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mica irregular, d'aquesta edició, que data de 1907. Únicament s'han corretgit alguns errors evidents d'impressió.

somewhat irregular, of this edition, which dates from 1907. Only some obvious printing errors have been corrected.

ORSINO, Duc de Ilyria SEBASTIÀ, Germà de Viola ANTONI, Capità de vaixell, amic de Sebastià UN CAPITÀ DE VAIXELL, Amic de Viola VALENTÍ, Gentilhome al servei del Duc CURI, Gentilhome al servei del Duc SIR TOBIAS BELCH, Oncle d'Olivia (1) SIR ANDREU AGUE-CHEEK (2) MALVOLÍ, Majordom d'Olivia FABIÀ, Servent d'Olivia FESTA, Jutglar d'Olivia OLIVIA, Comtesa VIOLA MARIA, Cambrera d'Olivia NOBLES, SACERDOTS, AGUTZILS, MUSICS Y ALTRA GENT

Orsino, Duke of Ilyria SEBASTIÀ, Brother of Viola ANTONI, Captain of the ship, friend of Sebastià A CAPTAIN OF the SHIP, Friend of Viola VALENTÍ, Gentilhome at the service of Duke CURI, Gentilhome at the service of Duke SIR TOBIAS BELCH, Uncle of Olivia (1) SIR ANDREU AGUE-CHEEK (2) MALVOLÍ, Butler of Olivia FABIÀ, Servant of Olivia FESTA, Judge of OLIVIA OLIVIA, Comtesa VIOLA MARIA, Maid of Olivia NOBLES, PRIESTS, AGUTZILS, MUSICS and OTHER PEOPLE

L'acció a Ilyria

The action in Ilyria

(Entren el Duc, CURI y senyors; se sent una orquestra)

(Enter the Duke, CURI and gentlemen; an orchestra is seated)

CURIUS Senyor, voleu sortir a cassera?

CURIUS Sir, do you want to go out?

DUC De què, Curi?

DUKE Of what, Curé?

CURIUS Del cervo, senyor.

CURIUS Del Cervo, sir.

DUC La del més noble de tots, és mon unic anhel ara. Oh! quan mos ulls vegeren a Olivia, va semblarme que ab son alè purificava l'aire; d'aquell instant vaig devenir una presa, y d'aleshores que mos desitjos, com afamats mastins, séns repòs me deixen.

DUKE La of the noblest of all, is mon unic longing now. Oh! when our eyes saw Olivia, it seemed to me that her breath purified the air; from that moment I became a prey, and from then on we had desires, like hungry mastiffs, they let me rest.

(Entra VALENTÍ)

(VALENTÍ enters)

Què t'ha respost?

What did they say?

VALENTÍ No us enutgeu, senyor; no he pogut conseguir que'm rebés; més us porto la resposta que m'ha trasmès sa cambrera; en set anys ni la llum del sol veurà son rostre descobert, car com monja de clausura, constantment un tupit vel taparà son rostre, y cada dia ruixarà de llagrimes sa cambra, per la memoria d'un germà difunt, record que vol servar eternament en son pensament entristit.

VALENTINE Do not be angry, sir; I have not been able to get him to receive me; moreover I bring you the answer that his waitress has transmitted to me; in seven years not even the light of the sun will see their faces uncovered, because as a cloistered nun, constantly a thick veil will cover their faces, and every day he will shed tears in his chamber, for the memory of a deceased brother, a memory that he wants to serve eternally in his sad thoughts.

DUC Oh! la que té tanta dolçura a l'ànima, la que a l'amor d'un germà rendeix tal culte, ¿com sabrà estimar el dia que l'aurífera sageta acabi ab l'estol d'afectes que en son pit viuen; quan sang y cor, solis altíssims, siguin ocupats per un rei unic? Anem a abandonarnos pels llits de flors; l'ombra dels tupits brancatges és el més esplendid bressol pels somnis d'amor.

DUKE Oh! the one who has so much sweetness in her soul, the one who renders such a cult to the love of a brother, how will she know how to love the day that the Sageta goldsmith ends up in the stol of affections that live in her chest; when blood and heart, highest soles, are occupied by a unique king? Let's abandon ourselves for the beds of flowers; the shade of the thick gills is the most splendid cradle for dreams of love.

