troilus and criseyde-第19部分
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And she answerde; ‘Of gilt misericorde!
That is to seyn; that I foryeve al this;
And ever…more on this night yow recorde;
And beth wel war ye do no more amis。' 1180
‘Nay; dere herte myn;' quod he; ‘y…wis。'
‘And now;' quod she; ‘that I have do yow smerte;
Foryeve it me; myn owene swete herte。'
This Troilus; with blisse of that supprysed;
Put al in goddes hond; as he that mente 1185
No…thing but wel; and; sodeynly avysed;
He hir in armes faste to him hente。
And Pandarus; with a ful good entente;
Leyde him to slepe; and seyde; ‘If ye ben wyse;
Swowneth not now; lest more folk aryse。' 1190
What mighte or may the sely larke seye;
Whan that the sperhauk hath it in his foot?
I can no more; but of thise ilke tweye;
To whom this tale sucre be or soot;
Though that I tarie a yeer; som…tyme I moot; 1195
After myn auctor; tellen hir gladnesse;
As wel as I have told hir hevinesse。
Criseyde; which that felte hir thus y…take;
As writen clerkes in hir bokes olde;
Right as an aspes leef she gan to quake; 1200
Whan she him felte hir in his armes folde。
But Troilus; al hool of cares colde;
Gan thanken tho the blisful goddes sevene;
Thus sondry peynes bringen folk in hevene。
This Troilus in armes gan hir streyne; 1205
And seyde; ‘O swete; as ever mote I goon;
Now be ye caught; now is ther but we tweyne;
Now yeldeth yow; for other boot is noon。'
To that Criseyde answerde thus anoon;
‘Ne hadde I er now; my swete herte dere; 1210
Ben yolde; y…wis; I were now not here!'
O! Sooth is seyd; that heled for to be
As of a fevre or othere greet syknesse;
Men moste drinke; as men may often see;
Ful bittre drink; and for to han gladnesse; 1215
Men drinken often peyne and greet distresse;
I mene it here; as for this aventure;
That thourgh a peyne hath founden al his cure。
And now swetnesse semeth more sweet;
That bitternesse assayed was biforn; 1220
For out of wo in blisse now they flete;
Non swich they felten; sith they were born;
Now is this bet; than bothe two be lorn!
For love of god; take every womman hede
To werken thus; if it comth to the nede。 1225
Criseyde; al quit from every drede and tene;
As she that iuste cause hadde him to triste;
Made him swich feste; it Ioye was to sene;
Whan she his trouthe and clene entente wiste。
And as aboute a tree; with many a twiste; 1230
Bitrent and wryth the sote wode…binde;
Gan eche of hem in armes other winde。
And as the newe abaysshed nightingale;
That stinteth first whan she biginneth to singe;
Whan that she hereth any herde tale; 1235
Or in the hegges any wight steringe;
And after siker dooth hir voys out…ringe;
Right so Criseyde; whan hir drede stente;
Opned hir herte and tolde him hir entente。
And right as he that seeth his deeth y…shapen; 1240
And deye moot; in ought that he may gesse;
And sodeynly rescous doth him escapen;
And from his deeth is brought in sikernesse;
For al this world; in swich present gladnesse
Was Troilus; and hath his lady swete; 1245
With worse hap god lat us never mete!
Hir armes smale; hir streyghte bak and softe;
Hir sydes longe; fleshly; smothe; and whyte
He gan to stroke; and good thrift bad ful ofte
Hir snowish throte; hir brestes rounde and lyte; 1250
Thus in this hevene he gan him to delyte;
And ther…with…al a thousand tyme hir kiste;
That; what to done; for Ioye unnethe he wiste。
Than seyde he thus; ‘O; Love; O; Charitee;
Thy moder eek; Citherea the swete; 1255
After thy…self next heried be she;
Venus mene I; the wel…willy planete;
And next that; Imeneus; I thee grete;
For never man was to yow goddes holde
As I; which ye han brought fro cares colde。 1260
‘Benigne Love; thou holy bond of thinges;
Who…so wol grace; and list thee nought honouren;
Lo; his desyr wol flee with…outen winges。
For; noldestow of bountee hem socouren
That serven best and most alwey labouren; 1265
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