král lear / king lear

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KING LEAR

LEAR

N A K L A D A T E L S T V R O M E O

W I L L I A MS H A K E S P E A R E


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PEDMLUVA

Krl Learje ve tveici titulnch hrdin vrcholnch Shakespearovch

tragdi napsanch v rychlm sledu v prvnch letech 17. stoletpostavou vrazn nejstar. Hrl ho dramatikv ptel a spolenk

Richard Burbage, pedn herec souboru, kter nedlouho pedtm ztvrnilHamleta, Othella a krtce nato Macbetha, tedy postavy, kter mu bylyvkov vrazn bli. Lze se jen dohadovat, co pimlo autora, jeho pro-tagonist takkajc strli s nm, postavit do stedu hry starce a sledovat jehopd z vin moci do hlubin zkzy. Zejm se tu selo nkolik okolnost.Legendrn pbh z pedhistorick Britnie souznl s aktulnmi snahamikrle Jakuba I. spojit Anglii a Skotsko v novodobou Britnii. Souasn sev dramatikov okol odehrly ti dochovan obdobn ppady, ve kterchdcery ze ziskuchtivosti terorizovaly svho otce. Tm nejskandlnjm bylppad sira Williama Allena, bvalho londnskho starosty, v jinm p-

pad se za otce Briana Annesleyho postavila proti zlm sestrm jeho nej-mlad dcera Cordella. V beznu 1605 vyla tiskem star anonymn hrao krli Leirovi, ve kter v polovin 90. let Shakespeare zejm sm hrlv roli Perilla (pedchdce Kenta). Dalm impulsem bylo vydn protikato-lickho pamfletu Samuela Harsnetta Odhalen neslchanch papeenskch pod-vod (1603), obsahujcho popisy teatrlnho vymtn bla z bezvrca jejich vpovdi. (Byli mezi nimi i tac, kter autor osobn znal.) Knihaobohatila dramatika nejen o barvit vrazivo, ale poskytla mu i kl k ucho-pen ltky: oista prostednictvm utrpen. Svou roli jist sehrla i hrznzkuenost z mimodn siln morov epidemie, kter v letech 1603 a 1604vyhubila takka tetinu londnskho obyvatelstva. A tak se Shakespeare,kter ml mimodnou schopnost vstebvat rznorod podnty a petv-et je v plnokrevn dramata, obrtil ke star ltce, kter ped nm doznalavce ne padesti literrnch zpracovn.

Pbh je zaznamenn ji v Historii britskch krl stedovkho kronik-e Geoffreyho z Monmouthu (1135), albtincm byl ale znmj ze sou-dobchKronik Anglie, Skotska a Irska(1577) Raphaela Holinsheda. Drama-tik dj rozil o paraleln pbh druhho starce, hrabte z Glostru, a jehodvou syn, jej pevzal zArcadiePhilipa Sidneyho. Nechal se ale inspirovati dalmi dly, vetn bible, zejmna pbhem Jobovm.

Kdy pesn hru napsal, nen doloeno, mnoh vak svd o tom, e to

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Peloil Ji Josek

Translation, Preface, and Commentary Ji Josek, 2009

ISBN 978-80-86573-21-2

Tato kniha vychz jako soust vzkumnho zmru na Filozofick fakult

Univerzity Karlovy Zklady modernho svta v zrcadle literatury a filozofie(MSM 0021620824).


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vracet ke sv pvodn podob. Je zejm, e pravu si vydal nejen dobo-v literrn styl, ale pochopiteln thnut divk k poetick spravedlnosti.Vradu nevinn Cordelie a pohled na zuboenho otce s mrtvou dcerouv nru nedokzali unst.

Pestoe 19. stolet pijalo v roce 1838 zsluhou divadelnho princip-la a herce W. Ch. Macreadyho tuto tragdii opt tak, jak ji autor napsal,stle existovalo jist napt mezi vysokm hodnocenm hry jako vrcholu

dramatick poetiky (Coleridge) a jejmi nevalnmi a nepoetnmi insce-nacemi. Hra byla oznaena jako pli velk pro divadlo (Bradley). N-kte vznan umlci vyznvajc realismus v umn jako L. N. Tolstoj iW. M. Thackeray ji zcela zavrhli s tm, e jde o hru patnou, plnou nelo-ginost. Svm zpsobem se na jej slab inscenan odezv podepsalydobov zpsoby inscenovn i prostedky herectv. Je jist, e napkladdeklamativn hereck projev i realistick dekorace zbavuj hru jejho kouz-la. A rzn reijn pojet ve 20. stolet, nabzejc nvrat k magii slova ik oprotn albtinsk scn, nachzej cestu, jak hru inscenovat tak, abyse odhalily jej pvodn i nov monosti. Ukazuje se napklad, jak autor

jasnoziv pedznamenal cesty, ke kterm divadlo dosplo a v moderndob, jako jsou prostupy brechtovskho zcizovn i absurdnho dramatuSamuela Becketta a jinch. Jako pelomov je v tomto smyslu zmiovnainscenace ve Stratfordu nad Avonou z roku 1962 v reii Petera Brookas Paulem Scofieldem v tituln roli.

