TransbliterationsShakespeare's Sonnets, rewritten

Part V. Rebelling

Give in to Love, Faster than Time Flies

Shakespeare's Sonnet C → Transbliterated (125)

Shakespeare

Where art thou Muse that thou forget’st so long,
To speak of that which gives thee all thy might?
Spend’st thou thy fury on some worthless song,
Darkening thy power to lend base subjects light?
Return forgetful Muse, and straight redeem,
In gentle numbers time so idly spent;
Sing to the ear that doth thy lays esteem
And gives thy pen both skill and argument.
Rise, resty Muse, my love’s sweet face survey,
If Time have any wrinkle graven there;
If any, be a satire to decay,
And make time’s spoils despised every where.
    Give my love fame faster than Time wastes life,
    So thou prevent’st his scythe and crooked knife.

Transbliteration

Come my love
Tempt me
	To forget my weakness
	To sing without shame
	To leap past my shadow

Turn and see me
Align your spine with Time
	Spend it with me
	And save everything

Sing to my grateful ear
Write with skill
	To enforce my argument

	My restless love
Arise
Survey all that is sweet
Sculpt Time
	Lest it wrinkle you

	If anything
Play a joke

Laugh
	As Time spoils all else
And give in to Love
	Faster
		Than Time flies
		And Death swings its sword
Measured against the sonnet and its Spanish

How this poem's lines relate to Shakespeare's Sonnet C and to the Google Translate Spanish it was written from. Counts are made by script, and each line's label comes from an AI judge. Sentences in italics are Claude's reading, not the poet's. How it was measured →

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From the Spanish
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The poem walks through the sonnet in order but turns the scolding of an absent Muse into a lover's invitation, keeping Shakespeare's race against Time and his scythe. The Spanish supplied Tempt from tiempo, the spine from recta, and Sculpt from escultura.

The sonnet
The poet scolds his absent Muse for wasting itself on worthless songs and urges it to return and immortalize the beloved, mocking Time's decay before Time's scythe can strike.
Argument kept
2 of 4
Feeling
the Muse ±0 → the beloved +2 (redirected)
Spoken to
the Muse → the beloved
Translation
adequacy 1.5 · fluency 0.9 · chrF 53. Only the address to the Muse and a few images such as the scythe survive; the call to redeem wasted time and the plea for fame are lost. Untranslated verbs, infinitives for commands and "doth" turned into ¿Acaso leave most lines unreadable.
Judge
medium confidence · reworked borrowing

lift 0.31 aligned 64% (chance 11%) order 0.90 verbatim 4% Spanish look-alikes 4% (chance 2%)left in English 5%

Sonnet C, with its Spanish

  1. S1Where art thou Muse that thou forget'st so long, ¿Dónde estás, Musa, que tanto tiempo has forget'st adequacy 2 · fluency 1 · untranslated · grammar
  2. S2To speak of that which gives thee all thy might? Para hablar de lo que te da todas tus fuerzas? adequacy 3 · fluency 3 · grammar
  3. S3Spend'st thou thy fury on some worthless song, Spend'st eres tu furia en una canción sin valor, adequacy 1 · fluency 1 · untranslated · grammar
  4. S4Darkening thy power to lend base subjects light? Oscurecimiento tu poder para dar luz base de materias? adequacy 1 · fluency 1 · wrong sense · grammar
  5. S5Return forgetful Muse, and straight redeem, Volver, olvidando Muse, y canjear recta adequacy 1 · fluency 0 · untranslated · wrong sense · grammar
  6. S6In gentle numbers time so idly spent; Con el tiempo los números tan suave sin hacer nada pasó; adequacy 1 · fluency 0 · archaic misread · wrong sense · grammar
  7. S7Sing to the ear that doth thy lays esteem Cantad al oído que tu amor ¿Acaso establece adequacy 1 · fluency 0 · archaic misread · wrong sense · grammar
  8. S8And gives thy pen both skill and argument. Y da tu pluma tanto la habilidad y el argumento. adequacy 3 · fluency 2 · grammar
  9. S9Rise, resty Muse, my love's sweet face survey, Levántate, Resty Muse, encuesta mi amor dulce rostro, adequacy 1 · fluency 1 · untranslated · wrong sense · grammar
  10. S10If Time have any wrinkle graven there; Si tiene alguna escultura Tiempo arrugas en él; adequacy 1 · fluency 0 · wrong sense · grammar
  11. S11If any, be a satire to decay, Si alguno, ser una sátira a la descomposición, adequacy 2 · fluency 1 · grammar
  12. S12And make time's spoils despised every where. Y hacer botín Time despreciado en todas partes. adequacy 2 · fluency 1 · untranslated · grammar
  13. S13Give my love fame faster than Time wastes life, Dar amor mi fama más rápido que una pérdida de tiempo la vida; adequacy 1 · fluency 0 · role swap · wrong sense · grammar
  14. S14So thou prevent'st his scythe and crooked knife. Así que te prevent'st su guadaña y un cuchillo torcido. adequacy 1 · fluency 1 · untranslated · grammar

