troilus and criseyde-第32部分
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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;
That he hadde of him…self swich fantasye。
Another tyme imaginen he wolde
That every wight that wente by the weye 625
Had of him routhe; and that they seyen sholde;
‘I am right sory Troilus wole deye。'
And thus he droof a day yet forth or tweye。
As ye have herd; swich lyf right gan he lede;
As he that stood bitwixen hope and drede。 630
For which him lyked in his songes shewe
Thencheson of his wo; as he best mighte;
And made a song of wordes but a fewe;
Somwhat his woful herte for to lighte。
And whan he was from every mannes sighte; 635
With softe voys he; of his lady dere;
That was absent; gan singe as ye may here。
‘O sterre; of which I lost have al the light;
With herte soor wel oughte I to bewayle;
That ever derk in torment; night by night; 640
Toward my deeth with wind in stere I sayle;
For which the tenthe night if that I fayle
The gyding of thy bemes brighte an houre;
My ship and me Caribdis wole devoure。'
This song whan he thus songen hadde; sone 645
He fil ayein in…to his sykes olde;
And every night; as was his wone to done;
He stood the brighte mone to beholde;
And al his sorwe he to the mone tolde;
And seyde; ‘Y…wis; whan thou art horned newe; 650
I shal be glad; if al the world be trewe!
‘I saugh thyn hornes olde eek by the morwe;
Whan hennes rood my righte lady dere;
That cause is of my torment and my sorwe;
For whiche; O brighte Lucina the clere; 655
For love of god; ren faste aboute thy spere!
For whan thyn hornes newe ginne springe;
Than shal she come; that may my blisse bringe!'
The day is more; and lenger every night;
Than they be wont to be; him thoughte tho; 660
And that the sonne wente his course unright
By lenger wey than it was wont to go;
And seyde; ‘Y…wis; me dredeth ever…mo;
The sonnes sone; Pheton; be on…lyve;
And that his fadres cart amis he dryve。' 665
Upon the walles faste eek wolde he walke;
And on the Grekes ost he wolde see;
And to him…self right thus he wolde talke;
‘Lo; yonder is myn owene lady free;
Or elles yonder; ther tho tentes be! 670
And thennes comth this eyr; that is so sote;
That in my soule I fele it doth me bote。
‘And hardely this wind; that more and more
Thus stoundemele encreseth in my face;
Is of my ladyes depe sykes sore。 675
I preve it thus; for in non othere place
Of al this toun; save onliche in this space;
Fele I no wind that souneth so lyk peyne;
It seyth; 〃Allas! Why twinned be we tweyne?〃'
This longe tyme he dryveth forth right thus; 680
Til fully passed was the nynthe night;
And ay bi…syde him was this Pandarus;
That bisily dide alle his fulle might
Him to comforte; and make his herte light;
Yevinge him hope alwey; the tenthe morwe 685
That she shal come; and stinten al his sorwe。
Up…on that other syde eek was Criseyde;
With wommen fewe; among the Grekes stronge;
For which ful ofte a day ‘Allas;' she seyde;
‘That I was born! Wel may myn herte longe 690
After my deeth; for now live I to longe!
Allas! And I ne may it not amende;
For now is wors than ever yet I wende。
‘My fader nil for no…thing do me grace
To goon ayein; for nought I can him queme; 695
And if so be that I my terme passe;
My Troilus shal in his herte deme
That I am fals; and so it may wel seme。
Thus shal I have unthank on every syde;
That I was born; so weylaway the tyde! 700
‘And if that I me putte in Iupartye;
To stele awey by nighte; and it bifalle
That I be caught; I shal be holde a spye;
Or elles; lo; this drede I most of alle;
If in the hondes of som wrecche I falle; 705
I am but lost; al be myn herte trewe;
Now mighty god; thou on my sorwe rewe!'
