit of frowning than the Count	cheval que le Napolitain, la mauvaise habitude de
		froncer le sourcil lus parfaite encore que le comte
	Palatine; he is every man in no man. If a throstle	palatin. Il est tout le monde et personne. Si un merle
	sing, he falls straight a capering: he will fence with	chante, il fait aussitôt la cabriole. Il croiserait
	his own shadow.	le fer avec son ombre.
	NERISSA (English)	NERISSA (English)
	What say you, then, to Falconbridge, the young	What say you, then, to Falconbridge, the young
	baron of England?	baron of England?
	PORTIA (English)	PORTIA (English)
	You know I say nothing to him, for he understands	You know I say nothing to him, for he understands
	not me, nor I him: he hath neither Latin, French,	not me, nor I him: he hath neither Latin, French,
	nor Italian, and you will come into the court	nor Italian, and you will come into the court
	and swear that I have a poor pennyworth in the	and swear that I have a poor pennyworth in the
60	English. He is a proper man’s picture, but, alas, who	English. He is a proper man’s picture, but, alas, who
	can converse with a dumb-show? How oddly he	can converse with a dumb-show? How oddly he
	is suited! I think he bought his doublet in Italy,	is suited! I think he bought his doublet in Italy,
	his round hose in France, his bonnet in Germany	his round hose in France, his bonnet in Germany
	and his behaviour everywhere.	and his behaviour everywhere.
	[NERISSA (English with Scottish accent)	[NERISSA (English with Scottish accent)
	What think you of the Scottish lord, his neighbour?	What think you of the Scottish lord, his neighbour?
	PORTIA (English with Scottish accent)	PORTIA (English with Scottish accent)
	That he hath a neighbourly charity in him, for he	That he hath a neighbourly charity in him, for he
	borrowed a box of the ear of the Englishman and	borrowed a box of the ear of the Englishman and
	swore he would pay him again when he was able.]	swore he would pay him again when he was able.]
	{NERISSA (German)	{NERISSA (German)
70	How like you the young German, the Duke of	Wie gefällt Ihnen der junge Deutsche, der Neffe
	Saxony’s nephew?	des Herzogs von Sachsen?
	PORTIA (German)	PORTIA (German)
	Very vilely in the morning, when he is sober,	Sehr miserabel am Morgen, wenn er nüchtern ist
	and most vilely in the afternoon, when he	und unglaublich miserabel am Nachmittag,
	is drunk.	wenn er betrunken ist.
	NERISSA (German)	NERISSA (German)
	If he should offer to choose, and choose the right	Wenn er zur Wahl antreten würde, und das richtige
	casket, you should refuse to perform your	Kästchen wählte, würden Sie sich dem Willen Ihres
	father’s will if you should refuse to accept him.	Vaters widersetzen, wenn Sie sich ihm widersetzen
		sollten.
	PORTIA (German)	PORTIA (German)
80	Therefore, for fear of the worst, I pray thee, set a	Deshalb, aus Angst vor dem Schlimmsten, ich bitte
	deep glass of Rhenish wine on the contrary casket,	dich, setz ein grosses Glass Rheinwein auf das falsche
	for if the devil be within and that temptation	Kästchen, denn selbst wenn der Teufel drin und diese
	without, I know he will choose it.}	Versuchung drauf ist, weiss ich, dass er es wählen wird.}
	NERISSA (English)	NERISSA (English)
	You need not fear, lady, the having any of these	You need not fear, lady, the having any of these
	lords: they have acquainted me with their	lords: they have acquainted me with their
	determinations; which is, indeed, to return to	determinations; which is, indeed, to return to
	their home and to trouble you with no more suit,	their home and to trouble you with no more suit,
	unless you may be won by some other sort than	unless you may be won by some other sort than
	your father’s imposition, depending on the caskets.	your father’s imposition, depending on the caskets.
	PORTIA (English)	PORTIA (English)
	If I live to be as old as Sibylla, I will die as	If I live to be as old as Sibylla, I will die as
90	chaste as Diana, unless I be obtained by the	chaste as Diana, unless I be obtained by the
	manner of my father’s will. I am glad this parcel	manner of my father’s will. I am glad this parcel
	of wooers are so reasonable, for there is not one	of wooers are so reasonable, for there is not one
	among them but I dote on his very absence, and	among them but I dote on his very absence, and
	I pray God grant them a fair departure.	I pray God grant them a fair departure.
	NERISSA (Italian)	NERISSA (Italian)
	Do you not remember, lady, in your father’s time, a	Vi ricordate, signora, di quel veneziano, uomo d’armi
	Venetian, a scholar and a soldier, that came hither in	e di lettere, che venne qui in compagnia
	company of the Marquis of Montferrat?	del marchese di Monferrato?
	PORTIA (Italian)	PORTIA (Italian)
	Yes, yes, it was Bassanio; as I think, he was so called.	Ah, sì! Bassanio si chiamava, mi pare.
	NERISSA (Italian)	NERISSA (Italian)
	True, madam: he, of all the men that ever my	Giusto, signora. Tra tutti gli uomini che coi miei
	foolish eyes looked upon, was the best deserving	occhi stravaganti ho visto fino ad oggi, lui era il
	a fair lady.	più degno di avere una bella sposa.
	PORTIA (Italian)	PORTIA (Italian)
100	I remember him well, and I remember him	Lo ricordo bene, e lo ricordo anche degno di
	worthy of thy praise.	questo tuo elogio.

	Enter a SERVINGMAN	Enter a SERVINGMAN

	How now, what news?	Notizie?
	SERVINGMAN (Rumantsch)	SERVINGMAN (Rumantsch)
	The four strangers seek for you, madam, to take	Ils quatter esters tschertgan vus, matta, per prender
	their leave: and there is a forerunner come from	voss cumià; ed er in currider d’in tschintgavel,
	a fifth, the Prince of Morocco, who brings word	dal prinzi da Maroc, el porta la nova ch’il prinzi,
	the prince his master will be here to-night.	ses signur, vegn ad esser questa saira qua.
	PORTIA (Italian)	PORTIA (Italian)
	If he have the condition of a saint and the	Se avesse la bell’anima di un santo e la gagliarda
110	complexion of a devil, I had rather he should	complessione di un diavolo, lo accetterei più
	shrive me than wive me. Come, Nerissa. Sirrah,	volentieri per confessore che per marito. Vieni,
	go before.	Nerissa. Va’ avanti, ragazzo. Non abbiamo ancora
	Whiles we shut the gates upon one wooer,	chiuso l’uscio alle spalle d’uno spasimante che già un
	another knocks at the door.	altro è qui a picchiare alla porta.

	Exeunt	Exeunt

SCENE III

Venice. A public place.

	Enter BASSANIO and SHYLOCK	Enter BASSANIO and SHYLOCK

	SHYLOCK (English)	SHYLOCK (English)
	Three thousand ducats; well.	Three thousand ducats; well.
	BASSANIO (Swiss German)	BASSANIO (Swiss German)
	Ay, sir, for three months.	Genau, min Herr, für drü mönet.
	SHYLOCK (English)	SHYLOCK (English)
	For three months; well.	For three months; well.
	BASSANIO (Swiss German)	BASSANIO (Swiss German)
	For the which, as I told you, Antonio shall be bound.	Und dafür wird wie gseit dr Antonio garantiere.
	SHYLOCK (English)	SHYLOCK (English)
	Antonio shall become bound, well.	Antonio shall become bound, well.
	BASSANIO (German)	BASSANIO (German)
	May you stead me? Will you pleasure me?	Können sie mir aushelfen? Wären sie mir
	Shall I know your answer?	gefällig? Kann ich die Antwort wissen?
	SHYLOCK (German)	SHYLOCK (German)
	Three thousand ducats for three months and	Dreitausend Dukaten für drei Monate und
	Antonio bound.	Antonio zur Kasse?
	BASSANIO (German)	BASSANIO (German)
10	Your answer to that.	Ihre Antwort drauf.
	SHYLOCK (English)	SHYLOCK (English)
	Antonio is a good man.	Antonio is a good man.
	BASSANIO (English)	BASSANIO (English)
	Have you heard any imputation to the contrary?	Have you heard any imputation to the contrary?
	SHYLOCK (English)	SHYLOCK (English)
	Oh, no, no, no, no! (German) My meaning in	Oh, no, no, no, no! (German) Meine Meinung wenn
	saying he is a good man is to have you	ich sage er ist gut, ist zu verstehen, dass
	understand me that he is sufficient. (English) Yet his	er gut dafür ist – vermögend. (English) Yet his
	means are in supposition: he hath an argosy	means are in supposition: he hath an argosy
	bound to Tripolis, another to the Indies; I understand	bound to Tripolis, another to the Indies; I understand
	moreover, upon the Rialto, he hath a third at Mexico,	moreover, upon the Rialto, he hath a third at Mexico,
	a fourth for England, and other ventures he hath,	a fourth for England, and other ventures he hath,
	squandered abroad. But ships are but boards, sailors	squandered abroad. But ships are but boards, sailors
	but men; there is the peril of waters, winds and rocks.	but men; there is the peril of waters, winds and rocks.
	The man is, notwithstanding, sufficient.	The man is, notwithstanding, sufficient.
	Three thousand ducats; I think I may take his bond.	Three thousand ducats; I think I may take his bond.
	(German) May I speak with Antonio?	(German) Kann ich sprechen mit Antonio?
	BASSANIO (German)	BASSANIO (German)
	If it please you to dine with us.	Ja, wenn sie mit uns speisen wollen.
	SHYLOCK (English)	SHYLOCK (English)
	Yes, to smell pork; to eat of the habitation which	Yes, to smell pork; to eat of the habitation which
	your prophet the Nazarite conjured the devil into.	your prophet the Nazarite conjured the devil into.
30	I will buy with you, sell with you, talk with you,	I will buy with you, sell with you, talk with you,
	walk with you, and so following; but I will not eat	walk with you, and so following; but I will not eat
	with you, drink with you, nor pray with you.	with you, drink with you, nor pray with you.
	(French) What news on the Rialto? Who is he comes here?	(French) Quelles nouvelles de Rialto ? – Mais qui vient ici ?

	Enter ANTONIO	Enter ANTONIO

	BASSANIO ((French)	BASSANIO (French)
	This is Signor Antonio.	C’est le signor Antonio.
	SHYLOCK (English)	SHYLOCK (English)
	[Aside] How like a fawning publican he looks!	[Aside] How like a fawning publican he looks!
	I hate him for he is a Christian;	I hate him for he is a Christian;
	But more for that in low simplicity	But more for that in low simplicity
	He lends out money gratis and brings down	He lends out money gratis and brings down
40	The rate of usance here with us in Venice.	The rate of usance here with us in Venice.
	[If I can catch him once upon the hip,	[If I can catch him once upon the hip,
	I will feed fat the ancient grudge I bear him.]	I will feed fat the ancient grudge I bear him.]
	He hates our sacred nation and he rails	He hates our sacred nation and he rails
	Even there where merchants most do congregate,	Even there where merchants most do congregate,
	On me, my bargains and my well-won thrift,	On me, my bargains and my well-won thrift,
	Which he calls interest. Cursèd be my tribe,	Which he calls interest. Cursèd be my tribe,
	If I forgive him!	If I forgive him!
	BASSANIO (German)	BASSANIO (German)
	Shylock, do you hear?	Shylock, hören sie?
	SHYLOCK (German)	SHYLOCK (German)
	I am debating of my present store,	Ich muss berechnen, wie mein Bargeld steht,
	And by the near guess of my memory,	Und wie ich mich jetzt zu erinnern glaube
50	I cannot instantly raise up the gross	Kann ich nicht gleich die ganze Summe geben,
	Of full three thousand ducats. What of that?	Von dreitausend Dukaten – Schadet nichts!
	Tubal, a wealthy Hebrew of my tribe,	Tubal, ein reicher Mann aus meinem Volk
	Will furnish me. (French) But soft, how many months	Hilf mir schon aus. (French) Mais doucement ; pour combien de mois
	Do you desire?	les voulez-vous ?

	To ANTONIO	To ANTONIO

	Rest you fair, good signor!	Bonheur à vous, bon signor !
	Your worship was the last man in our mouths.	Le nom de Votre Honneur était justement sur nos lèvres.
	ANTONIO (French)	ANTONIO (French)
	Shylock, although I neither lend nor borrow	Shylock, bien que je ne prête ni n’emprunte
	By taking nor by giving of excess,	à intérêt, cependant pour fournir
	Yet, to supply the ripe wants of my friend,	aux besoins pressants d’un ami,
	I’ll break a custom.	je romprai cette coutume.

	To BASSANIO	To BASSANIO

	(Rumantsch) Is he yet possessed	(Rumantsch) Eis el gia informaus
60	How much ye would?	Con bia ch’el vul?
	SHYLOCK (English)	SHYLOCK (English)
	Three thousand ducats.	Three thousand ducats.
	ANTONIO (French)	ANTONIO (French)
	And for three months.	Et pour trois mois.
	SHYLOCK (French)	SHYLOCK (French)
	I had forgot – three months, you told me so.	J’avais oublié. Pour trois mois ; vous me l’aviez dit.
	Well then, your bond. And let me see; but hear you,	Eh bien alors, votre billet ; voyons… Mais écoutez,
	Methoughts you said you neither lend nor borrow	il me semble que vous venez de dire que vous
	Upon advantage.	ne prêtez ni n’empruntez à profit.
	ANTONIO (French)	ANTONIO (French)
	I do never use it.	En effet, jamais.
	SHYLOCK (French)	SHYLOCK (French)
	When Jacob grazed his uncle Laban’s sheep –	Quand Jacob menait paître les brebis de son oncle Laban…
	This Jacob from our holy Abram was,	Ce Jacob était, après notre saint Abraham,
	ANTONIO (French)	ANTONIO (French)
	And what of him? Did he take interest?	A quel propos revient-il ici ? Prêtait-il à intérêt ?
	SHYLOCK	SHYLOCK
	(English) No, not take interest, not, as you would say	(English) No, not take interest, not, as you would say
	(French) Directly interest: mark what Jacob did.	(French) intérêt à strictement parler : Remarquez bien ce que Jacob faisait.
	When Laban and himself were compromised	Laban et lui étant convenus que tous
	That all the eanlings which were streaked and pied	les nouveau-nés qui seraient rayés de deux couleurs
		appartiendraient à Jacob comme salaire ;
	Should fall as Jacob’s hire, the ewes being… (English) rank,	sur la fin de l’automne, les brebis étant… (English) rank,
	In the end of autumn turnèd to the rams;	In the end of autumn turnèd to the rams;
	And when the work of generation was	And when the work of generation was
	Between these woolly breeders in the act,	Between these woolly breeders in the act,
80	The skilful shepherd peeled me certain wands,	The skilful shepherd peeled me certain wands,
	And, in the doing of the deed of kind	And, in the doing of the deed of kind
	He stuck them up before the fulsome ewes,	He stuck them up before the fulsome ewes,
	Who then conceiving, did in eaning time	Who then conceiving, did in eaning time
	Fall parti-coloured lambs, and those were Jacob’s.	Fall parti-coloured lambs, and those were Jacob’s.
	(French) This was a way to thrive, and he was blest,	(French) C’était là une façon d’obtenir un profit ;
		et Jacob fut béni du ciel ; et le gain est
	And thrift is blessing, if men steal it not.	une bénédiction, pourvu qu’on ne le vole pas.
	ANTONIO (French)	ANTONIO (French)
	This was a venture, sir, that Jacob served for,	C’était là une aventure, monsieur, que Jacob ne maîtrisait pas,
	A thing not in his power to bring to pass,	Une chose qu’il n’était pas en son pouvoir de créer,
	But swayed and fashioned by the hand of heaven.	Mais qui était façonnée et réglée par la main du Ciel.
90	Was this inserted to make interest good?	Etait-ce là un argument pour justifier votre interérêt ?
	Or is your gold and silver ewes and rams?	Votre or et votre argent sont-ils des brebis et des béliers ?
	SHYLOCK (French)	SHYLOCK (French)
	I cannot tell, I make it breed as fast.	Je ne saurais vous dire ; je les fais se reproduire
	But note me, signor –	aussi vite. Mais écoutez-moi bien, signor…
	ANTONIO (French)	ANTONIO (French)
	Mark you this, Bassanio,	Remarquez ceci, Bassanio :
	The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose.	le diable peut employer à ses fins les textes de l’Écriture.
	[An evil soul producing holy witness	[Une âme fourbe qui produisant de saints témoignages
	Is like a villain with a smiling cheek,	est comme un traître à la joue souriante,
	A goodly apple rotten at the heart.	une belle pomme dont le cœur est pourri.
	O, what a goodly outside falsehood hath!]	Oh ! de quels beaux dehors se couvre la friponnerie !]
	SHYLOCK (English)	SHYLOCK (English)
	Three thousand ducats, ’tis a good round sum.	Three thousand ducats, ’tis a good round sum.
100	Three months from twelve, then, let me see, the rate…	Three months from twelve, then, let me see, the rate…
	ANTONIO (French)	ANTONIO (French)
	Well, Shylock, shall we be beholding to you?	Eh bien ! Shylock, vous serons-nous redevables ?
	SHYLOCK (French)	SHYLOCK (French)
	Signor Antonio, many a time and oft	Signor Antonio, mainte et mainte fois
	In the Rialto you have rated me	vous m’avez fait des reproches au Rialto
	About my moneys and my usances.	sur mes prêts et mes usances.
	Still have I borne it with a patient shrug,	Je n’y ai jamais répondu qu’en haussant patiemment
	For sufferance is the badge of all our tribe.	les épaules, car souffrir est l’insigne de toute ma tribu.
	You call me misbeliever, (German) cut-throat (English) dog,	Vous m’appelez infidèle, (German) Halsabschneider (English) dog,
	(French) And spit upon my Jewish gaberdine,	(French) et vous avez craché sur ma houppelande de juif,
	And all for use of that which is mine own.	et tout cela parce que j’use à mon gré de mon propre bien.
110	(English) Well then, it now appears you need my help.	(English) Well then, it now appears you need my help.
	Go to then. You come to me and you say	Go to then. You come to me and you say
	(French) ‘Shylock, we would have moneys,’ (English) you say so,	(French) « Shylock, nous voudrions de l’argent. » (English) you say so,
	You, that did void your rheum upon my beard	You, that did void your rheum upon my beard
	And foot me as you spurn a stranger cur	And foot me as you spurn a stranger cur
	Over your threshold, moneys is your suit.	Over your threshold, moneys is your suit.
	What should I say to you? Should I not say,	What should I say to you? Should I not say,
	(French, to Antonio) Hath a dog money? (German, to Bassanio) Is it possible	(French, to Antonio) Un chien a-t-il de l’argent ? (German, to Bassanio) Ist es möglich
	A cur can lend three thousand ducats?’ (English) Or	Dass Köter dreitausend Dukaten leihen?‘ (English) Or
	Shall I bend low, and in a bondman’s key,	Shall I bend low, and in a bondman’s key,
120	With bated breath and whispering humbleness, Say this:	With bated breath and whispering humbleness, Say this:
	(French) ‘Fair sir, you spit on me on Wednesday last,	(French) « Mon beau monsieur, vous avez craché sur moi mercredi dernier,
	You spurned me such a day, another time	vous m’avez donné des coups de pied un tel jour,
	You called me dog, and for these courtesies	et une autre fois vous m’avez traité de chien ;
		en reconnaissance de ces courtoisies,
	I’ll lend you thus much moneys’?	je vais vous prêter tant d’argent ? »
	ANTONIO (French)	ANTONIO (French)
	I am as like to call thee so again,	Je suis tout prêt à te traiter encore de même,
	To spit on thee again, to spurn thee too.	à cracher encore sur toi, à te repousser encore de mon pied.
	If thou wilt lend this money, lend it not	Si tu nous prêtes cet argent, ne nous le prête pas
	As to thy friends, [for when did friendship take	comme à des amis, [car l’amitié a-t-elle jamais exigé
	A breed for barren metal of his friend?]	qu’un stérile métal produisît pour elle dans les mains
130	But lend it rather to thine enemy,	d’un ami ?] mais prête plutôt ici à ton ennemi.
	Who if he break, thou mayst with better face	S’il manque à son engagement, tu auras
	Exact the penalty.	meilleure grâce à exiger sa punition.
	SHYLOCK (French)	SHYLOCK (French)
	Why look you, how you storm!	Eh ! mais voyez donc comme vous vous emportez !
	I would be friends with you and have your love,	Je voudrais être de vos amis, gagner votre affection,
	Forget the shames that you have stained me with,	oublier les affronts que vous m’avez faits,
	Supply your present wants and take no doit	subvenir à vos besoins présents, et ne pas exiger
	Of usance for my moneys, and you’ll not hear me.	un denier d’usure pour mon argent, et vous ne voulez
	This is kind I offer.	pas m’entendre ! Mon offre est gentille.
	BASSANIO (German)	BASSANIO (German)
	This were kindness.	Das wäre freundlich.
	SHYLOCK (English)	SHYLOCK (English)
	This kindness will I show.	This kindness will I show.
140	(French) Go with me to a notary, seal me there	(French) venez avec moi chez un notaire,
	Your single bond, and, in a merry sport,	me signer un simple billet, et pour nous divertir,
	If you repay me not on such a day,	nous stipulerons qu’en cas que vous ne me rendiez pas,
	In such a place, such sum or sums as are	à tels jour et lieu désigné, la somme ou les sommes
	Expressed in the condition, let the forfeit	exprimées dans l’acte, vous serez condamné
	Be nominated for an equal pound	à me payer une livre juste de votre chair
	Of your fair flesh, to be cut off and taken	blanche, coupée sur telle partie de votre
	In what part of your body pleaseth me.	corps qu’il qui me plaira.
	[ANTONIO (French)	[ANTONIO (French)
	Content, in faith. I’ll seal to such a bond	Ma foi, j’y consens, j’apposerai mon sceau sur ce billet,
	And say there is much kindness in the Jew.]	et dirai qu’il y a beaucoup de gentil chez le Juif.]
	BASSANIO (Rumantsch)	BASSANIO (Rumantsch)
150	You shall not seal to such a bond for me;	Vus duesses buc metter sut sigil in tal cuntract per mei;
	I’ll rather dwell in my necessity.	Lu restel plitost en mia necessitad.
	ANTONIO (Rumantsch)	ANTONIO (Rumantsch)
	Why fear not, man; I will not forfeit it.	Buc tema, um, jeu vi buc schar passar.
	[(French) Within these two months – that’s a month before	[(French) Dans deux mois, soit un mois avant
	This bond expires – I do expect return	Qu’expire le billet, je compte bien recevoir
	Of thrice three times the value of this bond.]	Trois fois le triple de ce billet.]
	SHYLOCK (English)	SHYLOCK (English)
	O father Abram, what these Christians are,	O father Abram, what these Christians are,
	Whose own hard dealings teaches them suspect	Whose own hard dealings teaches them suspect
	The thoughts of others! (To Bassanio) Pray you, tell me this:	The thoughts of others! (To Bassanio) Pray you, tell me this:
	If he should break his day, what should I gain	If he should break his day, what should I gain
160	By the exaction of the forfeiture?	By the exaction of the forfeiture?
	A pound of man’s flesh taken from a man	A pound of man’s flesh taken from a man
	Is not so estimable, profitable neither,	Is not so estimable, profitable neither,
	As flesh of muttons, beefs, or goats. I say	As flesh of muttons, beefs, or goats. I say
	To buy his favour I extend this friendship.	To buy his favour I extend this friendship.
	If he will take it, so; if not, adieu.	If he will take it, so; if not, adieu.
	[And for my love I pray you wrong me not.]	[And for my love I pray you wrong me not.]
	ANTONIO (French)	ANTONIO (French)
	Yes, Shylock, I will seal unto this bond.	Oui Shylock, je signerai ce billet.
	SHYLOCK (French)	SHYLOCK (French)
	Then meet me forthwith at the notary’s;	En ce cas, allez m’attendre chez le notaire ;
170	(English) And I will go and purse the ducats straight,	(English) And I will go and purse the ducats straight,
	(French) I’ll be with you.	(French) Je vous rejoins dans l’instant.
	ANTONIO (French)	ANTONIO (French)
	– Hie thee, gentle Jew.	Dépêchez-vous, gentil Juif.

	Exit SHYLOCK	Exit SHYLOCK

	(Rumantsch) The Hebrew will turn Christian; he grows kind.	(Rumantsch) Semida il hebrè aunc en in cristian; e vegn carstgaun.
	BASSANIO (Rumantsch)	BASSANIO (Rumantsch)
	I like not fair terms and a villain’s mind.	A mi displaschan cundiziuns favoreivlas tier in canagl.
	ANTONIO (Rumantsch)	ANTONIO (Rumantsch)
	Come on. (French) In this there can be no dismay;	Mo neu. (French) Il n’y a rien à craindre dans tout cela ;
	My ships come home a month before the day.	Un mois avant le terme, mes vaisseaux seront là.

	Exeunt	Exeunt

ACT II

SCENE I

Belmont. In Portia’s house.

	Flourish of cornets. Enter the PRINCE OF MOROCCO and his train; PORTIA, NERISSA, and others attending	Flourish of cornets. Enter the PRINCE OF MOROCCO and his train; PORTIA, NERISSA, and others attending

	MOROCCO (Portuguese)	MOROCCO (Portuguese)
	Mislike me not for my complexion,	Não vos desagredeis de mim por causa
	The shadowed livery of the burnished sun,	de minha compleição, libré sombria do sol ardente,
	To whom I am a neighbour and near bred.	do qual sou vizinho e que me fez crescer.
	Bring me the fairest creature northward born,	Apresentai-me a mais bela criatura das que vieram à luz no norte,
	Where Phoebus’ fire scarce thaws the icicles,	onde o calor de Febo mal o gelo desmancha,
	And let us make incision for your love	porque logo incisões em nós mesmo pratiquemos
		por vosso amor, a fim de que se veja
	To prove whose blood is reddest, his or mine.	qual sangue é mais vermelho: o meu ou o dele.
	I tell thee, lady, this aspect of mine	Afirmo-vos, senhora, este conspecto já
	Hath feared the valiant. [By my love I swear,	infundiu medo em bravos, [e vus jur por meu amor,
10	The best-regarded virgins of our clime	que as virgens mais famoses de nossa clima
	Have loved it too.] (Italian) I would not change this hue,	amor lhe consagraram.] (Italian) Sicché non me lo vorrei mutare mai,
	Except to steal your thoughts, my gentle queen.	quando non fosse per rapirvi i pensieri, mia graziosa regina.
	PORTIA (Italian)	PORTIA (Italian)
	In terms of choice I am not solely led	Sul piano della scelta, io non seguo unicamente
	By nice direction of a maiden’s eyes.	quelle solerti guide delle fanciulle che sono gli occhi.
	Besides, the lott’ry of my destiny	E poi, dato che il mio destino è messo al palio di questi
	Bars me the right of voluntary choosing.	scrigni, mi resta precluso ogni diritto di scegliere.
	But if my father had not scanted me,	Ma se mio padre, nella sua saviezza, non mi avesse
	And hedged me by his wit, to yield myself	costretta entro questa strettoia d’essere
	His wife who wins me by that means I told you,	offerta in moglie al vincitore d’una lotteria,
20	Yourself, renownèd prince, then stood as fair	voi, principe illustre, sareste agli occhi del mio
	As any comer I have looked on yet	cuore della stessa tinta di tutti quelli
	For my affection.	che fino ad oggi si sono fatti avanti.
	MOROCCO (Italian)	MOROCCO (Italian)
	Even for that I thank you.	Anche per questo poco, vi sono molto grato.
	Therefore, I pray you, lead me to the caskets	Comunque, ora, vi prego, portatemi agli scrigni
	To try my fortune. (Portuguese) By this scimitar	a tentar la mia sorte. (Portuguese) Por esta cimitarra –
	That slew the Sophy and a Persian prince	que da vida privou a Sofri e a um príncipe da Pérsia,
	That won three fields of Sultan Solyman,	que em batalha vencere por três vecez ao Sultão Solimão –
	[I would outstare the sternest eyes that look,	[fixar quisera o ohla mais fero que ne terra exista,
	Outbrave the heart most daring on the earth,	vencer o corração mais arrojada,
	Pluck the young sucking cubs from the she-bear,]	tirar dos peitos da ursa o próprio filho,]
30	Yea, mock the lion when ‘a roars for prey,	mais: riro do leão, cuando de fome ruge,
	To win thee, lady.	para ganhar-te ó bela!
	PORTIA (Italian)	PORTIA (Italian)
	You must take your chance,	Dovete correre il rischio.
	And either not attempt to choose at all	O non tentar per nulla la sorte,
40	Or swear before you choose, if you choose wrong	o giurare, prima di far la vostra scelta.
	Never to speak to lady afterward	E se in essa non avrete fotuna non parlete di nozze
	In way of marriage. Therefore be advised.	mai più a nessuna donna. Quindi Pensateci bene.
	MOROCCO (Italian)	MOROCCO (Italian)
	Nor will not. Come, bring me unto my chance.	Accetto. Andiamo. Portatemi al mio destino.

