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Twelfth Night · 2012 — 第 8 / 25 章 · 3'19" · C2

Feste Sings for a Drunken Party, Explained：make the welkin dance

Cards of wine, coins for songs, and a fool who knows exactly what the room wants. Feste sings a love lyric — "Journeys end in lovers meeting" — then a carpe diem verse about youth and time. When the serious part is over, Toby turns it into noise: "Shall we make the welkin dance indeed?"

あらすじ

Feste is paid to sing and the drinking party gets its songs: first 'O mistress mine,' a love lyric, then a carpe diem song about how youth will not last. Sir Toby praises the voice, and Sir Andrew, misunderstanding the word 'mellifluous,' calls it 'contagious.' Then Toby rouses everyone for a loud round called 'Hold thy peace.'

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gratillitybottle-ale housesjourneys end in lovers meetingwill not endure

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  22. ❝ 独白Feste's love song6 行練習ページ ↗
  34. ❝ 独白The carpe diem tune5 行練習ページ ↗
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このシーンの表現

make the welkin dance

to make the heavens ring

Sir Toby proposes a night of singing loud enough to shake the sky.

The drums seemed to make the welkin dance all night.

このシーンの他の表現

  • gratillity

    a tip; small money

  • bottle-ale houses

    alehouses selling bottled beer

  • journeys end in lovers meeting

    lovers meet at the journey's end

  • will not endure

    will not last

  • contagious

    catchy; wrongly used of a voice

このシーンのメモ一覧

63 行のセリフに 24 件のメモ

表現 · B1send someone something

to send someone a coin

I sent thee sixpence for thy leman.
表現 · C1when all is done

when all is said and done

This is the best fooling, when all is done.
文法 · C1when all is done

adverbial clause: The 'when all is done' clause works as a fixed phrase meaning in the end.

This is the best fooling, when all is done.
スラング · A2Yeh

yeah — A slurred, casual yes heard among drinkers.

Yeh.
表現 · B2not care for something

to have no taste for something

I care not for good life.
表現 · C1mistress mine

my lady love

Oh, mistress mine, where are you roaming?
発音where are you

Weak 'are' links the words into 'where-r-ya'.

Oh, mistress mine, where are you roaming?
表現 · B2sing both high and low

to sing across the whole range

Oh, stay and hear your true love's coming that can sing both high and low.
表現 · C1trip no further

go no further

Trip no further pretty sweeting.
表現 · C2journeys end in lovers meeting

lovers meet at the journey's end

The fool slows on this line and the drinkers hum along.

Journeys end in lovers meeting every wise man's son doth know.
文法 · C2every wise man's son doth know

comment clause: A trailing comment clause generalizes the song's claim to all wise men.

Journeys end in lovers meeting every wise man's son doth know.
発音Journeys end

Link the s of 'journeys' straight into 'end'.

Journeys end in lovers meeting every wise man's son doth know.
表現 · B2present laughter

laughter here and now

Present mirth hath present laughter.
表現 · B2what's to come

what lies ahead

What's to come is still unsure.
表現 · B2will not endure

will not last

The song turns sad as it warns that youth itself will not last.

Youth's a stuff will not endure.
文法 · B2a stuff will not endure

omitted relative: The relative 'that' is dropped after stuff, leaving the verb to carry the clause.

Youth's a stuff will not endure.
表現 · C1make the welkin dance

to make the heavens ring

Sir Toby proposes a night of singing loud enough to shake the sky.

Oh, but shall we make the welkin dance indeed?
表現 · C1rouse the night-owl

to keep the night alive with noise

Shall we rouse the night-owl in a catch that will draw three souls out of one weaver?
文法 · C2that will draw three souls out of one weaver

relative clause: The 'that' clause describes the round song's impossible power over listeners.

Shall we rouse the night-owl in a catch that will draw three souls out of one weaver?
スラング · C1By my troth

upon my word — An old oath; playful rather than religious in tone.

By my troth, let's do it.
表現 · C2be dog at something

very good at something

Sir Toby boasts he is a master of the round song, and Maria turns 'dog' into a joke.

I am dog at a catch.
表現 · B2hold thy peace

be quiet

But hold thy peace, thou knave knight.
発音hold thy

The d in 'hold' nearly vanishes before 'thy'.

But hold thy peace, thou knave knight.
表現 · C1I pray thee

I beg you

And I pray thee hold thy peace.

「Feste Sings for a Drunken Party」を読み解く

What's really going on

The scene is the play's thesis put to music. Feste first offers a choice — 'a love song or a song of good life?' — and the revellers pick the love song, but the words he gives them are not sentimental: 'What's to come is still unsure,' 'In delay there lies no plenty,' 'Youth's a stuff will not endure.' Under the drinking and noise, the fool is telling them to seize the day, because time will not wait. Toby's instinct is to turn feeling into farce: he praises the singing, then rouses 'the night-owl' with a round. The comedy of the misheard word 'contagious,' the tips passed across the table, and the round that forces everyone to insult each other all come from the same truth — these men are enjoying themselves precisely because none of it lasts.

Theme

RomanceThe songs celebrate love in the moment, with 'Journeys end in lovers meeting' as the evening's refrain.
PhilosophyThe fool's lyrics press a carpe diem idea: youth and time pass, so enjoy what is present.

このチャプターで学べること

  • A drinking song can hide a carpe diem sermon.
  • Journeys end in lovers meeting: reunion as fate.
  • Present mirth hath present laughter is pure parallel.
  • Youth's a stuff will not endure is a cold reminder.

発音のポイント

  • where are you — Weak 'are' links the words into 'where-r-ya'.
  • Journeys end — Link the s of 'journeys' straight into 'end'.
  • hold thy — The d in 'hold' nearly vanishes before 'thy'.
Journeys end in lovers meeting every wise man's son doth know.

The love song's famous line: all wandering ends when lovers reunite. It is the play's own title idea in miniature.

What's to come is still unsure.

A carpe diem warning: the future is uncertain, so do not put life off until later.

Youth's a stuff will not endure.

Youth is a material that will not last. The fool sings it as advice to enjoy beauty and pleasure while it is here.

This is the best fooling, when all is done.

Sir Toby's verdict on the singing and banter: after everything, this is the finest kind of nonsense.

Oh, mistress mine, where are you roaming?

The opening line of Feste's love song, addressed to a sweetheart who is wandering far from him.

このシーンについての質問

What song does Feste sing first?

He sings 'O mistress mine,' a love song about a lover calling to his sweetheart. The famous line is 'Journeys end in lovers meeting.'

What is the point of the 'What is love?' song?

It argues that love belongs to the present, not the afterlife: 'Present mirth hath present laughter,' and youth will not last. It is a carpe diem song.

What does "make the welkin dance" mean?

It means to make a huge noise and celebrate wildly — literally to make the sky dance. Toby uses it to propose a loud, all-night drinking song.

What is the catch they sing at the end?

A catch is a round; theirs is built on the words 'Hold thy peace,' which really means 'be quiet.' Because the round forces them to call each other 'knave,' it becomes a comic quarrel.

Why is everyone paying the fool money?

In this scene the fool is paid to perform and to keep the drinking party going. The coins are tips, and Andrew and Toby toss them in to get another song.

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