troilus and criseyde-第3章
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That; as he sat and wook; his spirit mette
That he hir saw a temple; and al the wyse
Right of hir loke; and gan it newe avyse。
Thus gan he make a mirour of his minde; 365
In which he saugh al hoolly hir figure;
And that he wel coude in his herte finde;
It was to him a right good aventure
To love swich oon; and if he dide his cure
To serven hir; yet mighte he falle in grace; 370
Or elles; for oon of hir servaunts pace。
Imagininge that travaille nor grame
Ne mighte; for so goodly oon; be lorn
As she; ne him for his desir ne shame;
Al were it wist; but in prys and up…born 375
Of alle lovers wel more than biforn;
Thus argumented he in his ginninge;
Ful unavysed of his wo cominge。
Thus took he purpos loves craft to suwe;
And thoughte he wolde werken prively; 380
First; to hyden his desir in muwe
From every wight y…born; al…outrely;
But he mighte ought recovered be therby;
Remembring him; that love to wyde y…blowe
Yelt bittre fruyt; though swete seed be sowe。 385
And over al this; yet muchel more he thoughte
What for to speke; and what to holden inne;
And what to arten hir to love he soughte;
And on a song anoon…right to biginne;
And gan loude on his sorwe for to winne; 390
For with good hope he gan fully assente
Criseyde for to love; and nought repente。
And of his song nought only the sentence;
As writ myn autour called Lollius;
But pleynly; save our tonges difference; 395
I dar wel sayn; in al that Troilus
Seyde in his song; lo! every word right thus
As I shal seyn; and who…so list it here;
Lo! next this vers; he may it finden here。
Cantus Troili。
‘If no love is; O god; what fele I so? 400
And if love is; what thing and whiche is he!
If love be good; from whennes comth my wo?
If it be wikke; a wonder thinketh me;
Whenne every torment and adversitee
That cometh of him; may to me savory thinke; 405
For ay thurst I; the more that I it drinke。
‘And if that at myn owene lust I brenne;
Fro whennes cometh my wailing and my pleynte?
If harme agree me; wher…to pleyne I thenne?
I noot; ne why unwery that I feynte。 410
O quike deeth; O swete harm so queynte;
How may of thee in me swich quantitee;
But…if that I consente that it be?
‘And if that I consente; I wrongfully
Compleyne; y…wis; thus possed to and fro; 415
Al sterelees with inne a boot am I
A…mid the see; by…twixen windes two;
That in contrarie stonden ever…mo。
Allas! what is this wonder maladye?
For hete of cold; for cold of hete; I deye。' 420
And to the god of love thus seyde he
With pitous voys; ‘O lord; now youres is
My spirit; which that oughte youres be。
Yow thanke I; lord; that han me brought to this;
But whether goddesse or womman; y…wis; 425
She be; I noot; which that ye do me serve;
But as hir man I wole ay live and sterve。
‘Ye stonden in hire eyen mightily;
As in a place un…to youre vertu digne;
Wherfore; lord; if my servyse or I 430
May lyke yow; so beth to me benigne;
For myn estat royal here I resigne
In…to hir hond; and with ful humble chere
Bicome hir man; as to my lady dere。'
In him ne deyned sparen blood royal 435
The fyr of love; wher…fro god me blesse;
Ne him forbar in no degree; for al
His vertu or his excellent prowesse;
But held him as his thral lowe in distresse;
And brende him so in sondry wyse ay newe; 440
That sixty tyme a day he loste his hewe。
So muche; day by day; his owene thought;
For lust to hir; gan quiken and encrese;
That every other charge he sette at nought;
For…thy ful ofte; his hote fyr to cese; 445
To seen hir goodly look he gan to prese;
For ther…by to ben esed wel he wende;
And ay the ner he was; the more he brende。
For ay the ner the fyr; the hotter is;
This; trowe I; knoweth al this companye。 450
But were he fer or neer; I dar seye this;
By night or day; for wisdom or folye;
His herte; which that is his brestes ye;
Was ay on hir; that fairer was to sene
Than ever were Eleyne or Polixene。 455
Eek of the day ther passed nought an houre
That to him…self a thousand tyme he seyde;
‘Good goodly; to whom serve I and laboure;
As I best can; now wolde god; Criseyde;
Ye wolden on me rewe er that I deyde! 460
My dere herte; allas! myn hele and hewe
And lyf is lost; but ye wole on me rewe。'
Alle othere dredes weren from him fledde;
Both of the assege and his savacioun;
Ne in him desyr noon othere fownes bredde 465
But argumentes to his conclusioun;
That she on him wolde han compassioun;
And he to be hir man; whyl he may dure;
Lo; here his lyf; and from the deeth his cure!