	Cornets, and exeunt	Cornets, and exeunt

SCENE II

Venice. A street.

	Enter LAUNCELOT, alone	Enter LAUNCELOT, alone

	LAUNCELOT (English)	LAUNCELOT (English)
	Certainly my conscience will serve me to run	Certainly my conscience will serve me to run
	from this Jew my master. The fiend is at mine	from this Jew my master. The fiend is at mine
	elbow and tempts me, saying to me (German)	elbow and tempts me, saying to me (German)
	Gobbo, Launcelot Gobbo, good Launcelot,’	Gobbo, Launcelot Gobbo, guter Launcelot,’
	(English) or (Swiss German) ‘good Gobbo,’	(English) or (Swiss German) ‘gattleche Gobbo,’
	(English) or (Swiss German) ‘good Launcelot	(English) or (Swiss German) ‘bäumige
	Gobbo, use your legs, take the start, run away.’	Launcelot Gobbo, bruch dini Haxe, hou ab, itz
	(English) My conscience says, (French)	muesch abtube.’ (English) My conscience says,
5	No, take heed, honest Launcelot, take heed, honest	(French) ‘Non ; prends garde, honnête Lancelot;
	Gobbo,’ (English) or as aforesaid,	prends garde, honnête Gobbo ;’ (English) or as
	(German, French Accent) ‘honest Launcelot	aforesaid, (German, French accent)
	Gobbo, do not run, scorn running with thy	aufrichtiger Launcelot Gobbo, tube nicht ab, sei
	heels.’ – (English) Well, my conscience says,	erhaben über solche Worte und Taten.’ –
	(French) ‘Launcelot, budge not.’ (Swiss	(English) Well, my conscience says, (French)
	German) ‘Budge,’ (English) says the fiend.	Lancelot, ne bouge pas.’ (Swiss German)
	(French) ‘Budge not,’ (English) says my	Gring abe u seckle,’ (English) says the fiend.
	conscience. (French) ‘Conscience,’ (English)	(French) ‘Ne bouge pas,’ (English) says my
	say I, (French) ‘you counsel well.’ (Swiss	conscience. (French) ‘Ma conscience,’ (English)
	German) ‘ Fiend,’ (English) say I, (Swiss	say I, (French) ‘Votre conseil est bon.’ (Swiss
	German) ‘you counsel well.’	German) ‘Tüfu’ (English) say I, (Swiss
	(English) To be ruled by my conscience,	German) ‘du hesch ja o Rächt.’ (English) To be
	I should stay with the Jew my master who, God	ruled by my conscience, I should stay with the Jew
	bless the mark, is a kind of devil; and to run	my master who, God bless the mark, is a kind of
	away from the Jew, I should be ruled by the	devil; and to run away from the Jew, I should be
20	fiend, who, saving your reverence, is the devil	ruled by the fiend, who, saving your reverence, is
	himself. Certainly the Jew is the very devil	the devil himself. Certainly the Jew is the very
	incarnation; and in my conscience, my	devil incarnation; and in my conscience, my
	conscience is but a kind of hard conscience to	conscience is but a kind of hard conscience to
	offer to counsel me to stay with the Jew. The	offer to counsel me to stay with the Jew. The
	fiend gives the more friendly counsel. I will run,	fiend gives the more friendly counsel. I will run,
	fiend; my heels are at your commandment; I will run.	fiend; my heels are at your commandment; I will run.

	Enter Old GOBBO with a basket	Enter Old GOBBO with a basket

	GOBBO (Patois)	GOBBO (Patois)
	Master young man, you I pray you, which is	Moncheu le dzoun’omo, hè, i vo prêyo, tyin lè
	the way to master Jew’s?	le tsemin por alâ vê Moncheu le Djê?
	LAUNCELOT (Swiss German)	LAUNCELOT (Swiss German)
	[Aside] O heavens, this is my true-begotten	[Aside] Bigoscht, das isch ja mi ehrlich g’hüratete
	father who, being more than sand-blind, high-	Per wo mi nid kennt, wöu er nid nume stockbling,
30	gravel blind, knows me not. I will try confusions	sondern aube o grad stock-u-steibling isch.
	with him.	A däm wot i mau chli heble u nä höch nä.
	GOBBO (German)	GOBBO (German)
	Master young gentleman, I pray you, which is	Herr junger Herr, ich bitte euch, wo geht’s
	the way to master Jew’s?	lang zu dem Herrn Juden?
	LAUNCELOT (German)	LAUNCELOT (German)
	Turn up on your right hand at the next turning,	An der rechten Hand abbiegen bei der nächsten Biege,
	but at the next turning of all, on your left, marry,	aber erst am besten bei der erstbesten links, alles klar?,
	at the very next turning turn of no hand, but turn	und dann am allerbesten bei der allernächsten ohne
	down indirectly to the Jew’s house.	Hand geradeaus biegen und blitzeschnelle direkt
		andersrum langsam umgekehrt zum Haus.
	GOBBO (Swedish)	GOBBO (Swedish)
	By God’s sonties, ’twill be a hard way to hit!	Fy fan, den vägen ska vara svår at hitta!
	(German) Can you tell me whether one	(German) Können Sie mir sagen ob ein
	Launcelot that dwells with him,	gewisser Launcelot, der bei ihm wohnt,
	dwell with him or no?	bei ihm wohnt oder nicht?
	LAUNCELOT (German)	LAUNCELOT (German)
40	Talk you of (English) young Master Launcelot?	Sprechen Sie von (English) young Master Launcelot?
	(Swiss German, aside) Mark me now, now will I raise	(Swiss German, aside) Obacht itze, itz la I so richtig
	the waters. – (German) Talk you of (English)	los – (German) Sprechen Sie von (English)
	young Master Launcelot?	young Master Launcelot?
	GOBBO (German)	GOBBO (German)
	No (English) master (German), sir, but	Nein, kein (English) master (German), Herr,
	(English) a poor man’s son.	aber (English) a poor man’s son.
	LAUNCELOT (German)	LAUNCELOT (German)
	Well, let his father be what ‘a will, we talk of	Schön, soll sein Vater sein, was er will, wir sprechen
	(English) young Master Launcelot. (German)	von (English) young Master Launcelot. (German)
	Talk not of (English) Master Launcelot	Sprich nicht von (English) Master Launcelot
	(German) father, for the young gentleman,	(German) Vater, denn der junge Herr ist, gemäss
	according to Fates and Destinies and such odd	Schickschals fügung und Unfugsamkeit und solchen
	sayings, the Sisters Three and such branches of	Redensarten arten, den „drei Schwestern der Zukunfts-
	learning, is indeed deceased, or as you would	forschung“ und ähnlichen Disziplinen, tatsächlich von
	say in plain terms, gone to heaven.	uns gegangen, oder wie es klar gesägt wäre, er weilt im Himmel.
	GOBBO (Patois)	GOBBO (Patois)
	Marry, God forbid! (French) The boy was the	Pè la Vyèrdze, a Dyu ne pyéjè! (French) Ce
	very staff of my age, my very prop.	garçon était le bâton de ma vieillesse, mon seul soutien.
	LAUNCELOT (French)	LAUNCELOT (French)
	Do I look like a cudgel or a hovel-post, a staff or	Est-ce que je ressemble à un gourdin, à un bâton,
60	a prop? Do you know me, father?	à une béquille ? Me reconnaissez-vous, père ?
	GOBBO (French)	GOBBO (French)
	Alack, sir, I am sand-blind! I know you not.	Hélas ! monsieur, j’ai la vue trouble et je ne vous reconnais point.
	LAUNCELOT (French)	LAUNCELOT (French)
	Nay, indeed if you had your eyes you might fail of	Oh ! ma foi, même si vous aviez vos yeux, vous
	the knowing me; it is a wise father that knows his own	pourriez aussi bien ne pas me reconnaître ; c’est un
		habile père que celui qui connaît son enfant. Allons,
	child. Well, old man, I will tell you news of your son.	vieillard ; je vais vous donner des nouvelles de votre fils.
	[He kneels] Give me your blessing.	[He kneels] Donnez-moi votre bénédiction.
	I am Launcelot, your boy that was, your son that	Je suis Lancelot qui était votre garçon, qui est
	is, your child that shall be.	votre fils, et qui se montrera votre enfant.
	GOBBO (French)	GOBBO (French)
	I cannot think you are my son.	J’ai du mal à croire que vous soyez mon fils.
	LAUNCELOT (French)	LAUNCELOT (French)
	I know not what I shall think of that; but I am	Je ne sais qu’en penser : mais je suis Lancelot, le
	Launcelot, the Jew’s man, and I am sure	valet du Juif ; et je suis sûr que Jacqueline, votre
	Margery your wife is my mother.	femme, est ma mère.
	GOBBO (French)	GOBBO (French)
80	Her name is Margery indeed. I’ll be sworn, if thou	Oui, en effet, elle se nomme Jacqueline : je jurerai
	be Launcelot thou art mine own flesh and blood.	que si tu es Lancelot, tu es ma chair, et mon sang.
	Lord worshipped might he be, what a beard hast thou	Dieu soit adoré ! Quelle barbe tu as acquise ! Comment
	got! How dost thou and thy master agree? I have	vous accordez-vous ensemble, ton maître et toi ? Je lui
90	brought him a present. How ‘gree you now?	ai apporté un cadeau : comment vous entendez-vous à présent ?
	LAUNCELOT (French)	LAUNCELOT (French)
	My master’s a very Jew. Give him a present? Give	Mon maître est un vrai Juif. Lui faire un cadeau !
	him a halter! I am famished in his service; you may	Donnez-lui plutôt une corde pour se pendre, je meurs
		de faim à son service : vous pouvez me compter les
	tell every finger I have with my ribs. Father, I am	côtes avec vos doigts ! Mon père, je suis heureux que
	glad you are come. Give me your present	vous soyez venu : donnez-moi votre cadeau pour un
	to one Master Bassanio, who indeed gives rare new	monsieur Bassanio, en voilà un qui fait faire de
	liveries. If I serve not him, I will run as far as God	superbes livrées neuves : si je ne le sers pas, je courrai
	has any ground. O rare fortune, here comes the man!	tant que Dieu a de terre. O chance inespérée ! Tenez, le voici lui-même !

	Enter BASSANIO, with LEONARDO and other followers	Enter BASSANIO, with LEONARDO and other followers

	BASSANIO (German)	BASSANIO (German)
	See these letters delivered, put the liveries to	Sieh, dass diese Briefe geliefert werden, lass die
	making, and desire Gratiano to come anon to	Livreen machen, und lass Gratiano wissen, dass
	my lodging.	er zu meiner Wohnung kommen möge.

	Exit a Servant	Exit a Servant

	LAUNCELOT (French)	LAUNCELOT (French)
105	To him, father!	Allez à lui, mon père !
	GOBBO (French)	GOBBO (French)
	God bless your worship!	Dieu bénisse Votre Seigneurerie !
	BASSANIO (German)	BASSANIO (German)
	Gramercy. Wouldst thou aught with me?	Danke sehr. Willst du etwas von mir?
	GOBBO (French)	GOBBO (French)
	Here’s my son, sir, a poor boy…	Voilà mon fils, monsieur, un pauvre garçon…
	LAUNCELOT (German)	LAUNCELOT (German)
	Not a poor boy, sir, but the rich Jew’s man that	Nein, kein “pauvre garçon”, mein Herr, sondern vom
110	would, sir, as my father shall specify…	reichen Juden der Diener der gerne,
		wie mein Vater spezifizieren wird…
	GOBBO (French)	GOBBO (French)
	He hath a great infection, sir, as one would say,	Il a, monsieur, une grande rage, comme qui
	to serve…	dirait, de servir…
	LAUNCELOT (German)	LAUNCELOT (German)
	Indeed, the short and the long is, I serve the Jew,	In der Tat, kurz und gut, die Sache ist, ich diene
	and have a desire, as my father shall specify…	dem Zinsleiher und fühle ein Verlangen,
		wie mein Vater spezifizieren wird…
	GOBBO (French)	GOBBO (French)
	His master and he, saving your worship’s	Son maître et lui, sauf le respect dû à Votre
	reverence, are scarce cater-cousins.	Seigneurerie, sont en mauvais cousinage.
	LAUNCELOT (German)	LAUNCELOT (German)
	To be brief, the very truth is that the Jew having done	In aller Knappheit, die Wahrheit ist, dass der Zins-
	me wrong doth cause me, as my father, being I hope	leiher mir Unrecht getan hat und mich verursacht, wie
	an old man, shall frutify unto you…	mein Vater, dessen Alter hoffnungsvoll ist, für euch
		befruchten soll…
	GOBBO (French)	GOBBO (French)
120	I have here a dish of doves that I would bestow	J’ai là un plat de tourterelles que je pourrais consacrer
	upon your worship, and my suit is…	à votre vénération, Maître, et ma prière est que…
	LAUNCELOT (German)	LAUNCELOT (German)
	In very brief, the suit is impertinent to myself, as	Also ganz kurz, das Gesuch ist anzüglich auf mich
	your worship shall know by this honest old man,	selbst, wie euer Ehren durch diesen ehrlichen alten
	and though I say it, though old man, yet poor	Mann erkennen soll, und obwohl ich es sage, dennoch
	man, my father…	ein alter Mann, jedoch ein armer Mann, mein Vater…
	BASSANIO (German)	BASSANIO (German)
	One speak for both. What would you?	Einer für beide. Was wollt ihr?
	LAUNCELOT (Swiss German)	LAUNCELOT (Swiss German)
	Serve you, sir.	Für si bügle, mi Herr.
	GOBBO (French)	GOBBO (French)
	That is the very defect of the matter, sir.	C’est bien là, le vrai défaut de l’affaire, monsieur.
	BASSANIO (German)	BASSANIO (German)
	I know thee well, thou hast obtained thy suit.	Ich kenne dich, du hast dein Ziel erreicht.
130	Shylock thy master spoke with me this day,	Shylock, dein Herr, hat heut mit mir gesprochen,
	And hath preferred thee, if it be preferment	Und will dich fördern, wenn’s Beförd’rung ist
	To leave a rich Jew’s service to become	Den Dienst des reichen Juden zu verlassen
	The follower of so poor a gentleman.	Um einem armen Edelmann zu dienen.
	LAUNCELOT (German)	LAUNCELOT (German)
	The old proverb is very well parted between my	“Wer Gottes Gnade hat, der hat genug.“ Das ist
	master Shylock and you, sir. You have the grace	schön aufgeteilt zwischen Shylock und euch. Ihr
	of God, sir, and he hath enough.	habt die Gnade, und er hat genug.
	BASSANIO (German)	BASSANIO (German)
	Thou speak’st it well. Go, father, with thy son;	Du sagst es. Vater, geh mit deinem Sohn
	Take leave of thy old master and inquire	Verlasst den alten Herrn und fragt euch durch
	My lodging out.	Nach meiner Wohnung.
	LAUNCELOT (English)	LAUNCELOT (English)
	Well, if Fortune be a woman, she’s a good wench	Well, if Fortune be a woman, she’s a good wench
	for this gear. (Patois) Father, come. (English)	for this gear. (Patois) Vinyidè, Chènya. (English)
	I’ll take my leave of the Jew in the twinkling of an eye.	I’ll take my leave of the Jew in the twinkling of an eye.

	Exeunt Launcelot and Old Gobbo	Exeunt Launcelot and Old Gobbo

	BASSANIO (German)	BASSANIO (German)
	[To a servant] Give him a livery	[To a servant] Gebit ihm eine Livree
140	More guarded than his fellows’. See it done.	Die bunter ist als die der andren Diener.
	[To Leonardo] I pray thee, good Leonardo, think on this.	[To Leonardo] Itz bitte Leonardo, dänk du dra –
	These things being bought and orderly bestowed,	Wenn aues k’chouft und ordentlich verstout isch
	Return in haste, for I do feast to-night	Chum hurti z’rugg, wiu hinech sit ihr aui
155	My best-esteemed acquaintance. Hie thee, go.	Bi mir dehei zum fyre. Los itz, stress.
	LEONARDO (Swiss German)	LEONARDO (Swiss German)
	My best endeavours shall be done herein.	Denn gib I aus demit I fetig wird.

	Enter GRATIANO	Enter GRATIANO

	GRATIANO (Swiss German)	GRATIANO (Swiss German)
	Where is your master?	Wo isch de Chef?
	LEONARDO (Swiss German)	LEONARDO (Swiss German)
	Yonder, sir, he walks.	Da äne louft er grad.

	Exit	Exit

	GRATIANO (Swiss German)	GRATIANO (Swiss German)
	Signor Bassanio!	Mösiö Bassanio!
	BASSANIO (Swiss German)	BASSANIO (Swiss German)
	Gratiano!	Gratiano!
	GRATIANO (Swiss German)	GRATIANO (Swiss German)
	I have a suit to you.	Ich han e Bitt a di.
	BASSANIO (Swiss German)	BASSANIO (Swiss German)
	You have obtained it.	Isch scho erfüut.
	GRATIANO (Swiss German)	GRATIANO (Swiss German)
160	You must not deny me. I must go with you to Belmont.	Du chasch mi itz nid la hänge. I muess ou mit nach Belmont.
	BASSANIO (Swiss German)	BASSANIO (Swiss German)
	Why then you must. But hear thee, Gratiano:	Ja guet, de muesch halt. Aber los, min Liebe:
	(French) Thou art too wild, too rude and bold of voice,	(French) Tu es trop sans façon, trop brusque ;
		tu as un ton de voix trop tranchant –
	Parts that become thee happily enough	Ce sont des qualités qui te vont assez bien,
	And in such eyes as ours appear not faults,	et qui à nos yeux ne semblent pas des défauts ;
	But where thou art not known, why there they show	mais partout où tu n’es pas connu, te dirai-je ?
	Something too liberal. Pray thee take pain	elles annoncent quelque chose de trop libre. – Je t’en
	To allay with some cold drops of modesty	prie, prends la peine de tempérer ton esprit
	Thy skipping spirit, lest through thy wild behaviour	trop pétulant par quelques grains de retenue, de peur
		que l’irrégularité de tes manières ne soit
	I be misconstered in the place I go to,	interprétée à mon désavantage dans le lieu où je vais,
	And lose my hopes.	et ne me fasse perdre mes espérances.
	GRATIANO (French)	GRATIANO (French)
170	Signor Bassanio, hear me:	Seigneur Bassanio, écoutez-moi ;
	If I do not put on a sober habit,	Si je ne revêts pas un maintien grave,
	Talk with respect and swear but now and then,	Si je ne parle pas avec respect, ne jure que de temps en temps,
	Wear prayer books in my pocket, look demurely,	Ne garde pas en poche un livre de prières, n’ai pas un air posé,
	Nay more, while grace is saying hood mine eyes	Que dis-je, si pendant la bénédicité je ne cache
	Thus with my hat, and sigh and say amen,	pas mes yeux ainsi de mon chapeau,
	Use all the observance of civility	Ne soupire pas et ne dis pas « amen »,
	Like one well studied in a sad ostent	Si je n’observe pas tous les usages de civilité
		Comme quelqu’un qui s’évertue à prendre
	To please his grandam, never trust me more.	un air sérieux pour plaire à sa grand’mère,
		Ne vous fiez plus jamais à moi.
	BASSANIO (Swiss German)	BASSANIO (Swiss German)
	Well, we shall see your bearing.	Guet, de wärde mir ja g’seh wie du di verhaltisch.
	GRATIANO (Swiss German)	GRATIANO (Swiss German)
180	Nay, but I bar tonight.You shall not gauge me	Nei, aber nonig itz, hüt nacht zählt nid
	By what we do tonight.	Da darf’sch mi nid dra mässe.
	BASSANIO (Swiss German)	BASSANIO (Swiss German)
	No, that were pity.	Uf ke fau.
	I would entreat you rather to put on	I wot sogar das du hinech so richtig
	Your boldest suit of mirth, for we have friends	Di gäilschti Sou ablaasch, üssi Kollege
	That purpose merriment. But fare you well:	Weis luschtig ha. Auso, machs guet, bis när;
	I have some business.	I ha no z’tüe.
	GRATIANO (Swiss German)	GRATIANO (Swiss German)
	And I must to Lorenzo and the rest,	U I muss zum Lorenzo u zu d‘andre,
	But we will visit you at supper-time.	Aber mir chöme z’nacht zu dir uf bsuech.

	Exeunt	Exeunt

SCENE III

Venice. A room in Shylock’s house.

	Enter JESSICA and LAUNCELOT	Enter JESSICA and LAUNCELOT

	JESSICA (French)	JESSICA (French)
	I am sorry thou wilt leave my father so.	Je suis triste que tu quittes ainsi mon père.
	Our house is hell, and thou a merry devil	Notre maison est l’enfer, et toi, joyeux diable,
	Didst rob it of some taste of tediousness.	tu dissipais un peu cette atmosphère d’ennui.
	But fare thee well, there is a ducat for thee.	Mais porte-toi bien, voilà un ducat pour toi ;
	And, Launcelot, soon at supper shalt thou see	et, Lancelot, tu verras tout à l’heure au souper
	Lorenzo, who is thy new master’s guest.	Lorenzo, qui est invité chez ton nouveau maître.
	Give him this letter; do it secretly.	Donne-lui cette lettre: fais-le secrètement ;
	And so farewell: I would not have my father	adieu. Je ne voudrais pas que mon père
	See me in talk with thee.	me vît en conversation avec toi.
	LAUNCELOT (French)	LAUNCELOT (French)
10	Adieu! Tears exhibit my tongue. Most beautiful	Adieu; mes larmes te parlent pour moi. – Très-charmante
	pagan, most sweet Jew! If a Christian did not play	Païenne ! Très délicieuse Juive ! Si un chrétien ne fait
	the knave and get thee, I am much deceived.	pas quelque tour de fripon pour te posséder, je serais bien trompé ;
	But adieu. These foolish drops do something	mais, adieu : ces sottes larmes noient un peu
	drown my manly spirit. Adieu!	mon courage viril. Adieu.
	JESSICA (French)	JESSICA (French)
	Farewell, good Launcelot.	Adieu, bon Lancelot.

	Exit Launcelot	Exit Launcelot

	(German) Alack, what heinous sin is it in me	(German) Ach, schändlich ist’s von mir, wie ich mich schäme
	To be ashamed to be my father’s child.	Dass ich das Kind des eignen Vaters bin.
	But though I am a daughter to his blood,	Doch bin ich auch die Tochter seines Bluts,
	I am not to his manners. O Lorenzo,	Bin ich’s nicht seines Wesens. Oh Lorenzo,
	If thou keep promise, I shall end this strife,	Hältst du dein Wort, so end ich diesen Zwist,
20	Become a Christian and thy loving wife.	Lieb dich als Christin, werde wie du bist.

	Exit	Exit

SCENE IV

Venice. A street.

	Enter GRATIANO, LORENZO, SALERIO, SALERINO and SOLANIO	Enter GRATIANO, LORENZO, SALERIO, SALERINO and SOLANIO

	LORENZO (French)	LORENZO (French)
	Nay, we will slink away in supper-time,	Oui, nous nous échapperons pendant le souper :
	Disguise us at my lodging, and return,	nous irons prendre nos déguisements chez moi,
	All in an hour.	nous reviendrons tous en moins d’une heure.
	[‘Tis now but four o’clock: we have two hours	[Il n’est encore que quatre heures : nous avons
	To furnish us.]	deux heures pour nous procurer tout ce qu’il faut.]

	Enter LAUNCELOT with a letter	Enter LAUNCELOT with a letter

	Friend Launcelot, what’s the news?	Ami Lancelot, qu’y a-t-il de nouveau ?
	LAUNCELOT (French)	LAUNCELOT (French)
10	An it shall please you to break up this,	S’il vous plaît d’ouvrir cette lettre,
	it shall seem to signify.	elle semblera vous apprendre.
	LORENZO (French)	LORENZO (French)
	I know the hand.	Je connais cette main.
	GRATIANO (Italian)	GRATIANO (Italian)
	Love-news, in faith!	Messaggi d’amore, scommetto.
	LORENZO (French)	LORENZO (French)
	Hold here, take this. [Gives Launcelot money] Tell gentle Jessica	Attends, prends ceci. [Gives Launcelot money] Dis à l’aimable Jessica,
20	I will not fail her. Speak it privately.	que je ne lui manquerai pas de parole. Parle-lui en secret.

	Exit Launcelot	Exit Launcelot

	Go, gentlemen;	Messieurs, voulez-vous
	Will you prepare you for this masque tonight?	vous préparer pour la mascarade de ce soir ?
	[I am provided of a torchbearer.]	[Je suis pourvu d’un porte-flambeau.]
	SALERIO (German)	SALERIO (German)
	Ay, marry, I’ll be gone about it straight.	Sehr gut, ich werde mich gleich darum kümmern.
	SOLANIO (Swiss German)	SOLANIO (Swiss German)
	And so will I.	Ig ou.
	LORENZO (French)	LORENZO (French)
	Meet me and Gratiano	Venez nous trouver, Gratiano et moi,
	At Gratiano’s lodging some hour hence.	dans quelque temps, au logis de Gratiano.
	SALERINO (Swiss German)	SALERINO (Swiss German)
	‘Tis good we do so.	Genau, so mache mir’s.

	Exeunt SALERIO and SALERINO SOLANIO	Exeunt SALERIO and SALERINO SOLANIO

	GRATIANO (Italian)	GRATIANO (Italian)
	Was not that letter from fair Jessica?	Non è della bella Jessica quella lettera lì?
	LORENZO (French)	LORENZO (French)
	I must needs tell thee all. She hath directed	Il faut que je te dise tout : elle m’y indique
30	How I shall take her from her father’s house,	comment je dois l’enlever de la maison de son père,
	What gold and jewels she is furnished with,	me détaille ce qu’elle emporte d’or et de bijoux,
	What page’s suit she hath in readiness.	l’habillement de page qu’elle tient tout préparé.
	Come, go with me; peruse this as thou goest.	Allons, viens avec moi : parcours cette lettre tout en marchant.
	Fair Jessica shall be my torchbearer.	La belle Jessica me servira de porte-flambeau.

	Exeunt	Exeunt

SCENE V

Venice. Before Shylock’s house.

	Enter SHYLOCK and LAUNCELOT	Enter SHYLOCK and LAUNCELOT

	SHYLOCK (English)	SHYLOCK (English)
	What, Jessica!…	What, Jessica!…
	(German) Why, Jessica, I say!	(German) He, Jessica, sag ich!
	LAUNCELOT (German)	LAUNCELOT (German)
	Why, Jessica!	He, Jessica!
	SHYLOCK (English)	SHYLOCK (English)
	Who bids thee call? (German) I do not bid thee call.	Who bids thee call? (German) Ich sag nicht, du sollst rufen.