Ful pale y…waxen was hir brighte face;
Hir limes lene; as she that al the day
Stood whan she dorste; and loked on the place 710
Ther she was born; and ther she dwelt hadde ay。
And al the night wepinge; allas! she lay。
And thus despeired; out of alle cure;
She ladde hir lyf; this woful creature。
Ful ofte a day she sighte eek for destresse; 715
And in hir…self she wente ay portrayinge
Of Troilus the grete worthinesse;
And alle his goodly wordes recordinge
Sin first that day hir love bigan to springe。
And thus she sette hir woful herte a…fyre 720
Through remembraunce of that she gan desyre。
In al this world ther nis so cruel herte
That hir hadde herd compleynen in hir sorwe;
That nolde han wopen for hir peynes smerte;
So tendrely she weep; bothe eve and morwe。 725
Hir nedede no teres for to borwe。
And this was yet the worste of al hir peyne;
Ther was no wight to whom she dorste hir pleyne。
Ful rewfully she loked up…on Troye;
Biheld the toures heighe and eek the halles; 730
‘Allas!' quod she; ‘The plesaunce and the Ioye
The whiche that now al torned in…to galle is;
Have I had ofte with…inne yonder walles!
O Troilus; what dostow now;' she seyde;
‘Lord! Whether yet thou thenke up…on Criseyde? 735
‘Allas! I ne hadde trowed on your lore;
And went with yow; as ye me radde er this!
Thanne hadde I now not syked half so sore。
Who mighte han seyd; that I had doon a…mis
To stele awey with swich on as he is? 740
But al to late cometh the letuarie;
Whan men the cors un…to the grave carie。
‘To late is now to speke of this matere;
Prudence; allas! Oon of thyn eyen three
Me lakked alwey; er that I come here; 745
On tyme y…passed; wel remembred me;
And present tyme eek coude I wel y…see。
But futur tyme; er I was in the snare;
Coude I not seen; that causeth now my care。
‘But natheles; bityde what bityde; 750
I shal to…morwe at night; by est or weste;
Out of this ost stele on som maner syde;
And go with Troilus wher…as him leste。
This purpos wol I holde; and this is beste。
No fors of wikked tonges Ianglerye; 755
For ever on love han wrecches had envye。
‘For who…so wole of every word take hede;
Or rewlen him by every wightes wit;
Ne shal he never thryven; out of drede。
For that that som men blamen ever yit; 760
Lo; other maner folk commenden it。
And as for me; for al swich variaunce;
Felicitee clepe I my suffisaunce。
‘For which; with…outen any wordes mo;
To Troye I wol; as for conclusioun。' 765
But god it wot; er fully monthes two;
She was ful fer fro that entencioun。
For bothe Troilus and Troye toun
Shal knotteles through…out hir herte slyde;
For she wol take a purpos for tabyde。 770
This Diomede; of whom yow telle I gan;
Goth now; with…inne him…self ay arguinge
With al the sleighte and al that ever he can;
How he may best; with shortest taryinge;
In…to his net Criseydes herte bringe。 775
To this entente he coude never fyne;
To fisshen hir; he leyde out hook and lyne。
But natheles; wel in his herte he thoughte;
That she nas nat with…oute a love in Troye;
For never; sithen he hir thennes broughte; 780
Ne coude he seen her laughe or make Ioye。
He nist how best hir herte for tacoye。
‘But for to assaye;' he seyde; ‘it nought ne greveth;
For he that nought nassayeth; nought nacheveth。'
Yet seide he to him…self upon a night; 785
‘Now am I not a fool; that woot wel how
Hir wo for love is of another wight;
And here…up…on to goon assaye hir now?
I may wel wite; it nil not been my prow。
For wyse folk in bokes it expresse; 790
〃Men shal not wowe a wight in hevinesse。〃
‘But who…so mighte winnen swich a flour
From him; for whom she morneth night and day;
He mighte seyn; he were a conquerour。'
And right anoon; as he that bold was ay; 795
Thoughte in his herte; ‘Happe how happe may;
Al sholde I deye; I wole hir herte seche;
I shal no more lesen but my speche。'
This Diomede; as bokes us declare;
Was in his nedes prest and corageous; 800
With sterne voys and mighty limes square;
Hardy; testif; strong; and chevalrous
Of dedes; lyk his fader Tideus。
And som men s