The sharpe shoures felle of armes preve; 470
That Ector or his othere bretheren diden;
Ne made him only ther…fore ones meve;
And yet was he; wher…so men wente or riden;
Founde oon the beste; and lengest tyme abiden
Ther peril was; and dide eek such travayle 475
In armes; that to thenke it was mervayle。
But for non hate he to the Grekes hadde;
Ne also for the rescous of the toun;
Ne made him thus in armes for to madde;
But only; lo; for this conclusioun; 480
To lyken hir the bet for his renoun;
Fro day to day in armes so he spedde;
That alle the Grekes as the deeth him dredde。
And fro this forth tho refte him love his sleep;
And made his mete his foo; and eek his sorwe 485
Gan multiplye; that; who…so toke keep;
It shewed in his hewe; bothe eve and morwe;
Therfor a title he gan him for to borwe
Of other syknesse; lest of him men wende
That the hote fyr of love him brende; 490
And seyde; he hadde a fever and ferde amis;
But how it was; certayn; can I not seye;
If that his lady understood not this;
Or feyned hir she niste; oon of the tweye;
But wel I rede that; by no maner weye; 495
Ne semed it as that she of him roughte;
Nor of his peyne; or what…so…ever he thoughte。
But than fel to this Troylus such wo;
That he was wel neigh wood; for ay his drede
Was this; that she som wight had loved so; 500
That never of him she wolde have taken hede;
For whiche him thoughte he felte his herte blede。
Ne of his wo ne dorste he not biginne
To tellen it; for al this world to winne。
But whanne he hadde a space fro his care; 505
Thus to him…self ful ofte he gan to pleyne;
He sayde; ‘O fool; now art thou in the snare;
That whilom Iapedest at loves peyne;
Now artow hent; now gnaw thyn owene cheyne;
Thou were ay wont eche lovere reprehende 510
Of thing fro which thou canst thee nat defende。
‘What wol now every lover seyn of thee;
If this be wist; but ever in thyn absence
Laughen in scorn; and seyn; ‘Lo; ther gooth he;
That is the man of so gret sapience; 515
That held us lovers leest in reverence!
Now; thonked be god; he may goon in the daunce
Of hem that Love list febly for to avaunce!'
‘But; O thou woful Troilus; god wolde;
Sin thou most loven thurgh thi destinee; 520
That thow beset were on swich oon that sholde
Knowe al thy wo; al lakkede hir pitee:
But al so cold in love; towardes thee;
Thy lady is; as frost in winter mone;
And thou fordoon; as snow in fyr is sone。' 525
‘God wolde I were aryved in the port
Of deth; to which my sorwe wil me lede!
A; lord; to me it were a gret comfort;
Than were I quit of languisshing in drede。
For by myn hidde sorwe y…blowe on brede 530
I shal bi…Iaped been a thousand tyme
More than that fool of whos folye men ryme。
‘But now help god; and ye; swete; for whom
I pleyne; y…caught; ye; never wight so faste!
O mercy; dere herte; and help me from 535
The deeth; for I; whyl that my lyf may laste;
More than my…self wol love yow to my laste。
And with som freendly look gladeth me; swete;
Though never more thing ye me bi…hete!'
This wordes and ful manye an…other to 540
He spak; and called ever in his compleynte
Hir name; for to tellen hir his wo;
Til neigh that he in salte teres dreynte。
Al was for nought; she he