	Enter Jessica	Enter Jessica

	JESSICA (German)	JESSICA (German)
10	Call you? What is your will?	Ihr ruft? Was wünscht ihr?
	SHYLOCK (German)	SHYLOCK (German)
	I am bid forth to supper, Jessica.	Ich esse auswärts, hier sind meine Schlüssel,
	There are my keys. (English) But wherefore should I go?	Man fragt nach mir. (English) But wherefore should I go?
	I am not bid for love, they flatter me,	I am not bid for love, they flatter me,
	But yet I’ll go in hate to feed upon	But yet I’ll go in hate to feed upon
	The prodigal Christian. (German) Jessica my girl,	The prodigal Christian. (German) Jessica, mein Kind,
	Look to my house. (English) I am right loath to go.	Sieh nach dem Haus. (English) I am right loath to go.
	There is some ill a-brewing towards my rest,	There is some ill a-brewing towards my rest,
	For I did dream of money bags tonight.	For I did dream of money bags tonight.
	LAUNCELOT (Italian)	LAUNCELOT (Italian)
	I will not say you shall see a masque, but if you do,	Che abbiate da vedere una mascherata, non ve lo dirò,
	then it was not for nothing that my nose fell a-bleeding	ma se la vedrete, vuol dire che non era senza motivo
		tutto quel sangue dal naso che mi è venuto quel
	on Black-Monday last at six o’clock i’th’morning,	lunedì di Pasqua alle sei di mattina; senza contare
	falling out that year on Ash Wednesday	quella volta, prima, i mercoledì delle Ceneri,
	was four year in th’afternoon.	che fu quattro anni fa, nel pomeriggio.
	SHYLOCK (English)	SHYLOCK (English)
	What, are there masques? (German) Hear you me, Jessica:	What, are there masques? (German) Hör gut zu, Jessica;
	Lock up my doors; and when you hear the drum	Verschliess die Türen, wenn du Trommeln hörst
	And the vile squealing of the wry-necked fife,	Und das Gequietsche übler Fasnachtspfeifen,
30	[Clamber not you up to the casements then,	[Dann kletter‘ du nicht an den Fenstern hoch
	Nor thrust your head into the public street	Und strecke deinen Kopf nicht auf die Strasse
	To gaze on Christian fools with varnished faces;	Um auf beschmierte Christennarr’n zu starren;
	But] stop my house’s ears, I mean my casements;	Nein,] stopf dem Haus die Ohren, meine Fenster;
	Let not the sound of shallow foppery enter	Lass mir den Klang der seichten Dummheit nicht
	My sober house. Go you before me, sirrah.	In mein sittsames Haus. Geh vor mir, Bursche.
	Say I will come.	Sag, dass ich komm.
	LAUNCELOT (German)	LAUNCELOT (German)
	I will go before, sir.	Mein Herr, ich will vorangeh’n.
	[French, to Jessica] Mistress, look out at window for all this:	[French, to Jessica] Maîtresse, malgré tout ça, regardez à la fenêtre ;
40	There will come a Christian by,	Vous verrez approcher un chrétien,
	Will be worth a Jewess’ eye.	qui mérite bien les regards d’une Juive.

	Exit	Exit

	SHYLOCK (German)	SHYLOCK (German)
	What says that fool of Hagar’s offspring, ha?	Was sagt der dumme Junge jetzt schon wieder?
	JESSICA (German)	JESSICA (German)
	His words were ‘Farewell mistress’, nothing else.	Er sagte “Lebt wohl, Fräulein”, weiter nichts.
	SHYLOCK (German)	SHYLOCK (German)
	The patch is kind enough, but a huge feeder,	Der Lump ist freundlich, doch ein Riesenfresser,
	Snail-slow in profit, and he sleeps by day	Schneckenlahm bei der Arbeit, schläft noch mehr
	More than the wild-cat. Jessica, go in.	Als wilde Katzen. Jessica, geh rein.
50	(English) Perhaps I will return immediately.	(English) Perhaps I will return immediately.
	Do as I bid you; shut doors after you.	Do as I bid you; shut doors after you.

	Exit	Exit

	JESSICA (English)	JESSICA (English)
	Farewell; and if my fortune be not crost,	Farewell; and if my fortune be not crost,
	I have a father, you a daughter, lost.	I have a father, you a daughter, lost.

	Exit	Exit

SCENE VI

Venice. Before Shylock’s house.

	Enter GRATIANO, SALERIO, SOLANIO AND SALERINO, masqued	Enter GRATIANO, SALERIO, SOLANIO, AND SALERINO, masqued

	GRATIANO (Swiss German)	GRATIANO (Swiss German)
	This is the penthouse under which Lorenzo	Das isch hie d’Loube wo üs de Lorenzo
	Desired us to make stand.	Het weue träffe.
	SALERIO (Swiss German)	SALERIO (Swiss German)
	His hour is almost past.	Er isch schier scho z’spät.
	SOLANIO (Swiss German)	SOLANIO (Swiss German)
	And it is marvel he outdwells his hour,	Komisch, wi er grad itz lamaaschig wird,
	For lovers ever run before the clock.	Verliebti sind suscht amigs ener z’früeh.
	SALERINO (Swiss German)	SALERINO (Swiss German)
5	O ten times faster Venus’ pigeons fly	Verliebti Vögu flüge zäh mau schnäuer
	To seal love’s bonds new-made, than they are wont	Zum es Verspräche z‘mache, aus we si
	To keep obligèd faith unforfeited!	Sich denn ou brav u pünktlech müe dra haute!!
	SALERIO (Swiss German)	SALERIO (Swiss German)
	That ever holds. Who riseth from a feast	Yup, wo du Rächt hesch – S’het bis itz no kene
	With that keen appetite that he sits down?	Am Schluss vom Fescht no möge wie am Afang.

	Enter LORENZO	Enter LORENZO

	SOLANIO (Swiss German)	SOLANIO (Swiss German)
20	Here comes Lorenzo: (French) more of this hereafter.	Lug, dä Lorenzo: (French) Continuerons plus tard.
	LORENZO (French)	LORENZO (French)
	Sweet friends, your patience for my long abode.	Chers amis, pardon d’avoir tardé si longtemps.
	Here dwells my father Jew. (Spanish) Ho! Who’s within?	C’est ici qu’habite le Juif mon père.(Spanish) ¡Ho! ¿Quien esta al interior?

	Enter JESSICA above, in boy’s clothes	Enter JESSICA above, in boy’s clothes

	JESSICA (Spanish)	JESSICA (Spanish)
	Who are you? Tell me for more certainty,	¿Quién es usted? Cuenteme para que este segura,
	Albeit I’ll swear that I do know your tongue.	sin embargo puedo jurar que conozco su lengua.
	LORENZO (Spanish)	LORENZO (Spanish)
	Lorenzo, and thy love.	Lorenzo, y tu amor.
	JESSICA (Spanish)	JESSICA (Spanish)
	Lorenzo certain, and my love indeed,	Lorenzo, seguro, y mi amor ciertamente,
30	For who love I so much? And now who knows	¿porque quièn amo tanto? ¿Y ahora quien sabe
	But you, Lorenzo, whether I am yours?	sino usted, Lorenzo, si soy suya?
	LORENZO (Spanish)	LORENZO (Spanish)
	Heaven and thy thoughts are witness that thou art.	El cielo y tus pensamientos son testigos que lo eres.
	JESSICA (Spanish)	JESSICA (Spanish)
	Here, catch this casket; it is worth the pains.	Ahi, tome ese cofre; vale la pena.
	I am glad ’tis night, you do not look on me,	Estoy contenta que sea de noche, usted no me
	For I am much ashamed of my exchange.	puede ver porque estoy avergonzoda de mi disfraz.
	(German) But love is blind and lovers cannot see	(German) Doch Liebe ist ja blind, und die Verliebten
	The pretty follies that themselves commit;	Können die eig’ne Torheit nicht erkennen;
	For if they could, Cupid himself would blush	Denn könnten sie’s, müsst Amor selbst erröten
	To see me thus transformèd to a boy.	Mich so zum Knaben umgeformt zu seh’n.
	LORENZO (Spanish)	LORENZO (Spanish)
40	Descend, for you must be my torchbearer.	Bajas, porque usted tiene que ser mi portador de antorcha.
	JESSICA (Spanish)	JESSICA (Spanish)
	What, must I hold a candle to my shames?	¡Como!, ¿tengo que alumbrar mi vergüenza?
	They in themselves, good sooth, are too too light.	En su misma, de verdad, mi vergüenza ya esta demasiado a la luz.
	Why, ’tis an office of discovery, love,	Y amor mio, eso es una funcíon propia para hacerme descubrir,
	And I should be obscured.	y yo deberia mantenerme en la obscuridad.
	LORENZO (Spanish)	LORENZO (Spanish)
	So are you, sweet,	Y usted lo es, querida mia,
	Even in the lovely garnish of a boy.	Aunque este vestida con ropas de muchacho.
	But come at once,	Pero venga ahora,
	For the close night doth play the runaway,	porque la noche que se acerca juega la fugitiva
	And we are stayed for at Bassanio’s feast.	y gente nos esperan en la fiesta de Bassanio.
	JESSICA (Spanish)	JESSICA (Spanish)
	I will make fast the doors, and gild myself	Voy a echar los cerrojos a las puertas y a dorarme
50	With some more ducats, and be with you straight.	con algunos dúcas mas; y le acompaño enseguido.

	Exit above	Exit above

	SALERINO (French)	SALERINO (French)
	Now, by my hood, a gentle and no Jew!	Par mon capuchon, c’est une Gentille, et non pas une Juive.
	LORENZO (French)	LORENZO (French)
	Beshrew me but I love her heartily!	Malheur à moi, si je ne l’aime pas de toute mon âme !
	For she is wise, if I can judge of her,	Car elle est sage, autant que j’en puis juger ;
	And fair she is, if that mine eyes be true,	elle est belle, si mes yeux ne me trompent point ;
	And true she is, as she hath proved herself;	elle est sincère, car je l’ai éprouvée telle,
	And therefore, like herself, wise, fair, and true,	et en conséquence, comme fille sage, belle et sincère,
	Shall she be placèd in my constant soul.	elle occupera pour toujours mon âme constante.

	Enter JESSICA, below	Enter JESSICA, below

	(Spanish) What, art thou come? (French) On, gentlemen, away!	(Spanish) ¿Qué, has venido? (French) Allons, messieurs, partons.
	Our masquing mates by this time for us stay.	Sous leurs masques déjà attendent nos compagnons.

	Exit with Jessica and Salerio. Enter ANTONIO	Exit with Jessica and Salerio. Enter ANTONIO

	ANTONIO (French)	ANTONIO (French)
	Who’s there?	Qui est là ?
	GRATIANO (Swiss German)	GRATIANO (Swiss German)
60	Signor Antonio?	Mösiö Antonio?
	ANTONIO (French)	ANTONIO (French)
	Fie, fie, Gratiano! Where are all the rest?	Fi donc, Gratiano: où sont tous les autres ?
	‘Tis nine o’clock; our friends all stay for you.	Il est neuf heures. Tous nos amis vous attendent. —
	No masque tonight. The wind is come about;	Point de mascarade ce soir. Le vent s’est levé,
	Bassanio presently will go aboard.	et Bassanio va s’embarquer tout à l’heure.
	I have sent twenty out to seek for you.	J’ai envoyé vingt hommes à votre recherche.
	GRATIANO (French)	GRATIANO (French)
	I am glad on’t. I desire no more delight	Je me réjouis de cela ; je n’ai pas de plus grand désir
	Than to be under sail and gone tonight.	que de lever les voiles, et de partir cette nuit.

	Exeunt	Exeunt

SCENE VII

Belmont. In Portia’s house.

	Flourish of cornets. Enter PORTIA with the PRINCE OF MOROCCO and their trains	Flourish of cornets. Enter PORTIA with the PRINCE OF MOROCCO and their trains

	PORTIA (French)	PORTIA (French)
	Go, draw aside the curtains and discover	Allons, tirez les rideaux,
	The several caskets to this noble prince.	et découvrez les coffres à ce noble prince.
	Now make your choice.	Maintenant choisissez.
	MOROCCO (Portuguese)	MOROCCO (Portuguese)
	The first, of gold, who this inscription bears,	De ouro, o primeiro, esta inscrição nos mostra:
	(English, reads) Who chooseth me shall gain what many men desire;	(English, reads) Who chooseth me shall gain what many men desire;
	(Portuguese) The second, silver, which this promise carries,	(Portuguese) O outro, de prata, esta promessa mostra,
	(English, reads)Who chooseth me shall get as much as he deserves;	(English, reads)Who chooseth me shall get as much as he deserves;
	(Portuguese) This third, dull lead, with warning all as blunt,	(Portuguese) O último, pesadão, de chumbo, adverte,
	(English, reads)Who chooseth me must give and hazard all he hath.	(English, reads)Who chooseth me must give and hazard all he hath.
10	(Portuguese) How shall I know if I do choose the right?	(Portuguese) De que modo saber que escolhi certo?
	PORTIA (French)	PORTIA (French)
	The one of them contains my picture, Prince.	Prince, l’un des trois renferme mon portrait :
	If you choose that, then I am yours withal.	si vous le choisissez, je vous appartiens avec lui.
	MOROCCO (French)	MOROCCO (French)
	Some god direct my judgment! Let me see:	Puisse quelque dieu diriger mon jugement ! Voyons :
	(Portuguese) I will survey th’inscriptions back again.	(Portuguese) Examinemos de novo as inscrições, tomando da última.
	What says this leaden casket?	Que diz o plúmbeo cofre?
	(English, reads)Who chooseth me must give and hazard all he hath.	(English, reads)Who chooseth me must give and hazard all he hath.
	(Portuguese) Must give, for what? For lead! (French, to Portia) Hazard for lead?	(Portuguese) Dar o que tem por chumbo? (French,to Portia) Tout risquer pour du plomb ?
	[This casket threatens; men that hazard all	[Ce coffre présente une menace. Les hommes qui risquent tout
	Do it in hope of fair advantages.]	le font dans l’espoir de grands avantages.]
20	A golden mind stoops not to shows of dross;	Un cœur d’or ne se laisse pas éblouir par des dehors grossiers ;
	I’ll then nor give nor hazard aught for lead.	Je ne donnerai ni ne risquerai rien pour du plomb.
	(Portuguese) What says the silver with her virgin hue?	(Portuguese) E a prata virginal, que nos declara?
	(English, reads)Who chooseth me shall get as much as he deserves.	(English, reads)Who chooseth me shall get as much as he deserves.
	(Portuguese) As much as he deserves? Pause there, Morocco,	(Portuguese) O que merce? Para aí, Marrocos,
	And weigh thy value with an even hand.	e com mão firme o teu valor sopesa.
	[If thou be’st rated by thy estimation,	[Se forros avaliado desse modo, por ti próprio,
	Thou dost deserve enough and yet enough	mereces muito, muito. Mas esses muitos, aindo assim,
	May not extend so far as to the lady,	não chegam porventura, a alcançar esta sehora.
	And yet to be afeard of my deserving	Mas se puser em dúvida o meu mérito,
30	Were but a weak disabling of myself.]	mau conceito revelo de mim próprio.]
	(German) As much as I deserve? Why that’s the lady!	(German) So viel, wie ich verdien? Das ist das Fräulein!
	I do in birth deserve her, and in fortunes,	Denn ich verdiene sie durch meine Herkunft,
	In graces, and in qualities of breeding;	Und durch Vermögen, Grazie und Erziehung;
	But more than these, in love I do deserve.	Noch mehr verdien ich sie durch meine Liebe.
	[What if I strayed no further, but chose here?]	[Soll ich nicht weiter suchen, und hier wählen?]
	Let’s see once more this saying graved in gold:	Seh’n wir noch mal die gold’ne Inschrift an:
	(English, reads)Who chooseth me shall gain what many men desire.	(English, reads)Who chooseth me shall gain what many men desire.
	(German) Why, that’s the lady! (Portuguese) All the world desires her;	(German) Das ist das Fräulein! (Portuguese) Muitos a querem;
	From the four corners of the earth they come	dos quatro cantos chegam peregrinos para depor
40	To kiss this shrine, this mortal-breathing saint.	um beijo nesta imagem, nesta santa mortal que
	One of these three contains her heavenly picture.	aqui respira. Seu celesta retrato está num destes.
	[Is’t like that lead contains her? ‘Twere damnation	[O chumbo o encerrará? Tão baixa idéia fora
50	To think so base a thought; it were too gross	profanação; injúria fora comprimir numa
	To rib her cerecloth in the obscure grave.	escura sepultura sua frágil mortalha.
	Or shall I think in silver she’s immured,	Ou pensar devo que emparedada ela se encontra
	Being ten times undervalued to tried gold?	em prata, que vale vinte vezes menos que o ouro?
	O sinful thought!] Never so rich a gem	Pecaminosa idéia!] Uma tal jóia, no mínimo,
	Was set in worse than gold. (French) {They have in England	seria feita em ouro. (French) {Les Anglais ont
	A coin that bears the figure of an angel	une monnaie d’or frappée de la figure d’un ange :
	Stampèd in gold – but that’s insculped upon;	mais c’est à la surface qu’elle est gravée ;
	But here an angel in a golden bed	Alors qu’ici, c’est à l’intérieur qu’un ange
	Lies all within.} Deliver me the key.	est couché dans un lit d’or.} Bon, donnez-moi la clé.
60	Here do I choose, and thrive I as I may!	Je choisis là, voyons ma destinée.
	PORTIA (French)	PORTIA (French)
	There, take it, Prince, and if my form lie there,	La voilà, prince, et si c’est ma figure
	Then I am yours.	que vous y trouvez, je vous appartiens.

	He unlocks the golden casket	He unlocks the golden casket

	MOROCCO (Portuguese)	MOROCCO (Portuguese)
	O hell! What have we here?	Oh inferno! Que está aqui?
	A carrion Death, within whose empty eye	Uma caveira que na órbita vazia um papel mostra
	There is a written scroll. I’ll read the writing.	com qualquer coisa escrito. Vamos lê-lo!
	(English, reads) All that glisters is not gold;	(English, reads) All that glisters is not gold;
	Often have you heard that told.	Often have you heard that told.
	Many a man his life hath sold	Many a man his life hath sold
	But my outside to behold.	But my outside to behold.
	{Gilded tombs do worms infold.	{Gilded tombs do worms infold.
70	Had you been as wise as bold,	Had you been as wise as bold,
	Young in limbs, in judgment old,	Young in limbs, in judgment old,
	Your answer had not been inscrolled.}	Your answer had not been inscrolled.}
	Fare you well, your suit is cold.	Fare you well, your suit is cold.
	Cold, indeed; and labour lost.	Cold, indeed; and labour lost.
	Then farewell heat, and welcome, frost.	Then farewell heat, and welcome, frost.
	(Portuguese) Portia, adieu, I have too grieved a heart	(Portuguese) Adeus Pórcia; a derrota me degrada.
	To take a tedious leave. Thus losers part.	Assim parte quem perde, não diz nada.

	Exit. Flourish of cornets	Exit. Flourish of cornets

	PORTIA (Italian)	PORTIA (Italian)
	A gentle riddance. Draw the curtains, go.	Felice liberazione! Riabbassate le tendine.
	Let all of his complexion choose me so.	E Dio voglia che scelgano così tutti quelli della sua natura.

	Exeunt	Exeunt

SCENE VIII

Venice. A street.

	Enter SALERIO, SALERINO and SOLANIO	Enter SALERIO, SALERINO and SOLANIO

	SALERIO (Swiss German)	SALERIO (Swiss German)
	Why, man, I saw Bassanio under sail;	Ja man, I ha grad de Bassanio g’seh
	With him is Gratiano gone along,	Wi er u de Gratiano ab’greist si,
	And in their ship I am sure Lorenzo is not.	Und de Lorenzo isch nid mit uf’s Schiff.
	But in a gondola were seen together	Wiu er isch ebe drum grad in’re Gondle
	Lorenzo and his amorous Jessica.	Mit sinem Gspäänli Jessica g’seh cho.
10	Besides, Antonio certified the duke	U usserdem het de Antonio am Fürscht
	They were not with Bassanio in his ship.	Ou garantiert si sige nid im Schiff.
	SALERINO (Swiss German)	SALERINO (Swiss German)
	I never heard a passion so confused,	I ha no nie so es wirrs G‘schrei g’hört,
	So strange, outrageous, and so variable	So komisch, unerhört u durenang,
	As the dog Jew did utter in the streets:	Wie diese Souhung I de Strasse schreit:
	(English) ‘My daughter! O my ducats! O my daughter!	(English) ‘My daughter! O my ducats! O my daughter!
	[Fled with a Christian! O my Christian ducats!	[Fled with a Christian! O my Christian ducats!
	Justice! The law! My ducats, and my daughter!	Justice! The law! My ducats, and my daughter!
	A sealèd bag, two sealèd bags of ducats,	A sealèd bag, two sealèd bags of ducats,
	Of double ducats, stol’n from me by my daughter!	Of double ducats, stol’n from me by my daughter!
20	And jewels, two stones, two rich and precious stones,	And jewels, two stones, two rich and precious stones,
	Stol’n by my daughter! Justice! Find the girl!	Stol’n by my daughter! Justice! Find the girl!
	She hath the stones upon her, and the ducats!’]	She hath the stones upon her, and the ducats!’]
	SOLANIO (Swiss German)	SOLANIO (Swiss German)
	Why, all the boys in Venice follow him,	Und alli Strassebuebe hinnedri,
	Crying (English) his stones, his daughter, and his ducats.	Rüefed (English) his stones, his daughter, and his ducats.
	SALERINO (Swiss German)	SALERINO (Swiss German)
	Let good Antonio look he keep his day,	Söu de Antonio nur zytig zahle,
	Or he shall pay for this.	Süsch muess er häreha.
	SALERIO (Swiss German)	SALERIO (Swiss German)
	Marry, well remembered.	Ou wider wahr.
	I reasoned with a Frenchman yesterday,	Grad geschter han I mit ‘me wäutsche tratschet
	Who told me, (French with Swiss German accent) in the narrow seas that part	Wo g’seit het, (French with Swiss German accent) sur le détroit qui sépare
	The French and English there miscarrièd	la France de l’Angleterre, il avait péri
30	A vessel of our country richly fraught.	un vaisseau de notre pays, richement chargé.
	(Swiss German) I thought upon Antonio when he told me;	(Swiss German) U denn han I a‘Antonio müesse dänke;
	And wished in silence that it were not his.	U ha stiu g’wünscht, das Schiff sig nid vo ihm.
	SOLANIO (Swiss German)	SOLANIO (Swiss German)
	You were best to tell Antonio what you hear,	Du, das sötsch ihm am beste ga verzeue,
	Yet do not suddenly, for it may grieve him.	Ganz süferli, dass er nid truurig wird.
	{SALERINO (Swiss German)	{SALERINO (Swiss German)
	A kinder gentleman treads not the earth.	Ja, wiu’s ä bess‘re Mönsch aus ihn nid git.
	SOLANIO (Swiss German)	SOLANIO (Swiss German)
50	I think he only loves the world for him.	Für ihn git’s d’Wäut ohni Bassanio nid.
	I pray thee, let us go and find him out,	Hey chömet, los, mir suechä‘ne grad itz,
	And quicken his embracèd heaviness	Zum siner Trüebsalblaserei es Bitz
	With some delight or other.	Der Lung go usez’näh.
	SALERIO (Swiss German)	SALERIO (Swiss German)
	Do we so.}	Genou – let’s fätz!}

	Exeunt	Exeunt

SCENE IX

Belmont. In Portia’s house.

	Enter NERISSA and a servitor	Enter NERISSA and a servitor

	NERISSA (Italian)	NERISSA (Italian)
	Quick, quick I pray thee! Draw the curtain straight.	Svelto, svelto per carità! Scosta subito le cortine.
	The Prince of Arragon hath ta’en his oath,	Il Principe d’Aragona ha prestato
	And comes to his election presently.	giuramento ed è già qui per la scelta.

	Flourish of cornets. Enter the PRINCE OF ARRAGON, PORTIA, and their trains	Flourish of cornets. Enter the PRINCE OF ARRAGON, PORTIA, and their trains

	PORTIA (English)	PORTIA (English)
	Behold, there stand the caskets, noble prince.	Behold, there stand the caskets, noble prince.
	If you choose that wherein I am contained,	If you choose that wherein I am contained,
	Straight shall our nuptial rites be solemnized;	Straight shall our nuptial rites be solemnized;
	But if you fail, without more speech, my lord,	But if you fail, without more speech, my lord,
	You must be gone from hence immediately.	You must be gone from hence immediately.
	[ARRAGON (English)	[ARRAGON (English)
	I am enjoined by oath to observe three things:	I am enjoined by oath to observe three things:
10	First, never to unfold to any one	First, never to unfold to any one
	Which casket ’twas I chose; next, if I fail	Which casket ’twas I chose; next, if I fail
	Of the right casket, never in my life	Of the right casket, never in my life
	To woo a maid in way of marriage; Lastly,	To woo a maid in way of marriage; Lastly,
	If I do fail in fortune of my choice,	If I do fail in fortune of my choice,
	Immediately to leave you and be gone.]	Immediately to leave you and be gone.]
	PORTIA (English)	PORTIA (English)
	To these injunctions every one doth swear	To these injunctions every one doth swear
	That comes to hazard for my worthless self.	That comes to hazard for my worthless self.
	ARRAGON (English)	ARRAGON (English)
	And so have I addressed me. Fortune now	And so have I addressed me. Fortune now
	To my heart’s hope! Gold, silver, and base lead.	To my heart’s hope! Gold, silver, and base lead.
20	(German) Who chooseth me must give and hazard all he hath.	(German) Wer mich erwählt muss all sein Gut als Einsatz wagen.
	You shall look fairer ere I give or hazard.	Musst schöner aussehn, eh ich geb und wage.
	What says the golden chest? Ha, let me see.	Was sagt das goldne Kästchen? Ah! Lass sehen.
	[(Italian)] Who chooseth me shall gain what many men desire.	[(Italian)] Who chooseth me shall gain what many men desire.
	(English) [(Malayalam)] What many men desire;	(English) [(Malayalam)] What many men desire;
30	[(English)] I will not choose what many men desire,	[(English)] I will not choose what many men desire,
	Because I will not jump with common spirits	Because I will not jump with common spirits
	And rank me with the barbarous multitudes.	And rank me with the barbarous multitudes.
	[Why then, to thee, thou silver treasure-house.	[Why then, to thee, thou silver treasure-house.
	Tell me once more what title thou dost bear:]	Tell me once more what title thou dost bear:]
	(French) Who chooseth me shall get as much as he deserves.	(French) Qui me choisit recevra tout ce qu’il mérite.
	And well said too; for who shall go about	C’est bien dit ; car qui chercherait
	To cozen fortune, and be honourable	à duper la fortune et acquérir des honneurs
	Without the stamp of merit? Let none presume	sans l’empreinte du mérite ? Que personne ne prétende
	To wear an undeservèd dignity.	se revêtir d’honneurs dont il est indigne. Oh !
40	O that estates, degrees and offices	Si les biens, le rang et les hautes fonctions
	Were not derived corruptly, and that clear honour	ne s’obtenaient pas par la corruption, et si
	Were purchased by the merit of the wearer!	le pur honneur était acquis par le seul mérite !
	(English) [(Malayalam)] Who chooseth me shall get as much as he deserves.	(English) [(Malayalam)] Who chooseth me shall get as much as he deserves.
50	I will assume desert. [(English)] Give me a key for this,	I will assume desert. [(English)] Give me a key for this,
	And instantly unlock my fortunes here.	And instantly unlock my fortunes here.

