Sonnet 116

by
William Shakespeare
A Translation into Layman’s Term
 Original Line:
“Let me not to the marriage of

with the
Let’s Start
First Line
true minds. Admit impediments”

Layman’s Term:
True soulmates who have vowed
before God shall never allow
anything to come between them
 The
Second Line
Original Line:
“Love is not love which alters when it alteration finds”

Layman’s Term:
For those who truly love when faced with inevitable changes
must not change their minds
Original Line:
“Or bends with the remover to remove” th e
Layman’s Term: Third
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Nor does love end when your beloved vanishes
 Original Line:
th e “O no! It is an ever-fixed mark that looks on
tempests and is never shaken”
Fourth Layman’s Term:
Line No, it is an indelible mark that goes through life-
changing tides where their hearts remain
steadfast and love abides
 Fifth Line
Let’s continue to the

Original Line:
“It is the star to every wandering bark”

Layman’s Term:
It is as constant as the North Star’s glow that
guides you through ebb and flow
 Sixth Line
Let’s continue to the

Original Line:
“Whose worth’s unknown, although his height be taken”

Layman’s Term:
Its worth, immeasurable and beyond compare, is a rare
treasure that must not be taken for granted
Original Line:
“Love’s not Time’s fool, though rosy lips and
t h e
Seventh
cheeks within his bending sickle’s compass
Line
come”

Layman’s Term:
For love is timeless even if youth fades and
time takes its toll, love still burns within your
soul
 t h
Eighth
e Original Line:
“Love alters not with his brief hours and

Line weeks, but bears it out even to the edge of

doom”

Layman’s Term:
Thus, love does not change over a few hours
and weeks but bears it out even to the end
of times
 The
Last Line
Original Line:
“If this be error and upon me proved, I never writ nor no

man ever loved.”

Layman’s Term:
If what I said have been proved otherwise, I have never
written anything of value and no one ever truly loved.
 “True love remains steady throughout a
lifetime, no matter what changes the
lovers might undergo.”

Thank you for listening!

Presentation made by Celine Quijardo