Clasics in Ñspel: That god forbid, that made me first your slave – William Shakespeare’s Sonnet 58

Sonit 58: Ɖt god fbid, ɖt md m frst yr slev

WIŁM ŚECSPIR

Ɖt god fbid, ɖt md m frst yr slev,
I śd in ʈōt cntrol yr tîmz v pleźr,
Or at yr hand ɖ acǎnt v aurz t crev,
Biyñ yr vasl, bǎnd t ste yr leźr!
Ǒ! let m sufr, biyñ at yr béc,
Ɖ impriznd absns v yr liḅti;
N peśns, tem t sufṛns, bîd ć ćec,
Wɖt akzñ y v inɉri.
B ẃr y list, yr ćartr z so stroñ
Ɖt y yrslf me priṿlij yr tîm
T ẃt y wl; t y it dʈ b’loñ
Yrslf t pardn v slf-dwñ crîm.
I am t wêt, ɖo wêtñ so b hel,
Nt blem yr pleźr b it il or wel.

07/11/2022

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