Twelfth Night, Act 2, Scene 1

Will you stay no longer? Nor will you not that I go with you?

Won't you stay any longer? And won't you let me come with you?

By your patience, no; my stars shine darkly over me; the malignancy of my fate might perhaps distemper yours; therefore I shall crave of you your leave that I may bear my evils alone. It were a bad recompense for your love, to lay any of them on you.

With your permission, no. My stars shine darkly over me; the poison of my fate might perhaps infect yours. So I'll beg your leave to carry my troubles alone. It would be a poor repayment for your love to lay any of them on you.

Let me know of you whither you are bound.

At least tell me where you're going.

No, sooth, sir; my determinate voyage is mere extravagancy. But I perceive in you so excellent a touch of modesty, that you will not extort from me what I am willing to keep in. Therefore it charges me in manners the rather to express myself. You must know of me then, Antonio, my name is Sebastian, which I called Roderigo; my father was that Sebastian of Messaline whom I know you have heard of. He left behind him myself and a sister, both born in an hour. If the heavens had been pleased, would we had so ended! But you, sir, altered that, for some hour before you took me from the breach of the sea was my sister drowned.

No, truly, sir. The voyage I've settled on is nothing but wandering. But I see in you such a fine sense of tact that you won't force out of me what I'd rather keep inside. That makes it all the more a matter of good manners for me to tell you about myself. You should know, then, Antonio, that my name is Sebastian, though I called myself Roderigo. My father was that Sebastian of Messaline whom I know you have heard of. He left behind him me and a sister, both born in the same hour. If it had pleased heaven, I wish we had died together in the same way! But you, sir, changed that, for about an hour before you pulled me out of the breaking sea, my sister was drowned.

Alas the day!

What a terrible day!

A lady, sir, though it was said she much resembled me, was yet of many accounted beautiful. But though I could not with such estimable wonder overfar believe that, yet thus far I will boldly publish her, she bore a mind that envy could not but call fair. She is drowned already, sir, with salt water, though I seem to drown her remembrance again with more.

She was a lady, sir, and though people said she looked a lot like me, many still counted her beautiful. But even though I couldn't go so far as to believe that with such flattering wonder, I will boldly declare this much about her: she had a mind that even envy would have had to call fair. She is drowned already, sir, in salt water, though I seem to drown the memory of her again with more of it.

Pardon me, sir, your bad entertainment.

Forgive me, sir, for entertaining you so poorly.

O good Antonio, forgive me your trouble.

Oh, good Antonio, forgive me for the trouble I've given you.

If you will not murder me for my love, let me be your servant.

If you won't murder me for loving you, let me be your servant.

If you will not undo what you have done, that is, kill him whom you have recovered, desire it not. Fare ye well at once; my bosom is full of kindness, and I am yet so near the manners of my mother, that upon the least occasion more, mine eyes will tell tales of me. I am bound to the Count Orsino’s court: farewell.

If you don't want to undo what you've done — that is, kill the man you've saved — don't ask for that. Goodbye, right now: my heart is full of tenderness, and I'm still so close to my mother's ways that with the slightest further provocation my eyes will give me away. I'm headed for Count Orsino's court. Goodbye.

The gentleness of all the gods go with thee! I have many enemies in Orsino’s court, Else would I very shortly see thee there: But come what may, I do adore thee so, That danger shall seem sport, and I will go.

May the kindness of all the gods go with you! I have many enemies in Orsino's court, or else I would come and see you there very soon. But whatever happens, I adore you so much that danger will feel like a game, and I'll go.