	He opens the silver casket	He opens the silver casket

	PORTIA (English)	PORTIA (English)
	Too long a pause for that which you find there.	Too long a pause for that which you find there.
	ARRAGON (English)	ARRAGON (English)
	What’s here? The portrait of a blinking idiot	What’s here? The portrait of a blinking idiot
	Presenting me a schedule! I will read it.	Presenting me a schedule! I will read it.
	How much unlike art thou to Portia!	How much unlike art thou to Portia!
	How much unlike my hopes and my deservings!	How much unlike my hopes and my deservings!
	Who chooseth me shall have as much as he deserves.	Who chooseth me shall have as much as he deserves.
	Did I deserve no more than a fool’s head?	Did I deserve no more than a fool’s head?
	Is that my prize? Are my deserts no better?	Is that my prize? Are my deserts no better?
	PORTIA (English)	PORTIA (English)
60	To offend and judge are distinct offices,	To offend and judge are distinct offices,
	And of opposèd natures.	And of opposèd natures.
	ARRAGON (English)	ARRAGON (English)
	What is here? [Reads]	What is here? [Reads]
	[The fire seven times trièd this;	[The fire seven times trièd this;
	Seven times tried that judgment is,	Seven times tried that judgment is,
	That did never choose amiss.	That did never choose amiss.
	Some there be that shadows kiss;	Some there be that shadows kiss;
	Such have but a shadow’s bliss:]	Such have but a shadow’s bliss:]
	There be fools alive, iwis,	There be fools alive, iwis,
	Silvered o’er, and so was this.	Silvered o’er, and so was this.
	Take what wife you will to bed,	Take what wife you will to bed,
70	I will ever be your head:	I will ever be your head:
	So be gone; you are sped.	So be gone; you are sped.
	{Still more fool I shall appear	{Still more fool I shall appear
	By the time I linger here.}	By the time I linger here.}
	With one fool’s head I came to woo,	With one fool’s head I came to woo,
	But I go away with two.	But I go away with two.
	Sweet, adieu. I’ll keep my oath,	Sweet, adieu. I’ll keep my oath,
	Patiently to bear my wroth.	Patiently to bear my wroth.

	Exeunt Arragon and train	Exeunt Arragon and train

	PORTIA (English)	PORTIA (English)
	Thus hath the candle singed the moth.	Thus hath the candle singed the moth.
	(Italian) Come draw the curtain, Nerissa.	(Italian) Su, riabbassa la cortina, Nerissa.

	Enter Messenger	Enter Messenger

	[MESSENGER (French) [(Rumantsch)]	[MESSENGER (French) [(Rumantsch)]
	Where is my lady?	Où est madame ?
	PORTIA (French)	PORTIA (French)
	Here.] What would my lord?	Ici.] Que lui veut monsieur ?
	MESSENGER (French)	MESSENGER (French)
85	Madam, there is alighted at your gate	Madame, il vient de descendre à votre porte
	A young Venetian, one that comes before	un jeune Vénitien qui précède son maître
	To signify th’approaching of his lord,	pour annoncer son arrivée, [et vous présenter
	[From whom he bringeth sensible regreets,	ses hommages substantiels, je veux dire,
	To wit, besides commends and courteous breath,	outre les compliments et les paroles courtoises,
90	Gifts of rich value. Yet] I have not seen	des présents d’une grande valeur.] Je n’ai jamais vu
	So likely an ambassador of love.	un messager d’amour si avenant.
	[A day in April never came so sweet	[Jamais un jour d’avril ne fut plus doux
	To show how costly summer was at hand,	pour annoncer les richesses de l’été à venir
	As this fore-spurrer comes before his lord.]	que ce courrier lorsqu’il annonce son maître.]
	PORTIA (Italian)	PORTIA (Italian)
	[No more, I pray thee, I am half afeard	[Basta, per carità. Ho una mezza paura che tu non abbia
	Thou wilt say anon he is some kin to thee,	tra poco da svelarmi che si tratti di un tuo parente,
	Thou spend’st such high-day wit in praising him.]	a sentirti spiegare tutta questa eloquenza delle occasioni solenni.]
	Come, come, Nerissa, for I long to see	Vieni, vieni Nerissa, che mi struggo di vedere
	Quick Cupid’s post that comes so mannerly.	questo “nuncio” di Cupido che arriva
		con espressioni così “ammanierate”.
	NERISSA (Italian)	NERISSA (Italian)
100	Bassanio, Lord Love, if thy will it be!	O dio d’amore, concedi che sia Bassanio!

	Exeunt	Exeunt

ACT III

SCENE I

Venice. A street.

	Enter SOLANIO, SALERINO and SALERIO	Enter SOLANIO, SALERINO and SALERIO

	SOLANIO (Swiss German)	SOLANIO (Swiss German)
	Now what news on the Rialto?	U itz, was isch hüt z’Nöischte uf em Rialto?
	SALERINO (Swiss German)	SALERINO (Swiss German)
	Why, yet it lives there unchecked that Antonio hath	Weisch, me munklet überau, es rich beladnigs Schiff
	a ship of rich lading wrecked on the narrow seas.	vom Antonio heigi im Tschänel grad vou Schiffbruch g’ha.
	SOLANIO (Swiss German)	SOLANIO (Swiss German)
10	The good Antonio, the honest Antonio…	De guet Antonio, de ehrlich Antonio…
	SALERIO (French)	SALERIO (French)
	…he hath lost a ship.	… il a perdu un bateau.
	SALERINO (Swiss German)	SALERINO (Swiss German)
	I would it might prove the end of his losses.	I wett, das wär s’end vo sine Verluscht.
	SOLANIO (Swiss German)	SOLANIO (Swiss German)
	Let me say amen betimes lest the devil cross my	Ok, da sägeni hurti Amen bevor mir de Tüfu no dry-
	prayer, for here he comes in the likeness of a Jew.	funkt, wöu da chunt er nämlech grad scho aus Jud agschnaagget.

	Enter SHYLOCK	Enter SHYLOCK

20	(English) How now, Shylock! What news among the merchants?	(English) How now, Shylock! What news among the merchants?
	SHYLOCK (English)	SHYLOCK (English)
	You know, none so well, none so well as you,	You know, none so well, none so well as you,
	of my daughter’s flight.	of my daughter’s flight.
	SALERIO (English)	SALERIO (English)
	That’s certain. (Swiss German) I for my part	That’s certain. (Swiss German) I ha minersiits
	knew the tailor that made the wings she	sogar g’wüsst, welle Schniider ihri Flügeli
	flew withal.	z‘devozwitschere g’macht het.
	SHYLOCK (English)	SHYLOCK (English)
30	My own flesh and blood to rebel!	My own flesh and blood to rebel!
	SOLANIO (Swiss German)	SOLANIO (Swiss German)
	Out upon it, old carrion! Rebels it at these years?	Pfui Tüfu, aute Souhung! Macht dis Fleisch u Bluet
		I dim Auter no es Gschyss?
	SHYLOCK (English)	SHYLOCK (English)
	I say my daughter is my flesh and blood.	I say my daughter is my flesh and blood.
	SALERINO (English)	SALERINO (English)
	There is more difference between thy flesh and	There is more difference between thy flesh and
	hers than between jet and ivory, more between your	hers than between jet and ivory, more between your
	bloods than there is between red wine and Rhenish.	bloods than there is between red wine and Rhenish.
	SALERIO (German)	SALERIO (German)
	But tell us, do you hear whether Antonio	Aber sagen sie uns, wissen sie ob Antonio
	have had any loss at sea or no?	irgendeinen Verlust auf See gehabt hat oder nicht?
	SHYLOCK (German)	SHYLOCK (German)
	There I have another bad match! A bankrupt, a	Da habe ich noch ein schlechtes Geschäft. Ein
	prodigal, who dare scarce show his head on the	Bankrotteur, ein Verschwender, der kaum wagt, sich
	Rialto, a beggar that was used to come so	zu zeigen auf dem Rialto, ein Bettler der immer
	smug upon the mart!	so selbstgefällig zur Börse kam!
	(English) Let him look to his bond. (German) He	(English) Let him look to his bond. (German) Er
40	was wont to call me usurer. (English) Let him	hat mich bezeichnet als Wucherer. (English) Let
	look to his bond. (German) He was wont to lend	him look to his bond. (German) Er war gewohnt,
	money for a Christian courtesy. (English) Let him	für christliche Nächstenliebe Geld zu leihen.
	look to his bond.	(English) Let him look to his bond.
	SALERIO (German)	SALERIO (German)
	Why, I am sure if he forfeit thou wilt not take	Aber wenn der Schuldschein verfällt, wirst du doch
	his flesh. What’s that good for?	sicher nicht sein Fleisch nehmen? Wozu ist das gut?
	SHYLOCK (German)	SHYLOCK (German)
	To bait fish withal. (English) If it will feed nothing	Um Fische zu fangen. (English) If it will feed nothing
	else, it will feed my revenge. He hath disgraced me	else, it will feed my revenge. He hath disgraced me
	and hindered me half a million, laughed at my losses,	and hindered me half a million, laughed at my losses,
	mocked at my gains, scorned my nation, thwarted my	mocked at my gains, scorned my nation, thwarted my
	bargains, cooled my friends, heated mine enemies,	bargains, cooled my friends, heated mine enemies,
	and what’s his reason? I am a Jew. Hath not a	and what’s his reason? I am a Jew. Hath not a
50	Jew eyes? Hath not a Jew hands, organs, dimensions,	Jew eyes? Hath not a Jew hands, organs, dimensions,
	senses, affections, passions? Fed with the same food,	senses, affections, passions? Fed with the same food,
	hurt with the same weapons, subject to the same	hurt with the same weapons, subject to the same
	diseases, healed by the same means, warmed and	diseases, healed by the same means, warmed and
	cooled by the same winter and summer as a	cooled by the same winter and summer as a
	Christian is? If you prick us, do we not bleed?	Christian is? If you prick us, do we not bleed?
	If you tickle us, do we not laugh? If you poison us,	If you tickle us, do we not laugh? If you poison us,
	do we not die? And if you wrong us, shall we	do we not die? And if you wrong us, shall we
	not revenge? If we are like you in the rest, we will	not revenge? If we are like you in the rest, we will
	resemble you in that. If a Jew wrong a Christian,	resemble you in that. If a Jew wrong a Christian,
	what is his humility? Revenge. If a Christian wrong	what is his humility? Revenge. If a Christian wrong
	a Jew, what should his sufferance be by Christian	a Jew, what should his sufferance be by Christian
	example? Why, revenge! (German) The villainy you	example? Why, revenge! (German) Die Schurkerei,
60	teach me I will execute, and it shall go hard but I	die ihr mich lehrt, werde ich ausführen und es wird
	will better the instruction.	hart gehen aber ich werde besser sein als das Vorbild.

	Enter a Man from Antonio	Enter a Man from Antonio

	MAN (French)	MAN (French)
	Gentlemen, my master Antonio is at his house and	Messieurs, mon maître Antonio est chez lui, et
	desires to speak with you all.	désire vous parler à tous deux
	SALERINO (French)	SALERINO (French)
	We have been up and down to seek him.	Nous l’avons cherché partout.

	Enter TUBAL	Enter TUBAL

	SOLANIO (Swiss German)	SOLANIO (Swiss German)
	Here comes another of the tribe. A third cannot	Da chunt no eine vo dere Sorte. No en dritte chöntsch
	be matched, unless the devil himself turn Jew.	nid finge, userd de Tüfu chämt persönlech verbi.

	Exeunt SOLANIO, SALERIO, SALERINO and Man	Exeunt SOLANIO, SALERIO, SALERINO and Man

	SHYLOCK (Russian)	SHYLOCK (Russian)
	How now, Tubal! What news from Genoa? Hast	Как быть теперь, Тубал! Если новости от Женова?
	thou found my daughter Jessica?	Ты нашел мою дочь Джесику?
	TUBAL (Russian)	TUBAL (Russian)
	I often came where I did hear of her, but cannot	Я часто бывал здесь и я слышал о ней, но я
70	find her.	ее не нашел.
	SHYLOCK (Russian)	SHYLOCK (Russian)
	Why there, there, there, there!	Как так, как так, как так!
	(English) A diamond gone cost me two thousand ducats in Frankfort!	(English) A diamond gone cost me two thousand ducats in Frankfort!
	The curse never fell upon our nation till now; I	The curse never fell upon our nation till now; I
	never felt it till now. Two thousand ducats in that,	never felt it till now. Two thousand ducats in that,
	and other precious, precious jewels. I would my	and other precious, precious jewels. I would my
	daughter were dead at my foot, and the jewels in her	daughter were dead at my foot, and the jewels in her
	ear! (French, to Tubal) No news of them, why so?	ear! (French, to Tubal) Point de nouvelles, pourquoi ?
	And I know not what’s spent in the search. –	Et je ne sais combien d’argent dépensé à sa recherche.
	[And no satisfaction, no revenge! Nor no ill	[Et point de satisfaction, point de revanche ! Il n’arrive
80	luck stirring but what lights o’my shoulders,	point de malheur que celui qui me tombe sur le dos,
	no sighs but o’my breathing,– ]	il n’est point de soupirs que ceux que je pousse,]
	and no tears but o’my shedding.	il n’est point de larmes que celles que je verse.
	TUBAL (French)	TUBAL (French)
	Yes, other men have ill luck too. Antonio, as I	D’autres que vous sont malchanceux. Antonio, à ce que
	heard in Genoa, hath an argosy cast away coming	j’ai appris à Gênes, a perdu un de ses vaisseaux
	from Tripolis.	venant de Tripoli.
	SHYLOCK (Russian)	SHYLOCK (Russian)
	I thank God, I thank God!	Боже, благодарю тебя! Боже, благодарю тебя!
	Good news, good news!	Какая восхитительная новость! Какая восхитительная новость!
	TUBAL (French)	TUBAL (French)
	There came divers of Antonio’s creditors in my	Plusieurs créanciers d’Antonio sont arrivés à Venise
95	company to Venice that swear he cannot choose	en ma compagnie et ont juré qu’il ne peut que
	but break.	faire banqueroute.
	SHYLOCK (French)	SHYLOCK (French)
	I am very glad of it. I’ll plague him; (Russian)	J’en suis ravi. Je le ferai souffrir ; (Russian)
	I’ll torture him. I am glad of it.	Я его помучаю еще!! Как же я рад этому!!
	TUBAL (French)	TUBAL (French)
	One of them showed me a ring that he had of	L’un d’eux m’a montré une bague qu’il a eue de
	your daughter for a monkey.	votre fille pour un singe.
	SHYLOCK (French)	SHYLOCK (French)
100	Out upon her! Thou torturest me, Tubal. It was	La malheureuse ! Tu me tortures, Tubal. C’était
	my turquoise; I had it of Leah when I was	ma turquoise ; je l’avais reçue de Leah alors que
	a bachelor:	j’étais encore un jeune homme :
	(English) I would not have given it for a	(English) I would not have given it for a
	wilderness of monkeys.	wilderness of monkeys.
	TUBAL (French)	TUBAL (French)
	But Antonio is certainly undone.	Mais Antonio est certainement ruiné.
	SHYLOCK (Russian)	SHYLOCK (Russian)
	Nay, that’s true, that’s very true.	Сейчас, это правда, это действительно правда.
	(French) Go, Tubal, fee me an officer; bespeak him	(French) Va Tubal, engage un commissaire, préviens-
	a fortnight before. I will have the heart of him if	le quinze jours d’avance. J’aurai son cœur s’il
	he forfeit, for were he out of Venice I can make what	perd, car s’il partait de Venise, je ferais le
	merchandise I will. Go, go, Tubal, and meet me	négoce qu’il me plait. Va, va Tubale et rejoins-moi
	at our synagogue; (Russian) go, good Tubal;	à notre synagogue. (Russian) Иди добрый Тубаль,
	at our synagogue, Tubal.	в нашу синагогу Тубаль.

	Exeunt	Exeunt

SCENE II

Belmont. In Portia’s house.

	Enter BASSANIO, PORTIA, GRATIANO, NERISSA, and all their trains	Enter BASSANIO, PORTIA, GRATIANO, NERISSA, and all their trains

	PORTIA (French)	PORTIA (French)
	I pray you tarry, pause a day or two	Je vous en prie, tardez un peu, attendez un jour ou deux
	Before you hazard for in choosing wrong	avant de vous hasarder, car si vous choisissez mal,
	I lose your company. Therefore forbear awhile.	je perds votre compagnie. Ainsi abstenez-vous un moment.
	There’s something tells me, but it is not love,	Quelque chose me dit, ce n’est pas l’amour,
	I would not lose you; and you know yourself,	que je ne voudrais pas vous perdre; et vous savez
	Hate counsels not in such a quality.	que la haine ne donne pas de tels conseils.
	(German) But lest you should not understand me well –	(German) Doch falls Ihr mich nicht Recht verstehen solltet –
	And yet a maiden hath no tongue but thought –	Ein Mädchen darf nur in Gedanken sprechen –
	I would detain you here some month or two	Gern würd ich einen Monat, oder zwei,
10	Before you venture for me. I could teach you	Euch halten, eh ihr’s wagt. Ich könnte sagen
	How to choose right, but then I am forsworn.	Wie man mich wählt, doch bräche ich den Eid.
	(Italian) So will I never be. (French) So may you miss me.	(Italian) E questo mai. (French) Ainsi, je peux vous manquer.
	But if you do, you’ll make me wish a sin,	Mais si tel est le cas, vous me ferez souhaiter un péché,
	That I had been forsworn. Beshrew your eyes!	que je me sois parjurée. Maudits soient vos yeux !
	They have o’erlooked me and divided me;	Ils m’ont ensorcelée et partagée en deux ;
	(German) One half of me is yours, (French) the other half yours,	(German) Die Hälfte von mir habt ihr, (French) et l’autre est à vous,
	(Italian) Mine own, I would say; but if mine, then yours,	(Italian) Volevo dire mia, me se è mia, è vostra,
	And so (German) all yours. (French) [O these naughty times	e così (German) ganz Dein. (French) [Oh, ces siècles pervers
	Puts bars between the owners and their rights.	ont mis des barreaux entre les propriétaires et leurs droits.
20	And so, though yours, not yours. Prove it so,	Ainsi, bien qu’à vous, je ne suis pas à vous. Qu’il en
	Let fortune go to hell for it, not I.]	soit ainsi et que la fortune aille au diable à ma place.]
	I speak too long, but ’tis to piece the time,	Je parle trop, mais c’est pour rapiécer le temps,
	To eke it and to draw it out in length,	l’augmenter, le rallonger, pour retarder
	To stay you from election.	votre choix.
	BASSANIO (French)	BASSANIO (French)
	Let me choose,	Laissez-moi choisir,
25	For as I am, I live upon the rack.	car en l’état, je suis à la torture.
	PORTIA (French)	PORTIA (French)
	Upon the rack, Bassanio! Then confess.	A la torture, Bassanio ! Alors, confesses-vous.
	BASSANIO (French)	BASSANIO (French)
	Promise me life and I’ll confess the truth.	Promettez-moi la vie et je vous confesserai la vérité.
	PORTIA (German)	PORTIA (German)
	Well then, confess and live.	Nun dann, bekenn und leb.
	BASSANIO (German)	BASSANIO (German)
35	Confess and love!	Bekenn und liebe!
	(French) But let me to my fortune and the caskets.	(French) … Mais laissez-moi à ma fortune et aux coffres.
	PORTIA (Italian)	PORTIA (Italian)
40	Away then, I am locked in one of them:	E allora, coraggio! Dentro uno dei tre sono chiusa io.
	If you do love me, you will find me out.	Se mi amate mi scoprirete.
	Nerissa and the rest, stand all aloof.	Tenetevi in disparte, Nerissa e gli altri.
	Let music sound while he doth make his choice.	Intonate una musica, mentre che egli sceglierà.

	A song whilst BASSANIO comments on the caskets to himself	A song whilst BASSANIO comments on the caskets to himself

	(English) Tell me where is fancy bred,	(English) Tell me where is fancy bred,
	Or in the heart, or in the head?	Or in the heart, or in the head?
65	How begot, how nourishèd?	How begot, how nourishèd?
	Reply, reply.	Reply, reply.
	(German) It is engendered in the eyes,	(German) Blick auf und wink die Lieb herbei
	With gazing fed, and fancy dies	Lass sie vereint, kein Paar entzwei
	In the cradle where it lies.	Es wächst die Lust, sing und sei frei
70	Let us all ring fancy’s knell	In dieser Zeit, die nie mehr kommt
	I’ll begin it – Ding, dong, bell.	Ich mach es vor – Ding, dang, dong.
	ALL (Esperanto/Rumantsch Vallader/Puter)	ALL (Esperanto/Rumantsch Vallader/Puter)
	Ding, dong, bell.	Prenu Plom.
	BASSANIO (Rumantsch)	BASSANIO (Rumantsch)
	So may the outward shows be least themselves.	Mo la cumparsa externa forsa ei darar sesez.
	The world is still deceived with ornament.	In mund vegn cugliunaus cun ornament.
	In law, what plea so tainted and corrupt,	En dretg, sch’in process ruinau e corrupt,
	But being seasoned with a gracious voice,	mo mitschaus cun ina vusch graziusa,
	Obscures the show of evil? {In religion,	la cumparida zuppa il nausch? {En religiun,
	What damnèd error but some sober brow	tgei aunc aschi falliu error, mo ina vusch seriusa
	Will bless it and approve it with a text,	vegn a benedir e cun in text ad affirmar,
80	Hiding the grossness with fair ornament?}	zuppar la groppadad cun ornament adequat?}
	[There is no vice so simple but assumes	[Ei dat negin aunc schi clar vez, che surprendess
	Some mark of virtue on his outward parts.	buc entgins segns da vertid sin sia part ordvard.
	Thus ornament is but the guilèd shore	Quei garnem fa la pareta d´ina costa segira nua
	To a most dangerous sea, the beauteous scarf	ch’ei fuss ina mar mala, ina schlingia magnifica,
	Veiling an Indian beauty; in a word,	la quala velescha la biala sc’in india; en in plaid,
100	The seeming truth which cunning times put on	la verdad apparenta, che trai in mund malizius,
	To entrap the wisest.] Therefore thou gaudy gold,	per pigliar ils sabis.] En quei senn, ti aur sbrinzlond,
	Hard food for Midas, I will none of thee;	greva spisa per Midas, jeu vi nuot da quei;
	Nor none of thee, thou pale and common drudge	ni zatgei da tei, ti faustg e nausch fumegl
	‘Tween man and man. (French) But thou, thou meagre lead,	denter tgaun e carstgaun. (French) Mais toi, toi, pauvre plomb
	Which rather threaten’st than dost promise aught,	qui préfère menacer que promettre.
	Thy paleness moves me more than eloquence,	Ta pâleur m’émeut plus que toute éloquence.
	And here choose I. Joy be the consequence!	Je fais mon choix, joyeuse en soient les conséquences.
	PORTIA (Italian)	PORTIA (Italian)
	[Aside] O love, be moderate, allay thy ecstasy,	[Aside] Sii savia, o mia passione; frena i tuoi slanci,
	[In measure rein thy joy, scant this excess,	[trattieni questo diluvio di gioia, contieni la sua esuberanza
	I feel too much thy blessing, make it less,	e questa beatitudine che toglie il respiro:
	For fear I surfeit.]	o il cuore mi scoppierà.]
	BASSANIO (German, opening the leaden casket)	BASSANIO (German, opening the leaden casket)
	What find I here?	Was find ich hier?
115	Fair Portia’s counterfeit! What demigod	Das Bild der schönen Portia! Welcher Halbgott
	Hath come so near creation? Here’s the scroll,	Kam der Natur so nah? Hier ist das Schriftstück,
130	The continent and summary of my fortune:	Der Inbegriff und Auszug meines Glücks:
	(English, reads) You that choose not by the view	(English, reads) You that choose not by the view
	Chance as fair and choose as true.	Chance as fair and choose as true.
	Since this fortune falls to you,	Since this fortune falls to you,
	Be content and seek no new.	Be content and seek no new.
135	If you be well pleased with this	If you be well pleased with this
	And hold your fortune for your bliss,	And hold your fortune for your bliss,
	Turn you where your lady is,	Turn you where your lady is,
	And claim her with a loving kiss.	And claim her with a loving kiss.
	(German) A gentle scroll. (Italian) Fair lady, by your leave,	(German) Ein zarter Text. (Italian) Bella Signora, rimango e resterò,
	I know not whether what I see be true,	davanti a voi, nel dubbio se quel che vedo è vero,
	Until confirmed, signed, ratified by you.	finché non sia da voi autenticato, ratificato, e sottoscritto.
	PORTIA (Italian)	PORTIA (Italian)
	You see me, Lord Bassanio, where I stand,	Voi mi vedete qui davanti a voi, Bassanio mio
150	Such as I am. Though for myself alone	signore, tal quale sono. Non così ambiziosa
	I would not be ambitious in my wish	per me, da augurarmi
	To wish myself much better, (French) yet for you	d’essere molto di più (French) mais pour vous
	I would be trebled twenty times myself,	je me triplerais vingt fois, je serais
	A thousand times more fair, ten thousand times	mille fois plus belle, dix mille fois plus riche
	More rich, that only to stand high in your account,	afin de monter plus haut dans votre estime.
	I might in virtue, beauties, livings, friends,	Il se pourrait que mes vertus, ma beauté, mes biens,
	Exceed account; but the full sum of me	mes amis ne puissant être comptés ; mais ce que
	Is sum of something, which to term in gross,	je suis au final se réduit, en termes grossiers,
	Is an unlessoned girl, unschooled, unpractised,	à une fille simple, inculte, inexpérimentée.
160	Happy in this, she is not yet so old	Heureusement, elle n’est pas si vieille
	But she may learn; happier than this,	qu’elle ne puisse apprendre, plus heureux encore,
	She is not bred so dull but she can learn;	elle n’est pas si stupide qu’elle ne puisse apprendre.
	(German) Happiest of all is that her gentle spirit	(German) Am glücklichsten darin, dass sich ihr Geist
	Commits itself to yours to be directed,	Dem Euren anvertraut, um ihn zu lenken,
	As from her lord, her governor, her king.	Als ihr Gebieter, ihr Gemahl, ihr König.
	Myself and what is mine to you and yours	Ich und was mein ist sei von nun zu Eurem
	Is now converted. (French) But now I was the lord	Besitz geworden. (French) J’étais alors dame
	Of this fair mansion, master of my servants,	de cette belle demeure, maîtresse de mes serviteurs,
	Queen o’er myself; and even now, but now,	reine de ma personne, et encore maintenant,
170	This house, these servants, and this same myself	mais à présent cette maison, ces serviteurs et moi-même
	Are yours, my lord’s. I give them with this ring,	sommes votre, mon seigneurs. Je vous les donne avec cette bague,
	Which when you part from, lose, or give away,	qui si vous vous en séparez, perdez, ou donnez,
	Let it presage the ruin of your love	présagera la ruine de votre amour
	And be my vantage to exclaim on you.	et me permettra de me plaindre de vous.
	BASSANIO (Bad Italian)	BASSANIO (Bad Italian)
	Madam, you have bereft me of all words.	Signora, mi avete lasciato senza parole.
	But when this ring	Ma quando questo anello dovesse separarsi
	Parts from this finger, then parts life from hence,	da questo dito, si separi anche da me la vita:
185	O, then be bold to say Bassanio’s dead.	e allora – oh – dite pure che Bassanio è morto.
	NERISSA (Italian)	NERISSA (Italian)
	My lord and lady, it is now our time,	Mio signore e signora, adesso tocca a noi,
	That have stood by and seen our wishes prosper,	che abbiamo assistito al lieto coronamento dei vostri voti,
	To cry good joy, good joy, my lord and lady!	gridare: Allegria! Allegria mio signore e signora!
	GRATIANO (German)	GRATIANO (German)
	My lord Bassanio and my gentle lady,	Mein Herr Bassanio, meine edle Dame
190	I wish you all the joy that you can wish,	Ich wünsch euch alle Freude, die ihr wünscht,
	For I am sure you can wish none from me;	Denn meine eignen Wünsche braucht ihr nicht;
	And when your honours mean to solemnize	Und dann, wenn eure Ehr’n den Rechtsvertrag
	The bargain of your faith, I do beseech you	Auf Treue siegeln, werd, wenn ihr’s erlaubt
	Even at that time I may be married too.	Auch ich dem Stand der Ehe anvertraut.
	BASSANIO (German)	BASSANIO (German)
	With all my heart, so thou canst get a wife.	Von Herzen, wenn du eine finden kannst.
	GRATIANO (Swiss German)	GRATIANO (Swiss German)
	I thank your lordship, you have got me one.	Merssi viumau, mi Herr, du hesch se g’funge.
	My eyes, my lord, can look as swift as yours:	U mini Ouge si so schnäu wi dini:
	You saw the mistress, I beheld the maid.	Dir heit uf’d Chefin g’achtet, ig uf d’Fründin.
	[You loved, I loved; for intermission	[Dir sit vernarrt, ig oo; wiu umetrödle
200	No more pertains to me, my lord, than you.	Passt zu mir ou nid besser aus zu euch.
	Your fortune stood upon the casket there,	Wo eues Schicksau a dr Trucke dört
	And so did mine too, as the matter falls;	Isch g’hange isch’s mir aube ähnlich gange;
	For wooing here until I sweat again,	I ha hie g’schwärmet bis dr Schweis isch cho,
	And swearing until my very roof was dry	U g’schwöret bis mis Mul mit Liebesschwür
	With oaths of love, at last, if promise last,]	Isch troche g’si, bis I zu gueter letscht]
	I got a promise of this fair one here	Vo dere Schönheit hie ha z’letschte Wort
	To have her love, provided that your fortune	Becho, sie liäbi mi, voruusgsetzt dir zwöi
	Achieved her mistress.	Chömet ou zäme.
	PORTIA (Italian)	PORTIA (Italian)
	Is this true, Nerissa?	È vero, Nerissa?
	NERISSA (Italian)	NERISSA (Italian)
	Madam, it is, so you stand pleased withal.	Signora, sì, salvo licenza vostra.
	BASSANIO (German)	BASSANIO (German)
210	And do you, Gratiano, mean good faith?	Und du, Gratiano, meinst es wirklich ernst?
	GRATIANO (German)	GRATIANO (German)
	Yes, faith, my lord.	Todernst, mein Herr.
	BASSANIO (German)	BASSANIO (German)
	Our feast shall be much honoured in your marriage.	Ihr ehrt durch eure Heirat unser Fest.
	[GRATIANO (Swiss German)	[GRATIANO (Swiss German)
	We’ll play with them, the first boy for a	Ou chum, mir wette mit ihne um tuusig Dukate,
	thousand ducats.	wer z’ersch ä Bueb het.
	NERISSA (Swiss German)	NERISSA (Swiss German)
	What, and stake down?]	U we mer dr Chürzer zie?]
	GRATIANO (Swiss German)	GRATIANO (Swiss German)
	[No; we shall ne’er win at that sport, and stake down.]	[Nei du, bi dem Spiu chasch nid putze, wenn’d ä Churze ziesch.]
	But who comes here? Lorenzo and his infidel?	Aber hie chunt ja dr Lorenzo mit
	What, and my old Venetian friend Salerio!	Sir Heidin, und mi aute Fründ Salerio!