(Sen van.)

(Sen van.)

(Entren VIOLA, un CAPITÀ DE VAIXELL y MARINERS)

(VIOLET enters, A BOAT CAPTAIN and SAILORS)

VIOLA Quin país és aquest, amic?

VIOLA What country is this, buddy?

CAPITÀ Ilyria, senyora.

CAPTAIN Ilyria, ma'am.

VIOLA Y què hi podré fer jo a Ilyria? Mon germà és al fons de l'Elysseu!… Potser la sort haurà volgut que se salvés també. Què us sembla, bons mariners?

VIOLA And what can I do in Ilyria? My brother is at the bottom of the Elysseu!... Maybe luck would have wanted him to be saved too. What do you think, good sailors?

CAPITÀ Vós mateixa deveu la vida a una afortunada casualitat.

CAPTAIN You owe your life to a fortunate chance.

VIOLA Pobre germà meu! Qui sab si ell també s'haurà salvat per un sortós atzar?

VIOLA Poor brother of mine! Who knows if he too will have been saved by a lucky chance?

CAPITÀ Bé podria esser, senyora; y si us és consol lo probable, us diré que a l'esberlarse nostre vaixell y en el moment que anant a fons, vós y aquesta gent heu entrat a la barca, he vist el vostre germà agafarse coratjosament a un troç de pal que surava damunt la mar esvalotada, y, com Arió sobre l'esquena del dofí, defensarse de les ones fins que ha desaparescut a mon esguard.

CAPTAIN Well, it could be, ma'am; and if it is likely consolation to you, I will tell you that as our ship sank and as you and these people have gone to the bottom, you and these people have entered the boat, I have seen your brother bravely cling to a piece of stick that swept over the ravaged sea, and, like Ario on the back of the dolphin, defend himself from the waves until he has disappeared in sight.

VIOLA Pren aquest or per tes paraules. Que fou possible sa salvació, la meva ho assegura y tes paraules encara n'aumenten l'esperança. Coneixes aquest país?

VIOLA Take this gold for your words. That salvation was possible, mine assures it and your words still increase its hope. Do you know this country?

CAPITÀ Sí, madona; perquè a tres hores d'aquí hi ha el poble on vaig nàixer y m'he criat.

CAPTAIN Yes, madona; because three hours from here is the town where I was born and raised.

VIOLA Qui governa aquesta terra?

VIOLATES Who rules this land?

CAPITÀ Un duc tant noble de nom com de cor.

CAPTAIN A duke both noble in name and in heart.

VIOLA Com se diu?

Purple What do you call it?

CAPITÀ. Orsino.

CAPTAIN. Orsino.

VIOLA Orsino! Jo he sentit aquest nom per boca de mon pare. Encara era solter allavores.

VIOLA Orsino! I have heard this name from my father's mouth. He was still single at the time.

CAPITÀ. Y encara ho és ara, o al menys fa poc que ho era, car jo tant sols he estat un mes fòra d'aquí. Corria aleshores la veu (ja sabeu, senyora, que és feina dels xics comentar les voluntats y les fetes dels grans) que solicitava l'amor de l'hermosa Olivia.

CAPTAIN. And it still is now, or at least recently was, since I've only been a month out of here. Then the word spread (you know, ma'am, that it is the job of the boys to comment on the wills and deeds of the elders) that the love of the beautiful Olivia was requested.

VIOLA Y qui és aquesta Olivia?

VIOLA And who is this Olivia?

CAPITÀ Una honesta donzella, filla d'un comte, que va deixarla al cuidado d'un germà d'ella, mort fa poc també, y per aital desgracia és per lo que diuen que ha renunciat al món y a la vista dels homes.

CAPTAIN An honest maiden, daughter of an earl, who left her in the care of a brother of hers, who also died recently, and unfortunately that is why they say she has renounced the world and the sight of men.

VIOLA Doncs jo voldria entrar al servei d'aquesta dama, amagant ma condició fins que fos madurat mon determini.

VIOLA Well, I would like to enter the service of this lady, hiding my condition until I was fully matured.

CAPITÀ Ben difícil us serà això perque no reb a ningú, ni als mateixos enviats del duc.

CAPTAIN, this will be very difficult for you because you do not receive anyone, not even the Duke's own envoys.

