Soneto 98

SONETO 98

ni William Shakespeare

malayang salin ni Gregorio V. Bituin Jr.

15 pantig bawat taludtod (tugmaang abab-cdcd-efef-gg)

Mula sa iyo na sa tagsibol ako'y nawalay

Ipagyabang man ni Abril sa kanyang buong gayak

Diwa ng kabataa'y nilapat sa bawat bagay

Malaking Saturno'y kasamang tumawa't lumundag.

Gayunman, salay ng ibon o amoy na kaytamis

Ng samutsaring bulaklak sa samyo't kulay niyon

Baka sa akin malikha ang kwento ng tag-init

O bunutin sa kandungan nila kung laki roon;

Ni sa kaputian ng liryo'y di ako nagtaka

Ni purihin ang rosas sa pagkapulang kaytindi

Silang anong tamis bagamat anyo'y kaysasaya

Iginuhit matapos mong ayusing makandili

Datapwat taglamig pa rin, malayo ka na't wala

At sa anino mo'y naglaro akong walang sawa

- gregoriovbituinjr.

05.26.2022

Tugmaan:

abab - katinig na mahina a; katinig na malakas a;

cdcd - katinig na malakas i; katinig na mahina o;

efef - patinig na walang impit a; patinig na walang impit i;

gg - patinig na may impit a

SONNET 98

from the book The Sonnets by William Shakespeare, Collins Classics

From you have I been absent in the spring,

When proud-pied April, dress'd in all his trim,

Hath put a spirit of youth in every thing,

That heavy Saturn laugh'd and leap'd with him.

Yet nor the lays of birds, nor the sweet smell

Of different flowers in odour and in hue,

Could make me any summer's story tell,

Or from their proud lap pluck them where they grew;

Nor did I wonder at the lily's white,

Nor praise the deep vermilion in the rose:

They were but sweet, but figures of delight;

Drawn after you, you pattern of all those.

Yet seem'd it winter still, and, you away,

As with your shadow I with these did play.