Romeo and Juliet - Prologue

             PROLOGUE (V.O)

Two households, both alike in dignity,  In fair Verona, where we lay our scene, From ancient grudge break to new mutiny, Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean.     From forth the fatal loins of these two foes    A pair of star-cross'd lovers take their life; Whose misadventur'd piteous overthrows Doth with their death bury their parents' strife.      The fearful passage of their death-mark'd love, And the continuance of their parents' rage, Which but their children's end naught could remove, Is now the two hours' traffic of our stage; The which, if you with patient ears attend, What here shall miss , our toil shall strive to mend .

   

                    VOCABULARY

ENGLISH	SPANISH
household	familiar
dignity	dignidad
grudge	resentimiento
mutiny	revolución
forth	lejos
loins	entrañas
foes	enemigo
star-crossed	desafortunado
piteous	lamentable

PLAIN ENGLISH                                                                        

Two families, both with similar dignities,

In impartial Verona, where we lay our scene,

From ancient hard feelings to new riot,

Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean

From here now on the fatal conscience of these two enemies,

A pair of unfortunated lovers take their life;

Whose terrible tragedy overthrows
Perhaps with their bury their parent’s struggle.

The terrible events that drove them to their suicide,

But their parents anger continuous,

Not even their children death could end,

In this two are hours of the play,

This one your ears are waiting to hear,

Where we have miss in this introduction you will watch now.



                        VOCABULARY

ENGLISH	SPANISH
doth	acaso
bury	enterrar
fearful	terrible
passage	canal o pasaje
rage	rabia
naught	nada
remove	borrar

SPANISH 

Dos familiares, ambos parecidos en dignidad,

justo en Verona, donde se desarrolla nuestra escena,

de antiguo resentimiento pone fin a una nueva revolución,

donde la sangre civil contamina ,las manos de los civiles, 

desde lejos las fatales entrañas de esos dos enemigos,

una pareja de desafortunados amantes cogen sus vidas, 

aquellos lamentables desaventurados derriban

acaso su muerte enterrando los conflictos de sus padres.

El terrible pasaje de su marca muerta de amor y la continuidad

de la rabia de sus padres cual sus niños de nada pudieron borrar.

Es ahora las 2 horas de tráfico de nuestra etapa,

el cual si tu con la paciencia de tus orejas asistes,

con lo que nos hemos perdido en la introducción,

será después explicado mientras veas la obra.

VOCABULARY

ENGLISH	SPANISH
piteous	lamentable
overthrows	derrocar
misadventure	desgracia
strife	conflicto