20. stolet ale pomohlo he i jinak. Vize konce svta, kter se tu vykres-luje a kter pipadala mnoha kritikm i divkm a nespravedliv krut,dostala po dvou svtovch vlkch zcela relnou podobu. Absurdnost sestala realitou vednho dne a astn konec a poetick spravedlnost naopakfalenou iluz a pohdkou.

V Krli Learovi, podobn jako v dalch tech velkch tragdich tdoby, vytvoil Shakespeare obraz lovka svdjcho osaml boj s bsyv sob i mimo sebe. Katarze, kterou tragick konec hrdiny pin, nen zdeale osvobozenm ani levou i nadj. Po apokalyptickm zitku zstv

jen hok memento.

Je teba nst, co as nm nalo,sp hok pravd pt ne sladk li.Nejstar trpl nejvc. K nm se zdabu trpt m, i nedot se st.

JI JOSEK

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bylo nkdy v druh polovin roku 1605. Byla to doba thotn chmurnmipedzvstmi a hrozbami, vyvolanmi i adou prodnch kaz, jakmibylo i ve he zmnn zatmn Slunce a Msce. Kdyby v listopadu 1605nedolo k odhalen tzv. prachovho spiknut, chystanho atenttu nakrle a jeho Parlament, byla by tato neblah oekvn tragicky naplnna.

Podnty, pramenc z politick situace v zemi, z atmosfry doby i lite-rrnch zdroj, je poskytly tma, pbh i metodu zpracovn, petvoil

dramatik ve svbytn originln dlo, kter svou monumentlnost dodnesbere dech. Krl Lear nepat k nejhranjm Shakespearovm hrm, ale jis-t pat k tm nejuznvanjm a nejtajuplnjm. Lze jen souhlasit s nzo-rem Williama Hazzlita, e cokoli o tto he ekneme, bude mlo, ba i naevnmn tohoto dla bude vdy nedostaten.

Paraleln, na tragickm paradoxu postaven pbhy dvou poetilchstarc, z nich prvn a v lenstv zmoud, a druh a ve slepot pro-hldne, pinej pohled na lovka v t nejir mon kle (od mocnhokrle po nejuboejho lidskho tvora) a sleduj jejich cestu ke smrti jakonanejv bolestn proces sebepoznn a vykoupen z viny. Hra, kter jezbavena berliek kesansk ideologie (odehrv se v pohanskm bezas),se sna odhalit zkladn koeny lidskosti, klade si otzky po smyslu lidskexistence a cen ivota. Vudyptomn Shakespearovo tma, jm je konecstar a vznik nov epochy, je tu peneseno do generanho, rodinnho kon-fliktu a metaforicky ukzno jako svr dvoj tve prody: t, ve kter vld-ne zkon dungle, a t, kter na mst chaosu nastoluje d a lsku. Hrapozoruhodnm zpsobem atakuje jak rozum, tak i city divka. Archety-pln folklorn pbh o nahm krli a soli nad zlato se tu stk s hlu-bokm filozofickm ponorem i se sravou kritikou civilizanch nevar.Snad nejvce m autor spadeno na justici a jej pekroucen naplovnspravedlnosti. Zrove je ale divk podroben silnmu citovmu ntlaku.Utrpen prezentovan na scn nutn prov sm, a svm zpsobem se takstv pmm astnkem mystria a sebeoistnho obadu.

Snad prv proto tato hra klade nebval nroky na inscenan ztvr-nn. Nevme, jak probhala prvn pedstaven v divadle Globeani jak byla

hra pijata na tpna 26. prosince 1606, kdy se prokazateln hrla pedkrlovskm dvorem ve Whitehallu. Krom ojedinl zmnky z roku 1610se o n dovdme a v roce 1681, ale to u byla hra vrazn jin. Dramatikrestauranho obdob Nahum Tate ji vylepil podle vlastnho vkusua panujc mdy. Dal j motivovan, pijatelnj zatek a vzal j tragickkonec. Krl Lear a Cordelie tu ij astn a spokojen a do smrti. Od-stranil postavu aka a vepsal do hry milostn pbh Cordelie a Edgara.Takto se Krl Lear inscenoval takka sto padest let, ne se postupn zaal


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KI NG LEAR LEAR


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OSOBY

LEAR, Krl Britnie

KRL FRANCIE

VVODA Z BURGUNDSKA

VVODA Z CORNWALLU

VVODA Z ALBANY

HRAB Z KENTU

HRAB Z GLOSTRU

EDGAR, Glostrv syn

EDMUND, Glostrv levoboek

CURAN, dvoan

OSWALD, Gonerilin sluha

STAEC, v Glostrovch slubch

DOKTOR

AEK

DSTOJNK, v Edmundovch slubch

LECHTIC, v Cordeliinch slubch

HEROLD

GONERIL

REGAN

CORDELIE

Ryti Learovy druiny, dstojnci, poslov, vojci a slouc.