CAPITÀ El seu eunuc sigueu, que jo seré el vostre mut: que mai més vegi la llum si surt de ma boca una paraula de més.

CAPTAIN, be his eunuch, for I will be your mute: may I never see the light again if one more word comes out of my mouth.

VIOLA Mercés, capità, y guia.

VIOLA Mercés, captain, and guide.

(Sir TOBIAS y MARIA)

(Sir TOBIAS and MARIA)

SIR TOBIAS Però, per quins cinc sous, la meva neboda s'ha de pendre així la mort del seu germà? Bé massa sé que la tristesa és el pitjor enemic de la vida.

SIR TOBIAS But for what five wages does my niece have to pay for the death of her brother? I know all too well that sadness is life's worst enemy.

MARIA Creieume, Sir Tobias, haurieu de retirar més d'hora a la nit; la senyora, vostra neboda, té molt que dir de les vostres hores tant fòra de llei.

MARIA Creieume, Sir Tobias, you should retire earlier at night; the lady, your niece, has much to say about your hours so far from the law.

SIR TOBIAS Bah! val més per ella que tingui que dir, que no que doni que dir.

SIR TOBIAS Bah! it is better for her to have what to say, than not to give what to say.

MARIA Sí, però us estaria més bé que us mantinguessin en els modestos límits d'una vida ordenada.

MARIA Yes, but it would be better if you were kept within the modest limits of an orderly life.

SIR TOBIAS M'estaria més bé! No haig de menester que res m'estigui més bé; me sembla que per beure, aquest vestit ja me n'està prou de bé y aquestes botes dos quartos del mateix, y si no ho estan, que's pengin ab les seves mateixes corretges.

SIR TOBIAS I would be better off! I don't need anything better; it seems to me that for drinking, this dress is good enough for me and these boots two quarters of it, and if they are not, that they hang on their own straps.

MARIA Aquests trincaments vos portaran a una mala fi. Ahir mateix vaig sentir a la senyora que'n parlava, igualment que d'aquest poca-solta de cavaller que un vespre vareu portarli perquè li fes de galan.

MARIA These entanglements will bring you to a bad end. Just yesterday I heard the lady talking about it, as well as that little gentleman's looseness that one evening you brought him to be a gallant.

SIR TOBIAS Qui? Sir Andreu Galtaencesa?

SIR TOBIAS Qui? Sir Andreu Galtaencesa?

MARIA El mateix.

MARIA The same.

SIR TOBIAS És tant home com el que més ho siga a Ilyria.

SIR TOBIAS He is as much a man as anyone else in Ilyria.

MARIA Y què hi fa?

MARIA And what are you doing there?

SIR TOBIAS Eh! té'ls séus tres mil ducats de renda a l'any!

SIR TOBIAS Eh! has three thousand ducats of income per year!

MARIA Sí, però no'ls tindrà més d'un any, perque és un boig que té la mà foradada.

MARIA Yes, but he will not have them more than a year old, because he is a madman who has a pierced hand.

SIR TOBIAS Pfé! això ho dieu vos! Toca'l contrabaix, parla tres o quatre llengües, mot per mot y sense llibre, y té tots els dons ab que la natura pot afavorir a un home.

SIR TOBIAS Pfé! That's what you say! Play it double bass, speak three or four languages, word for word and without a book, and it has all the ab gifts that nature can favor a man.

MARIA Oh! sí; és cert; a un home idiota, perquè a més de esser un ruc, és un busca-raons, y si no tingués el dò de la covardia per atemperar el seu esbogerrament provocatiu, asseguren els savis que no trigaria gaire a tenir el dò del sepulcre.

MARIA Oh! yes; it is true; to an idiot man, because in addition to being a donkey, he is a seeker of reasons, and if he did not have the gift of cowardice to temper his provocative error, the wise say that it would not take long to have the gift of the tomb.

SIR TOBIAS Per aquesta mà us dic que són uns xerraires y uns bescantadors els que parlen així d'ell. Quí són?

SIR TOBIAS By this hand I tell you that it is chatterers and bewitchers who speak thus of him. Who are they?

MARIA Els que, sense mirarshi gaire, afegeixen que cada vespre s'emborratxa en companyia vostra.

