troilus and criseyde-第18章
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Of yow; that feling han in loves art;
And putte it al in your discrecioun
To encrese or maken diminucioun 1335
Of my langage; and that I yow bi…seche;
But now to purpos of my rather speche。
Thise ilke two; that ben in armes laft;
So looth to hem a…sonder goon it were;
That ech from other wende been biraft; 1340
Or elles; lo; this was hir moste fere;
That al this thing but nyce dremes were;
For which ful ofte ech of hem seyde; ‘O swete;
Clippe ich yow thus; or elles I it mete?'
And; lord! So he gan goodly on hir see; 1345
That never his look ne bleynte from hir face;
And seyde; ‘O dere herte; may it be
That it be sooth; that ye ben in this place?'
‘Ye; herte myn; god thank I of his grace!'
Quod tho Criseyde; and therwith…al him kiste; 1350
That where his spirit was; for Ioye he niste。
This Troilus ful ofte hir eyen two
Gan for to kisse; and seyde; ‘O eyen clere;
It were ye that wroughte me swich wo;
Ye humble nettes of my lady dere! 1355
Though ther be mercy writen in your chere;
God wot; the text ful hard is; sooth; to finde;
How coude ye with…outen bond me binde?'
Therwith he gan hir faste in armes take;
And wel an hundred tymes gan he syke; 1360
Nought swiche sorwfull sykes as men make
For wo; or elles whan that folk ben syke;
But esy sykes; swiche as been to lyke;
That shewed his affeccioun with…inne;
Of swiche sykes coude he nought bilinne。 1365
Sone after this they speke of sondry thinges;
As fil to purpos of this aventure;
And pleyinge entrechaungeden hir ringes;
Of which I can nought tellen no scripture;
But wel I woot; a broche; gold and asure; 1370
In whiche a ruby set was lyk an herte;
Criseyde him yaf; and stak it on his sherte。
Lord! trowe ye; a coveitous; a wreccbe;
That blameth love and holt of it despyt;
That; of tho pens that he can mokre and kecche; 1375
Was ever yet y…yeve him swich delyt;
As is in love; in oo poynt; in som plyt?
Nay; doutelees; for also god me save;
So parfit Ioye may no nigard have!
They wol sey ‘Yis;' but lord! So that they lye; 1380
Tho bisy wrecches; ful of wo and drede!
They callen love a woodnesse or folye;
But it shal falle hem as I shal yow rede;
They shul forgo the whyte and eke the rede;
And live in wo; ther god yeve hem mischaunce; 1385
And every lover in his trouthe avaunce!
As wolde god; tho wrecches; that dispyse
Servyse of love; hadde eres al…so longe
As hadde Myda; ful of coveityse;
And ther…to dronken hadde as hoot and stronge 1390
As Crassus dide for his affectis wronge;
To techen hem that they ben in the vyce;
And loveres nought; al…though they holde hem nyce!
Thise ilke two; of whom that I yow seye;
Whan that hir hertes wel assured were; 1395
Tho gonne they to speken and to pleye;
And eek rehercen how; and whanne; and where;
They knewe hem first; and every wo and fere
That passed was; but al swich hevinesse;
I thanke it god; was tourned to gladnesse。 1400
And ever…mo; whan that hem fel to speke
Of any thing of swich a tyme agoon;
With kissing al that tale sholde breke;
And fallen in a newe Ioye anoon;
And diden al hir might; sin they were oon; 1405
For to recoveren blisse and been at ese;
And passed wo with Ioye countrepeyse。
Reson wil not that I speke of sleep;
For it accordeth nought to my matere;
God woot; they toke of that ful litel keep; 1410
But lest this night; that was to hem so dere;
Ne sholde in veyn escape in no manere;
It was biset in Ioye and bisinesse
Of al that souneth in…to gentilnesse。
But whan the cok; comune astrologer; 1415
Gan on his brest to bete; and after crowe;
And Lucifer; the dayes messager;
Gan for to ryse; and out hir bemes throwe;
And estward roos; to him that coude it knowe;
Fortuna maior; than anoon Criseyde; 1420
With herte sore; to Troilus thus seyde:
‘Myn hertes lyf; my trist and my plesaunce;
That I was born; allas! What me is wo;
That day of us mot make desseveraunce!
For tyme it is to ryse; and hennes go; 1425
Or elles I am lost for evermo!
O night; allas! Why niltow over us hove;
As longe as whanne Almena lay by Iove?
‘O blake night; as folk in bokes rede;
That shapen art by god this world to hyde 1430
At certeyn tymes with thy derke wede;
That under that men mighte in reste abyde;
Wel oughte bestes pleyne; and folk thee chyde;
That there…as day with labour wolde us breste;
That thou thus fleest; and deynest us nought reste! 1435
‘Thou dost; allas! To shortly thyn offyce;
Thou rakel night; ther god; makere of kinde;
Thee; for thyn hast and thyn unkinde vyce;
So faste ay to our hemi…spere binde。
That never…more under the ground thou winde! 1440
For now; for thou so hyest out of Troye;
Have I forgon thus hastily my Ioye!'
This Troilus; that with tho wordes felte;
As thoughte him tho; for pietous distresse;
The blody teres from his herte melte; 1445
As he that never yet swich hevinesse
Assayed hadde; out of so greet gladnesse;
Gan therwith…al Criseyde his lady dere
In armes streyne; and seyde in this manere:
‘O cruel day; accusour of the Ioye 1450
That night and love han stole and faste y…wryen;
A…cursed be thy coming in…to Troye;
For every bore hath oon of thy bright yen!
Envyous day; what list thee so to spyen?
What hastow lost; why sekestow this place; 1455
Ther god thy lyght so quenche; for his grace?