Transbliteration

  1. P1Come my love S1 · transformed — summons to the absent Muse now calls a lover
  2. P2Tempt me T1 · spanish-echo · via sound «tanto tiempo» — tiempo heard as tempt
  3. P3To forget my weakness S1,2 · inverted · via untranslated «forget'st» — might turned to weakness; forgetting sought, not blamed
  4. P4To sing without shame S3 · spanish-echo · via cognate «canción sin valor» — sin read as English sin, hence shame
  5. P5To leap past my shadow S4 · transformed
  6. P6Turn and see me S5 · modernized
  7. P7Align your spine with Time S5,6 · spanish-echo · via mistranslation «canjear recta / Con el tiempo» — straight (at once) became recta, a straight line: the spine
  8. P8Spend it with me S6 · transformed
  9. P9And save everything S5 · transformed
  10. P10Sing to my grateful ear S7 · verbatim
  11. P11Write with skill S8 · transformed
  12. P12To enforce my argument S8 · transformed
  13. P13My restless love S9 · inverted · via untranslated «Resty Muse» — resty, sluggish, becomes restless
  14. P14Arise S9 · modernized
  15. P15Survey all that is sweet S9 · transformed
  16. P16Sculpt Time S10 · inverted · via cognate «escultura Tiempo» — Time no longer carves the beloved; the beloved sculpts Time
  17. P17Lest it wrinkle you S10 · transformed
  18. P18If anything S11 · modernized
  19. P19Play a joke S11 · transformed
  20. P20Laugh S12 · transformed
  21. P21As Time spoils all else S12 · transformed — spoils as plunder becomes spoils as ruins
  22. P22And give in to Love S13 · transformed
  23. P23Faster S13 · modernized
  24. P24Than Time flies S13 · transformed
  25. P25And Death swings its sword S14 · transformed

Inversions

  • otherS1,2 → P3brighter “forget'st so long, / To speak of that which gives thee all thy might” “To forget my weakness”
  • otherS9 → P13brighter “resty Muse” “My restless love”
  • permanence-decayS10 → P16brighter “If Time have any wrinkle graven there” “Sculpt Time”

Through the Spanish

  • soundT1 → P2 «tanto tiempo» “Tempt me”
  • untranslatedT1 → P3 «forget'st» “To forget my weakness”
  • cognateT3 → P4 «canción sin valor» “To sing without shame”
  • mistranslationT5,6 → P7 «canjear recta / Con el tiempo» “Align your spine with Time”
  • untranslatedT9 → P13 «Resty Muse» “My restless love”
  • cognateT10 → P16 «escultura Tiempo» “Sculpt Time”

Where the translation failed

  • T13 “Give my love fame faster than Time wastes life” → «Dar amor mi fama más rápido que una pérdida de tiempo la vida» Giving the beloved fame is turned around, and Time wasting life becomes the idiom for a waste of time.
  • T7 “Sing to the ear that doth thy lays esteem” → «tu amor ¿Acaso establece» The auxiliary "doth" becomes an interrogative, and the ear that values the songs vanishes.
  • T14 “So thou prevent'st his scythe and crooked knife” → «Así que te prevent'st su guadaña y un cuchillo torcido» The key verb stays in English, so the couplet no longer says the Muse forestalls Time.

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The reading, over an interpolation walk through this rendering's own images: each sculpture arrives on the last word of the lines it answers.