Msto dje: Britnie.

DRAMATIS PERSONAE

LEAR, King of Britain

KING OF FRANCE

DUKE OF BURGUNDY

DUKE OF CORNWALL

DUKE OF ALBANY

EARL OF KENT

EARL OF GLOUCESTER

EDGAR, Son to Gloucester

EDMUND, Bastard Son to Gloucester

CURAN, a Courtier

OSWALD, Steward to Goneril

OLD MAN, Tenant to Gloucester

DOCTOR

FOOL

AN OFFICER, employed by Edmund

A GENTLEMAN, Attendant on Cordelia

A HERALD

GONERIL

REGAN

CORDELIA

Knights of Lear's train, officers, messengers, soldiers, and attendants.

Scene: Britain.

} daughters to Lear Learovy dcery}


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SCNA 1.

V PALCI KRLE LEARA.Vystoup Kent, Gloster a Edmund.

KENT J myslel, e krl m radi sp vvodu z Albanyne Cornwalla.

GLOSTER To jsme si mysleli vichni, ale te kdy se mkrlovstv rozdlit, tko ct, kterho vvodysi krl cen vc. Jejich podly jsou tak vyrovnan, 5e, m jak m, jsou na tom oba stejn.

KENT To je v syn?GLOSTER il u m a vychoval jsem ho. Dlouho jsem se

kvli nmu studem ervenal, ale dneska u mi

ani nepijde, jak jsem k nmu piel. 10KENT Jaksi mi to nedochz.GLOSTER S jeho mt k tomu ovem dolo a tohle z toho

polo. Ne se nadla, narostlo j bicho a mla dvmimino v kolbce ne manela v posteli. Pipadvm to ode mne jako oklivost? 15

KENT Jakpak oklivost, kdy z toho vzniklo nco takpknho.

GLOSTER Mm jet prvoplatnho syna, kter jeo rok star ne tenhle, ale nemm ho o nic radi.I kdy tenhle pacholek vtrhl na svt nechtn 20a bez pozvn, jeho mma byla hezk kurvikaa bylo moc pjemn ho s n dlat. Tak co bych sek nmu neznal? Edmunde, zn tohohle vzcnhopna?

EDMUND Neznm, ote. 25GLOSTER To je pan hrab z Kentu. Mj ctn a ven

ptel.EDMUND K vaim slubm, pane.

KENT Moc m t. Urit se jet uvidme.

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SCENE 1.

KING LEARS PALACE.Enter Kent, Gloucester, and Edmund.

KENT I thought the king had more affected the Duke ofAlbany than Cornwall.

GLOUCESTER It did always seem so to us. But now, in the divisionof the kingdom, it appears not which of the dukes hevalues most; for equalities are so weighed, that 5curiosity in neither can make choice of eithers moiety.

KENT Is not this your son, my lord?GLOUCESTER His breeding, sir, hath been at my charge. I have

so often blushed to acknowledge him, that now I am

brazed to it. 10KENT I cannot conceive you.GLOUCESTER Sir, this young fellows mother could. Whereupon

she grew round-wombed, and had, indeed, sir, a sonfor her cradle ere she had a husband for her bed.Do you smell a fault? 15

KENT I cannot wish the fault undone, the issue of itbeing so proper.

GLOUCESTER But I have, sir, a son by order of law, some year elderthan this, who yet is no dearer in my account.Though this knave came something saucily into 20the world before he was sent for, yet was his motherfair; there was good sport at his making, and thewhoreson must be acknowledged. Do you know thisnoble gentleman, Edmund?

EDMUND No, my lord. 25GLOUCESTER My lord of Kent. Remember him hereafter as my

honourable friend.EDMUND My services to your lordship.

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EDMUND Bude mi velkou ct, pane. 30GLOSTER Byl devt let z domu a brzy zas odjede.

(Znlka) Krl u jde!Vystoup krl Lear, Cornwall, Albany, Goneril, Regan,Cordelie a slouc.

LEAR Glostre, pivete pny z Francie a Burgundska.GLOSTER Jak poroute, Velienstvo.

Odejdou Gloster a Edmund.

LEAR Mezitm vyjevm svj tajn pln. 35Dejte sem mapu. Nae krlovstvrozdlm na ti sti. Setesuze starch beder thu povinnost,pedm je mladm a jen nalehkose budu sunout k hrobu. Cornwalle, 40Albany, draz moji zeov,prozradm vm, jak rozhodl jsem stranvna svch dcer, abych tak zamezilbudoucm problmm.

Vladam Franciea Burgundska, co drahn as tu spolu 45

soupe o ruku m nejmlad,dm dnes t odpov. Povzte, dcery,kdy vzdvme se pro vs krlovstv,vldy i cel zem, kter z vsmiluje svho otce nejvce, 50aby ji otec po zsluze poctilnejvtm dlem. Ty jsi, Goneril,nejstar, promluv proto jako prvn.

