Does anyone know this quote and/or where it's from?

“If I were to die tonight I would want to come back as one of your tears. Who wouldn’t want to be conceived in your heart, born in your eye, live on your cheek and die on you lips?”

@virtualist: Hm… I know that’s not how I read it, but that’s about it. Any clue where it’s from?

I heard it first as a French quote.. Je voudrais être une de tes larmes. Né dans tes yeux, vivre sur tes joues et mourir sur tes lèvres.

@poofandmook version 2 no clue on their origins They appear to have become a real standard text message

“If I could come back as anything
It would be as one of your tears.
How could I want more
Than to be conceived in your heart,
Born in your eye,
Live on your cheek,
And die on your lips.”

This quotation is attributed to Shakespeare:

“If I could be any part of you, I’d be your tears.
To be conceived in your heart, born in your eyes, live on your cheeks, and die on your lips.”

@virtualist: That’s it! That’s how I read it… the last one. Now, where did Willy-Boy write it? lol

Midsummer Night’s Dream, isn’t it? Maybe? Crap, it sounds so familiar.

Edit: Nope, not MSD. Did a search on the full text.

Are we certain it is really Shakespeare? My Google-fu leads me to believe it’s misattributed. I searched the MIT site that has the complete works of Shakespeare and came up with nada. Also searched Shakespeare Online.

@MissAnthrope I would believe that. It has that sort of a hallmark greeting – text message – urban legend feel to it.

but it sure is sweet.

Not sure it is Shakespeare. Been searching the plays, most likely first, and I can’t find it. It sounds familiar, but then I read a lot and it might just sound like something I read while I was in the middle of all that English minor Shakespeare. :P I will look more later, got to run to the store now.

Yeah, it really is.. I heard it while in high school in France and it’s stuck with me for many years.

I just tried a search in French and no attribution there, either..

@virtualist: oh, and if it was a text message, it would be like.. “if I could b any part of u I’d be ur tearz. 2 b conceived in ur <3, born in ur eyez, live on ur cheekz, n die on ur lipz.”

lol

@poofandmook im blshng

omg!!11!1!!

This site says “author unknown”. I’m beginning to think it’s one of those anonymous poems/sayings.

Edit: ROFLROFLROFL

Everything I can find says “Origin Unknown.”

I would hope something this banal is unattributable, especially unattributable to Shakespeare. Not that he’s entirely beyond banal, but you know.

@nxknxk: I don’t think I’d call it banal… I think it’s pretty.. and sweet. Overused maybe, but oh well.

@poofandmook: Perhaps I am just prematurely wary of any indications of romance or sentiment. I guess it’s a bad habit.