 | Oscar Wilde - 1909 - 482 ˹éÒ
...Yes, she is coming towards us. How pale she is ! Never have I seen her so pale. THE PAGE OF HERODIA8 THE YOUNG SYRIAN She is like a dove that has strayed....THE YOUNG SYRIAN You have left the feast, Princess ? How sweat is the air here! I can breathe here! Within there are Jews from Jerusalem who are tearing... | |
 | Archibald Henderson - 1911 - 348 ˹éÒ
...dialogue is at times momentously laconic; as in the words of Salome in explanation of Herod's passion: "Why does the Tetrarch look at me all the while with...not what it means. Of a truth I know it too well." Wilde declared that Salome was a piece of music — with its progressive crescendo, emotional paean... | |
 | Archibald Henderson - 1911 - 358 ˹éÒ
...dialogue is at times momentously laconic; as in the words of Salome in explanation of Herod's passion: "Why does the Tetrarch look at me all the while with...not what it means. Of a truth I know it too well." Wilde declared that Salome was a piece of music — with its progressive crescendo, emotional paean... | |
 | Archibald Henderson - 1913 - 418 ˹éÒ
...laconic; as in the words of Salome in explanation of Herod's passion: " Why does the Tetrarch loolc at me all the while with his mole's eyes under his...not what it means. Of a truth I know it too well."; Wilde declared that Salome was a piece of music — with its progressive crescendo, emotional paean... | |
 | Archibald Henderson - 1926 - 516 ˹éÒ
...dialogue is at times momentously laconic; as in the words of Salome in explanation of Herod's passion: " Why does the Tetrarch look at me all the while with...not what it means. Of a truth I know it too well." Wilde declared that ^ Salome was a piece of music — with its progressive crescendo, emotional paean... | |
 | Peter Raby - 1988 - 180 ˹éÒ
...statements of innocence and experience is expressed by Salome herself in her self-defining opening speech: Why does the Tetrarch look at me all the while with...mother looks at me like that. I know not what it means. In truth, yes, I know it.19 It is also revealed in her own response to the moon, which she compares,... | |
 | Oscar Wilde - 1989 - 36 ˹éÒ
...like a narcissus trembling in the wind. . . . She is like a silver flower. [Enter SALOMÉ.] SALOMÉ. I will not stay. I cannot stay. Why does the Tetrarch...THE YOUNG SYRIAN. You have left the feast. Princess ? SALOMÉ. How sweet is the air here! I can breathe here! Within there are Jews from Jerusalem who... | |
 | Derrick Puffett - 1989 - 228 ˹éÒ
...Salome enters. 'I will not stay. I cannot stay. Why does the Tetrarch look at me all the while . . . ? It is strange that the husband of my mother looks at me like that.' She pauses to breathe in the night air. What a relief to escape from those Jews, 'who are tearing each... | |
 | Lloyd Davis - 1993 - 272 ˹éÒ
...Eastern princess of Judea. She flouts sexual knowledge but knows she should pretend not to have it: "It is strange that the husband of my mother looks...I know not what it means. Of a truth I know it too well."10 Born of Herodias, like Gertrude a political pawn married to her brother-in-law who has murdered... | |
 | Oscar Wilde - 2000 - 484 ˹éÒ
...is like a narcissus trembling in the wind . . . She is like a silver flower. Enter SALOM£ SALOM£: I will not stay. I cannot stay. Why does the Tetrarch...mother looks at me like that. I know not what it means. In truth, yes, I know it. THE YOUNG SYRIAN: You have just left the feast, princess? SALOM£: How sweet... | |
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I will not stay. I cannot stay. Why does the Tetrarch look at me all the while with his mole's eyes under his shaking eyelids? It is strange that the husband of my mother looks at me like that. I know not what it means. In truth, yes I know it. 