GONERIL J miluji vs vc, ne umm ct,dra jste mi ne zrak, svt, svoboda, 55cenm si vs nad vechny poklady,nad ivot, krsu, zdrav, tst, est.Nikdo jak j tatnka nemiloval,

lskou, j chyb dech a schz slova.Miluji vs nade ve na svt. 60CORDELIE (Stranou) Cordelie, co k tomu me dodat?

Mn zbv pouze milovat a mlet.LEAR Tato st zem odtud potud, vetn

hlubokch les, rnch pol, ek,ve kterch se to hem rybami, 65

jsou od nynjka tv a Albanyho.

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EDMUND Sir, I shall study deserving. 30GLOUCESTER He hath been out nine years, and away he shall

again. (Sennet) The king is coming.Enter King Lear, Cornwall, Albany, Goneril, Regan,Cordelia, and attendants.

KING LEAR Attend the lords of France and Burgundy, Gloucester.GLOUCESTER I shall, my liege.

Exeunt Gloucester and Edmund.

KING LEAR Meantime we shall express our darker purpose. 35Give me the map there. Know that we have dividedIn three our kingdom; and tis our fast intentTo shake all cares and business from our age;Conferring them on younger strengths, while weUnburthened crawl toward death. Our son of Cornwall,And you, our no less loving son of Albany,We have this hour a constant will to publishOur daughters several dowers, that future strifeMay be prevented now. The princes,

France and Burgundy,Great rivals in our youngest daughters love, 45

Long in our court have made their amorous sojourn,And here are to be answered. Tell me, my daughters,Since now we will divest us both of rule,Interest of territory, cares of state,Which of you shall we say doth love us most? 50That we our largest bounty may extendWhere nature doth with merit challenge. Goneril,Our eldest-born, speak first.

GONERIL Sir, I love you more than words can wield the matter;Dearer than eye-sight, space, and liberty; 55Beyond what can be valued, rich or rare;No less than life, with grace, health, beauty, honour;As much as child eer loved, or father found;

A love that makes breath poor, and speech unable;Beyond all manner of so much I love you. 60CORDELIA (Aside) What shall Cordelia do?

Love, and be silent.KING LEAR Of all these bounds, even from this line to this,

With shadowy forests and with champains riched,With plenteous rivers and wide-skirted meads, 65We make thee lady. To thine and Albanys issue

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Na vky vk. Co m druh dcera,m drah Regan, ena Cornwallova? Mluv.

REGAN Ote, j jsemstejn jak sestra, vyrovnm se j 70i v lsce k vm. Jako by mluvilai z mho srdce. Mm vs stejn rda,a vlastn jet vc, vdy na svtm neme udlat astnj

pradn radost, dn poten, 75ne co mi dv moje lska k vm,mj nejdra krlovsk tatnku.

CORDELIE (Stranou) Na n jsi krtk, Cordelie!Ale ne. Moje lska pece stojza mnohem vc ne jejich sladk ei. 80

LEAR Tob a tvmu rodu navdy patta druh tetina m krsn zem,

je rozmry, bohatstvm, vznamemse rovn prvn. A te, tst moje,m nejmlad a nejmilej, o ni 85francouzsk rva s mlkem Burgundskase petahuj, co mi ekne, abyszskala vc ne tvoje sestry? Mluv!

CORDELIE Neeknu, ote, nic.LEAR Nic? 90

CORDELIE Nic.LEAR Z nieho nen nic. Tak to zkus znova.

CORDELIE J neastn bohuel neummmt srdce na jazyku. Miluji vstak, jak se pat. Nic m, a nic vc. 95

LEAR Cordelie! ekni to trochu lp,nebo si ukod.

CORDELIE Mj drah ote,

dal jste mi ivot, vchovu a lsku.Mou povinnost je vm vechno splatit:poslouchat vs a milovat a ctt. 100

Jestli m sestry miluj jen vs,pro maj mue? A se jednou vdm,polovinu sv lsky, oddanostia pe chci dt svmu manelovi.Ne jako sestry, je i po svatb 105miluj dle pouze svho otce.

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Be this perpetual. What says our second daughter,Our dearest Regan, wife to Cornwall? Speak.

REGAN Sir, I am madeOf the self-same metal that my sister is, 70And prize me at her worth. In my true heartI find she names my very deed of love;Only she comes too short: that I professMyself an enemy to all other joys,

Which the most precious square of sense possesses; 75And find I am alone felicitateIn your dear highness love.

CORDELIA (Aside) Then poor Cordelia!And yet not so; since, I am sure, my lovesMore richer than my tongue. 80

KING LEAR To thee and thine hereditary everRemain this ample third of our fair kingdom;No less in space, validity, and pleasure,Than that conferred on Goneril. Now, our joy,Although the last, not least; to whose young love 85The vines of France and milk of BurgundyStrive to be interessed; what can you say to drawA third more opulent than your sisters? Speak.

