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troilus and criseyde-第39章

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He fedde hem day by day; that swich noblesse;

As seyden bothe the moste and eek the leste;  440

Was never er that day wist at any feste。



Nor in this world ther is non instrument

Delicious; through wind; or touche; of corde;

As fer as any wight hath ever y…went;

That tonge telle or herte may recorde;  445

That at that feste it nas wel herd acorde;

Ne of ladies eek so fayr a companye

On daunce; er tho; was never y…seyn with ye。



But what avayleth this to Troilus;

That for his sorwe no…thing of it roughte?  450

For ever in oon his herte pietous

Ful bisily Criseyde his lady soughte。

On hir was ever al that his herte thoughte;

Now this; now that; so faste imagininge;

That glade; y…wis; can him no festeyinge。  455



These ladies eek that at this feste been;

Sin that he saw his lady was a…weye;

It was his sorwe upon hem for to seen;

Or for to here on instrumentz so pleye。

For she; that of his herte berth the keye;  460

Was absent; lo; this was his fantasye;

That no wight sholde make melodye。



Nor ther nas houre in al the day or night;

Whan he was ther…as no wight mighte him here;

That he ne seyde; ‘O lufsom lady bright;  465

How have ye faren; sin that ye were here?

Wel…come; y…wis; myn owene lady dere。'

But welaway; al this nas but a mase;

Fortune his howve entended bet to glase。



The lettres eek; that she of olde tyme  470

Hadde him y…sent; he wolde allone rede;

An hundred sythe; a…twixen noon and pryme;

Refiguringe hir shap; hir womanhede;

With…inne his herte; and every word and dede

That passed was; and thus he droof to an ende  475

The ferthe day; and seyde; he wolde wende。



And seyde; ‘Leve brother Pandarus;

Intendestow that we shal here bleve

Til Sarpedoun wol forth congeyen us?

Yet were it fairer that we toke our leve。  480

For goddes love; lat us now sone at eve

Our leve take; and homward lat us torne;

For trewely; I nil not thus soiourne。'



Pandare answerde; ‘Be we comen hider

To fecchen fyr; and rennen hoom ayeyn?  485

God helpe me so; I can not tellen whider

We mighten goon; if I shal soothly seyn;

Ther any wight is of us more fayn

Than Sarpedoun; and if we hennes hye

Thus sodeinly; I holde it vilanye。  490



‘Sin that we seyden that we wolde bleve

With him a wouke; and now; thus sodeinly;

The ferthe day to take of him oure leve;

He wolde wondren on it; trewely!

Lat us holde forth our purpos fermely;  495

And sin that ye bihighten him to byde;

Hold forward now; and after lat us ryde。'



Thus Pandarus; with alle peyne and wo;

Made him to dwelle; and at the woukes ende;

Of Sarpedoun they toke hir leve tho;  500

And on hir wey they spedden hem to wende。

Quod Troilus; ‘Now god me grace sende;

That I may finden; at myn hom…cominge;

Criseyde comen!' And ther…with gan he singe。



‘Ye; hasel…wode!' thoughte this Pandare;  505

And to him…self ful softely he seyde;

‘God woot; refreyden may this hote fare;

Er Calkas sende Troilus Criseyde!'

But natheles; he Iaped thus; and seyde;

And swor; y…wis; his herte him wel bihighte;  510

She wolde come as sone as ever she mighte。



Whan they un…to the paleys were y…comen

Of Troilus; they doun of hors alighte;

And to the chambre hir wey than han they nomen。

And in…to tyme that it gan to nighte;  515

They spaken of Crysede the brighte。

And after this; whan that hem bothe leste;

They spedde hem fro the soper un…to reste。



On morwe; as sone as day bigan to clere;

This Troilus gan of his sleep tabrayde;  520

And to Pandare; his owene brother dere;

‘For love of god;' ful pitously he seyde;

‘As go we seen the paleys of Criseyde;

For sin we yet may have namore feste;

So lat us seen hir paleys at the leste。'  525



And ther…with…al; his meyne for to blende;

A cause he fond in toune for to go;

And to Criseydes hous they gonnen wende。

But lord! This sely Troilus was wo!