MARIA Los who, without looking too much, add that every evening she gets drunk in your company.

SIR TOBIAS És clar; de tant beure a la salut de la meva neboda; tinc fet el propòsit de beure a la seva salut, mentres li quedi un xic de passadiç a la meva gorja y hi hagi beguda a Ilyria. Covard y mala pecora ha de esser el qui, a la salut de la meva neboda, no begui fins que'l cap li rodi com una baldufa. Y prou, moçota. *Castiliano volto!* perquè ara veig que ve Sir Andreu Galtaencesa.

SIR TOBIAS Of course; from so much drinking to the health of my niece; I have made it my purpose to drink to her health, while I have a little bit of a foothold in my gorge and drink in Ilyria. Coward and bad sheep must be the one who, in the health of my niece, does not drink until no one follows him like a stallion. And enough, moçota. * Castilianovolto!* because now I see that Sir Andreu Galtaencesa is coming.

(Entra SIR ANDREU DE ROSTRE-ENCÈS)

(SIR ANDREU DE ROSTRE-ENCÈS enters)

SIR ANDREU Sir Tobias! Com va això, Sir Tobias?

SIR ANDREU Sir Tobias! How's it going, Sir Tobias?

SIR TOBIAS Amable sir Andreu!

SIR TOBIAS Friendly Sir Andreu!

SIR ANDREU,(a Maria) Que Déu vos guardi, hermosa trapacera.

SIR ANDREU,(to Maria) May God keep you, beautiful cheater.

MARIA Y a vos també, cavaller.

MARIA And you too, knight.

SIR TOBIAS Acosteushi, Sir Andreu, acosteushi.

SIR TOBIAS Acosteushi, Sir Andreu, acosteushi.

SIR ANDREU Què és això?

SIR ANDREW What is this?

SIR TOBIAS La cambrera de la meva neboda.

SIR TOBIAS My niece's maid.

SIR ANDREU Amable senyora Acosteushi, el meu gust seria poguer coneixeus més fondament.

SIR ANDREU Friendly Mrs. Acosteushi, my pleasure would be to be able to get to know you more fundamental.

MARIA El meu nom és Maria, cavaller.

MARY My name is Mary, knight.

SIR ANDREU Amable senyora Maria Acosteushi…

SIR ANDREU Amiable Mrs. Maria Acosteushi...

SIR TOBIAS Ho haveu mal entès, cavaller. Us he dit acosteushi; és dir: apropeushi, encareushi, parleuli, escometeula, festegeula.

SIR TOBIAS You have misunderstood, gentleman. I have told you acosteushi; that is: apropeushi, encareushi, parleuli, escometeula, festegeula.

SIR ANDREU Us asseguro que això sí que no ho voldria fer ab companyia. Aquest és el significat del mot acosteushi?

SIR ANDREU I assure you that I would not want to do this ab company. Is this the meaning of the word acosteushi?

MARIA Adéusiau, cavallers.

MARIA Adéusiau, gentlemen.

SIR TOBIAS Que mai més pogueu treureus l'espasa si la deixeu marxar així!

SIR TOBIAS May you never again be able to draw your sword if you let it go like this!

SIR ANDREU Que mai més pugui trèurem l'espasa si us en aneu així. Us creieu, l'hermosa, que hi teniu alguns ximples entre mans?

SIR ANDREW May I never take the sword away again if you go like this. Do you think, the beautiful one, that you have some fools on your hands?

MARIA No us hi tinc pas per la mà, senyor!

MARIA I have no way of holding your hand, sir!

SIR ANDREU Oh! perquè no voleu: aquí teniu la mà.

SIR ANDREU Oh! because you don't want to: here is your hand.

MARIA Cada hu, senyor, pot pensar com li sembli; jo penso que podrieu posar la mà a la plata de la mantega y deixarli en remull.

MARIA Each hu, sir, can think as he pleases; I think you could put your hand to the silver of the butter and let it soak.

SIR ANDREU Per què, cor dolç? Quin significat té aquesta metàfora?

SIR ANDREW Why, sweetheart? What does this metaphor mean?

MARIA Teniu la mà tant aixuta!

MARIA You have such a raised hand!

SIR ANDREU Ja ho crec; no soc tant ase que no sapiga tenir les mans aixutes. Però, expliqueume aquesta broma.

