حرکت پنجم، سکانس هشتم

ACT FIVE SCENE EIGHT

Macbeth: I have lost, but why should I give up? Defeated Roman leaders used to kill themselves, but I shall not do that. While one man is alive, I’ll kill him first.

Macduff: Turn and face me, hound of Hell!

Macbeth: You are the last man whom I want to fight. I have done your family too much harm already.

Macduff: My answer’s in my sword, not in my words. Your evil is beyond words, you bloody villain!

Macbeth: Fighting me is useless. You might as well fight air, as try to wound me. You had better use your sword on other men - men who your sword can kill. I cannot die. I am protected by the charm that said: ‘No man of woman born shall harm Macbeth.’

Macduff: That charm is useless. The devilish angel whom you still serve must tell you this: Macduff was cut early from his mother’s side and not born in the natural way at all.

Macbeth: Cursed is the man who tells me so. His words have killed my courage. Those double-dealing spirits made a fool of me with their dishonest words. They promised hope, then took that hope away. I will not fight with you.

Macduff: Then you must yield, you coward. You will be put on show as all strange monsters are. Your painted picture will be fixed upon a stake with these words written under it: ‘Here you can see Macbeth, the once-feared monster-tyrant.’

Macbeth: I will not yield and kiss the ground Before young Malcolm’s feet. Nor will I allow myself to be cursed and laughed at by the noisy crowd. Yes, Birnam Wood has come to Dunsinane you were not born of woman - yet I’ll fight. My shield will still protect me. Come on, Macduff! Damned be the man who first cries ‘Stop! Enough!’