Neapolitan request for "Sonnet 73"

Help translate from English (Early Modern English) to Neapolitan song Sonnet 73 by William Shakespeare

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doctorJoJo on 16 Feb 2026 - 21:38

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Sonnet 73

That time of year thou mayst in me behold,

When yellow leaves, or none, or few, do hang

Upon those boughs which shake against the cold,

Bare ruined choirs, where late the sweet birds sang.

In me thou seest the twilight of such day,

As after sunset fadeth in the west,

Which by and by black night doth take away,

Death's second self, that seals up all in rest.

In me thou seest the glowing of such fire,

That on the ashes of his youth doth lie,

As the death-bed whereon it must expire,

Consumed with that which it was nourished by.

This thou perceiv'st, which makes thy love more strong,

To love that well, which thou must leave ere long.

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submitted on 6 Jan 2014 - 03:43

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Taken from Wikipedia.

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Writer(s): William Shakespeare, Ed Rex
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