CORDELIA Nothing, my lord.KING LEAR Nothing? 90CORDELIA Nothing.KING LEAR Nothing will come of nothing. Speak again.CORDELIA Unhappy that I am, I cannot heave

My heart into my mouth. I love your majestyAccording to my bond; nor more nor less. 95

KING LEAR How, how, Cordelia! mend your speech a little,Lest it may mar your fortunes.

CORDELIA Good my lord,

You have begot me, bred me, loved me. IReturn those duties back as are right fit,Obey you, love you, and most honour you. 100Why have my sisters husbands, if they sayThey love you all? Haply, when I shall wed,That lord whose hand must take my plight shall carryHalf my love with him, half my care and duty.Sure, I shall never marry like my sisters, 105To love my father all.


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LEAR To k ze srdce?CORDELIE Ano.

LEAR Tak mlad a tak chladn?CORDELIE Mlad a upmn.

LEAR Pak za vno mj svoji upmnost. 110Pi svat zi slunce na nebi,pi tajnch spdech, jimi vldne noc,

pi hvzdnch drahch, kter uruj,zda budeme i nebudeme t,tady a te se tmto odkm 115otcovsk pe a pokrevnch poutk tob, je bude mn i mmu srdciodte a navdy ciz. Kad barbar,i kanibal, co spravuje si chumasem svch vlastnch rodi, mi bude 120te bli, milej a vtanjne ty, m druhdy dcera.

KENT Velienstvo LEAR Ml, Kente!

Jdi z cesty soptcmu drakovi.

Miloval jsem ji nejvc, chtl jsem u n 125strvit sv st.(Ke Cordelii) Zmiz mi z o! Pry!

A v hrob zapomenu, e jsem sezekl sv dcerky! A sem pijde Francouz!A Burgunan! Tak hnte sebou!

(Ke Cornwallovi a Albanymu) Pni,k vnu dvou dcer si vemte tet vno. 130

J zbude pcha, kter k pmost.Vy pevezmete mj krlovsk ad,mou vnost i vekerou druinu,co pat ke dvoru. J stdavse stovkou ryt mn danou k slubm 135

pobvat budu s vam dovolenmvdy msc u vs a pak zase u vs.Nechm si pouze est a titul krle.Vm, draz zeov, pedvm vldu,krlovskou pokladnu i korunku, 140o ni se podlte. (Odevzd jim korunku)

KENT Vzneen Leare,jeho jsem vdycky ctil co svho krle,jak otce miloval, za nj se bil

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KING LEAR But goes thy heart with this?CORDELIA Ay, good my lord.KING LEAR So young, and so untender?CORDELIA So young, my lord, and true.KING LEAR Let it be so; thy truth, then, be thy dower. 110

For, by the sacred radiance of the sun,The mysteries of Hecate, and the night;

By all the operation of the orbsFrom whom we do exist, and cease to be;Here I disclaim all my paternal care, 115Propinquity and property of blood,And as a stranger to my heart and meHold thee, from this, for ever. The barbarous Scythian,Or he that makes his generation messesTo gorge his appetite, shall to my bosom 120Be as well neighboured, pitied, and relieved,As thou my sometime daughter.

KENT Good my liege KING LEAR Peace, Kent!

Come not between the dragon and his wrath.

I loved her most, and thought to set my rest 125On her kind nursery.(To Cordelia) Hence, and avoid my sight!

So be my grave my peace, as here I giveHer fathers heart from her! Call France; who stirs?Call Burgundy.

Cornwall and Albany,With my two daughters dowers digest this third. 130Let pride, which she calls plainness, marry her.I do invest you jointly with my power,Pre-eminence, and all the large effectsThat troop with majesty. Ourself, by monthly course,With reservation of an hundred knights, 135

By you to be sustained, shall our abodeMake with you by due turns. Only we still retainThe name, and all the addition to a king;The sway, revenue, execution of the rest,Beloved sons, be yours, which to confirm, 140This coronet part betwixt you. (Giving the coronet)

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a k nmu vyslal sv modlitby LEAR Luk u je napjat, dvej pozor na p. 145

KENT A vylet a prostel mi srdce.Kent nedb na zpsoby, kdy krl blzn.Do eho se to pout, stare? Mmmlet, kdy vidm, jak se skln mocped pokrytectvm?

est mi vel mluvit, 150kdy krl se pomtl. Ponech si vldu.Dobe si vechno rozva, nejednejtak stran zbrkle. Vsadm krk, e tnejmlad dcera nemiluje nejm.

Jak znmo, nejvc dun przdn sud, 155ne prav cit.

LEAR Je-li ti ivot mil KENT O ivot nemm strach. Byl mi vdy k tomu,

abych ho kvli tob dval vancproti tvm neptelm.

LEAR Jdi mi z o!KENT Prohldni, Leare! Dovol, abych byl 160

tm, kdo ti oi oteve.LEAR Bohov!

KENT Krli, bohy nevzvej!V tomhle ti nepomou.

LEAR Drz chlape!Chop se mee.

