troilus and criseyde-第24章
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Yet were al lost; that dar I wel seyn; certes;
But…if thy grace passed our desertes。
‘And for thou me; that coude leest deserve
Of hem that nombred been un…to thy grace;
Hast holpen; ther I lykly was to sterve; 1270
And me bistowed in so heygh a place
That thilke boundes may no blisse pace;
I can no more; but laude and reverence
Be to thy bounte and thyn excellence!'
And therwith…al Criseyde anoon he kiste; 1275
Of which; certeyn; she felte no disese;
And thus seyde he; ‘Now wolde god I wiste;
Myn herte swete; how I yow mighte plese!
What man;' quod he; ‘was ever thus at ese
As I; on whiche the faireste and the beste 1280
That ever I say; deyneth hir herte reste。
‘Here may men seen that mercy passeth right;
The experience of that is felt in me;
That am unworthy to so swete a wight。
But herte myn; of your benignitee; 1285
So thenketh; though that I unworthy be;
Yet mot I nede amenden in som wyse;
Right thourgh the vertu of your heyghe servyse。
‘And for the love of god; my lady dere;
Sin god hath wrought me for I shal yow serve; 1290
As thus I mene; that ye wol be my stere;
To do me live; if that yow liste; or sterve;
So techeth me how that I may deserve
Your thank; so that I; thurgh myn ignoraunce;
Ne do no…thing that yow be displesaunce。 1295
‘For certes; fresshe wommanliche wyf;
This dar I seye; that trouthe and diligence;
That shal ye finden in me al my lyf;
Ne wol not; certeyn; breken your defence;
And if I do; present or in absence; 1300
For love of god; lat slee me with the dede;
If that it lyke un…to your womanhede。'
‘Y…wis;' quod she; ‘myn owne hertes list;
My ground of ese; and al myn herte dere;
Graunt mercy; for on that is al my trist; 1305
But late us falle awey fro this matere;
For it suffyseth; this that seyd is here。
And at o word; with…outen repentaunce;
Wel…come; my knight; my pees; my suffisaunce!'
Of hir delyt; or Ioyes oon the leste 1310
Were impossible to my wit to seye;
But iuggeth; ye that han ben at the feste;
Of swich gladnesse; if that hem liste pleye!
I can no more; but thus thise ilke tweye
That night; be…twixen dreed and sikernesse; 1315
Felten in love the grete worthinesse。
O blisful night; of hem so longe y…sought;
How blithe un…to hem bothe two thou were!
Why ne hadde I swich on with my soule y…bought;
Ye; or the leeste Ioye that was there? 1320
A…wey; thou foule daunger and thou fere;
And lat hem in this hevene blisse dwelle;
That is so heygh; that al ne can I telle!
But sooth is; though I can not tellen al;
As can myn auctor; of his excellence; 1325
Yet have I seyd; and; god to…forn; I shal
In every thing al hoolly his sentence。
And if that I; at loves reverence;
Have any word in eched for the beste;
Doth therwith…al right as your…selven leste。 1330
For myne wordes; here and every part;
I speke hem alle under correccioun
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 gladne