‘Allas! What han thise loveres thee agilt;
Dispitous day? Thyn be the pyne of helle!
For many a lovere hastow shent; and wilt;
Thy pouring in wol no…wher lete hem dwelle。 1460
What proferestow thy light here for to selle?
Go selle it hem that smale seles graven;
We wol thee nought; us nedeth no day haven。'
And eek the sonne Tytan gan he chyde;
And seyde; ‘O fool; wel may men thee dispyse; 1465
That hast the Dawing al night by thy syde;
And suffrest hir so sone up fro thee ryse;
For to disesen loveres in this wyse。
What! Holde your bed ther; thou; and eek thy Morwe!
I bidde god; so yeve yow bothe sorwe!' 1470
Therwith ful sore he sighte; and thus he seyde;
‘My lady right; and of my wele or wo
The welle and rote; O goodly myn; Criseyde;
And shal I ryse; allas! And shal I go?
Now fele I that myn herte moot a…two! 1475
For how sholde I my lyf an houre save;
Sin that with yow is al the lyf I have?
‘What shal I doon; for certes; I not how;
Ne whanne; allas! I shal the tyme see;
That in this plyt I may be eft with yow; 1480
And of my lyf; god woot; how that shal be;
Sin that desyr right now so byteth me;
That I am deed anoon; but I retourne。
How sholde I longe; allas! Fro yow soiourne?
‘But nathelees; myn owene lady bright; 1485
Yit were it so that I wiste outrely;
That I; your humble servaunt and your knight;
Were in your herte set so fermely
As ye in myn; the which thing; trewely;
Me lever were than thise worldes tweyne; 1490
Yet sholde I bet enduren al my peyne。'
To that Cryseyde answerde right anoon;
And with a syk she seyde; ‘O herte dere;
The game; y…wis; so ferforth now is goon;
That first shal Phebus falle fro his spere; 1495
And every egle been the dowves fere;
And every roche out of his place sterte;
Er Troilus out of Criseydes herte!
‘Ye he so depe in…with myn herte grave;
That; though I wolde it turne out of my thought; 1500
As wisly verray god my soule save;
To dyen in the peyne; I coude nought!
And; for the love of god that us bath wrought;
Lat in your brayn non other fantasye
So crepe; that it cause me to dye! 1505
‘And that ye me wolde han as faste in minde
As I have yow; that wolde I yow bi…seche;
And; if I wiste soothly that to finde;
God mighte not a poynt my Ioyes eche!
But; herte myn; with…oute more speche; 1510
Beth to me trewe; or elles were it routhe;
For I am thyn; by god and by my trouthe!
‘Beth glad for…thy; and live in sikernesse;
Thus seyde I never er this; ne shal to mo;
And if to yow it were a gret gladnesse 1515
To turne ayein; soone after that ye go;
As fayn wolde I as ye; it were so;
As wisly god myn herte bringe at reste!'
And him in armes took; and ofte keste。
Agayns his wil; sin it mot nedes be; 1520
This Troilus up roos; and faste him cledde;
And in his armes took his lady free
An hundred tyme; and on his wey him spedde;
And with swich wordes as his herte bledde;
He seyde; ‘Farewel; mr dere herte swete; 1525
Ther god us graunte sounde and sone to mete!'
To which no word for sorwe she answerde;
So sore gan his parting hir destreyne;
And Troilus un…to his palays ferde;
As woo bigon as she was; sooth to seyne; 1530
So hard him wrong of sharp desyr the peyne
For to ben eft there he was in plesaunce;
That it may never out of his remembraunce。
Retorned to his real palais; sone
He softe in…to his bed gan for to slinke; 1535
To slepe longe; as he was wont to done;
But al for nought; he may wel ligge and winke;
But sleep ne may ther in his herte sinke;
Thenkinge how she; for whom desyr him brende;
A thousand…fold was worth more than he wende。 1540
And in his thought gan up and doun to winde
Hir wordes alle; and every countenaunce;
And fermely impressen in his minde
The leste poynt that to him was plesaunce;
And verrayliche; of thilke remembraunce; 1545
Desyr al newe him brende; and lust to brede
Gan more than erst; and yet took he non hede。
Criseyde also; right in the same wyse;
Of Troilus gan in hir herte shette
His worthinesse; his lust; his dedes wyse; 1550
His gentilesse; and how she with him mette;
Thonkinge love he so wel hir bisette;
Desyring eft to have hir herte dere
In swich a plyt; she dorste make him chere。
Pandare; a…morwe which that comen was 1555
Un…to his nece; and gan hir fayre grete;
Seyde; ‘Al this night so reyned it; allas!
That al my drede is that ye; nece swete;
Han litel layser had to slepe and mete;
Al night;' quod he; ‘hath reyn so do me wake; 1560
That som of us; I trowe; hir hedes ake。'
And ner he com; and seyde; ‘How stont it now
This mery morwe; nece; how can ye fare?'
Criseyde answerde; ‘Never the bet for yow;
Fox that ye been; god yeve youre herte care! 1565
God help me so; ye caused al this fare;
Trow I;' quod she; ‘for alle your wordes whyte;
O! Who…so seeth yow knoweth yow ful lyte!'
With that she gan hir face for to wrye
With the shete; and wex for shame al reed; 1570
And Pandarus gan under for to prye;
And seyde; ‘Nece; if that I shal be deed;
Have here a swerd; and smyteth of myn heed。'
With that his arm al sodeynly he thriste
Under hir nekke; and at the laste hir kiste。 1575
I passe al that which chargeth nought to seye;
What! God foryaf his deeth; and she al…so
Foryaf; and with hir uncle gan to pleye;
For other cause was ther noon than so。
But of this thing right to the effect