The poem, line by line

Come my love
Tempt me
	To forget my weakness
Sculpture for: Come my love / Tempt me / To forget my weakness
How this image was made
Triggering line
Come My love Tempt me To forget My weakness
Seed
1688982385 · 4 steps
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Art period Excessivism Cubism
Adjectives flickering light source paradoxical, twinkling or flickering of light, animistic, fragmented, beautiful, vast
Background deCordova Sculpture Park Blue Ridge Mountains in the distance
Adverbs transfinite numbers, perpetual motion machine, shimmering experimental phenomenon, lovecraftian, interaction waves, abstract thought, gravitational mass, gaussian distribution, möbius resistor, in the face of adversity, Contemplative mood
Image qualities shot with a Hasselblad camera, Leica Summilux-C Prime Lenses., glowing scene Anscochrome, exquisite details, 35mm, sharp edges, national geographic, fixed-focus
Shape sculpture garden sculpture garden
Material steel
Time of day afternoon 
	To sing without shame
	To leap past my shadow
Sculpture for: To sing without shame / To leap past my shadow
How this image was made
Triggering line
My love Tempt me To sing Without shame To leap Past my implied shadow
Seed
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Art period Excessivism Cubism
Adjectives flickering light source paradoxical, twinkling or flickering of light, animistic, fragmented, beautiful, vast
Background deCordova Sculpture Park Blue Ridge Mountains in the distance
Adverbs transfinite numbers, perpetual motion machine, shimmering experimental phenomenon, lovecraftian, interaction waves, abstract thought, gravitational mass, gaussian distribution, möbius resistor, in the face of adversity, Contemplative mood
Image qualities shot with a Hasselblad camera, Leica Summilux-C Prime Lenses., glowing scene Anscochrome, exquisite details, 35mm, sharp edges, national geographic, fixed-focus
Shape sculpture garden sculpture garden
Material steel
Time of day afternoon 
Turn and see me
Align your spine with Time
Sculpture for: Turn and see me / Align your spine with Time
How this image was made
Triggering line
My love Turn See me Align your spine with Time
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Background deCordova Sculpture Park Blue Ridge Mountains in the distance
Adverbs transfinite numbers, perpetual motion machine, shimmering experimental phenomenon, lovecraftian, interaction waves, abstract thought, gravitational mass, gaussian distribution, möbius resistor, in the face of adversity, Contemplative mood
Image qualities shot with a Hasselblad camera, Leica Summilux-C Prime Lenses., glowing scene Anscochrome, exquisite details, 35mm, sharp edges, national geographic, fixed-focus
Shape sculpture garden sculpture garden
Material steel
Time of day afternoon 
	Spend it with me
	And save everything
Sculpture for: Spend it with me / And save everything
How this image was made
Triggering line
My love Spend Time with me And save everything
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1688982385 · 4 steps
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Background deCordova Sculpture Park Blue Ridge Mountains in the distance
Adverbs transfinite numbers, perpetual motion machine, shimmering experimental phenomenon, lovecraftian, interaction waves, abstract thought, gravitational mass, gaussian distribution, möbius resistor, in the face of adversity, Contemplative mood
Image qualities shot with a Hasselblad camera, Leica Summilux-C Prime Lenses., glowing scene Anscochrome, exquisite details, 35mm, sharp edges, national geographic, fixed-focus
Shape sculpture garden sculpture garden
Material steel
Time of day afternoon 
Sing to my grateful ear
Write with skill
	To enforce my argument
Sculpture for: Sing to my grateful ear / Write with skill / To enforce my argument
How this image was made
Triggering line
My love Sing To my grateful stylized ear Write With skill To enforce my argument
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Background deCordova Sculpture Park Blue Ridge Mountains in the distance
Adverbs transfinite numbers, perpetual motion machine, shimmering experimental phenomenon, lovecraftian, interaction waves, abstract thought, gravitational mass, gaussian distribution, möbius resistor, in the face of adversity, Contemplative mood
Image qualities shot with a Hasselblad camera, Leica Summilux-C Prime Lenses., glowing scene Anscochrome, exquisite details, 35mm, sharp edges, national geographic, fixed-focus
Shape sculpture garden sculpture garden
Material steel
Time of day afternoon 
	My restless love
Arise
Survey all that is sweet