ALBANY,CORNWALL Pestate, pane!

KENT No tak, do toho!Zab doktora a krut chorob 165odevzdej dlunou da. Zastav svou zkzu!

Jinak ti budu, co mi sta dech,

kat, e dl patn.LEAR Zrdce, ml!

A poslouchej, co k ti tvj krl.Za to, e nut m vzt zpt m slovo, 170co bychom nikdy neudlali,a drze vmuje se do mch vc,co se nm p a co nelze strpt,t z moci krle takto trestme.

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As my great patron thought on in my prayers KING LEAR The bow is bent and drawn, make from the shaft. 145

KENT Let it fall rather, though the fork invadeThe region of my heart. Be Kent unmannerly,When Lear is mad. What wilt thou do, old man?Thinkst thou that duty shall have dread to speak,When power to flattery bows?

To plainness honours bound, 150When majesty stoops to folly. Reserve thy state;And, in thy best consideration, chequeThis hideous rashness. Answer my life my judgment,Thy youngest daughter does not love thee least;Nor are those empty-hearted whose low sounds 155Reverb no hollowness.

KING LEAR Kent, on thy life, no more.KENT My life I never held but as a pawn

To wage against thy enemies; nor fear to lose it,Thy safety being the motive.

KING LEAR Out of my sight!KENT See better, Lear; and let me still remain 160

The true blank of thine eye.KING LEAR Now, by Apollo

KENT Now, by Apollo, king,Thou swearst thy gods in vain.

KING LEAR O, vassal! Miscreant!Laying his hand on his sword.

ALBANY,CORNWALL Dear sir, forbear.

KENT Do.Kill thy physician, and the fee bestow 165Upon thy foul disease. Revoke thy doom;Or, whilst I can vent clamour from my throat,

Ill tell thee thou dost evil.KING LEAR Hear me, recreant!

On thine allegiance, hear me!Since thou hast sought to make us break our vow, 170Which we durst never yet, and with strained prideTo come between our sentence and our power,Which nor our nature nor our place can bear,Our potency made good, take thy reward.


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M pt dn na to, aby vybavil ses 175proti vem nstrahm a strznm svta,est den mus mmu krlovstvukzat zda. Pokud najdou tdeset dn nato na mm zem,

jsi synem smrti. Pry! Pi nebesch, 180m rozhodnut nikdo nezvrt.

KENT Sbohem. Kdy nesvoboda vldne v zemi,

domov je venku, doma vyhotn.(Ke Cordelii)K bohov t chrn, Cordelie,kdo pravdu k, pravdiv i ije! 185(K Regan a Goneril)

K k vaim lskyplnm vyznnmse od slov ke slovu dostane in.Loum se, panstvo, opoutm svou zem,ale i jinde budu tm, kdo jsem.Odejde.

Fanfra. Vystoup Gloster, Krl Francie, Vvoda burgundska slouc.

GLOSTER Vzneen cizinci jsou tady, Sire. 190LEAR Vvodo burgundsk, jen soupete

zde s tmto krlem o ruku m dcery,vs prvnho se ptm, s jak malm vnembyste byl ochoten se spokojita vzt si ji?

VVODA BUR. Krlovsk Velienstvo, 195nedm o nic m a o nic vc,ne co jste slbil.

LEAR Drah vvodo,kdy jsem to slbil, byla mi moc drah,te ale klesla v cen. Tady je.Chodc pravda! Jestli se vm lb 200

a chcete ji, i kdy si ode mneodnese nic vc ne nelibost,je, pane, vae.

VVODA BUR. Co na to mm ct?LEAR Jestli tu nmi zavrenou slenu,

kter m vnem ode m jen kletbu 205a nenvist a nikde zastn,berete, nebo ne?

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Five days we do allot thee, for provision 175To shield thee from disasters of the world;And on the sixth to turn thy hated backUpon our kingdom. If, on the tenth day following,Thy banished trunk be found in our dominions,The moment is thy death. Away! by Jupiter, 180This shall not be revoked.

KENT Fare thee well, king. Sith thus thou wilt appear,

Freedom lives hence, and banishment is here.(To Cordelia)The gods to their dear shelter take thee, maid,That justly thinkst, and hast most rightly said! 185(To Regan and Goneril)

And your large speeches may your deeds approve,That good effects may spring from words of love.Thus Kent, O princes, bids you all adieu;Hell shape his old course in a country new.Exit.

Flourish. Enter Gloucester, with King of France, Burgundy,and attendants.

GLOUCESTER Heres France and Burgundy, my noble lord. 190KING LEAR My lord of Burgundy.

We first address towards you, who with this kingHath rivalled for our daughter. What, in the least,Will you require in present dower with her,Or cease your quest of love?

BURGUNDY Most royal majesty, 195I crave no more than what your highness offered,Nor will you tender less.

KING LEAR Right noble Burgundy,When she was dear to us, we did hold her so;But now her price is falln. Sir, there she stands.If aught within that little-seeming substance, 200

Or all of it, with our displeasure pieced,And nothing more, may fitly like your grace,Shes there, and she is yours.

