ΣΑΝ ΣΗΜΕΡΑ. ΔΗΜΟΣΙΕΥΟΝΤΑΙ ΤΑ ΣΟΝΕΤΑ ΤΟΥ ΣΑΙΞΠΗΡ

XXVI
Άρχοντα της αγάπης μου, που υπήκοό σου
το σεβασμό μου η αξία σου δεσμεύει,
αυτές τις έγγραφες πρεσβείες δεξιώσου,
που δεν κομίζουν ευφυΐα αλλά σέβη.
Και σέβας τόσο, που το πνεύμα μου, λιτό,
το απογυμνώνει, μη μπορώντας να το εκφράσει,
μα μες στη σκέψη της ψυχής σου ευελπιστώ
πως μια σου εύνοια γυμνό θα το στεγάσει.
Ωσότου τα’ άστρο που το βήμα μου οδηγεί
μες στη ζωή μου αγαθό επιφοιτήσει
και μου ευπρεπίσει τη ρακένδυτη στοργή
και στη ματιά σου επαξίως με συστήσει.
Τότε δημόσια την αγάπη μου θα δείξω’
μα μέχρι τότε θα λανθάνω, μη σε θίξω.

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Ουίλλιαμ Σαίξπηρ: 25 σονέτα (Άγρα)
Μετάφραση: Διονύσης Καψάλης

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Σκλάβος σου όντας, τι να κάνω παρά να καρτερώ
Της επιθυμίας σου τις ώρες και τον χρόνο;
Δεν έχω χρόνο πολύτιμο καθόλου για να σπαταλώ,
Ούτε δουλειές, ώσπου εσύ να με ζητήσεις μόνο.
Ούτε τολμάω την αιώνια ώρα να μαλώσω,
Ενώ, μονάρχη μου, για σένα το ρολόι φυλάω να γυρίσει,
Ούτε σκέφτομαι την πίκρα της απουσίας τόσο,
Όταν τον υπηρέτη σου προστάζεις να σ’ αφήσει.
Ούτε τολμάω με τις ζηλότυπές μου σκέψεις να ρωτώ,
Που είσαι, να φανταστώ οι υποθέσεις σου ποιες είναι,
Μα σαν θλιμμένος σκλάβος απομένω χωρίς άλλο να σκεφτώ,
Παρά εκεί που πας πόσο χαρούμενους τους κάνεις να είναι.
Στη θέληση σου, τόσο ανόητος γίνεται ο έρωτας θαρρώ,
Που ό,τι κι αν κάνεις, δεν σκέφτεται κακό.

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Ουίλλιαμ Σαίξπηρ: Σονέτα (αΝεΜοΔείΚτΗς)
Μετάφραση : Χριστίνα Μπάμπου - Παγκουρέλη

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Gay Βιβλιογραφία στα ελληνικά

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Shakespeare's sonnets appeared in a 1609 collection, entitled SHAKE-SPEARES SONNETS.

The Sonnets were published under conditions that have become unclear to history. Although the works were written by Shakespeare, it is not known if the publisher, Thomas Thorpe, who registered them on May 20, 1609, used an authorized manuscript from him, or an unauthorized copy.

The only edition of the sonnets published in Shakespeare's lifetime, the 1609 Quarto, is dedicated to one "Mr. W.H.". The reality, identity and age of this person remain a mystery and have caused a great deal of speculation.

The dedication in full reads:

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'T.T.' stands for Thomas Thorpe, the publisher; it is not certain whether Thorpe or Shakespeare wrote the dedication. The capital letters and periods following each word were probably intended to resemble an Ancient Roman inscription, thereby giving a sense of eternity and magnitude to the sonnets. In the sonnets, Shakespeare often declares that the sonnets will outlast such earthly things as stone monuments and inscriptions. Sonnet 55 states,

Not marble, nor the gilded monuments

Of princes shall outlive this pow'rful rhyme,

126 of Shakespeare's sonnets are addressed to a young man (often called the "Fair Youth"). Broadly speaking, there are two branches of theories concerning the identity of Mr. W.H.: those that take him to be identical to the youth, and those that assert him to be a separate person.

The 'Fair Youth' is an unnamed young man to whom sonnets 1-126 are addressed. The poet writes of the young man in romantic and loving language, a fact which has led several commentators to suggest a homosexual relationship between them, while others read it as platonic love.

The earliest poems in the collection do not imply a close personal relationship; instead, they recommend the benefits of marriage and children. With the famous sonnet 18 ("Shall I compare thee to a summer's day") the tone changes dramatically towards romantic intimacy. Sonnet 20 explicitly laments that the young man is not a woman. Most of the subsequent sonnets describe the ups and downs of the relationship, culminating with an affair between the poet and the Dark Lady. The relationship seems to end when the Fair Youth succumbs to the Lady's charms.

There have been many attempts to identify the Friend. Shakespeare's one-time patron, the Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton is the most commonly suggested candidate, although Shakespeare's later patron, William Herbert, 3rd Earl of Pembroke, has recently become popular. Both claims have much to do with the dedication of the sonnets to 'Mr. W.H.', "the only begetter of these ensuing sonnets": the initials could apply to either Earl. However, while Shakespeare's language often seems to imply that the 'friend' is of higher social status than himself, this may not be the case. The apparent references to the poet's inferiority may simply be part of the rhetoric of romantic submission. An alternative theory, most famously espoused by Oscar Wilde's short story 'The Portrait of Mr. W.H.' notes a series of puns that may suggest the sonnets are written to a boy actor called William Hughes; however, Wilde's story acknowledges that there is no evidence for such a person's existence. Samuel Butler believed that the friend was a seaman, and recently Joseph Pequigney ('Such Is My love') an unknown commoner.

(wikipedia.org)