The sun., 1910-05-22

dental eoataAies. n he 10 the poet IN
dealing with SHAKEsPRARE. he IL also
the cool headed man OF the theatre.
He realizes the miracle Of Macbeth,
but. like GOETHE. he knows that every
great work Oi art is immensurable.
even TO It's creator
And the translation There's the rub
u, saws MAETERIINCE. a landscape is q
state of soul lSTENDHALs fiai ddms,
~ Is a translation. He reheauses the
various attempts to make SHAERsPEARE
domestiCated in the French tongue from
PIERRE LETOURNEUR. FRANCOIS VICTOR
HUGO not tO be cOniOundcd with his
father BENJAMIN I.AROCHE. MAURICE
POrTECHER. ALEXANDRE BEIJAME TO
his own He does not mention the
Hamlet Of MARCEL SCHwOB and
MORANDl Fidelity 10 the rhythmic
movement, verbal music poetic spirit.
local color idiOmatic or interpretativc
how many rocks there are in the road
OF the conscientious translator, tor
mented alike by the ma jesty and human
ity Of SHAKEsPEARE's speech MAETER-
LINcK gives as an example the lines
Act ILL., last scene:
strange things have In head that viii to hand
Which mus, be acted ere they may be scanned 10
HUGO thus renders the speech: -J'ai
dams Ia tete d'6tranges chooses qui re-
OlRment ma main ct veulent Atre eXecu-
tees avant d'etre m4ditees- which In
clumsy and unrhythmic. BEIJANB's
version is better, 20 n POTTECHER's.
GUIzOT, MONTEGUT. LAROCHE and
GEORGES DUvAL are adduced. We like
best Of all MAETERLINCKs a. follows;
"J'ai dams Ia tste d'etranges chooses qui
aboutirOnt 4 ma main; et quill faut aC-
complir avant qu'on lcs a medite' We
are here far from the famous French
version Of Frailty, thy name is woman.
which appeared a. Mile. Frailty is the
name Of lady
But not MAURICE MAErERLINCx, with
his funds Of poetic sympathy and subtle
iniuitiOns. his tact. knowledge and YER
bal versatility. can successfully bridge
the gulf that lies between the genius Of
the English language and the genius Ol
the French language. We select several
of the famous single lines a. specimens
and admire the agile resources Of the
translator. For example: -Quand nous
re,rouverons- nOus?- n the equivalent
for When shall We three meet again.
Fair IL foul and foul is fair becomes
lie laid est beau ct 10 beau laid These
are not very difficult tests.
The OnOmatOppia v Of necessity
missed in the speech A drum. a drum!
Macbsth doth come In French: lie
tambour! Le tambOur! MGcbttk ar
rive iCi!' Nor is -6teins-toi. 6teins-tOi.
court hambeau!' akin to -Out, out
brief candle ,-Frapps done, Mdodur,
ct damne ~oit celui qui Criera le prem
ier 'Arrete! c'est assez''- retains some
Of the primal rhythmic vigor and assO.
nance NJ lay on. Aacduf. and damned
be he that first cries Hold. enough
Hang out your banners on the outward
walls is rendered: -Dtployez vOs ban
nieres sur Len remDarts eXterieurs, a
faithful Transcription
some Of the TRADES are admirably
paraphrased, strange though they sound
10 English ears The ferOcity Of Lady
Mdobeth's speech. Act I scene S. misses
neither in meaning nor in terrible in
tonatiOns and MAETERLINCE has fairly
succeeded, We are fain TO believe, with
such a snarl as
HE thee hl,bsr.
That may pour my spirits 10 thine ear
And chasuse with ths ysioy Of ny tongue
Al that impedss thee from ire golden round
Which fate snd metaphysical ald doth seem
To leave thes crowned utthal -Asi l.. assass 5
With NAETERLINcE this goes 20 the
tune Of -Viens ici que ie puisse verscr
mon courage dams ton oreille At chatter
par Ia vaillance De mes paroles to,Is les
obstacles an cercle dor don't le destin .,
un appui surnaturel semblent 70 couron-
ner, which 10 bald prose Is Il not odd
that RICHARD STRAUSS should have
selected this a. a motto for his tone
poem -Macbeth'0 The gross humOr oi
the Porter in the knocking At the gate
scene is not attenuated, though We must
protest against such a supersubtle,y a.
lie trop boire est le jtsuie de Ia pail
lardise- the italic il Ours) for much
drink may be said 20 be an equivocator
Of lechery
We need not quote further 70 prove
that n MAETERLINCK does not overcome
insuperabls difficulties he has accom-
plished much more than the majority OF
his predecessors II is a brilliant per-
fomance. this translation, superior TO
work for which many a man has attained
seat in tho French Academy. This
version sustained the trial Of a public
performance az the Abbey of Ste. Wan
drille with Nine GEoRGETTE LEBLANC
MAETERLINCK ~ Lady Mdcbsih.
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ship Law.
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