A Soliloquy of William Shakespeare
By Old Eagle Tree（China)
I am William Shakespeare.
Yes, William Shakespeare is my name: Shake----spear.
Actually, it is not the spear that I am shaking,
It's the quill pen that I'm shaking.
Yes, the quill pen.
The spear is not as mighty as my quill pen!
With my quill, I conquered the whole world!
Yes, by writing plays, I conquered the whole world!
I came, I wrote, I conquered!
It was the whole world that I conquered!
I love to write plays,
For the masses love to watch plays.
The entire world’s a stage for players,
And all men and women are merely players!
I wrote tragedies which are normal but unusual,
I wrote comedies which are abnormal but usual.
And for reflections, I wrote historical plays,
Most of the time I was called 「The Master of the plays」.
Yes, indeed.
But that’s not enough, indeed.
Actually, I am not only a play writer.
But I am also a seer.
About human nature, I prophesy everything!
Like a god, I prophesy everything!
莎士比亞獨白
文｜老鷹樹（中國）
我的名字是威廉·莎士比亞。
意思是搖動長矛——Shake spear。
其實，我搖動的不是長矛;
我搖動的是羽毛。
是的，羽毛筆。
長矛不如我的羽毛筆！
我用羽毛筆，徵服了整個世界！
是的，我寫劇，徵服了整個世界！
我來了，我寫劇，我徵服！
這個世界已被我徵服!
我愛寫劇，
因為大眾愛看劇。
這世界不過是個大舞臺,
大家都在扮演一個角色，無法離開這個大舞臺。
我寫悲劇, 表現那種罕見的人類激情，但很正常，
我寫喜劇，表現那種常見的的人類怪癖，但很不正常。
我寫歷史戲劇，對人類命運反思，
所以他們把我叫做「戲劇大師」。
是的，確實是。但也不是。
其實，我更像是先知。
我預言關於人性的一切！
像一個神，我預言世間的一切！