1 Not from the stars do I my judgement pluck,
I don't pull my judgments from the stars I'm not making my predictions from reading the stars not reading stars
for predictions
2 And yet methinks I have astronomy,
And yet I seem to have knowledge like astrology, and yet somehow I feel like I understand the way the stars do but I read them
like astrology astronomy/astrology: used interchangeably in Shakespeare
3 But not to tell of good, or evil luck,
Not to forecast blessings or catastrophes, not to predict when fortune will favor or ruin people no blessings
no disasters
4 Of plagues, of dearths, or seasons’ quality,
Of plagues, of famines, or the quality of seasons, not about diseases, starvation, or what kind of weather we get no plagues
no famine talk
5 Nor can I fortune to brief minutes tell;
Nor can I predict fortune to the minute; I can't even say what'll happen in the next few minutes can't tell
what comes next
6 Pointing to each his thunder, rain and wind,
Pointing to each their thunder, rain and wind, saying who gets storms and rain and wind no storms predicted
no wind
7 Or say with princes if it shall go well
Or say whether things will go well with princes or tell if the powerful will do okay princes do fine
who cares
8 By oft predict that I in heaven find.
By often predicting what I find in heaven. by constantly reading the sky to make my predictions reading heaven
for clues
Volta Shifts from declaring what the poet cannot do (read fortunes) to what he can do (read the youth's destiny in his eyes).
9 But from thine eyes my knowledge I derive,
But from your eyes my knowledge comes, but what I really know comes from looking at your eyes your eyes teach me
really
10 And constant stars in them I read such art
And in your gaze I see what's written in the stars, and in your look I perceive stellar wisdom and meaning in your eyes
cosmic signs
11 As truth and beauty shall together thrive
As truth and beauty will thrive together showing that truth and beauty will grow strong together truth and beauty
grow together
12 If from thyself, to store thou wouldst convert:
If from yourself, you would turn to creating a child: if you would turn your energy toward making a child instead of staying alone make a baby
stop being selfish
13 Or else of thee this I prognosticate,
Or else about you I predict this: or else here's what I'm saying will happen to you or you'll face
this fate
14 Thy end is truth’s and beauty’s doom and date.
Your end is the ending and deadline of truth and beauty. when you die, truth and beauty die with you you die
truth dies too