Him thoughte his sorweful herte braste a…two。  530

For whan he saugh hir dores sperred alle;

Wel neigh for sorwe a…doun he gan to falle。



Therwith; whan he was war and gan biholde

How shet was every windowe of the place;

As frost; him thoughte; his herte gan to colde;  535

For which with chaunged deedlich pale face;

With…outen word; he forth bigan to pace;

And; as god wolde; he gan so faste ryde;

That no wight of his contenance aspyde。



Than seyde he thus; ‘O paleys desolat;  540

O hous; of houses whylom best y…hight;

O paleys empty and disconsolat;

O thou lanterne; of which queynt is the light;

O paleys; whylom day; that now art night;

Wel oughtestow to falle; and I to dye;  545

Sin she is went that wont was us to gye!



‘O paleys; whylom croune of houses alle;

Enlumined with sonne of alle blisse!

O ring; fro which the ruby is out…falle;

O cause of wo; that cause hast been of lisse!  550

Yet; sin I may no bet; fayn wolde I kisse

Thy colde dores; dorste I for this route;

And fare…wel shryne; of which the seynt is oute!'



Ther…with he caste on Pandarus his ye

With chaunged face; and pitous to biholde;  555

And whan he mighte his tyme aright aspye;

Ay as he rood; to Pandarus he tolde

His newe sorwe; and eek his Ioyes olde;

So pitously and with so dede an hewe;

That every wight mighte on his sorwe rewe。  560



Fro thennesforth he rydeth up and doun;

And every thing com him to remembraunce

As he rood forbi places of the toun

In whiche he whylom hadde al his plesaunce。

‘Lo; yond saugh I myn owene lady daunce;  565

And in that temple; with hir eyen clere;

Me coughte first my righte lady dere。



‘And yonder have I herd ful lustily

My dere herte laugh; and yonder pleye

Saugh I hir ones eek ful blisfully。  570

And yonder ones to me gan she seye;

〃Now goode swete; love me wel; I preye。〃

And yond so goodly gan she me biholde;

That to the deeth myn herte is to hir holde。



‘And at that corner; in the yonder hous;  575

Herde I myn alderlevest lady dere

So wommanly; with voys melodious;

Singen so wel; so goodly; and so clere;

That in my soule yet me thinketh I here

The blisful soun; and; in that yonder place;  580

My lady first me took un…to hir grace。'



Thanne thoughte he thus; ‘O blisful lord Cupyde;

Whanne I the proces have in my memorie;

How thou me hast wereyed on every syde;

Men might a book make of it; lyk a storie。  585

What nede is thee to seke on me victorie;

Sin I am thyn; and hoolly at thy wille?

What Ioye hastow thyn owene folk to spille?



‘Wel hastow; lord; y…wroke on me thyn ire;

Thou mighty god; and dredful for to greve!  590

Now mercy; lord; thou wost wel I desire

Thy grace most; of alle lustes leve;

And live and deye I wol in thy bileve;

For which I naxe in guerdon but a bone;

That thou Criseyde ayein me sende sone。  595



‘Distreyne hir herte as faste to retorne

As thou dost myn to longen hir to see;

Than woot I wel; that she nil nought soiorne。

Now; blisful lord; so cruel thou ne be

Un…to the blood of Troye; I preye thee;  600

As Iuno was un…to the blood Thebane;

For which the folk of Thebes caughte hir bane。'



And after this he to the yates wente

Ther…as Criseyde out…rood a ful good paas;

And up and doun ther made he many a wente;  605

And to him…self ful ofte he seyde ‘Allas!

From hennes rood my blisse and my solas!

As wolde blisful god now; for his Ioye;

I mighte hir seen ayein come in…to Troye!



‘And to the yonder hille I gan hir gyde;  610

Allas! And there I took of hir my leve!

And yond I saugh hir to hir fader ryde;

For sorwe of which myn herte shal to…cleve。

And hider hoom I com whan it was eve;

And here I dwelle out…cast from alle Ioye;  615

And shal; til I may seen hir eft in Troye。'



And of him…self imagened he ofte

To ben defet; and pale; and waxen lesse

Than he was wont; and that men seyden softe;

‘What may it be? Who can the sothe gesse  620

Why Troilus hath al this hevinesse?'

And al this nas but his malencolye;

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