	Enter LORENZO, JESSICA, and SALERIO, a Messenger from Venice	Enter LORENZO, JESSICA, and SALERIO, a Messenger from Venice

	BASSANIO (French)	BASSANIO (French)
	Lorenzo and Salerio, welcome hither,	Lorenzo et Salerio, soyez les bienvenus,
220	[If that the youth of my new interest here	[si toutefois une possession aussi nouvelle
	Have power to bid you welcome.] By your leave,	que la mienne me donne le droit de vous accueillir.]
	I bid my very friends and countrymen,	Avec votre permission, chère Portia, j’accueille
	Sweet Portia, welcome.	mes amis et mes compatriotes.
	PORTIA (French)	PORTIA (French)
	So do I, my lord.	Comme je le fais, mon seigneur.
	They are entirely welcome.	Ils sont les bienvenus
	LORENZO (French)	LORENZO (French)
	I thank your honour.	J’en remercie votre Seigneurie
	SALERIO (French)	SALERIO (French)
	Signor Antonio commends him to you.	Signor Antonio se recommande à votre souvenir.

	Gives Bassanio a letter	Gives Bassanio a letter

	BASSANIO (Swiss German)	BASSANIO (Swiss German)
	Ere I ope his letter,	Bevor I sin Brief ufdue,
	I pray you tell me how my good friend doth.	Säg du mir doch scho wie’s mim guete Fründ geit.
	SALERIO (Swiss German)	SALERIO (Swiss German)
	Not sick, my lord, unless it be in mind,	Chrank isch er nid, usser es sig im Gmüet,
	Nor well unless in mind. His letter there	Guet geits ihm aber ou nume im Chopf.
235	Will show you his estate.	S’schteit auz da i sim Brief.

	BASSANIO opens the letter and reads it silently	BASSANIO opens the letter and reads it silently

	GRATIANO (Swiss German)	GRATIANO (Swiss German)
	Nerissa, cheer yond stranger; bid her welcome.	Nerissa, lueg zur frömde, säg’re hallo.
	Your hand, Salerio. What’s the news from Venice?	Tschou du, Salerio. Was louft z’Venedig?
	PORTIA (Italian)	PORTIA (Italian)
	There are some shrewd contents in yond same paper	Ci sono, in quella lettera lì, notizie che fanno
	That steals the colour from Bassanio’s cheek:	impallidire Bassanio: [solo la morte
	[Some dear friend dead, else nothing in the world	di un caro amico potrebbe tanto
245	Could turn so much the constitution	sconvolgere il volto di un uomo
	Of any constant man. What, worse and worse?]	di animo saldo. Diamine! Di male in peggio!]
	(French) With leave, Bassanio, I am half yourself,	(French) Avec votre permission, Bassanio, je suis votre moitié,
	And I must freely have the half of anything	et je dois avoir librement la moitié de
	That this same paper brings you.	ce que ce document vous apporte.
	BASSANIO (French)	BASSANIO (French)
	O sweet Portia,	O douce Portia,
250	Here are a few of the unpleasant’st words	voici quelques-uns des mots les plus désagréables
	That ever blotted paper! Gentle lady,	qui n’aient jamais tâché ce papier ! Aimable dame,
	When I did first impart my love to you,	quand je vous ai déclaré amour pour la première fois,
	I freely told you all the wealth I had	je vous ai librement dit que toute ma richesse
	Ran in my veins – I was a gentleman –	coulait dans mes veines – j’étais un gentilhomme –
	And then I told you true; and yet, dear lady,	et je vous disais la vérité; cependant, chère dame,
	[Rating myself at nothing, you shall see	[en me sous-estimant, vous verrez à quel point
	How much I was a braggart.] When I told you	je fus un mendiant.] Quand je vous ai dit
	My state was nothing, I should then have told you	que mon bien n’était rien, j’aurais dû vous dire
	That I was worse than nothing; for, indeed,	que c’était pire; car, en effet,
260	I have engaged myself to a dear friend,	je me suis engagé avec un ami cher,
	Engaged my friend to his mere enemy	engagé cet ami à son seul ennemi, pour
	To feed my means. Here is a letter, lady,	me procurer des ressources. Voici une lettre, ma dame,
	The paper as the body of my friend,	dont le papier me semble le corps de mon ami
	And every word in it a gaping wound	et chaque mot une de ses plaies béantes versant
	Issuing life-blood. But is it true, Salerio?	son sang vital. Mais est-ce vrai Salerio ?
	Have (Rumantsch, reading the letter)all his ventures failed? (realises nobody understands him, repeats it in French) Have all his ventures failed?	(Rumantsch, reading the letter) Tut sias emprovas dai ell’aua? (realises nobody understands him, repeats it in French) Toutes ses tentatives ont échoués ?
	What, not one hit?	Quoi, pas un seul succès ?
	From Tripolis, from Mexico and England,	De Tripolis, de Mexico et d’Angleterre,
	From Lisbon, Barbary and India,	de Lisbonne, Barbarie et d’Inde, et pas
	And not one vessel scape the dreadful touch	un vaisseau n’a pu échapper à la terrible
	Of merchant-marring rocks?	rencontre des rochers, ruine des marchands ?
	SALERIO (Swiss German)	SALERIO (Swiss German)
270	Not one, my lord.	Nei, riä-dü-tu.
	Besides, it should appear that if he had	U usserdäm schiints so, dass wenn er z’Gäud
	The present money to discharge the Jew,	Zum de Jud z’zahle sofort chönti peye,
	He would not take it – [Twenty merchants,	Er würis nid mau nä – [Es hei zwänzg Händler,
	The duke himself, and the magnificoes	De Fürscht lui-meme, di auerhöchste Herre
280	Of greatest port have all persuaded with him,	Nem ewig zuegredt wie‘nre chranke Chue,
	But none can drive him from the envious plea	Aber es het ‘ne kene chönne schtoppe,
	Of forfeiture, of justice, and his bond.]	Er tramplet uf sim Rächt u uf sim Schoudschiin.]
	JESSICA (German)	JESSICA (German)
	When I was with him I have heard him swear	Als ich bei ihm war hörte ich ihn schwören
	To Tubal and to Chus, his countrymen,	Vor seinen Landsleuten Tubal und Chus,
	That he would rather have Antonio’s flesh	Das er das Fleisch Antonios lieber hätte
	Than twenty times the value of the sum	Als zwanzigmal den Wert der ganzen Summe
	That he did owe him, and I know, my lord,	Die er ihm schulde, und ich weiss, mein Herr,
	If law, authority, and power deny not,	Wenn Recht, Gewalt und Macht es nicht behindern,
	It will go hard with poor Antonio.	Steht’s um den armen Herrn Antonio schlecht.
	PORTIA (French)	PORTIA (French)
290	Is it your dear friend that is thus in trouble?	Est-ce votre cher ami qui a de tels ennuis ?
	BASSANIO (French)	BASSANIO (French)
	The dearest friend to me, the kindest man.	Mon plus cher ami, le plus gentil des homes.
	PORTIA (French)	PORTIA (French)
	What sum owes he the Jew?	Quelle somme doit-il au Juif ?
	BASSANIO (French)	BASSANIO (French)
	For me, three thousand ducats.	Pour moi, trois mille ducats.
	PORTIA (Italian)	PORTIA (Italian)
	What, no more?	Come? Appena?
	(French) Pay him six thousand, and deface the bond.	(French) Donnez-lui en six mille, et effacez le billet.
	Double six thousand and then treble that,	Doublez six mille et puis triplez cette somme,
300	Before a friend of this description	avant qu’un ami de cette valeur,
	Shall lose a hair through Bassanio’s fault.	perde ses cheveux par la faute de Bassanio.
	First go with me to church and call me wife,	En premier, venez avec moi à l’église et épousez-moi.
	And then away to Venice to your friend!	Ensuite, allez à retrouver votre ami à Venise !
	For never shall you lie by Portia’s side	Car vous ne reposerez jamais auprès de Portia
	With an unquiet soul. You shall have gold	avec une âme inquiète. Vous aurez de l’or
	To pay the petty debt twenty times over.	pour payer votre dette vingt fois.
	When it is paid, bring your true friend along.	Une fois payée, amenez votre ami.
	(Italian) My maid Nerissa and myself meantime	(Italian) La mia Nerissa ed io vivremo, frattanto,
	Will live as maids and widows. (French) [Come away,	come vergini vedove. (French) [Venez,
310	For you shall hence upon your wedding-day.	car vous partirez le jour même de vos noces,
	Bid your friends welcome, show a merry cheer;	accueillez vos amis, montrez-leur une mine joyeuse,
	Since you are dear bought, I will love you dear.]	puisque je vous ai acheté cher, je vous aimerai chèrement.]
	But let me hear the letter of your friend.	Mais voyons la lettre de votre ami.
	BASSANIO (reading the letter in Rumantsch, while NERISSA gives real-time translations in Italian,French, and German)	BASSANIO (reading the letter in Rumantsch, while NERISSA gives real-time translations in Italian,French, and German)
	Sweet Bassanio, my ships have all miscarried, my	Car Bassanio, mias barcas ein tuttas sfundradas, mes
315	creditors grow cruel, my estate is very low,	crediturs vegnan crudeivels, mia facultad ei exausta,
	my bond to the Jew is forfeit. And since in paying it,	mia brev hipotecara tiel gediu ei curdada. El cass,
	it is impossible I should live, all debts are cleared	ch’jeu el paghel, nunpusseivel eisi, ch´jeu vivi vinavon,
		ein tut ilsdeivets denter vus e mei giudmeisa, sch´jeu
	between you and I if I might but see you at my death.	vus tier miamort mo pudess veser.En mintga cass,
	Notwithstanding, use your pleasure. If your love	agir tenor plascher.Sche vossa carezia po buc
	do not persuade you to come, let not my letter.	perschuader vus,sche duein era mes plaids buc.
	NERISSA (Italian)	NERISSA (Italian)
	Sweet Bassanio, my ships have all miscarried, my	Caro Bassanio, le mie navi sono tutte affondate; i miei
315	creditors grow cruel, my estate is very low,	creditori si fanno sempre più spietati; io sono
	my bond to the Jew is forfeit. And since in paying it,	letteralmentea terra; è scaduta l’obbligazione con
	it is impossible I should live, all debts are cleared	l’ebreo. E poiché,pagando la penale, è escluso che io
		possa sopravvivere,così ogni debito vostro verso di me
	between you and I if I might but see you at my death.	rimane saldato:vorrei solo vedervi, sul punto della
	Notwithstanding, use your pleasure. If your love	mia morte.Comunque, a vostro piacere: se il vostro
	do not persuade you to come, let not my letter.	affetto non vispinge a venire, non sia mai la mia lettera a muovervi.
	(German) Sweet Bassanio, my ships have all	(German) Teurer Bassanio, meine Schiffe sind alle
315	miscarried, my creditors grow cruel, (Swiss German)	verunglückt, meine Gläubiger werden grausam,(Swiss
	my estate isvery low,(German) my bond to the Jew is	German) ich bin am Bode,(German) meinSchuld–
	forfeit. Andsince inpaying it,it is impossible	Scheinan den Juden ist verfallen. Und da ich die Be-
	I should live, alldebts are clearedbetween you	zahlung unmöglich überleben kann, sind alle Schulden
	and I if I might but seeyou at mydeath.	zwischen uns getilgt, wenn ich dich nur bei meinem
	Notwithstanding, use your pleasure. Ifyour love	Tod sehenkönnte. Nichtsdestotrotz, handle nach die-
		nem Belieben. Wenn Deine Liebe Dich nicht überredet
	do not persuade you to come, let not my letter.	zu kommen, dann soll es auch mein Brief nicht tun.
	(French) Sweet Bassanio, my ships have all	(French) Cher Bassanio, mes bateaux ont tous sombré,
315	miscarried, my creditors grow cruel,my estate is very	mescréditeurs sont devenus cruels, ma fortune est fort
	low,my bond to the Jew is forfeit. And since in paying	réduite,mes billets envers le Juifs sont perdues. Et
	it,it is impossible I should live, all debts are cleared	comme enles payant, il est impossible que je vive,
		toutes vosdettes sont effacées si je peux vous voir
	between you and I if I might but see you at my death.	avant ma mort. Cependant, faites à votre guise.
	Notwithstanding, use your pleasure. If your love	Si votre amitié ne vous persuade pas de venir,
	do not persuade you to come, let not my letter.	que ce ne soit pas ma lettre.
	PORTIA (French)	PORTIA (French)
320	O love, dispatch all business and be gone!	O mon amour, expédiez toutes vos affaire, et partez !
	BASSANIO (French)	BASSANIO (French)
	Since I have your good leave to go away,	Puisque vous me donnez la permission de partir,
	I will make haste, but till I come again	je vais me hâter, mais jusqu’à mon retour
	No bed shall e’er be guilty of my stay,	aucun lit n’aura à se reprocher de me retenir,
	No rest be interposer ‘twixt us twain.	aucun repos ne viendra s’interposer entre vous et moi.

	Exeunt	Exeunt

SCENE III

Venice. A street.

	Enter SHYLOCK, SOLANIO, SALERINO ANTONIO, and Gaoler	Enter SHYLOCK, SOLANIO, SALERINO ANTONIO, and Gaoler

	SHYLOCK (English)	SHYLOCK (English)
	Gaoler, look to him. Tell not me of mercy.	Gaoler, look to him. Tell not me of mercy.
	This is the fool that lent out money gratis.	This is the fool that lent out money gratis.
	Gaoler, look to him.	Gaoler, look to him.
	ANTONIO (French)	ANTONIO (French)
	Hear me yet, good Shylock.	Ecoutez-moi pourtant, Shylock.
	SHYLOCK (English)	SHYLOCK (English)
	I’ll have my bond! Speak not against my bond!	I’ll have my bond! Speak not against my bond!
	I have sworn an oath that I will have my bond.	I have sworn an oath that I will have my bond.
	Thou call’dst me dog before thou hadst a cause;	Thou call’dst me dog before thou hadst a cause;
	But since I am a dog, beware my fangs.	But since I am a dog, beware my fangs.
	The duke shall grant me justice. I do wonder,	The duke shall grant me justice. I do wonder,
	Thou naughty gaoler, that thou art so fond	Thou naughty gaoler, that thou art so fond
10	To come abroad with him at his request.	To come abroad with him at his request.
	ANTONIO (French)	ANTONIO (French)
	I pray thee hear me speak.	Je vous prie de m’écouter.
	SHYLOCK (French)	SHYLOCK (French)
	I’ll have my bond. I will not hear thee speak.	J’aurai mon billet. Je ne t’écouterai pas.
	(English) I’ll have my bond, and therefore speak no more.	(English) I’ll have my bond, and therefore speak no more.
	I’ll not be made a soft and dull-eyed fool,	I’ll not be made a soft and dull-eyed fool,
	To shake the head, relent, and sigh, and yield	To shake the head, relent, and sigh, and yield
	To Christian intercessors. Follow not.	To Christian intercessors. Follow not.
	I’ll have no speaking, I will have my bond.	I’ll have no speaking, I will have my bond.

	Exit	Exit

	SALERINO (German)	SALERINO (German)
	It is the most impenetrable cur	Der herzloseste Hund der sich jemals
	That ever kept with men.	Bei Menschen aufgehalten hat.
	ANTONIO (German)	ANTONIO (German)
	Let him alone.	Lass ihn.
20	(English) I’ll follow him no more with bootless prayers.	(English) I’ll follow him no more with bootless prayers.
	He seeks my life. His reason well I know:	He seeks my life. His reason well I know:
	I oft delivered from his forfeitures	I oft delivered from his forfeitures
	Many that have at times made moan to me.	Many that have at times made moan to me.
	Therefore he hates me.	Therefore he hates me.
	SALERINO (French)	SALERINO (French)
	I am sure the duke	Je suis sûr que le duc
	Will never grant this forfeiture to hold.	n’autorisera que cet engagement n’ait lieu.
	ANTONIO (French)	ANTONIO (French)
	The duke cannot deny the course of law,	Le duc ne peut pas refuser de suivre la loi :
	For the commodity that strangers have	retirer aux étrangers les sûretés dont ils jouissent
	With us in Venice, if it be denied,	à Venise serait une injustice contre l’État ;
	Will much impeach the justice of his state,	car la richesse de son commerce
30	Since that the trade and profit of the city	repose sur l’abord de toutes ses nations.
	Consisteth of all nations. Therefore go.	Ainsi, allons. Ces peines et ces pertes m’ont
	These griefs and losses have so bated me	tellement diminué que je peux à peine
	That I shall hardly spare a pound of flesh	conserver jusqu’à demain une livre de chair
	Tomorrow to my bloody creditor.	pour mon créancier sanguinaire.
	Well, gaoler, on. (Rumantsch) Pray God Bassanio come	Bien, geôlier, allons.(Rumantsch) Dieu Roghi che Bassanio vegni
	To see me pay his debt, and then I care not!	e vesi mei pagond ses deivets, epi emporti ca pli!

	Exeunt	Exeunt

	[Unofficial Addition, to be deleted at the earliest convenience: GAOLER (English, waiting at the exit)	[Unofficial Addition, to be deleted at the earliest convenience: GAOLER (English, waiting at the exit)
	Crucifixion?	Crucifixion?
	ANTONIO	ANTONIO
	No, vivisection.	No, vivisection.
	GAOLER	GAOLER
	Lovely. Go to the left, stand in line,	Lovely. Go to the left, stand in line,
	one Swiss Army Knife each. Next?]	one Swiss Army Knife each. Next?]

SCENE IV

Belmont. In Portia’s house.

	Enter PORTIA, NERISSA, LORENZO, JESSICA, and BALTHASAR	Enter PORTIA, NERISSA, LORENZO, JESSICA, and BALTHASAR

	PORTIA (French)	PORTIA (French)
	Lorenzo, I commit into your hands	Lorenzo, je remets en vos mains
	The husbandry and manage of my house	le soin et la conduite de ma maison
	Until my lord’s return. For mine own part,	jusqu’au retour de mon époux. Quant à moi,
	I have toward heaven breathed a secret vow	j’ai fait secrètement vœu au ciel
	To live in prayer and contemplation,	de vivre dans la prière et la contemplation,
	Only attended by Nerissa here,	accompagnée de la seule Nerissa,
30	Until her husband and my lord’s return.	jusqu’au retour de son mari et de mon seigneur.
	There is a monastery two miles off,	Il y a un monastère à deux milles d’ici;
	And there will we abide. [I do desire you	c’est là que nous passerons le temps.
	Not to deny this imposition,	[Je vous prie de ne pas refuser
	The which my love and some necessity	la charge que mon amitié et la
	Now lays upon you.]	nécessité vous imposent.]
	LORENZO (French)	LORENZO (French)
	Madam, with all my heart,	Madame, je la reçois de bon cœur. Je vous
	I shall obey you in all fair commands.	obéirai dans tous honorables commandements.
	[PORTIA (Italian)	[PORTIA (Italian)
	My people do already know my mind	La gente di casa conosce le mie disposizioni:
	And will acknowledge you and Jessica	sarete da loro considerati, voi e Jessica,
	In place of Lord Bassanio and myself.	i rappresentanti del signor Bassanio e i miei.
40	And so farewell, till we shall meet again.	E dunque arrivederci al nostro prossimo ritorno.
	LORENZO (French)	LORENZO (French)
	Fair thoughts and happy hours attend on you!]	Puissiez-vous n’avoir que des pensées agréables
		et des moments heureux!]
	JESSICA (German)	JESSICA (German)
	I wish your ladyship all heart’s content.	Ich wünsch’ der hohen Dame alle Freude.
	PORTIA (German)	PORTIA (German)
	I thank you for your wish, and am well pleased	Habt Dank für Euren Wunsch, ich wünsche gern
	To wish it back on you. Fare you well Jessica.	Dasselbe auch für euch. So leb wohl, Jessica.

	Exeunt JESSICA and LORENZO	Exeunt JESSICA and LORENZO

	Now, Balthasar, (French)	Nun, Balthasar, (French)
	[As I have ever found thee honest-true,	[je t’ai toujours trouvé honnête et fidèle; que je te
	So let me find thee still.] Take this same letter,	retrouve toujours de même.] Prends cette lettre,
	And use thou all th’endeavour of a man	et fais tous tes efforts pour arriver à Padoue
	In speed to Padua. See thou render this	le plus tôt possible: remets-la en main propre
50	Into my cousin’s hand, Doctor Bellario,	au docteur Bellario, mon cousin; et fais bien attention,
	And, look, what notes and garments he doth give thee	prends les habillements et les papiers qu’il te donnera,
	Bring them, I pray thee, with imagined speed	et porte-les, je t’en prie, avec toute la célérité
	Unto the traject, to the common ferry	imaginable, au lieu où l’on passe la barque
	Which trades to Venice. Waste no time in words	pour aller à Venise. Ne perds point de temps
	But get thee gone. I shall be there before thee.	en discours; pars, je m’y trouverai avant toi.
	BALTHASAR (French)	BALTHASAR (French)
	Madam, I go with all convenient speed.	Madame, je ferai toute la diligence convenable.

	Exit	Exit

	PORTIA (Italian)	PORTIA (Italian)
	Come on, Nerissa; I have work in hand	Nerissa, andiamo. Ho per le mani un piano che
	That you yet know not of. We’ll see our husbands	neanche te lo immagini. Rivedremo i nostri mariti
	Before they think of us.	prima che se l’aspettino.
	NERISSA (Italian)	NERISSA (Italian)
	Shall they see us?	E loro ci vedranno?
	PORTIA (Italian)	PORTIA (Italian)
60	They shall, Nerissa, but in such a habit,	Sì, Nerissa. Ma così trasformate che –
	That they shall think we are accomplishèd	ci scommetto il collo – dovranno crederci fornite
	With that we lack. I’ll hold thee any wager,	di quel che più ci manca, quando saremo
	When we are both accoutred like young men,	tutte e due traverstite da giovinotti.
	I’ll prove the prettier fellow of the two,	Il più bello sarò io con la mia brava spada
	And wear my dagger with the braver grace.	al fianco, portata con estrema elegnaza.
	NERISSA (French)	NERISSA (French)
	Why, shall we turn to men?	Quoi, deviendrons-nous donc des hommes?
	PORTIA (French)	PORTIA (French)
	I’ll tell thee all my whole device	Je te dirai tout mon projet quand
	When I am in my coach, which stays for us	nous serons dans ma voiture, qui nous attend
	At the park gate, and therefore haste away,	à la porte du parc. Partons toute de suite d’ici,
85	For we must measure twenty miles today.	car il faut que nous fassions vingt milles aujourd’hui.

	Exeunt	Exeunt

SCENE V

Belmont. A garden.