BURGUNDY I know no answer.KING LEAR Will you, with those infirmities she owes,

Unfriended, new-adopted to our hate, 205Dowered with our curse, and strangered with our oath,Take her, or leave her?


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VVODA BUR. Promite, Sire,ale tak pece volit nemohu.

LEAR Pak na ni zapomete, jin vnoode m nedostane.(Ke Krli Francie) Vzcn krli, 210vm bych se zdrhal dohazovat tu,kterou sm nenvidm. Proto, prosm,hledejte jinde lep nevstu

ne tuhle stvru, za kterou i vlastnse mus stydt.KRL FRANC. Je dost podivn, 215

e ta, je ped chvl vm byla vm,tchou ve st, radost, pchou,spchala v miku zloin, kter byltak hrozn, e z n rzem strhl rouchonejdra dcerky a odhalil stvru. 220Bu jste si lsku k n jen nalhval,nebo byl jej in tak zvrcen,e se to p mmu rozumu,a mohl by m o tom pesvdit

jedin zzrak.

CORDELIE Sire, vad vm 225na mn, e neumm se slovy lsata radi jednm, neli slibuji.Piznejte ale, prosm, e jsem seve va nemilosti neocitlapro dnou patnost, nepoctivost, nectnost, 230e nejsem vraedkyn ani lhka,

jen e mi chyb to, o nestojm:vypotavost a dar lichotit.

Jsem rda, e to nemm, i kdy vym proto mte nerad.

LEAR Byl bych radi, 235abys nebyla, neli abys byla,

jak jsi.KRL FRANC. A to vm vad? e jen z ostychu

se zdrh vytrubovat do svta,co ct? Drah pane vvodo,co slen eknete? Lska je lska 240a neme se nikdy ohletna vci kolem. Vezmete si ji?Ona sama je vno.

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BURGUNDY Pardon me, royal sir;Election makes not up on such conditions.

KING LEAR Then leave her, sir; for, by the power that made me,I tell you all her wealth.(To King of France) For you, great king, 210I would not from your love make such a stray,To match you where I hate; therefore beseech youTo avert your liking a more worthier way

Than on a wretch whom nature is ashamedAlmost to acknowledge hers.KING OF FR. This is most strange, 215

That she, that even but now was your best object,The argument of your praise, balm of your age,Most best, most dearest, should in this trice of timeCommit a thing so monstrous, to dismantleSo many folds of favour. Sure, her offence 220Must be of such unnatural degree,That monsters it, or your fore-vouched affectionFall into taint, which to believe of her,Must be a faith that reason without miracleCould never plant in me.

CORDELIA I yet beseech your majesty, 225If for I want that glib and oily art,To speak and purpose not; since what I well intend,Ill dot before I speak, that you make knownIt is no vicious blot, murder, or foulness,No unchaste action, or dishonoured step, 230That hath deprived me of your grace and favour;But even for want of that for which I am richer,A still-soliciting eye, and such a tongueAs I am glad I have not, though not to have itHath lost me in your liking.

KING LEAR Better thou 235Hadst not been born than not to have pleased me

better.KING OF FR. Is it but this a tardiness in nature

Which often leaves the history unspokeThat it intends to do? My lord of Burgundy,What say you to the lady? Loves not love 240When it is mingled with regards that standAloof from the entire point. Will you have her?She is herself a dowry.


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VVODA BUR. Krli Leare,kdy dte Cordelii, co jste slbil,

j budu ochoten z n udlat 245burgundskou vvodkyni.

LEAR Nic nedm. Trvm na svm. Jak jsem ek.VVODA BUR. Pak je mi lto, ale ztratila jste

s otcem i mue.

CORDELIE Sbohem, Burgundsko!Tomu, kdo lsku m bohatstvm, 250j manelkou bt nechci.

KRL FRANC. Ty nejbohat ve sv chudob!M nejmilej nemilovan!Smm-li si po prvu vzt zavrenou,pak sta se, ctnostn krsko, moj enou. 255Ct-li oni k tob nenvist,tm vc jsem si j lskou k tob jist.Krli, vz, e z tv dcery bez vnabude m cho, francouzsk krlovna.Za cel Burgundsko bych neprodal 260tak vzcn poklad, jeho jste se vzdal.Rozlu se, Cordelie, ekni jim,e pro n patn jde te za lepm.

LEAR Ztratil jsem dceru. Francouzi, je tv.A mi jde z o, kdy je takov! 265

Jdte a odvete si svoji panbez na lsky, bez poehnn. Pojme, vvodo.Fanfra. Odejdou vichni krom Krle Francie, Goneril, Regana Cordelie.

KRL FRANC. Dej sbohem svm sestrm.CORDELIE Otcovy perly, rozloum se s vmi 270

bez ple, protoe vm, co jste za,vak jako seste pilo by se mi

to pojmenovat. Bute k otci vldn.Svm ho va pislben pi.Kdyby m ale nepestal mt rd, 275lp bych se o nj chtla postarat.Tak na shledanou.

