As You Like It, Act 5, Scene 3

Touchstone

Tomorrow is the joyful day, Audrey, tomorrow will we be married.

Tomorrow is the happy day, Audrey. Tomorrow we'll be married.

Audrey

I do desire it with all my heart; and I hope it is no dishonest desire to desire to be a woman of the world.

I want it with all my heart, and I hope there's nothing shameful about wanting to be a married woman.

First Page

Well met, honest gentleman.

Good to see you, worthy gentleman.

Touchstone

By my troth, well met. Come sit, sit, and a song.

Indeed, good to see you. Come, sit down, sit down, and give us a song.

Second Page

We are for you, sit i’ th’ middle.

We're at your service. Sit in the middle.

First Page

Shall we clap into’t roundly, without hawking or spitting or saying we are hoarse, which are the only prologues to a bad voice?

Shall we jump right in, without clearing our throats or spitting or saying we're hoarse, which are the only introductions a bad voice needs?

Second Page

I’faith, i’faith, and both in a tune like two gipsies on a horse.

Yes, indeed, and both on the same tune, like two Gypsies riding one horse.

Pages (sing)

It was a lover and his lass,With a hey, and a ho, and a hey nonino,That o’er the green cornfield did passIn the spring-time, the only pretty ring time,When birds do sing, hey ding a ding, ding.Sweet lovers love the spring.Between the acres of the rye,With a hey, and a ho, and a hey nonino,These pretty country folks would lie,In the spring-time, the only pretty ring time,When birds do sing, hey ding a ding, ding.Sweet lovers love the spring.This carol they began that hour,With a hey, and a ho, and a hey nonino,How that a life was but a flower,In the spring-time, the only pretty ring time,When birds do sing, hey ding a ding, ding.Sweet lovers love the spring.And therefore take the present time,With a hey, and a ho, and a hey nonino,For love is crowned with the prime,In the spring-time, the only pretty ring time,When birds do sing, hey ding a ding, ding.Sweet lovers love the spring.

A lover and his girl
With a hey, and a ho, and a hey nonino,
Walked across the green grain field
In spring, the lovely season for wedding rings,
When birds sing, hey ding a ding, ding.
Sweet lovers love the spring.
Between the fields of rye,
With a hey, and a ho, and a hey nonino,
These lovely country people would lie down,
In spring, the lovely season for wedding rings,
When birds sing, hey ding a ding, ding.
Sweet lovers love the spring.
They began this song that hour,
With a hey, and a ho, and a hey nonino,
About how life is only a flower,
In spring, the lovely season for wedding rings,
When birds sing, hey ding a ding, ding.
Sweet lovers love the spring.
So make the most of the present,
With a hey, and a ho, and a hey nonino,
For love is crowned with spring's first flowers,
In spring, the lovely season for wedding rings,
When birds sing, hey ding a ding, ding.
Sweet lovers love the spring.

Touchstone

Truly, young gentlemen, though there was no great matter in the ditty, yet the note was very untuneable.

Really, young gentlemen, although the song had little substance, the singing was very much out of tune.

First Page

You are deceived, sir, we kept time, we lost not our time.

You're mistaken, sir. We kept time. We didn't lose it.

Touchstone

By my troth, yes. I count it but time lost to hear such a foolish song. God be wi’ you, and God mend your voices. Come, Audrey.

Honestly, you did. I call it nothing but lost time to listen to such a foolish song. God be with you, and may God improve your voices. Come, Audrey.