Clasics in Ñspel: Not marble, nor the gilded monuments – William Shakespeare’s Sonnet 55

Sonit 55: Nt marbl, nr ɖ gíldd mońmnts

WIŁM ŚECSPIR

Nt marbl, nr ɖ gíldd mońmnts
V prinsz, śl ǎtliv ɖs pǎrfl rîm;
Bt y śl śîn mor brît in ɖz cntnts
Ɖn unswept ston,

bsmird wɖ slutiś tîm.

Ẃn westfl wor śl staćuz oṿtrn,
N brôlz rūt ǎt ɖ wrc v mesnri,
Nr Marz hiz sord,

nr wor’z qc fîr śl brn

Ɖ livñ record v yr meṃri.
’Gnst deʈ, n ol oblivịs enṃti
Śl y pes fʈ; yr prêz śl stl fînd rūm
Īvn in ɖ îz v ol psteṛti
Ɖt wer ɖs wrld ǎt t ɖ endñ dūm.
So, tl ɖ jujmnt ɖt yrslf arîz,
Y liv in ɖs, n dwel in luvrz’ îz.

07/11/2022

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