Hamlet Act 1 Scene 3 translated poem (Audio Play by Asa Montreaux) Scene 4 Enter Hamlet, Horatio, and Marcellus. HAMLET The air cuts sharp; it is freezing cold. HORATIO It is a stinging and a bitter wind. HAMLET What time is it? HORATIO I think it's almost twelve. MARCELLUS No, it has struck. HORATIO Truly, I missed it. The hour draws near When the spirit is known to walk. A trumpet blast and two cannons fire. What does this signify, my lord? HAMLET The King stays up to party hard tonight, He drinks his wine and dances wildly round; And, as he gulps his German vintage down, The drums and trumpets loudly scream and sound To celebrate his toast. HORATIO Is it a tradition? HAMLET Yes, it is, truly, But, in my view, though I was born right here And raised this way, it is a habit Better ignored than followed as a rule. This drunken party known both east and west Makes other nations mock and shame our name. They call us drunks and with a piggish slur Stain our reputation. And,...