REGAN Ns nepouuj!GONERIL Hle si manela!

S tebou moc velk tst nevyhrl.

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BURGUNDY Royal Lear,Give but that portion which yourself proposed,And here I take Cordelia by the hand, 245Duchess of Burgundy.

KING LEAR Nothing. I have sworn; I am firm.BURGUNDY I am sorry, then, you have so lost a father

That you must lose a husband.

CORDELIA Peace be with Burgundy!Since that respects of fortune are his love, 250I shall not be his wife.

KING OF FR. Fairest Cordelia, that art most rich, being poor;Most choice, forsaken; and most loved, despised!Thee and thy virtues here I seize upon.Be it lawful I take up whats cast away. 255Gods, gods! Tis strange that from their coldst neglectMy love should kindle to inflamed respect.Thy dowerless daughter, king, thrown to my chance,Is queen of us, of ours, and our fair France.Not all the dukes of waterish Burgundy 260Can buy this unprized precious maid of me.Bid them farewell, Cordelia, though unkind,Thou losest here, a better where to find.

KING LEAR Thou hast her, France. Let her be thine; for weHave no such daughter, nor shall ever see 265That face of hers again. Therefore be goneWithout our grace, our love, our benison. Come, noble Burgundy.Flourish. Exeunt all but King of France, Goneril, Regan,and Cordelia.

KING OF FR. Bid farewell to your sisters.CORDELIA The jewels of our father, with washed eyes 270

Cordelia leaves you. I know you what you are;And like a sister am most loath to call

Your faults as they are named. Use well our father.To your professed bosoms I commit himBut yet, alas, stood I within his grace, 275I would prefer him to a better place.So, farewell to you both.

REGAN Prescribe not us our duties.GONERIL Let your study

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Od eny, kter otce nev si, 280jej mu asto prav peklo zkus.

CORDELIE Jste okliv a as to odhal,e jste se hezk jenom dlaly.A se vm da!

KRL FRANC. Pojme, Cordelie.Odejdou Krl Francie a Cordelie.

GONERIL Sestro, musme se poradit o nem, co se 285tk ns obou. Podle veho otec dnes veerodjd.

REGAN Jist. Jede k vm. A pt msc bude zase u ns.GONERIL Je ke stru hrozn nladov. Vak se te

ukzal. Sestru mval z ns t vdycky nejradi, 290a najednou ji takhle bezdvodn zapud.To je pece neslchan.

REGAN Co bys od nho ekala? V jeho vku? Ale on senikdy neuml ovldat.

GONERIL I v nejlepch letech bval stran 295nevypoitateln. A bude to m dl hor.Ty jeho zlozvyky se jenom prohloub.m bude star, tm bude zarputilej, vztekleja nesnesitelnj.

REGAN To vyhotn Kenta byla otesn zleitost. 300A takovch patli si jet uijeme.

GONERIL Ten rozkol s francouzskm krlem bude mt jistdohru. Nememe ho takhle nechat. Jestli budechtt do veho strkat nos tmhle zpsobem, pakto pedn vldy byla jenom blam. 305

REGAN Musme to promyslet.GONERIL A co nejrychleji nco udlat.

Odejdou.

SCNA 2.NA HRAD HRAB TE Z GLOSTRU.

Vystoup Edmund s dopisem.

EDMUND Prodo, k tob modlm se, jen tobsloum. Tak pro bych se ml podizovat

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At fortunes alms. You have obedience scanted, 280And well are worth the want that you have wanted.

CORDELIA Time shall unfold what plaited cunning hides.Who cover faults, at last shame them derides.Well may you prosper!

KING OF FR. Come, my fair Cordelia.Exeunt King of France and Cordelia.

GONERIL Sister, it is not a little I have to say of what 285most nearly appertains to us both. I think ourfather will hence to-night.

REGAN Thats most certain, and with you; next month with us.GONERIL You see how full of changes his age is; the observation

we have made of it hath not been little. He always 290loved our sister most; and with what poor judgmenthe hath now cast her off appears too grossly.

REGAN Tis the infirmity of his age. Yet he hath everbut slenderly known himself.

GONERIL The best and soundest of his time hath been but 295rash; then must we look to receive from his age,not alone the imperfections of long-engraffedcondition, but therewithal the unruly waywardnessthat infirm and choleric years bring with them.

REGAN Such unconstant starts are we like to have from 300him as this of Kents banishment.

GONERIL There is further compliment of leavetaking betweenFrance and him. Pray you, lets hit together. If ourfather carry authority with such dispositions as hebears, this last surrender of his will but offend us. 305

REGAN We shall further think ont.GONERIL We must do something, and i the heat.

Exeunt.

SCENE 2.THE EARL OF GLOUCESTERS CASTLE.

Enter Edmund, with a letter.

EDMUND Thou, nature, art my goddess; to thy lawMy services are bound. Wherefore should I

král lear / king lear

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