Sculpture for: My restless love / Arise / Survey all that is sweet
How this image was made
Triggering line
Arise My restless love Survey All that is sweet
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Background deCordova Sculpture Park Blue Ridge Mountains in the distance
Adverbs transfinite numbers, perpetual motion machine, shimmering experimental phenomenon, lovecraftian, interaction waves, abstract thought, gravitational mass, gaussian distribution, möbius resistor, in the face of adversity, Contemplative mood
Image qualities shot with a Hasselblad camera, Leica Summilux-C Prime Lenses., glowing scene Anscochrome, exquisite details, 35mm, sharp edges, national geographic, fixed-focus
Shape sculpture garden sculpture garden
Material steel
Time of day afternoon 
Sculpt Time
	Lest it wrinkle you
Sculpture for: Sculpt Time / Lest it wrinkle you
How this image was made
Triggering line
My love Sculpt Time Lest it wrinkle you
Seed
1688982385 · 4 steps
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Art period Excessivism Cubism
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Background deCordova Sculpture Park Blue Ridge Mountains in the distance
Adverbs transfinite numbers, perpetual motion machine, shimmering experimental phenomenon, lovecraftian, interaction waves, abstract thought, gravitational mass, gaussian distribution, möbius resistor, in the face of adversity, Contemplative mood
Image qualities shot with a Hasselblad camera, Leica Summilux-C Prime Lenses., glowing scene Anscochrome, exquisite details, 35mm, sharp edges, national geographic, fixed-focus
Shape sculpture garden sculpture garden
Material steel
Time of day afternoon 
	If anything
Play a joke
Laugh
	As Time spoils all else
Sculpture for: If anything / Play a joke / Laugh / As Time spoils all else
How this image was made
Triggering line
My love If anything Play a joke Laugh As Time spoils All else
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1688982385 · 4 steps
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  • anchor prompt adds "my love"
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Art period Excessivism Cubism
Adjectives flickering light source paradoxical, twinkling or flickering of light, animistic, fragmented, beautiful, vast
Background deCordova Sculpture Park Blue Ridge Mountains in the distance
Adverbs transfinite numbers, perpetual motion machine, shimmering experimental phenomenon, lovecraftian, interaction waves, abstract thought, gravitational mass, gaussian distribution, möbius resistor, in the face of adversity, Contemplative mood
Image qualities shot with a Hasselblad camera, Leica Summilux-C Prime Lenses., glowing scene Anscochrome, exquisite details, 35mm, sharp edges, national geographic, fixed-focus
Shape sculpture garden sculpture garden
Material steel
Time of day afternoon 
And give in to Love
	Faster
		Than Time flies
Sculpture for: And give in to Love / Faster / Than Time flies
How this image was made
Triggering line
My love And give in to Love Faster Than Time flies
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1688982385 · 4 steps
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  • anchor prompt adds "my love"
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Art period Excessivism Cubism
Adjectives flickering light source paradoxical, twinkling or flickering of light, animistic, fragmented, beautiful, vast
Background deCordova Sculpture Park Blue Ridge Mountains in the distance
Adverbs transfinite numbers, perpetual motion machine, shimmering experimental phenomenon, lovecraftian, interaction waves, abstract thought, gravitational mass, gaussian distribution, möbius resistor, in the face of adversity, Contemplative mood
Image qualities shot with a Hasselblad camera, Leica Summilux-C Prime Lenses., glowing scene Anscochrome, exquisite details, 35mm, sharp edges, national geographic, fixed-focus
Shape sculpture garden sculpture garden
Material steel
Time of day afternoon 
		And Death swings its sword

Written, not yet carved.

Sculptures

From line 1: “Come My love Tempt me To forget My weakness”
From line 2: “My love Tempt me To sing Without shame To leap Past my implied shadow”
From line 3: “My love Turn See me Align your spine with Time”
From line 4: “My love Spend Time with me And save everything”
From line 5: “My love Sing To my grateful stylized ear Write With skill To enforce my argument”
From line 6: “Arise My restless love Survey All that is sweet”
From line 7: “My love Sculpt Time Lest it wrinkle you”
From line 8: “My love If anything Play a joke Laugh As Time spoils All else”
From line 9: “My love And give in to Love Faster Than Time flies”