Shakespeare, William - LXXV. Sonnet : CoverByGaben

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This project is part of a broader concept: musical adaptations of world literature – blending timeless poetry with contemporary musical expression.


🎭 About the Sonnet

Sonnet 75 by William Shakespeare was likely written between 1592 and 1598, and first published in 1609 in the collection of 154 sonnets.

This poem expresses the intense inner conflict of a lover torn between emotional fulfillment and spiritual hunger. Using metaphors of food, desire, and wealth, Shakespeare creates a paradox: the speaker is overwhelmed by love, yet never satisfied.

Themes of longing, possession, and emotional imbalance dominate the sonnet — portraying love as both nourishment and addiction. The final couplet captures this contradiction perfectly: “gluttoning on all, or all away.”


🎵 About the Adaptation

This musical adaptation aims to reflect the emotional depth of the original text through a slow-building rock ballad, combining cinematic dynamics with modern sensibility.

It preserves the core emotional tension of Shakespeare’s vision — the balance between ecstasy and emptiness, fulfillment and yearning.
Performed and arranged with respect and admiration for Shakespeare’s timeless voice.


Original text (adapted) - Below is the adapted version of Sonnet 75 by William Shakespeare, used as lyrics in this musical interpretation.

Shakespeare, William: LXXV. Sonnet

So are you to my thoughts as food to life,
Or as sweet-season'd showers are to the ground;
And for the peace of you I hold such strife
As 'twixt a miser and his wealth is found.
Now proud as an enjoyer, and anon
Doubting the filching age will steal his treasure;
Now counting best to be with you alone,
Then better'd that the world may see my pleasure:
Sometime all full with feasting on your sight,
And by and by clean starved for a look;
Possessing or pursuing no delight
Save what is had, or must from you be took.
Thus do I pine and surfeit day by day,
Or gluttoning on all, or all away.

Written between 1592 and 1598

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