	Enter LAUNCELOT and JESSICA	Enter LAUNCELOT and JESSICA

	LAUNCELOT (French)	LAUNCELOT (French)
	Yes, truly; for, look you, the sins of the father	Oui, vraiment, car, voyez-vous, les péchés du
	are to be laid upon the children. There is but one	père retombent sur les enfants. Il n’y a qu’un
	hope in it that can do you any good, and that is	seul espoir qui puisse vous être bénéfique, et ce
	but a kind of bastard hope neither.	n’est qu’un espoir bâtard.
	JESSICA (French)	JESSICA (French)
	And what hope is that, I pray thee?	Quel est cet espoir, je vous prie ?
	LAUNCELOT (French)	LAUNCELOT (French)
	Marry, you may partly hope that your father got	Eh bien, vous pouvez espérer en partie que votre père
	you not, that you are not the Jew’s daughter.	ne vous ait pas engendrée, que vous n’êtes pas la fille du Juif.
	{JESSICA (French)	{JESSICA (French)
10	That were a kind of bastard hope indeed! So the	C’est un genre d’espoir bâtard, en effet ! Ainsi les
	sins of my mother should be visited upon me.	péchés de ma mère me retomberaient dessus.
	LAUNCELOT (French)	LAUNCELOT (French)
	Truly then I fear you are damned both by father	En vérité alors, j’ai peur que vous soyez
	and mother.}	condamnée par votre père et votre mère.}
	JESSICA (French)	JESSICA (French)
	I shall be saved by my husband. He hath made	Je serai donc sauvée par mon mari. Il m’a
	me a Christian.	faite Chrétienne
	{LAUNCELOT (French)	{LAUNCELOT (French)
	Truly, the more to blame he! This making	En vérité, il n’en est que plus blâmable ! Créer ainsi
	Christians will raise the price of hogs; if we	des Chrétiens haussera le prix des cochons, si nous de-
20	grow all to be pork-eaters, we shall not shortly	venons tous des mangeurs de porcs. Nous ne pourrons
	have a rasher on the coals for money.}	bientôt plus avoir une grillade sur les charbons de notre argent.}

	Enter LORENZO	Enter LORENZO

	JESSICA (French)	JESSICA (French)
	I’ll tell my husband, Launcelot, what you say.	J’irai dire à mon mari ce que vous me racontez,
	Here he comes.	Launcelot, le voilà qui vient.
	LORENZO (French)	LORENZO (French)
	I shall grow jealous of you shortly, Launcelot, if	Je vais bientôt devenir jaloux de vous, Launcelot,
	you thus get my wife into corners.	si vous attirez ainsi ma femme dans les coins.
	JESSICA (Spanish)	JESSICA (Spanish)
	Nay, you need not fear us, Lorenzo. Launcelot and	No, usted no tiene nada que temer, Lorenzo. Launcelot
	I are out. He tells me flatly there’s no mercy for	y yo estamos en discordia. Me dice rotundamente que
	me in heaven because I am a Jew’s daughter, and he	no hay esperanza para mí en el cielo porque soy hija de
	says, you are no good member of the commonwealth,	un judío, y añade que usted no es un buen ciudadaño
	for in converting Jews to Christians	de la republica, porque al converír lo judíos en
30	you raise the price of pork.	cristianos usted hace subir el precio del puerco.
	LORENZO (English, to Launcelot)	LORENZO (English, to Launcelot)
	I shall answer that better to the commonwealth	I shall answer that better to the commonwealth
	than you can the getting up of the Negro’s belly.	than you can the getting up of the Negro’s belly.
	The Moor is with child by you, Launcelot.	The Moor is with child by you, Launcelot.
	LAUNCELOT (English)	LAUNCELOT (English)
	It is much that the Moor should be more than	It is much that the Moor should be more than
	reason: but if she be less than an honest woman,	reason: but if she be less than an honest woman,
	she is indeed more than I took her for.	she is indeed more than I took her for.
	LORENZO (English)	LORENZO (English)
	How every fool can play upon the word! Go in,	How every fool can play upon the word! Go in,
40	sirrah, bid them prepare for dinner.	sirrah, bid them prepare for dinner.
	LAUNCELOT (English)	LAUNCELOT (English)
	That is done, sir. They have all stomachs.	That is done, sir. They have all stomachs.

	Exit	Exit

	LORENZO (Spanish)	LORENZO (Spanish)
60	How cheer’st thou, Jessica?	¿Como esta la alegria, Jessica?
	And now, good sweet, say thy opinion,	Y ahora, tierna querida, exprima su opinion,
	How dost thou like the Lord Bassanio’s wife?	¿Como la esposa de Lord Bassanio le puede gustar a usted?
	JESSICA (Spanish)	JESSICA (Spanish)
	Past all expressing. It is very meet	Más allá de todas expressiones. Es muy justo
	The Lord Bassanio live an upright life,	que el Señor Bassanio lleve una vida ejemplaria,
65	For, having such a blessing in his lady,	pues teniendo en su mujer tál bendicíon,
	He finds the joys of heaven here on earth,	el hallará acá en la tierra las alegrias del cielo,
	And if on earth he do not merit it,	y si en esa tierre no las merece,de verdad
	In reason he should never come to heaven.	el nunca deberia encontrarlas al paraiso.
	LORENZO (Spanish)	LORENZO (Spanish)
	Even such a husband	En mi tienes un marido que este igual
	Hast thou of me as she is for a wife.	que como ella esta en esposa.
	JESSICA (Spanish)	JESSICA (Spanish)
75	Nay, but ask my opinion too of that!	¡Claro! Pedime tambien mi opiníon sobre eso.
	LORENZO (Spanish)	LORENZO (Spanish)
	I will anon. First, let us go to dinner.	Lo haré luego. Primero, vamos a almorzar.
	JESSICA (French)	JESSICA (French)
	Nay, let me praise you while I have a stomach.	Non, laissez-moi vous louer tandis que je suis en appétit.
	LORENZO (French)	LORENZO (French)
	No, pray thee, let it serve for table-talk,	Non, je vous prie, gardez cela pour les conversations de table,
	[Then, howsome‘er thou speak’st, ‘mongst other things	[ensuite qu’importe vos propos, je les digérerai
	I shall digest it.	entre autres choses.
	JESSICA (French)	JESSICA (French)
80	Well, I’ll set you forth.]	Bien, je vais vous en servir.]

	Exeunt	Exeunt

ACT IV

SCENE I

Venice. A court of justice.

	Enter the DUKE, the Magnificoes, ANTONIO, BASSANIO, GRATIANO, SOLANIO, SALERINO, and others	Enter the DUKE, the Magnificoes, ANTONIO, BASSANIO, GRATIANO, SOLANIO, SALERINO, and others

	DUKE (Turkish)	DUKE (Turkish)
	What, is Antonio here?	Antonyo burada mı?
	ANTONIO (French, struggling to understand, but recognising his name)	ANTONIO (French, struggling to understand, but recognising his name)
	Ready, so please your grace.	Prêt à paraître dès qu’il plaira à votre altesse.
	DUKE (Turkish)	DUKE (Turkish)
	Go one, and call the Jew into the court.	Yahudiyi mahkeme huzuruna çağırınız.
	SOLANIO (German)	SOLANIO (German)
	He is ready at the door; he comes, my lord.	Er steht schon an der Tür; er kommt, mein Herr.

	Enter SHYLOCK	Enter SHYLOCK

	DUKE (Turkish)	DUKE (Turkish)
	Make room, and let him stand before our face.	Yol veriniz, karşımıza geçsin.
	(French) Shylock, the world thinks, and I think so too,	(French) Shylock, le monde pense, et je le pense aussi,
	That [thou but lead’st this fashion of thy malice	[que tu dirigeras cette invention de ta méchanceté
	To the last hour of act, and then ’tis thought]	jusqu’à la dernière heure de son acte, et puis on pense
	Thou’lt show thy mercy [and remorse more strange	aussi que tu montreras une clémence et un remord plus
20	Than is thy strange apparent cruelty;]	extraordinaire encore que ta apparente extraordinaire cruauté ;]
	And where thou now exact’st the penalty,	et qu’au lieu d’exiger ton billet qui consiste
	Which is a pound of this poor merchant’s flesh,	en une livre de la chair de ce pauvre marchand,
	Thou wilt not only loose the forfeiture,	tu vas perdre non seulement ton gage,
	But touched with human gentleness and love,	mais touché par la gentillesse humaine et l’amour,
25	Forgive a moiety of the principal,	tu vas remettre la moitié de sa dette à l’intéressé,
	[Glancing an eye of pity on his losses,	[et jetteras un œil de pitié sur ses pertes,
	That have of late so huddled on his back.]	qui l’ont tant accablé ces derniers temps.]
	We all expect a gentle answer, Jew.	Nous attendons tous une réponse tendre, Juif.
	SHYLOCK (French)	SHYLOCK (French)
	[I have possessed your grace of what I purpose,	[J’ai communiqué mes résolutions à votre Grâce
	And] by our holy Sabbath have I sworn	Et] par notre saint Sabbat j’ai juré d’avoir
	To have the due and forfeit of my bond.	mon dû et l’accomplissement de mon billet.
	If you deny it, let the danger light	Si vous me le refusez, laissez le danger vous éclairer
	Upon your charter and your city’s freedom!	au sujet de votre charte et de la liberté de votre ville !
	You’ll ask me why I rather choose to have	Vous me demanderez pourquoi je préfère choisir
40	A weight of carrion flesh than to receive	une livre de chair morte plutôt que de recevoir
	Three thousand ducats. I’ll not answer that,	trois mille ducats. Je ne répondrai pas à cela,
	But say (English) it is my humour. (French) Is it answered?	mais dirai (English) it is my humour. (French) N’est-ce pas là répondre ?
	(English) What if my house be troubled with a rat,	(English) What if my house be troubled with a rat,
	And I be pleased to give ten thousand ducats	And I be pleased to give ten thousand ducats
	To have it baned? (French) What, are you answered yet?	To have it baned? (French)Quoi, n’est-ce pas une réponse suffisante ?
	(English) Some men there are love not a gaping pig,	(English) Some men there are love not a gaping pig,
	Some, that are mad if they behold a cat,	Some, that are mad if they behold a cat,
	And others, when the bagpipe sings i’th’nose,	And others, when the bagpipe sings i’th’nose,
	Cannot contain their urine; for affection,	Cannot contain their urine; for affection,
50	Master of passion, sways it to the mood	Master of passion, sways it to the mood
	Of what it likes or loathes. Now, for your answer:	Of what it likes or loathes. Now, for your answer:
	(French) As there is no firm reason to be rendered	(French) Comme il n’y a pas de raison pourquoi l’un ne saurait
	Why he cannot abide a gaping pig,	supporter la vue d’un cochon la gueule béante,
	Why he a harmless necessary cat,	d’un chat inoffensif, d’une cornemuse gonflée,
	Why he a woollen bagpipe, but of force	car notre disposition, maîtresse de nos passions,
	Must yield to such inevitable shame	influe souverainement sur les gouts et dégoûts
	As to offend, himself being offended;	de l’homme. je ne peux ni ne veux donner
	So can I give no reason, nor I will not,	d’autre raison de la poursuite d’un procès si
	More than a lodged hate and a certain loathing	préjudiciable pour moi, qu’une haine intime,
60	I bear Antonio, that I follow thus	une certaine aversion que je sens contre
	A losing suit against him. Are you answered?	Antonio. Êtes-vous content de ma réponse ?
	BASSANIO (English)	BASSANIO (English)
	This is no answer, thou unfeeling man,	This is no answer, thou unfeeling man,
	To excuse the current of thy cruelty.	To excuse the current of thy cruelty.
	SHYLOCK (English)	SHYLOCK (English)
	I am not bound to please thee with my answers.	I am not bound to please thee with my answers.
	BASSANIO (English)	BASSANIO (English)
	Do all men kill the things they do not love?	Do all men kill the things they do not love?
	SHYLOCK (English)	SHYLOCK (English)
	Hates any man the thing he would not kill?	Hates any man the thing he would not kill?
	ANTONIO (French)	ANTONIO (French)
	I pray you, think you question with the Jew.	Je vous en prie, pensez-vous raisonner avec le Juif.
70	You may as well go stand upon the beach	Vous pourriez aussi bien aller à la plage et demander
	And bid the main flood bate his usual height,	à la mer d’abaisser la hauteur de ses marées ordinaires,
	You may as well use question with the wolf	vous pourriez aussi raisonner avec le loup pour savoir
	Why he hath made the ewe bleat for the lamb,	pourquoi il a fait bêler la brebis après son agneau, vous
	You may as well forbid the mountain pines	pourriez aussi bien interdire aux pins des montagnes
	To wag their high-tops and to make no noise	de secouer leur cimes et de faire du bruit
	When they are fretten with the gusts of heaven;	lorsqu’ils sont battus par les bourrasques du ciel.
	You may as well do anything most hard,	Vous viendriez aussi facilement à bout des plus rudes
	As seek to soften that – (Rumantsch) than which what’s harder? –	entreprises, que d’amollir – (Rumantsch) ch´ei pli dir che tut? –
	(French) His Jewish heart. Therefore I do beseech you	(French) son cœur de Juif. En conséquence, je vous en conjure,
80	Make no more offers, use no farther means,	ne faites plus d’offres, n’usez plus d’aucun moyen,
	But with all brief and plain conveniency	mais laissez-moi promptement et simplement, comme il convient,
	Let me have judgment, and the Jew his will.	recevoir mon jugement, et le Juif ce qu’il désire.
	BASSANIO (French)	BASSANIO (French)
	For thy three thousand ducats here is six.	Pour tes trois mille ducats, en voici six.
	SHYLOCK (English)	SHYLOCK (English)
	If every ducat in six thousand ducats	If every ducat in six thousand ducats
	Were in six parts, and every part a ducat,	Were in six parts, and every part a ducat,
	I would not draw them. I would have my bond.	I would not draw them. I would have my bond.
	DUKE (German)	DUKE (German)
	How shalt thou hope for mercy, rendering none?	Wie willst du Gnade, der du keine gibst?
	SHYLOCK (German)	SHYLOCK (German)
	What judgment shall I dread, doing no wrong?	Was fürcht‘ ich Urteil, ich verbreche nichts?
	(English) You have among you many a purchased slave,	(English) You have among you many a purchased slave,
90	Which, like your asses and your dogs and mules	Which, like your asses and your dogs and mules
	You use in abject and in slavish parts,	You use in abject and in slavish parts,
	Because you bought them. Shall I say to you,	Because you bought them. Shall I say to you,
	‘Let them be free, marry them to your heirs!	‘Let them be free, marry them to your heirs!
	Why sweat they under burthens? [Let their beds	Why sweat they under burthens? [Let their beds
95	Be made as soft as yours, and let their palates	Be made as soft as yours, and let their palates
	Be seasoned with such viands’?] You will answer	Be seasoned with such viands’?] You will answer
	‘The slaves are ours.’ (German) So do I answer you.	‘The slaves are ours.’ (German) Und so antwort ich euch.
	The pound of flesh which I demand of him	Diese Pfund Fleisch, dass ich von ihm verlange
	Is dearly bought, ’tis mine and I will have it.	Ist mein, teuer gekauft, und ich will’s haben.
	DUKE (German)	DUKE (German)
	Upon my power I may dismiss this court	Kraft meines Amts kann ich die Sitzung schliessen,
	Unless Bellario, a learnèd doctor,	Wenn nicht Bellario, ein gelehrter Anwalt,
	Whom I have sent for to determine this,	Nach dem ich sandte, um dies zu entscheiden,
	Come here today.	Heute hier eintrifft.
	SOLANIO (French)	SOLANIO (French)
	My lord, here stays without	Mon seigneur, il y a là
	A messenger with letters from the doctor,	un messager fraîchement arrivé de Padoue
	New come from Padua.	avec les lettres du docteur.
	DUKE (Turkish)	DUKE (Turkish)
	Bring us the letter. Call the messenger.	Mektubu getiriniz, haberciyi de çağırınız.
	BASSANIO (Rumantsch)	BASSANIO (Rumantsch)
110	Good cheer, Antonio! What, man, courage yet!	Seigies da buna luna, Antonio! Co, um, hagies curascha!
	(French) The Jew shall have my flesh, blood, bones and all,	(French) Le Juif aura ma chair, mon sang, mes os et tout
	Ere thou shalt lose for me one drop of blood.	avant que tu perdes une goutte de sang pour moi.

	Enter NERISSA, dressed like a lawyer’s clerk	Enter NERISSA, dressed like a lawyer’s clerk

	DUKE (Italian)	DUKE (Italian)
	Came you from Padua, from Bellario?	Arrivate da Padova, e da parte del dottor Bellario?
	NERISSA (Italian)	NERISSA (Italian)
	From both, my lord. Bellario greets your grace.	Sì, vostra grazia. Bellario saluta vostra grazia serenissima.

	She presents a letter	She presents a letter

	BASSANIO (English)	BASSANIO (English)
120	Why dost thou whet thy knife so earnestly?	Why dost thou whet thy knife so earnestly?
	SHYLOCK (English)	SHYLOCK (English)
	To cut the forfeiture from that bankrupt there.	To cut the forfeiture from that bankrupt there.
	SALERINO (Swiss German)	SALERINO (Swiss German)
	O be thou damned, inexecrable dog,	Oh sig verfluecht, du gottverdammte Hung,
	And for thy life let justice be accused!	Dass du no läbsch sött grad verbotte si!
	[Thou almost mak’st me waver in my faith,	[Wenn I di alueg, wird I schier ungläubig,
130	To hold opinion with Pythagoras	U halt’s grad fasch mitem Pythagoras
	That souls of animals infuse themselves	Wo seit, dass d’Seele vo de wiude Roubtier
	Into the trunks of men,] for thy desires	Sich chöi I Mönsche schliiche.] Was du wosch
	Are wolvish, bloody, starved and ravenous.	Isch wöufisch, bluetig, usghungret u gwautgeil.
	SHYLOCK (English, not understanding Salerino)	SHYLOCK (English, not understanding Salerino)
	Till thou canst rail the seal from off my bond,	Till thou canst rail the seal from off my bond,
	Thou but offend’st thy lungs to speak so loud.	Thou but offend’st thy lungs to speak so loud.
140	[Repair thy wit, good youth, or it will fall	[Repair thy wit, good youth, or it will fall
	To cureless ruin.] I stand here for law.	To cureless ruin.] I stand here for law.
	DUKE (French)	DUKE (French)
	This letter from Bellario doth commend	Cette lettre de Bellario recommande
	A young and learned doctor to our court.	un jeune et savant docteur à notre cour.
	Where is he?	Où est-il ?
	NERISSA (French)	NERISSA (French)
	He attendeth here hard by	Il attend ici tout près,
	[To know your answer, whether you’ll admit him.]	[pour savoir si vous désirez le recevoir.]
	{DUKE (French)	{DUKE (French)
	With all my heart. [(Turkish) Some three or four of you	De tout mon cœur. [(Turkish) İçinizden üç dört kişi karşılayıp
	Go give him courteous conduct to this place.	hürmetle buraya getiriniz. Bu esnada mahkemei
	Meantime the court shall hear Bellario’s letter.}	aliyeleri de Bellariyo’nun mektubunu dinler.}
	CLERK (French, reads)	CLERK (French, reads)
	Your grace shall understand that at the receipt	Votre altesse saura qu’à la réception de sa lettre je me
150	of your letter I am very sick; but in the instant that	suis trouvé très malade. Mais au même moment que
	your messenger came, in loving visitation was with	votre messager est arrivé, un jeune docteur de Rome,
	me a young doctor of Rome. His name is Balthasar.	nommé Balthasar, me rendait une visite de courtoisie.
	I acquainted him with the cause in controversy	Je l’ai informé des particularités du procès entre
	between the Jew and Antonio the merchant. We	le Juif et le marchand Antonio. Nous avons feuilleté
	turned o’er many books together. He is furnished with	ensemble beaucoup de livres. Il est muni de mon avis
	my opinion which, bettered with his own learning, the	qu’il vous apporte perfectionné par son savoir, dont je
	greatness whereof I cannot enough commend, comes	ne saurais trop louer l’étendue, pour satisfaire à ma
	with him at my importunity to fill up your grace’s	place, comme je l’en ai pressé, à la demande de Votre
	request in my stead. I beseech you let his lack of years	Grâce. Que les années qui lui manquent ne le privent
	be no impediment to let him lack a reverend estimation,	pas, je vous prie, de la haute estime qui lui est due ;
	for I never knew so young a body with so old a head.	car je ne vis jamais un corps si jeune avec une tête si
160	I leave him to your gracious acceptance,	mûre. Je le recommande à votre gracieux accueil.
	whose trial shall better publish his commendation.	C’est à l’essai que se fera le mieux connaître son mérite.

	Enter PORTIA, dressed like a doctor of Laws	Enter PORTIA, dressed like a doctor of Laws