SIR ANDREU I think so; I'm not so much an ass that I don't know how to keep my hands up. But, explain this joke.

MARIA És una broma aixuta, senyor.

MARIA It's a big joke, sir.

SIR ANDREU Y en teniu gaires d'aquesta mena?

SIR ANDREU And do you have many of this kind?

MARIA Sí, senyor, ne tinc les mans plenes; però, veieu, així que us deixo anar la vostra, no me n'hi queda cap.

MARIA Yes, sir, I have my hands full; but, you see, so I'm letting yours go, I don't have any left.

(Sen va Maria)

(Sen va Maria)

SIR TOBIAS Ah! cavaller, te convindria una copa de Canaries. Mai t'he vist tant amoinat.

SIR TOBIAS Ah! gentleman, you could use a glass of Canaries. I've never seen you so worried.

SIR ANDREU Mai, fòra de que m'amoinés el Canaries. Devegades me sembla que no allargo més que un cristià ó un qualsevol; menjo molt bou y jo crec que això'm castiga la vivesa.

SIR ANDREU Mai, I was going to worry about the Canaries. It seems to me that I do not extend more than a Christian or anyone; I eat very beef and I think that this punishes my liveliness.

SIR TOBIAS És clar.

SIR TOBIAS Of course.

SIR ANDREU Si n'estés segur, mai més ne menjava… Demà agafo'l cavall y men torno a casa, Sir Tobias.

SIR ANDREU If you're sure, I never ate any more... Tomorrow I'll take the horse and I'll be back home, Sir Tobias.

SIR TOBIAS *Pourquoi*, estimat cavaller?

SIR TOBIAS *Pourquoi*, dear knight?

SIR ANDREU Què vol dir *pourquoi*? Que men vagi o que no men vagi? Tant-de-bò jo hagués aplicat a l'estudí de les llengües el temps que he dedicat a l'esgrima, a la dança y als combats d'óssos. Ah! que jo no m'hagi dedicat a les arts!

SIR ANDREU What does *pourquoi* mean? That it doesn't go or that it doesn't go? As well as I would have applied to the study of languages the time I have dedicated to fencing, dancing and bear fights. Ah! that I did not dedicate myself to the arts!

SIR TOBIAS Avui tindries un cap perfecte.

SIR TOBIAS You'd have a perfect head today.

SIR ANDREU Com? Hi hauria guanyat la meva cabellera?

SIR ANDREU How? Would I have won my hair?

SIR TOBIAS No cal dirho; ja veus que'ls cabells no se t'enrotllen pas per natural.

SIR TOBIAS It goes without saying; you see that your hair does not naturally curl.

SIR ANDREU Però m'escauen molt, veritat?

SIR ANDREU But they suit me a lot, don't they?

SIR TOBIAS Y tant!: pengen com el canem d'una filosa; encara vui veure com algun dia una comare set posa entre'ls genolls y tels fila.

SIR TOBIAS And so on!: they hang like hedge from a sharp edge; I still want to see how one day a comare set puts between their knees and rows them.

SIR ANDREU En bona fe, demà men torno a casa; la vostra neboda no's vol deixar veure, y encara que ho volgués, me jugo quatre contra un que tampoc estaria per mi. El duc mateix, que viu per aquests volts, la festeja.

SIR ANDREU In good faith, I will return home tomorrow; your niece does not want to be seen, and even if I wanted to, I would risk four against one who would not be for me either. The Duke himself, who lives around here, celebrates it.

SIR TOBIAS No'l vol de cap manera, al duc. No's casarà ab cap home que, pels mèrits, l'edat o l'estament, no sigui igual que ella. Jo l'hi he sentit jurar y us asseguro que ja podeu pujarhi de peus.

SIR TOBIAS No 'el vollo in any way, al duc. She shall not marry any man who, by merit, age or estate, is not equal to her. I have heard him swear and I assure you that you can now climb on your feet.

SIR ANDREU Me quedaré un altre mes. Soc l'home més extrany del món. Devegades me dóna per passarmela tranquilament en balls y comparses.

SIR ANDREU I'll stay another month. I'm the strangest man in the world. Devegades gives me to pass it quietly in dances and comparsas.