Shakespeares Sonette: Sonnet 20

"Shakespeares Sonette" by Robert Wilson and Rufus Wainwright at the Berliner Ensemble, 2009


Sonnet 20

A woman's face with nature's own hand painted,
Hast thou, the master mistress of my passion;
A woman's gentle heart, but not acquainted
With shifting change, as is false women's fashion:
An eye more bright than theirs, less false in rolling,
Gilding the object whereupon it gazeth;
A man in hue all hues in his controlling,
Which steals men's eyes and women's souls amazeth.
And for a woman wert thou first created;
Till Nature, as she wrought thee, fell a-doting,
And by addition me of thee defeated,
By adding one thing to my purpose nothing.
But since she prick'd thee out for women's pleasure,
Mine be thy love and thy love's use their treasure.

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• william
• Shakespeare
• bob
• wilson
• rufus
• wainwright
• sonnet
• sonett
• 20
• elizabethan
• berlin
• ensemble
• 2009

[Sinanxis]

Could someone translate the first part and the last part?

[AllmuthAndorsch]

@Sinanxis It's sonnet 20 just in German.

[appafonso]

Brilliant!

[astoriacub]

Rufus....brilliant yet again.  Stunning.

[habarnamu]

mmmmmmmmmmmm.....mmmmmmmmmmm..­......mmmmmmmm.....



[tommes55]

love this...

[harmonephi]

Do you know where the entire production can be found on DVD or digital download?

[7malmusk]

@miedo811 maybe you just cant understand german?