	DUKE (French)	DUKE (French)
	{You hear the learn’d Bellario, what he writes,}	{Vous entendez ce que m’écrit Bellario,}
	And here, I take it, is the doctor come.	et voici, je suppose, le docteur.
	(Italian) Give me your hand. Came you from old Bellario?	(Italian) Datemi la mano. Venite dalla parte del mio vecchio Bellario?
	PORTIA (Italian)	PORTIA (Italian)
	I did, my lord.	Sì, serenissimo.
	DUKE (Italian)	DUKE (Italian)
	You are welcome.	Benvenuto fra noi.
	Are you acquainted with the difference	Siete al corrente della controversia che
	That holds this present question in the court?	si dibatte davanti alla Corte in questa udienza?
	PORTIA (Italian)	PORTIA (Italian)
	I am informèd throughly of the cause.	A fondo, serenissimo.
	DUKE (Italian)	DUKE (Italian)
	Take your place.	Accomodatevi
	PORTIA (English)	PORTIA (English)
	Which is the merchant here? And which the Jew?	Which is the merchant here? And which the Jew?
	DUKE (English)	DUKE (English)
170	Antonio and old Shylock, both stand forth.	Antonio and old Shylock, both stand forth.
	PORTIA (German)	PORTIA (German)
	Is your name Shylock?	Ist euer Name Shylock?
	SHYLOCK (English)	SHYLOCK (English)
	Shylock is my name.	Shylock is my name.
	PORTIA (German)	PORTIA (German)
	Of a strange nature is the suit you follow;	Ihr führt eine absonderliche Klage;
	Yet in such rule that the Venetian law	Doch in der Form, dass das Gesetz Venedigs
	Cannot impugn you as you do proceed.	Euch, wie ihr vorgeht, nicht behindern kann.
	(French, to Antonio) You stand within his danger, do you not?	(French, to Antonio) Vous courrez le risque d’être sa victime, n’est-ce pas ?
	ANTONIO (French)	ANTONIO (French)
	Ay, so he says.	Oui, ainsi qu’il le dit.
	PORTIA (French)	PORTIA (French)
	Do you confess the bond?	Reconnaissez-vous votre billet ?
	ANTONIO (French)	ANTONIO (French)
	I do.	Oui.
	PORTIA (French)	PORTIA (French)
	Then must the Jew be merciful.	Alors le Juif se doit d’être clément.
	SHYLOCK (English)	SHYLOCK (English)
	On what compulsion must I? Tell me that.	On what compulsion must I? Tell me that.
	PORTIA (English)	PORTIA (English)
	The quality of mercy is not strained,	The quality of mercy is not strained,
180	It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven	It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven
	Upon the place beneath. It is twice blest;	Upon the place beneath. It is twice blest;
	It blesseth him that gives and him that takes.	It blesseth him that gives and him that takes.
	‘Tis mightiest in the mightiest, it becomes	‘Tis mightiest in the mightiest, it becomes
	The thronèd monarch better than his crown.	The thronèd monarch better than his crown.
	His sceptre shows the force of temporal power,	His sceptre shows the force of temporal power,
	The attribute to awe and majesty,	The attribute to awe and majesty,
	Wherein doth sit the dread and fear of kings;	Wherein doth sit the dread and fear of kings;
	But mercy is above this sceptred sway,	But mercy is above this sceptred sway,
	It is enthronèd in the hearts of kings,	It is enthronèd in the hearts of kings,
190	It is an attribute to God himself,	It is an attribute to God himself,
	And earthly power doth then show likest God’s	And earthly power doth then show likest God’s
	When mercy seasons justice. Therefore, Jew,	When mercy seasons justice. Therefore, Jew,
	Though justice be thy plea, consider this:	Though justice be thy plea, consider this:
	That in the course of justice none of us	That in the course of justice none of us
	Should see salvation. (French)We do pray for mercy,	Should see salvation. (French) Nous prions pour la clémence
	And that same prayer doth teach us all to render	Et que cette même prière nous enseigne à tous
	The deeds of mercy. {I have spoke thus much	d’être miséricordieux dans nos actions. {J’ai donc beaucoup parlé,
	To mitigate the justice of thy plea,	pour tempérer la rigueur de ta plaidoirie,
	Which if thou follow, this strict court of Venice	qui, si tu la suives, elle obligera le tribunal de Venise
200	Must needs give sentence ‘gainst the merchant there.}	à rendre un verdict contre ce marchant-là.}
	SHYLOCK (English)	SHYLOCK (English)
	My deeds upon my head! I crave the law,	My deeds upon my head! I crave the law,
	The penalty and forfeit of my bond.	The penalty and forfeit of my bond.
	PORTIA (German)	PORTIA (German)
	Is he not able to discharge the money?	Vermag er denn das Geld nicht zu bezahlen?
	BASSANIO (German)	BASSANIO (German)
	Yes, here I tender it for him in the court,	Doch, hier vor dem Gericht biet ich’s ihm an,
	Yea, twice the sum. If that will not suffice,	Und gar das doppelte. Wenn dies nicht genügt,
	I will be bound to pay it ten times o’er,	Verpflicht ich mich, es zehnmal zu bezahlen,
	On forfeit of my hands, my head, my heart.	Verpfände meine Hand, mein Haupt, mein Herz.
	If this will not suffice, it must appear	Genügt auch dies nicht, sieht man wie die Bosheit
	That malice bears down truth. And I beseech you,	Die Redlichkeit besiegt. Ich bitte euch,
210	Wrest once the law to your authority,	Zwängt einmal das Gesetz in eure Macht,
	To do a great right, do a little wrong,	Tut für ein grosses Recht ein kleines Unrecht,
	And curb this cruel devil of his will.	Und brecht den Willen des herzlosen Teufels.
	PORTIA (German)	PORTIA (German)
	It must not be. (French) There is no power in Venice	Das darf nicht sein. (French) Il n’y a pas de pouvoir à Venise
	Can alter a decree established.	qui puisse changer un décret établi.
	‘Twill be recorded for a precedent,	Cela deviendrait un précédent,
	And many an error by the same example	et ce jugement induirait de nombreuses
	Will rush into the state. It cannot be.	erreurs. Cela ne se peut.
	SHYLOCK (English)	SHYLOCK (English)
	A Daniel come to judgment! Yea, a Daniel!	A Daniel come to judgment! Yea, a Daniel!
	O wise young judge, how I do honour thee!	O wise young judge, how I do honour thee!
	PORTIA (English)	PORTIA (English)
220	I pray you let me look upon the bond.	I pray you let me look upon the bond.
	SHYLOCK (English)	SHYLOCK (English)
	Here ’tis, most reverend doctor, here it is.	Here ’tis, most reverend doctor, here it is.
	PORTIA (English)	PORTIA (English)
	Shylock, there’s thrice thy money offered thee.	Shylock, there’s thrice thy money offered thee.
	SHYLOCK (English)	SHYLOCK (English)
	An oath, an oath! I have an oath in heaven:	An oath, an oath! I have an oath in heaven:
	Shall I lay perjury upon my soul?	Shall I lay perjury upon my soul?
	No, not for Venice!	No, not for Venice!
	PORTIA (French)	PORTIA (French)
	Why, this bond is forfeit,	Ce billet est perdu,
	And lawfully by this the Jew may claim	et pour cela le Juif peut demander légalement
	A pound of flesh, to be by him cut off	une livre de chair qui soit coupée aussi près que
	Nearest the merchant’s heart. Be merciful,	possible du cœur du marchant. Soyez miséricordieux,
	Take thrice thy money, bid me tear the bond.	prenez le tripe de la somme, dites-moi de déchirer le billet.
	SHYLOCK (French)	SHYLOCK (French)
230	When it is paid according to the tenour.	Quand il sera payé suivant sa teneur.
	It doth appear you are a worthy judge,	Il apparaît que vous êtes un juge digne.
	You know the law, your exposition	Vous connaissez la loi, vous avez judicieusement
	Hath been most sound. I charge you by the law,	exposé le cas. Je vous somme au nom de cette loi,
	Whereof you are a well-deserving pillar,	dont vous êtes un estimable pilier, de procéder
	Proceed to judgment. (English) [By my soul I swear	au jugement. (English) [By my soul I swear
	There is no power in the tongue of man	There is no power in the tongue of man
	To alter me.] I stay here on my bond.	To alter me.] I stay here on my bond.
	ANTONIO (French)	ANTONIO (French)
	Most heartily I do beseech the court	Je supplie la cour de bien vouloir
	To give the judgment.	rendre un jugement.
	PORTIA (French)	PORTIA (French)
	Why then, thus it is:	Alors qu’il en soit ainsi :
240	You must prepare your bosom for his knife.	préparez votre poitrine pour ce couteau.
	SHYLOCK (English)	SHYLOCK (English)
	O noble judge! O excellent young man!	O noble judge! O excellent young man!
	PORTIA (English)	PORTIA (English)
	For the intent and purpose of the law	For the intent and purpose of the law
	Hath full relation to the penalty,	Hath full relation to the penalty,
	Which here appeareth due upon the bond.	Which here appeareth due upon the bond.
	SHYLOCK (English)	SHYLOCK (English)
	‘Tis very true. O wise and upright judge!	‘Tis very true. O wise and upright judge!
	How much more elder art thou than thy looks!	How much more elder art thou than thy looks!
	PORTIA (English)	PORTIA (English)
	Therefore lay bare your bosom.	Therefore lay bare your bosom.
	SHYLOCK (French)	SHYLOCK (French)
	Ay, his breast,	Oui, sa poitrine,
	So says the bond, doth it not, noble judge?	ainsi que le stipule le billet, n’est-ce pas, noble juge ?
	(German) ‘Nearest his heart’, (French) those are the very words.	(German) ‘Genau beim Herz’, (French) Ce sont là les mots exacts.
	PORTIA (French)	PORTIA (French)
250	It is so. Are there balance here to weigh	Ce le sont. Y a-t-il une balance pour
	The flesh?	peser la chair ?
	SHYLOCK (French)	SHYLOCK (French)
	I have them ready.	Elle est prête.
	PORTIA (French)	PORTIA (French)
	Have by some surgeon, Shylock, on your charge,	Faites en sorte qu’un chirurgien à votre charge, Shylock,
	To stop his wounds, lest he do bleed to death.	soigne ses blessures pour éviter qu’il saigne à mort.
	SHYLOCK (English)	SHYLOCK (English)
	Is it so nominated in the bond?	Is it so nominated in the bond?
	PORTIA (English)	PORTIA (English)
	It is not so expressed, but what of that?	It is not so expressed, but what of that?
	‘Twere good you do so much for charity.	‘Twere good you do so much for charity.
	SHYLOCK (English)	SHYLOCK (English)
	I cannot find it; ’tis not in the bond.	I cannot find it; ’tis not in the bond.
	PORTIA (French)	PORTIA (French)
	You, merchant, have you anything to say?	Vous, marchand, avez-vous quelque chose à dire ?
	ANTONIO (French)	ANTONIO (French)
	But little. I am armed and well prepared.	Peu de choses. Je suis armé et bien préparé.
260	(Rumantsch) Give me your hand, Bassanio, fare you well.	(Rumantsch) Dei a mi il maun, Bassanio, stei bein.
	Grieve not that I am fallen to this for you;	Seigies buc s´attristai, ch´igl ei pervia da Vus curdau aschia.
	(French) Commend me to your honourable wife,	(French) Recommande-moi à ta femme,
	Tell her the process of Antonio’s end,	raconte-lui ma fin, dis-lui combien
270	Say how I loved you, speak me fair in death,	je t’ai aimé, parlez bien de ma mort,
	And when the tale is told, bid her be judge	et une fois que le conte est conté,
	Whether Bassanio had not once a love.	demande lui de juger si Bassanio fut aimé.
	[Repent but you that you shall lose your friend,	[Ne vous repentez point de la cause qui vous fait
	And he repents not that he pays your debt,]	perdre votre ami, comme il ne se repend point de
	For if the Jew do cut but deep enough,	satisfaire à votre dette.] Car si le Juif entaille
	I’ll pay it presently with all my heart.	assez profond, je paierai de mon cœur.
	BASSANIO (French)	BASSANIO (French)
	Antonio, I am married to a wife	Antonio, je suis marié à une femme
	Which is as dear to me as life itself,	qui m’est aussi chère que la vie.
	But life itself, my wife, and all the world	Mais la vie, ma femme, et le monde entier
280	Are not with me esteemed above thy life.	ne sont pas plus précieux à mes yeux que
	I would lose all, ay sacrifice them all	votre vie. Je perdrais tout, oui je les scarifierais
	Here to this devil, to deliver you.	tous ici à ce diable, pour vous délivrer.
	PORTIA (French)	PORTIA (French)
	Your wife would give you little thanks for that	Votre femme vous remercierait peu pour cela
	If she were by, to hear you make the offer.	si elle était ici, pour vous entendre faire cette offre.
	GRATIANO (Swiss German)	GRATIANO (Swiss German)
	I have a wife who I protest I love:	I hanä Frou und schwören’euch, I liäb se:
	I would she were in heaven, so she could	I wett, sie wär ihm Himmu, dass si dert
	Entreat some power to change this currish Jew.	Chönt luäge, dass dä Judehung sich ändret.
	NERISSA (Swiss German)	NERISSA (Swiss German)
	‘Tis well you offer it behind her back,	Zum Glück wünschisch das hinger ihrem Rügge,
	The wish would make else an unquiet house.	Susch hungi nämläch dr Hussäge schiäf.
	SHYLOCK (English)	SHYLOCK (English)
290	These be the Christian husbands! I have a daughter;	These be the Christian husbands! I have a daughter;
	Would any of the stock of Barrabas	Would any of the stock of Barrabas
	Had been her husband rather than a Christian.	Had been her husband rather than a Christian.
	We trifle time. (German) I pray thee pursue sentence.	We trifle time. (German) Ich bitte um das Urteil.
	PORTIA (German)	PORTIA (German)
	A pound of that same merchant’s flesh is thine,	Ein Pfund vom Fleisch des Kaufmanns gehört dir,
	The court awards it, and the law doth give it.	Das Tribunal spricht’s zu, das Recht gewährt es.
	SHYLOCK (German)	SHYLOCK (German)
	Most rightful judge!	Hochgerechter Richter!
	PORTIA (English)	PORTIA (English)
	And you must cut this flesh from off his breast,	And you must cut this flesh from off his breast,
	The law allows it, and the court awards it.	The law allows it, and the court awards it.
	SHYLOCK (English)	SHYLOCK (English)
	Most learned judge! A sentence! Come, prepare!	Most learned judge! A sentence! Come, prepare!
	PORTIA (French)	PORTIA (French)
300	Tarry a little, there is something else.	Arrêtes un instant, il y a autre chose,
	This bond doth give thee here no jot of blood;	ce billet ne t’accorde aucune goutte de sang ;
	The words expressly are (German) ‘a pound of flesh’.	les termes sont formels (German) ‘ein Pfund Fleisch’.
	(French) Take then thy bond, take thou thy pound of flesh,	(French) Prends donc ta caution, prends ta livre de chair,
	But in the cutting it if thou dost shed	mais si pendant que tu la prélèves,
	One drop of Christian blood, thy lands and goods	tu devais faire couler une goutte de sang Chrétien,
	Are by the laws of Venice confiscate	les lois de Venise ordonneront la confiscation
	Unto the state of Venice.	de tes terres et tes biens pour la république.
	SALERINO (Swiss German)	SALERINO (Swiss German)
	O upright judge! Mark, Jew. O learned judge!	G‘rächte Richter! Lug, Jud. Oh gschyde Richter!
	SHYLOCK (German)	SHYLOCK (German)
	Is that the law?	Ist das Gesetz?
	PORTIA (German)	PORTIA (German)
310	Thyself shalt see the act,	Gleich sollst du selbst es sehen,
	For, as thou urgest justice, be assured	Denn, da du so auf Recht dringst, sei versichert
	Thou shalt have justice, more than thou desir’st.	Du sollst mehr Recht bekommen als du willst.
	SALERINO (German)	SALERINO (German)
	O learned judge! Mark, Jew. A learned judge!	Oh weiser Richter! Jude, schau! Ein weiser Richter!
	SHYLOCK (German)	SHYLOCK (German)
	I take this offer then. Pay the bond thrice	Ich nehm‘ das Angebot, zahlt dreifach aus
	And let the Christian go.	Und lasst den Christen frei.
	BASSANIO (German)	BASSANIO (German)
	Here is the money.	Hier ist das Geld.
	PORTIA (German)	PORTIA (German)
	Soft! (French) The Jew shall have all justice. Soft, no haste,	Halt! (French) On rendra justice au Juif. Lentement, sans hâte,
	He shall have nothing but the penalty.	il n’aura rien que ce que comporte le billet.
	SOLANIO (English)	SOLANIO (English)
	O Jew! An upright judge, a learned judge!	O Jew! An upright judge, a learned judge!
	PORTIA (English)	PORTIA (English)
	Therefore prepare thee to cut off the flesh.	Therefore prepare thee to cut off the flesh.
320	Shed thou no blood, nor cut thou less nor more	Shed thou no blood, nor cut thou less nor more
	But just a pound of flesh. If thou tak’st more	But just a pound of flesh. If thou tak’st more
	Or less than a just pound, be it but so much	Or less than a just pound, be it but so much
	[As makes it light or heavy in the substance	[As makes it light or heavy in the substance
	Or the division of the twentieth part	Or the division of the twentieth part
	Of one poor scruple,] nay, if the scale do turn	Of one poor scruple,] nay, if the scale do turn
	But in the estimation of a hair,	But in the estimation of a hair,
	Thou diest, and all thy goods are confiscate.	Thou diest, and all thy goods are confiscate.
	SALERINO (Swiss German)	SALERINO (Swiss German)
	A second Daniel! A Daniel, Jew!	Ä zwöite Daniel! Ä Daniel, Jud!
	Now, infidel, I have you on the hip!	Itz hani di verwütscht, du frömde Siech!
	PORTIA (French)	PORTIA (French)
330	Why doth the Jew pause? Take thy forfeiture.	Pourquoi le Juif s’arrête-t-il ? Prends ton dû.
	SHYLOCK (French)	SHYLOCK (French)
	Give me my principal, and let me go.	Donnez-moi mon capital, et laisser-moi aller.
	BASSANIO (French)	BASSANIO (French)
	I have it ready for thee; here it is.	Je l’ai préparé pour vous, il est là.
	PORTIA (French)	PORTIA (French)
	He hath refused it in the open court.	Il l’a refusé devant la cour.
	He shall have merely justice and his bond.	Il aura simplement justice et son billet.
	SOLANIO (English)	SOLANIO (English)
	A Daniel still say I, a second Daniel!	A Daniel still say I, a second Daniel!
	I thank thee, Jew, for teaching me that word.	I thank thee, Jew, for teaching me that word.
	SHYLOCK (English)	SHYLOCK (English)
	Shall I not have barely my principal?	Shall I not have barely my principal?
	PORTIA (English)	PORTIA (English)
	Thou shalt have nothing but the forfeiture,	Thou shalt have nothing but the forfeiture,
	To be so taken at thy peril, Jew.	To be so taken at thy peril, Jew.
	SHYLOCK (English)	SHYLOCK (English)
340	Why, then the devil give him good of it!	Why, then the devil give him good of it!
	I’ll stay no longer question.	I’ll stay no longer question.
	PORTIA (French)	PORTIA (French)
	Tarry, Jew!	Arrêtes, Juif !
	The law hath yet another hold on you.	La justice a encore d’autres droits sur vous.
	It is enacted in the laws of Venice,	Il est décrété dans les lois de Venise
	If it be proved against an alien	que s’il est prouvé contre un étranger,
	That by direct or indirect attempts	que par tentative direct ou indirect,
	He seek the life of any citizen,	il attente à la vie d’un citoyen,
	The party ‘gainst the which he doth contrive	la moitié de ses biens sera saisie au profit
	Shall seize one half his goods, the other half	de celui contre qui il aura tramé quelque entreprise,
	Comes to the privy coffer of the state,	l’autre moitié sera versée aux coffres de l’État.
350	And the offender’s life lies in the mercy	Enfin, seul le duc pourra gracier le contrevenant
	Of the duke only, ‘gainst all other voice.	contre qui toutes les autres voix s’élèveront.
	In which predicament I say thou stand’st,	Je déclare que tu te trouves dans ce cas,
	[For it appears by manifest proceeding	[car il est manifeste que,
	That indirectly, and directly too,	indirectement et directement, tu as
	Thou hast contrived against the very life	attenté à la vie de l’accusé.
	Of the defendant, and thou hast incurred	Tu encoures ainsi les peines
	The danger formerly by me rehearsed.]	que j’ai mentionnées.]
	Down therefore and beg mercy of the duke.	A genoux donc, et implore la clémence du duc.
	SALERINO (Swiss German)	SALERINO (Swiss German)
	Beg that thou mayst have leave to hang thyself,	Chasch um Erloubnis bättle, di go z’lynche,
360	And yet, thy wealth being forfeit to the state,	Und wöu dis ganz Vermögä itz em Staat g’hört,
	Thou hast not left the value of a cord,	Chasch dir nid mau es eigets Seili leischte,
	Therefore thou must be hanged at the state’s charge.	U muesch di drum uf Staatschöschte la hange.
	DUKE (German)	DUKE (German)
	That thou shalt see the difference of our spirit,	Damit du siehst, welch andrer Geist uns lenkt,
	I pardon thee thy life before thou ask it.	Schenke ich dir dein Leben, eh du bittest.
	For half thy wealth, it is Antonio’s,	Dein halbes Geld gehört Antonio,
	The other half comes to the general state,	Der ganze Rest verfällt dem Staatshaushalt,
	Which humbleness may drive unto a fine.	Doch zeigst du Demut, bleibt dies nur ein Bussgeld.
	PORTIA (French)	PORTIA (French)
	Ay, for the state, not for Antonio.	Oui, pour l’État, pas pour Antonio.
	SHYLOCK (English)	SHYLOCK (English)
	Nay, take my life and all! Pardon not that!	Nay, take my life and all! Pardon not that!
370	You take my house when you do take the prop	You take my house when you do take the prop
	That doth sustain my house. You take my life	That doth sustain my house. You take my life
	When you do take the means whereby I live.	When you do take the means whereby I live.
	PORTIA (French)	PORTIA (French)
	What mercy can you render him, Antonio?	Que peut-il attendre de votre pitié, Antonio ?
	SALERINO (Swiss German)	SALERINO (Swiss German)
	A halter gratis! Nothing else, for God’s sake!	Ä Gratisstrick! Susch nüüt, ums Herrgottswiue!
	ANTONIO (French)	ANTONIO (French)
	So please my lord the duke and all the court	S’il plait à mon seigneur le duc et toute la cour,
	To quit the fine for one half of his goods,	je voudrais qu’on lui laisse la moitié de ses biens
	I am content, so he will let me have	sans exiger d’amende. Je serai satisfait
	The other half in use, to render it,	s’il me laisse disposer de l’autre moitié,
	Upon his death, unto the gentleman	pour la rendre, à sa mort, au gentilhomme
380	That lately stole his daughter.	qui a enlevé sa fille. Et cela sous deux
	Two things provided more: that for this favour	conditions : la première, c’est qu’en faveur de
	He presently become a Christian;	ce qu’on lui accorde il se fera chrétien sur-le-champ ;
	The other, that he do record a gift,	l’autre, qu’il fera une donation en présence da la cour,
	Here in the court of all he dies possessed	par laquelle tout ce qui lui appartient passera,
	Unto his son Lorenzo and his daughter.	après sa mort, à son gendre Lorenzo et à sa fille.
	DUKE (French)	DUKE (French)
	He shall do this, or else I do recant	Il le fera, sinon je lui relive
	The pardon that I late pronouncèd here.	le pardon que j’ai prononcé en sa faveur.
	PORTIA (English)	PORTIA (English)
	Art thou contented, Jew? What dost thou say?	Art thou contented, Jew? What dost thou say?
	SHYLOCK (English)	SHYLOCK (English)
	I am content.	I am content.
	PORTIA (English)	PORTIA (English)
390	Clerk, draw a deed of gift.	Clerk, draw a deed of gift.
	SHYLOCK (English)	SHYLOCK (English)
	I pray you, give me leave to go from hence,	I pray you, give me leave to go from hence,
	I am not well; send the deed after me,	I am not well; send the deed after me,
	And I will sign it.	And I will sign it.
	DUKE (English)	DUKE (English)
	Get thee gone, but do it.	Get thee gone, but do it.
	[SOLANIO (English)	[SOLANIO (English)
	In christ’ning shalt thou have two godfathers.	In christ’ning shalt thou have two godfathers.
	Had I been judge, thou shouldst have had ten more,	Had I been judge, thou shouldst have had ten more,
	To bring thee to the gallows, not to the font.]	To bring thee to the gallows, not to the font.]

	Exit SHYLOCK	Exit SHYLOCK

	DUKE (Italian)	DUKE (Italian)
	Sir, I entreat you home with me to dinner.	Volete restare a pranzo con me dottore?
	PORTIA (Italian)	PORTIA (Italian)
	I humbly do desire your grace of pardon.	Domando umilmente scusa a vostra grazia
	I must away this night toward Padua,	serenissima: devo trovarmi a Padova
400	And it is meet I presently set forth.	questa sera, e mi conviene partire subito.
	DUKE (Italian)	DUKE (Italian)
	I am sorry that your leisure serves you not.	Mi spiace molto che non siate libero.
	(French) Antonio, gratify this gentleman,	(French) Antonio, rendez satisfaction à ce gentilhomme,
	For in my mind you are much bound to him.	car à mon sens vous lui êtes largement redevable.

	Exeunt Duke and his train	Exeunt Duke and his train

	BASSANIO (English)	BASSANIO (English)
	Most worthy gentleman, I and my friend	Most worthy gentleman, I and my friend
	Have by your wisdom been this day acquitted	Have by your wisdom been this day acquitted
	Of grievous penalties, in lieu whereof	Of grievous penalties, in lieu whereof
	Three thousand ducats due unto the Jew	Three thousand ducats due unto the Jew
	We freely cope your courteous pains withal.	We freely cope your courteous pains withal.
	ANTONIO (French)	ANTONIO (French)
	And stand indebted, over and above,	Et que de plus nous reconnaîtrons vous devoir
410	In love and service to you evermore.	à jamais notre attachement et nos services.
	PORTIA (English)	PORTIA (English)
	He is well paid that is well satisfied,	He is well paid that is well satisfied,
	And I delivering you am satisfied,	And I delivering you am satisfied,
	And therein do account myself well paid;	And therein do account myself well paid;
	My mind was never yet more mercenary.	My mind was never yet more mercenary.
	I pray you, know me when we meet again,	I pray you, know me when we meet again,
	I wish you well, and so I take my leave.	I wish you well, and so I take my leave.
	BASSANIO (German)	BASSANIO (German)
	Dear sir, of force I must attempt you further.	Mein Herr, ich muss noch weiter darauf drängen.
	Take some remembrance of us as a tribute,	Nehmt doch ein Andenken als Dankeszeichen,
	Not as a fee. Grant me two things, I pray you:	Nicht als Bezahlung. Gönnt mir nur zwei Dinge:
420	Not to deny me, and to pardon me.	Sag mir nicht nein, und nehmt es mir nicht übel.
	PORTIA (German)	PORTIA (German)
	You press me far, and therefore I will yield.	Ihr drängt mich sehr und darum geb‘ ich nach.
	{(French, to Antonio) Give me your gloves, I’ll wear them for your sake.}	{(French, to Antonio) Donnez-moi vos gants, je les porterai en votre mémoire.}
	(German, to Bassanio) And for your love I’ll take this ring from you.	(German, to Bassanio) Und euch zuliebe nehm ich diesen Ring.
	Do not draw back your hand, I’ll take no more,	Zieht nicht die Hand weg, mehr will ich nicht nehmen,
	And you in love shall not deny me this.	Und mir zuliebe sollt ihr’s nicht verweigern.
	BASSANIO (German)	BASSANIO (German)
	This ring, good sir, alas, it is a trifle!	Mein guter Herr, der Ring ist doch nur Kleinkram!
	I will not shame myself to give you this.	Ich müsst mich schämen, ihn euch anzubieten.
	PORTIA (German)	PORTIA (German)
	I will have nothing else but only this,	Ich werde nichts annehmen, ausser dies,
	(Italian) And now methinks I have a mind to it.	(Italian) fate conto che sia un capriccio improvviso.
	BASSANIO (German)	BASSANIO (German)
430	There’s more depends on this than on the value.	Es hängt mehr an dem Ring als nur sein Wert.
	The dearest ring in Venice will I give you,	Durch öffentlichen Ausruf werde ich
	And find it out by proclamation.	Den teuersten Ring ganz Venedigs finden
	Only for this, I pray you pardon me.	Und ihn euch geben; doch entschuldigt diesen.
	PORTIA (French)	PORTIA (French)
	I see, sir, you are liberal in offers	Je vois, monsieur, que vous êtes libéral en offre. Vous
	You taught me first to beg, and now methinks	Vous m’avez d’abord appris à mendier, et maintenant
	You teach me how a beggar should be answered.	je pense que vous m’enseignez la façon dont on répond à un mendiant.
	BASSANIO (French)	BASSANIO (French)
	Good sir, this ring was given me by my wife,	Mon bon monsieur, cette bague me fut offerte par
	And when she put it on she made me vow	ma femme et quand elle la mit à mon doigt, elle me
	That I should neither sell nor give nor lose it.	it promettre de ne jamais la vendre ou la perdre.
	PORTIA (French)	PORTIA (French)
440	That ‘scuse serves many men to save their gifts,	Cette excuse sauve aux hommes bien des présents,
	{An if your wife be not a madwoman,	{et si votre femme n’est pas une folle,
	And know how well I have deserved this ring,	et qu’elle sait ô combien j’ai mérité cette bague,
	She would not hold out enemy for ever	elle ne vous en tiendra pas rigueur éternellement
	For giving it to me.} Well, peace be with you!	pour me l’avoir donnée.} Bien, que la paix soit avec vous.

	Exeunt Portia and Nerissa	Exeunt Portia and Nerissa

	ANTONIO (Rumantsch)	ANTONIO (Rumantsch)
	My Lord Bassanio, let him have the ring.	Miu nobel signur Bassanio, sche dei gl´ani ad el.
	Let his deservings, and my love withal,	Sch’ei siu gudogn e mia carezia per valetar
	Be valued ‘gainst your wife’s commandèment.	il condament da Vossa dunna.
	BASSANIO (German)	BASSANIO (German)
	Go, Gratiano, run and overtake him,	Geh, Gratiano, lauf und hol ihn ein,
	Give him the ring, and bring him if thou canst	Gib ihm den Ring, und bring ihn, wenn du kannst
450	Unto Antonio’s house. Away, make haste!	Mit in Antonios Haus. Los fort, mach schnell!

	Exit Gratiano	Exit Gratiano

	(French) [Come, you and I will thither presently,	(French) [Venez, vous et moi allons-y de ce pas.
	And] in the morning early will we both	Et] demain matin nous irons tous deux
	Fly toward Belmont. (Rumantsch) Come, Antonio.	jusqu’à Belmont. (Rumantsch) Neu, Antonio.

	Exeunt	Exeunt

SCENE II

Venice. A street.

	Enter PORTIA and NERISSA, disguised as before	Enter PORTIA and NERISSA, disguised as before

	PORTIA (Italian)	PORTIA (Italian)
	[Inquire the Jew’s house out, give him this deed,	[Cerca la casa dell’ebreo. Portagli quest’atto notarile.
	And let him sign it.] We’ll away tonight	Faglielo firmare.] Partiremo stasera
	And be a day before our husbands home.	e domani saremo a casa prima
	This deed will be well welcome to Lorenzo.	dei nostri mariti. Lorenzo ne sarà lieto.

	Enter GRATIANO	Enter GRATIANO

	GRATIANO (German)	GRATIANO (German)
	Fair sir, you are well o’erta’en.	Mein lieber Herr, gut, dass ich Sie erreiche.
	My Lord Bassanio upon more advice	Bassanio hat sich’s anders überlegt,
	Hath sent you here this ring, and doth entreat	Er schickt hier diesen Ring, und bittet Sie
	Your company at dinner.	Heute mit ihm zu speisen.
	PORTIA (English)	PORTIA (English)
	That cannot be.	That cannot be.
	His ring I do accept most thankfully,	His ring I do accept most thankfully,
10	And so I pray you tell him. [Furthermore,	And so I pray you tell him. [Furthermore,
	I pray you show my youth old Shylock’s house.]	I pray you show my youth old Shylock’s house.]
	GRATIANO (English)	GRATIANO (English)
	That will I do.	That will I do.
	NERISSA (English)	NERISSA (English)
	Sir, I would speak with you.	Sir, I would speak with you.
	(Italian, aside to Portia) I’ll see if I can get my husband’s ring,	(Italian, aside to Portia) Voglio vedere se riesco a portar via al mio sposo l’anello
	Which I did make him swear to keep for ever.	che gli avevo fatto giurar di tenere con sé per l’eternità.
	PORTIA (Italian, to Nerissa)	PORTIA (Italian, to Nerissa)
	Thou mayst, I warrant. We shall have old swearing	Scommetto che ti riesce. E li sentiremo giurare
	That they did give the rings away to men,	e spergiurare di aver dato gli anelli a due uomini.
	But we’ll outface them, and outswear them too.	Ma noi terremo testa bravamente, giurando e spergiurando più di loro.
	[(English, aloud) Away, make haste. Thou know’st where I will tarry.	[(English, aloud) Away, make haste. Thou know’st where I will tarry.
	NERISSA (English)	NERISSA (English)
	Come, good sir, will you show me to this house?]	Come, good sir, will you show me to this house?]

	Exeunt	Exeunt

ACT V

SCENE I

Belmont. In front of Portia’s house.

	Enter LORENZO and JESSICA	Enter LORENZO and JESSICA

	LORENZO (Spanish)	LORENZO (Spanish)
	The moon shines bright: in such a night as this,	La luna brilla con esplendor: en una noche similar,
	When the sweet wind did gently kiss the trees	cuando el suave viento cuidadosamente besaba
	And they did make no noise, (Ancient Greek) in such a night	los arboles y se quedaban silencioso, (Ancient Greek) ἐν νυκτὶ τοιᾷδε, δοκῶ,
	Troilus methinks mounted the Troyan walls	ἐπιβὰς τὰ τείχη τῶν Φρυγῶν Τρωίλος
	And sighed his soul toward the Grecian tents	ἐξοιμώξε ψυχὴν τυπεὶς πρὸς τὰς τῶν Ἀχαιῶν σκηνὰς
	Where Cressid lay that night.	ἵνα τὴν νύκτα κείνην Χρυσηὶς ἐκοιμᾶτο.
	JESSICA (Latin, Ovid)	JESSICA (Latin, Ovid)
	In such a night	Tali in nocte
	Did Thisbe fearfully o’ertrip the dew,	Leaenam ad lunae radios Babylonia Thisbe
	And saw the lion’s shadow ere himself,	Vidit et obscurum timido pede fugit in antrum.
	And ran dismayed away.
	LORENZO (Middle English, Chaucer)	LORENZO (Middle English, Chaucer)
	In such a night	In such a night
10	Stood Dido with a willow in her hand	Said Dido to the cloak Aeneas left
	Upon the wild sea banks, and waft her love	‘O swete cloth, whyl Jupiter hit leste,
	To come again to Carthage.	Tak now my soule, unbind me of this unreste’.
	JESSICA (Archaic Italian)	JESSICA (Archaic Italian)
	In such a night	In una notte come questa
	Medea gathered the enchanted herbs	Medea raccolse le erbe magiche
	That did renew old Aeson.	Per render la giovinezza al vecchio Esone.
	LORENZO (Spanish)	LORENZO (Spanish)
	In such a night	En tal noche
	Did Jessica steal from the wealthy Jew,	Ha Jessica robado el rico Judio,
	And with an unthrift love did run from Venice	Y con un amor desconsiderado corrio desde
	As far as Belmont.	Venecia hasta Belmont.
	JESSICA (German)	JESSICA (German)
	In such a night	In solcher Nacht
	Did young Lorenzo swear he loved her well,	Schwor ihr Lorenzo ewigliche Liebe,
	Stealing her soul with many vows of faith,	Stahl ihr die Seel‘ mit manchem Treugelübde,
	And ne’er a true one.	Und keines davon wahr.
	LORENZO (French)	LORENZO (French)
20	In such a night	C’est dans une nuit pareille
	Did pretty Jessica, like a little shrew,	que Jessica, comme une petite chipie,
	Slander her love, and he forgave it her.	calomnia son mari qui lui pardonna.
	JESSICA (French)	JESSICA (French)
	I would out-night you, did no body come;	Je voudrais te faire passer la nuit en ce lieu, si personne ne devait venir ;
	But, hark, I hear the footing of a man.	mais écoute, j’entends les pas d’un homme.

	Enter STEPHANO	Enter STEPHANO

	LORENZO (French)	LORENZO (French)
	Who comes so fast in silence of the night?	Qui s’avance si vite dans le silence de la nuit ?
	STEPHANO (French)	STEPHANO (French)
	A friend.	Un ami.
	LORENZO (French)	LORENZO (French)
	A friend! What friend? Your name I pray you, friend.	Un ami ? Quel ami ? Votre nom je vous prie, ami.
	STEPHANO (French)	STEPHANO (French)
	Stephano is my name, and I bring word	Mon nom est Stephano, et j’apporte des nouvelles
	My mistress will before the break of day	de ma maîtresse qui arrivera avant la fin de journée
30	Be here at Belmont. She doth stray about	à Belmont. Elle erre dans les environs et s’agenouille
	By holy crosses where she kneels and prays	au pied des croix sacrées où elle prie pendant
	For happy wedlock hours.	des heures pour un mariage heureux.
	LORENZO (French)	LORENZO (French)
	Who comes with her?	Qui vient avec elle ?
	STEPHANO (French)	STEPHANO (French)
	None but a holy hermit and her maid.	Personne excepté un saint ermite et sa bonne. Je vous
	I pray you, is my master yet returned?	en prie, est-ce que mon maître est déjà de retour ?
	LORENZO (French)	LORENZO (French)
	He is not, nor we have not heard from him.	Non, et nous n’avons pas non plus reçu de ses nouvelles.
	(Spanish) But go we in, I pray thee, Jessica,	(Spanish) Pero entramos, se lo pido a usted, Jessica,
	And ceremoniously let us prepare	y preparamos una bienvenida
	Some welcome for the mistress of the house.	para la duena de casa.

	Enter LAUNCELOT	Enter LAUNCELOT

	LAUNCELOT (Italian)	LAUNCELOT (Italian)
	Sola, sola! Wo ha, ho! Sola, sola!	Sol-là! Sol-là! Pè pè, sol-là! Sol-là!
	LORENZO (French)	LORENZO (French)
40	Who calls?	Qui appelle ?
	LAUNCELOT (Emphatically Italian)	LAUNCELOT (Emphatically Italian)
	Sola! Did you see Master Lorenzo?	Sol-là! Sol-là! Avete visto, maestro Lorenzo?
	Master Lorenzo! Sola, sola!	Sol-là, Sol-là!
	LORENZO (Reluctantly Italian)	LORENZO (Reluctantly Italian)
	Leave hollaing, man! Here.	Smetti di sollaèggiare, amico. È qui!
	LAUNCELOT (Italian)	LAUNCELOT (Italian)
	Sola! Where? Where?	Sol-là! Dov’è? Dov’è?
	LORENZO (French)	LORENZO (French)
	Here!	Ici !
	LAUNCELOT (French)	LAUNCELOT (French)
	Tell him there’s a post come from my master, with	Dites-lui qu’il y a un courrier de la part de mon maître,
	his horn full of good news. My master will be here	son cornet plein de bonnes nouvelles. Mon maître
	ere morning.	sera ici avant le matin.

	Exit	Exit

	LORENZO (Spanish)	LORENZO (Spanish)
	[Sweet soul, let’s in, and there expect their coming.	[Mi dulce alma, entramos, y alla esperamos su venida.
	And yet no matter, why should we go in?]	Pero no importa, ¿porque tendriamos que entrar?]
50	(French) My friend Stephano, signify, I pray you,	(French) Mon ami Stephano, annoncez, je vous prie,
	Within the house, your mistress is at hand,	dans le château que votre maîtresse est près d’arriver
	And bring your music forth into the air.	et amenez vos musiciens en plein air.

	Exit Stephano	Exit Stephano

	(Spanish) How sweet the moonlight sleeps upon this bank!	(Spanish) ¡Cuanto dulce es la luz de la luna duermiendo en esas orillas!
	{Here will we sit and let the sounds of music	{Aca me voy a sentar y dejar los sonidos de musica
	Creep in our ears; soft stillness and the night	deslizarse en nuetros oidos; suave calma y la noche
	Become the touches of sweet harmony.	se vuelven toques the dulce harmonia.
	Sit, Jessica. Look how the floor of heaven	Sientate, Jessica. Mira como la boveda del cielo
	Is thick inlaid with patens of bright gold.	esta espesa incrustado con discos de oro brillante.
	There’s not the smallest orb which thou beholdest	Ni siquiera el mas pequenio globo que puedes observar,
60	But in his motion like an angel sings,	en su movimiento no esta en acuerdo con los cantos
	Still quiring to the young-eyed cherubins;	de los angelitos, de acuerdo con el concierto de los
	Such harmony is in immortal souls;	querubines. Tal harmonia esta en las immortal almas;
	But whilst this muddy vesture of decay	Pero mientras esa turbia vestidura de decadencia
	Doth grossly close it in, we cannot hear it.}	la encierra, no la podemos escuchar.}

	Enter Musicians	Enter Musicians

65	(French) Come ho, and wake Diana with a hymn,	(French) Allons, et réveillez Diana avec un hymne,
	With sweetest touches pierce your mistress’ ear	pénétrez des sons les plus mélodieux l’oreille de votre
	And draw her home with music.	maîtresse et attirez-là vers sa demeure avec de la musique.

	Music. Enter PORTIA and NERISSA	Music. Enter PORTIA and NERISSA

	PORTIA (Italian)	PORTIA (Italian)
	That light we see is burning in my hall;	Quella luce che vediamo sta bruciando nella mia sala;
	How far that little candle throws his beams!	fin qui arriva il chiarore di quel lumicino.
90	So shines a good deed in a naughty world.	Così splende una buona azione in un mondo maligno.
	NERISSA (Italian)	NERISSA (Italian)
	It is your music, madam, of the house.	Sono i musici, signora, di casa vostra.
	PORTIA (Italian)	PORTIA (Italian)
	Nothing is good, I see, without respect;	Nulla è mai nel suo pieno valore, se fuori dal suo clima.
	Methinks it sounds much sweeter than by day.	Questa musica mi sembra, ora, più dolce che di giorno.

	Music ceases	Music ceases

	How the moon sleeps with Endymion,	La luna dorme con Edimone,
	And would not be awaked.	e non vuole essere svegliata.
	LORENZO (French)	LORENZO (French)
	That is the voice,	Est-ce la voix
110	Or I am much deceived, of Portia.	de Portia, ou suis-je abusé. Ma chère dame,
	Dear lady, welcome home.	soyez la bienvenue chez vous.
	PORTIA (French)	PORTIA (French)
	We have been praying for our husbands’ welfare,	Nous avons prié nos époux. Nous espérons que c’est
	Which speed we hope the better for our words.	avec succès et que nos paroles leur auront
	Are they returned?	été de quelque avantage. Sont-ils de retour ?
	LORENZO (French)	LORENZO (French)
115	Madam, they are not yet.	Pas encore, madame.

	A tucket sounds	A tucket sounds

	Your husband is at hand, I hear his trumpet.	Votre époux est proche, j’entends sa trompette.

	Enter BASSANIO, ANTONIO, GRATIANO, and their followers	Enter BASSANIO, ANTONIO, GRATIANO, and their followers

	PORTIA (German)	PORTIA (German)
	You are welcome home, my lord.	Du bist daheim willkommen, mein Gemahl.
	BASSANIO (German)	BASSANIO (German)
	I thank you, madam. Give welcome to my friend.	Danke, Gemahlin. Grüsse meinen Freund.
	This is the man, this is Antonio,	Dies ist der Mann, dies ist Antonio,
	To whom I am so infinitely bound.	Dem ich so grenzenlos verbunden bin.
	PORTIA (German)	PORTIA (German)
135	You should in all sense be much bound to him,	Du solltest ihm in jedem Sinn verbunden sein,
	For, as I hear, he was much bound for you.	Wie er an dir Verbindlichkeiten haben soll.
	ANTONIO (German with French accent)	ANTONIO (German with French accent)
	No more than I am well acquitted of.	Nicht mehr Verbindlischkeit, als nun befriedigt ist.
	PORTIA (French)	PORTIA (French)
	Sir, you are very welcome to our house;	Monsieur, soyez le bienvenu chez vous ;
	It must appear in other ways than words,	je veux vous le prouver autrement que par des paroles,
140	Therefore I scant this breathing courtesy.	c’est pourquoi j’abrège les discours de politesse.
	GRATIANO (Swiss German, to Nerissa)	GRATIANO (Swiss German, to Nerissa)
	By yonder moon I swear you do me wrong!	Ich schwör’s bim Mond dört! Du bisch ungerächt!
	In faith, I gave it to the judge’s clerk.	Gloub mer, I ha nä em Grichtsdiener gä.
	Would he were gelt that had it for my part	I wett, dä wäri gschnitte, wo nä treit,
	Since you do take it, love, so much at heart.	Wenn’s minem Chätzli so fescht z‘Härze geit.
	PORTIA (German)	PORTIA (German)
	A quarrel ho, already! What’s the matter?	Ein Streit, jetzt schon? Worüber zankt ihr euch?
	GRATIANO (German)	GRATIANO (German)
	About a hoop of gold, a paltry ring	Um einen Goldreif, einen dummen Ring
	That she did give me, whose posy was	Den sie mir gab und dessen seichte Inschrift
	For all the world like cutler’s poetry	Nichts weiter war als Laienpoesie
	Upon a knife, ‘Love me, and leave me not.’	Auf Tischbesteck, ‘Lieb mich, verlass mich nicht.’
	NERISSA (Swiss German)	NERISSA (Swiss German)
150	What talk you of the posy or the value?	Was liirisch du vor Inschrift u vom Wärt?
	You swore to me when I did give it you	Woni’ne dir ha gä, da hesch mer g’schwore
	That you would wear it till your hour of death,	Dass ne würsch b’haute bis a ds Lebesend,
	[And that it should lie with you in your grave.	[U dass ’ne ou no gad i ds Grab würdsch mitnä.
	Though not for me, yet for your vehement oaths,	We scho nid wäge mir, de wäg dim Eid,
	You should have been respective and have kept it.]	Hätt’sch du z’mingscht söue sorg ha und ‘ne b’haute.]
	Gave it a judge’s clerk! No, God’s my judge,	‘I ha nä em Grichtsdiener gä!’ Bigoscht,
	The clerk will ne’er wear hair on’s face that had it.	Dr Gumi wo’ne het, het glatti Hut.
	GRATIANO (Swiss German)	GRATIANO (Swiss German)
	He will, an if he live to be a man.	Itz scho no, bis er ufwachst u e Ma wird.
	NERISSA (Swiss German)	NERISSA (Swiss German)
	Ay, if a woman live to be a man.	Genau, bis us ere Frou uf ds Mau e Ma wird.
	GRATIANO (Swiss German)	GRATIANO (Swiss German)
160	Now by this hand, I gave it to a youth,	Bi miner Hand, I hane emä Giu gä,
	A kind of boy, a little scrubbèd boy	M‘ne junge Trübu, som’ne chlinä Knirps
	No higher than thyself, the judge’s clerk,	Nu grad so gross wie du, ä chlinä Stift,
	(German to Portia) A prating boy that begged it as a fee;	(German to Portia) Ein Quasselmaul, das ihn als Lohn erbat;
	I could not for my heart deny it him.	Ich bracht’s nicht übers Herz, ihm nein zu sagen.
	PORTIA (German)	PORTIA (German)
	You were to blame – I must be plain with you –	Du tatest falsch – ich muss ganz offen sein –
	To part so slightly with your wife’s first gift,	Dich von der ersten Gabe deiner Frau
	A thing stuck on with oaths upon your finger	Zu trennen, denn sie war dem Finger durch
	And so riveted with faith unto your flesh.	Den Eid, dem Fleisch durch Treue angenietet.
	I gave my love a ring and made him swear	Auch ich gab meinem Liebsten einen Ring
170	Never to part with it; and here he stands.	Und liess ihn schwören, ihn nie wegzugeben;
	I dare be sworn for him he would not leave it	Hier steht er nun, ich glaube fest, er hat ihn
	Nor pluck it from his finger for the wealth	Und würd ihn nicht für aller Welten Reichtum
	That the world masters. [Now in faith, Gratiano,	Vom Finger streifen. [Nun im Ernst, Gratiano,
	You give your wife too unkind a cause of grief.	Du machst sehr unfreundlichen, grossen Kummer
	An ’twere to me, I should be mad at it.]	Für deine Frau. Mich würde dies erzürnen.]
	BASSANIO (Swiss German, aside)	BASSANIO (Swiss German, aside)
	Why, I were best to cut my left hand off	S’wär s’bescht, I houti mini linki Hand ab
	And swear I lost the ring defending it.	Und schwör, I heig dermit um dr Ring kchämpft.
	GRATIANO (German)	GRATIANO (German)
	My Lord Bassanio gave his ring away	Bassanio gab seinen Ring dem Richter
	Unto the judge that begged it, and indeed	Der ihn erbat, und der ihn auch verdiente;
180	Deserved it too; [and then the boy, his clerk	[Worauf der Junge, sein Gehilfe, der
	That took some pains in writing, he begged mine,	Viel Schreibkram machte, meinen Ring erbat,
	And neither man nor master would take aught	Und weder Mann noch Meister nahmen etwas
	But the two rings.]	Ausser dem Ring.]
	PORTIA (French to Bassanio)	PORTIA (French to Bassanio)
	What ring gave you my lord?	Quelle bague avez-vous donné, mon seigneur ?
	Not that, I hope, which you received of me.	J’espère que ce n’est pas celle que je vous ai offerte.
	BASSANIO (French)	BASSANIO (French)
	If I could add a lie unto a fault,	Si je pouvais ajouter un mensonge à ma faute,
	I would deny it, but you see my finger	je le nierais, mais comme vous le voyez,
	Hath not the ring upon it, it is gone.	cet anneau n’est plus à mon doigt. Je ne l’ai plus.
	PORTIA (French)	PORTIA (French)
	Even so void is your false heart of truth.	Et votre coeur est égalemment dépourvu de foi.
	By heaven, I will ne’er come in your bed	Par le ciel, je ne partagerai jamais votre lit à moins
	Until I see the ring!	de voir cette bague !
	NERISSA (Swiss German)	NERISSA (Swiss German)
190	Nor I in yours	U I chume nid zu dir
	Till I again see mine!	Bevor I mine g‘seh!
	BASSANIO (Italian)	BASSANIO (Italian)
	Sweet Portia,	Porzia mia dolce,
	If you did know to whom I gave the ring,	se sapeste a chi ho dato l’anello;
	(French) If you did know for whom I gave the ring,	(French) Si vous saviez pour qui j’ai donné cette bague,
	And would conceive for what I gave the ring,	et pouviez concevoir pour quoi j’ai donné cette bague,
	And how unwillingly I left the ring	et à quel point j’étais réticent à donner cette bague,
	When naught would be accepted but the ring,	quand rien d’autre que cette bague n’aurait été accepté,
	You would abate the strength of your displeasure.	vous calmeriez la vivacité de votre indignation.
	PORTIA (French)	PORTIA (French)
	If you had known the virtue of the ring,	Si vous aviez eu connaissance de la valeur de cette bague,
	Or half her worthiness that gave the ring,	ou la moitié du prix de celle qui vous a donné la bague,
200	Or your own honour to contain the ring,	ou combien votre honneur était intéressé à conserver la bague,
	You would not then have parted with the ring.	alors vous ne vous seriez pas défait de cette bague.
	[What man is there so much unreasonable,	[Quel homme peut être si déraisonnable,
	If you had pleased to have defended it	si vous l’aviez défendue avec un tant soit peu de zèle,
	With any terms of zeal, wanted the modesty	eu assez peu d’honnêteté pour exiger une chose
	To urge the thing held as a ceremony?]	qu’on conservait avec un respect religieux ?]
	Nerissa teaches me what to believe,	Nérissa m’apprend ce que je dois penser.
	I’ll die for’t but some woman had the ring!	J’en mourrai; c’est quelque femme qui a ma bague.
	BASSANIO (French)	BASSANIO (French)
	No, by my honour, madam! By my soul	Non, sur mon honneur, madame, Sur mon âme, aucune
	No woman had it, but a civil doctor,	femme n’est en sa possession, c’est un avocat qui l’a.
210	[Which did refuse three thousand ducats of me	[Il a refusé trois mille ducats de ma poche
	And begged the ring, the which I did deny him,	et demandé cette bague, que je lui ai refusée.
	And suffered him to go displeased away,]	J’ai eu la constance de le voir se retirer mécontent,]
	Even he that did uphold the very life	lui qui avait défendu la vie de mon plus cher ami.
	Of my dear friend. [What should I say, sweet lady?	[Que devrais-je dire, ma douce dame ?
	I was enforced to send it after him.	Je me suis senti obligé de la lui envoyer,
	I was beset with shame and courtesy.	car j’étais envahi par le remord et la courtoisie.
	My honour would not let ingratitude	Je ne pouvais laisser une telle ingratitude
	So much besmear it. Pardon me, good lady!	entacher mon honneur. Pardonnez-moi, bonne dame !
	For by these blessèd candles of the night,]	J’en prends à témoin ces sacrés flambeaux de la nuit ;]
220	Had you been there I think you would have begged	je suis convaincu que, si vous vous y fussiez trouvée,
	The ring of me to give the worthy doctor.	vous m’auriez demandé la bague pour la donner au docteur.
	PORTIA (French)	PORTIA (French)
	Let not that doctor e’er come near my house.	Ne laissez jamais ce docteur approcher de ma maison.
	Since he hath got the jewel that I loved,	Puisqu’il possède le bijou que je chérissais,
	And that which you did swear to keep for me,	et que tu avais promis de garder pour moi,
	I will become as liberal as you,	je vais moi aussi devenir aussi libérale que vous,
	I’ll not deny him anything I have,	je ne lui refuserai rien que j’aie,
	No, not my body nor my husband’s bed.	ni mon corps ni le lit de mon mari.
	[Know him I shall, I am well sure of it.	[Je le connaitrai, j’en suis sûre. Ne vous absentez
	Lie not a night from home; watch me like Argus.	pas une seule nuit, surveillez moi comme Argus.
230	If you do not, if I be left alone,]	Si vous ne le faites pas, si je suis seule,]
	Now by mine honour which is yet mine own,	je jure sur mon honneur qui est encore le mien,
	I’ll have that doctor for my bedfellow.	que je prendrai ce docteur pour amant.
	NERISSA (Swiss German)	NERISSA (Swiss German)
	And I his clerk. Therefore be well advised	Und I nime si Stift. Drum häb du Sorg
	How you do leave me to mine own protection.	Wi du mi wiusch mir säuber überla.
	GRATIANO (Swiss German)	GRATIANO (Swiss German)
	Well, do you so. Let not me take him then!	Mach nu! Aber lass mir’ne nid i Griff!
	For if I do, I’ll mar the young clerk’s pen.	Wöu susch verchrute‘ni sin chline Stift.
	ANTONIO (French)	ANTONIO (French)
	I am th’unhappy subject of these quarrels.	Je suis le sujet malheureux de ces querelles.
	PORTIA (French)	PORTIA (French)
	Sir, grieve not you, you are welcome notwithstanding.	Monsieur, ne vous chagrinez pas, vous n’en êtes pas moins le bienvenu.
	BASSANIO (Italian)	BASSANIO (Italian)
	Portia, forgive me this enforcèd wrong,	Porzia, perdonatemi questa colpa a cui fui trascinato:
240	[And in the hearing of these many friends	[e io qui, in presenza di tutti questi amici che mi
	I swear to thee, even by thine own fair eyes,	ascoltano, ti giuro proprio sui tuoi begli occhi,
	Wherein I see myself…	dove mi vedo rispecchiato…
	PORTIA (High German)	PORTIA (High German)
	Mark you but that!	Hört euch das an!
	In both my eyes he doubly sees himself,	In meinen Augen sieht er sich zweimal,
	In each eye one. Swear by your double self,	An jedes Auge kannst du etwas schwören
	And there’s an oath of credit.	Um zu Kredit zu kommen.
	BASSANIO (High German)	BASSANIO (High German)
	Nay, but hear me.]	Hör mich doch.]
	Pardon this fault, and by my soul I swear	Verzeih dies, und ich schwör bei meiner Seele
	I never more will break an oath with thee.	Niemals mehr einen Eid an dich zu brechen.
	ANTONIO (French)	ANTONIO (French)
	I once did lend my body for his wealth,	Une fois, j’ai engagé mon corps pour sa fortune,
	Which but for him that had your husband’s ring	j’étais perdu sans le secours de celui qui a la bague :
250	Had quite miscarried. I dare be bound again,	j’ose m’engager encore une fois,
	My soul upon the forfeit, that your lord	et répondre sur mon âme que votre époux
	Will never more break faith advisedly.	ne violera jamais volontairement sa foi.
	PORTIA (French)	PORTIA (French)
	Then you shall be his surety. Give him this,	Vous serez donc sa caution. Donnez-lui ceci,
	And bid him keep it better than the other.	et dites-lui de mieux la garder que l’autre.
	ANTONIO (Rumantsch)	ANTONIO (Rumantsch)
	Here, Lord Bassanio. Swear to keep this ring.	Cheu, signur Bassanio, engirei da salvar igl ani.
	BASSANIO (Rumantsch)	BASSANIO (Rumantsch)
	By heaven, it is the same I gave the doctor!	Per l´amur da Diu, gl´ei il medem ch’jeu vai giu dau al miedi!
	PORTIA (French)	PORTIA (French)
	I had it of him. Pardon me, Bassanio,	Je la tiens de lui. Pardonnez-moi, Bassanio,
	For by this ring the doctor lay with me.	car pour cette bague, le docteur a passé la nuit avec moi.
	NERISSA (Swiss German)	NERISSA (Swiss German)
	And pardon me, my gentle Gratiano,	Und du muesch mi entschuldigä, Gratiano,
260	For that same scrubbèd boy, the doctor’s clerk,	Wiu drum dä chli Knirps vom’ne Awautsghiuf,
	In lieu of this last night did lie with me.	Z’nächti für dä Ring bi mir isch g‘läge.
	GRATIANO (Swiss German)	GRATIANO (Swiss German)
	Why, this is like the mending of highways	Was itz, das isch ja wie wäme am Sunnti
	In summer, where the ways are fair enough.	De Bös u ds’Tram für Stossverchehr wür öffne.
	What, are we cuckolds ere we have deserved it?	Si mir betroge, vor mer’s na verdient hei?
	PORTIA (High German)	PORTIA (High German)
	Speak not so grossly. You are all amazed.	Sprich nicht so grob. Ihr seid alle verwirrt.
	Here is a letter, read it at your leisure.	Hier ist ein Brief, lest ihn, wenn ihr die Zeit habt.
	It comes from Padua from Bellario.	Er kommt aus Padua von Bellario.
	There you shall find that Portia was the doctor,	Ihr werdet lesen, Portia war der Doktor
	Nerissa there her clerk. {Lorenzo here	Nerissa war der Schreiber; {und Lorenzo
270	Shall witness I set forth as soon as you,	Bezeugt, dass ich kurz nach euch von hier reiste,
	And even but now returned, I have not yet	Und eben erst zurückkam, Ich betrat
	Entered my house.} (French) Antonio, you are welcome,	Mein Haus noch nicht.} (French) Antonio, soyez le bienvenu,
	And I have better news in store for you	et j’ai pour vous de meilleures nouvelles que vous
	Than you expect. Unseal this letter soon,	n’en attendez. Décachetez vite cette lettre,
	There you shall find three of your argosies	vous y découvrirez que trois de vos vaisseaux
	Are richly come to harbour suddenly.	richement chargés viennent d’arriver au port.
	You shall not know by what strange accident	Vous ne devinerez jamais par quel étrange hasard,
	I chancèd on this letter.	je suis tombée sur cette lettre.
	ANTONIO (French)	ANTONIO (French)
	I am dumb!	J’en suis muet !
	BASSANIO (French)	BASSANIO (French)
	Were you the doctor and I knew you not?	Etait-ce vous le docteur, sans que je vous reconnaisse ?
	GRATIANO (Swiss German)	GRATIANO (Swiss German)
280	Were you the clerk that is to make me cuckold?	Bisch du dä Schriber gsi, wo mich wot lyme?
	NERISSA (Swiss German)	NERISSA (Swiss German)
	Ay, but the clerk that never means to do it,	Iu, aber ou dä Schriber wo’s nie macht,
	Unless he live until he be a man.	Usser er würdi doch no zum’ne Ma.
	BASSANIO (French)	BASSANIO (French)
	Sweet doctor, you shall be my bedfellow.	Charmant docteur, vous serez associé.
	When I am absent, then lie with my wife.	En mon absence, couchez avec ma femme.
	ANTONIO (French)	ANTONIO (French)
	Sweet lady, you have given me life and living,	Charmante dame, vous m’avez rendu la vie et de
	For here I read for certain that my ships	quoi vivre, car je lis avec certitude que mes bateaux
	Are safely come to road.	sont tous arrivés à bon port.
	PORTIA (French)	PORTIA (French)
	How now, Lorenzo?	Comment cela, Lorenzo ?
	My clerk hath some good comforts too for you.	Mon clerc a égalemment quelque chose pour vous consoler.
	NERISSA (French)	NERISSA (French)
	Ay, and I’ll give them him without a fee.	Oui, et je vous les donnerai sans frais.
290	There do I give to you and Jessica	Je vous donne, à vous et Jessica,
	From the rich Jew, a special deed of gift,	un acte en bonne forme, par lequel le riche Juif
	After his death, of all he dies possessed of.	vous lègue tout ce qu’il se trouvera posséder à sa mort.
	LORENZO (French)	LORENZO (French)
	Fair ladies, you drop manna in the way	Mes belles dames, vous répandez la manne
	Of starvèd people.	sur le chemin des gens affamés.
	PORTIA (French)	PORTIA (French)
	It is almost morning,	C’est bientôt le matin, et
	And yet I am sure you are not satisfied	pourtant je suis sûre que vous n’est pas complétement
	Of these events at full. (Italian) Let us go in,	satisfaits par les événements. (Italian) Entriamo in casa
	And charge us there upon inter’gatories,	e lì potrete subissarci di domande. Noi vi
	And we will answer all things faithfully.	risponderemo sinceramente e puntualmente a tutte.
	GRATIANO (Italian)	GRATIANO (Italian)
	Let it be so. (French) The first inter’gatory	E così sia. (French) D’abord, je demanderai
300	That my Nerissa shall be sworn on is	Sous serment à Nérissa, de me dire
	Whether till the next night she had rather stay,	Si elle veut veiller aujourd’hui, ou bien
	Or go to bed now, being two hours to day.	Se coucher, qu’il est deux heures du matin.
	(Swiss German) But were the day come, I should wish it dark	(Swiss German) U wärs ou Tag, I wünschti d’Nacht herbi
	That I were couching with the doctor’s clerk.	Zum mit em Schriberli im Näscht drin z‘si.
	(High German) Well, while I live I’ll fear no other thing	(High German) Es gibt für mich kein wichtigeres Ding
	So sore as keeping safe Nerissa’s ring.	Als meine Sorge um Nerissas Ring.

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