troilus and criseyde-第35部分
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What wratthe of iuste cause have ye to me?
What gilt of me; what fel experience
Hath fro me raft; allas! Thyn advertence?
O trust; O feyth; O depe aseuraunce;
Who hath me reft Criseyde; al my plesaunce? 1260
‘Allas! Why leet I you from hennes go;
For which wel neigh out of my wit I breyde?
Who shal now trowe on any othes mo?
God wot I wende; O lady bright; Criseyde;
That every word was gospel that ye seyde! 1265
But who may bet bigylen; yf him liste;
Than he on whom men weneth best to triste?
‘What shal I doon; my Pandarus; allas!
I fele now so sharpe a newe peyne;
Sin that ther is no remedie in this cas; 1270
That bet were it I with myn hondes tweyne
My…selven slow; than alwey thus to pleyne。
For through my deeth my wo sholde han an ende;
Ther every day with lyf my…self I shende。'
Pandare answerde and seyde; ‘Allas the whyle 1275
That I was born; have I not seyd er this;
That dremes many a maner man bigyle?
And why? For folk expounden hem a…mis。
How darstow seyn that fals thy lady is;
For any dreem; right for thyn owene drede? 1280
Lat be this thought; thou canst no dremes rede。
‘Paraunter; ther thou dremest of this boor;
It may so be that it may signifye
Hir fader; which that old is and eek hoor;
Ayein the sonne lyth; on poynt to dye; 1285
And she for sorwe ginneth wepe and crye;
And kisseth him; ther he lyth on the grounde;
Thus shuldestow thy dreem a…right expounde。'
‘How mighte I thanne do?' quod Troilus;
‘To knowe of this; ye; were it never so lyte?' 1290
‘Now seystow wysly;' quod this Pandarus;
‘My reed is this; sin thou canst wel endyte;
That hastely a lettre thou hir wryte;
Thorugh which thou shalt wel bringen it aboute;
To knowe a sooth of that thou art in doute。 1295
‘And see now why; for this I dar wel seyn;
That if so is that she untrewe be;
I can not trowe that she wol wryte ayeyn。
And if she wryte; thou shalt ful sone see;
As whether she hath any libertee 1300
To come ayein; or ellis in som clause;
If she be let; she wol assigne a cause。
‘Thou hast not writen hir sin that she wente;
Nor she to thee; and this I dorste leye;
Ther may swich cause been in hir entente; 1305
That hardely thou wolt thy…selven seye;
That hir a…bood the beste is for yow tweye。
Now wryte hir thanne; and thou shalt fele sone
A sothe of al; ther is no more to done。'
Acorded been to this conclusioun; 1310
And that anoon; these ilke lordes two;
And hastely sit Troilus adoun;
And rolleth in his herte to and fro;
How he may best discryven hir his wo。
And to Criseyde; his owene lady dere; 1315
He wroot right thus; and seyde as ye may here。
‘Right fresshe flour; whos I have been and shal;
With…outen part of elles…where servyse;
With herte; body; lyf; lust; thought; and al;
I; woful wight; in every humble wyse 1320
That tonge telle or herte may devyse;
As ofte as matere occupyeth place;
Me recomaunde un…to your noble grace。
‘Lyketh it yow to witen; swete herte;
As ye wel knowe how longe tyme agoon 1325
That ye me lefte in aspre peynes smerte;
Whan that ye wente; of which yet bote noon
Have I non had; but ever wers bigoon
Fro day to day am I; and so mot dwelle;
While it yow list; of wele and wo my welle。 1330
‘For which to yow; with dredful herte trewe;
I wryte; as he that sorwe dryfth to wryte;
My wo; that every houre encreseth newe;
Compleyninge as I dar or can endyte。
And that defaced is; that may ye wyte 1335
The teres; which that fro myn eyen reyne;
That wolde speke; if that they coude; and pleyne。
‘Yow first biseche I; that your eyen clere
To look on this defouled ye not holde;
And over al this; that ye; my lady dere; 1340
Wol vouche…sauf this lettre to biholde。
And by the cause eek of my cares colde;
That sleeth my wit; if ought amis me asterte;
For…yeve it me; myn owene swete herte。
‘If any servant dorste or oughte of right 1345
Up…on his lady pitously compleyne;
Than wene I; that ich oughte be that wight;
Considered this; that ye these monthes tweyne
Han taried; ther ye seyden; sooth to seyne;
But dayes ten ye nolde in ost soiourne; 1350
But in two monthes yet ye not retourne。
‘But for…as…muche as me mot nedes lyke
Al that yow list; I dar not pleyne more;
But humbely with sorwful sykes syke;
Yow wryte ich myn unresty sorwes sore; 1355
Fro day to day desyring ever…more
To knowen fully; if your wil it were;
How ye han ferd and doon; whyl ye be there。
‘The whos wel…fare and hele eek god encresse
In honour swich; that upward in degree 1360
It growe alwey; so that it never cesse;
Right as your herte ay can; my lady free;
Devyse; I prey to god so mote it be。
And graunte it that ye sone up…on me rewe
As wisly as in al I am yow trewe。 1365
‘And if yow lyketh knowen of the fare
Of me; whos wo ther may no wight discryve;
I can no more but; cheste of every care;
At wrytinge of this lettre I was on…lyve;
Al redy out my woful gost to dryve; 1370
Which I delaye; and holde him yet in honde;
Upon the sight of matere of your sonde。
‘Myn eyen two; in veyn with which I see;
Of sorweful teres salte arn waxen welles;
My song; in pleynte of myn adversitee; 1375
My good; in harm; myn ese eek waxen helle is。
My Ioye; in wo; I can sey yow nought elles;
But turned is; for which my lyf I warie;
Everich Ioye or ese in his contrarie。
‘Which with your cominge hoom ayein to Troye 1380
Ye may redresse; and; more a thousand sythe
Than ever ich hadde; encressen in me Ioye。
For was ther never herte yet so blythe
To han his lyf; as I shal been as swythe
As I yow see; and; though no maner routhe 1385
Commeve yow; yet thinketh on your trouthe。
‘And if so be my gilt hath deeth deserved;
Or if yow list no more up…on me see;
In guerdon yet of that I have you served;
Biseche I yow; myn hertes lady free; 1390
That here…upon ye wolden wryte me;
For love of god; my righte lode…sterre;
Ther deeth may make an ende of al my werre。
‘If other cause aught doth yow for to dwelle;
That with your lettre ye me recomforte; 1395
For though to me your absence is an helle;
With pacience I wol my wo comporte;
And with your lettre of hope I wol desporte。
Now wryteth; swete; and lat me thus not pleyne;
With hope; or deeth; delivereth me fro peyne。 1400
‘Y…wis; myn owene dere herte trewe;
I woot that; whan ye next up…on me see;
So lost have I myn hele and eek myn hewe;
Criseyde shal nought conne knowe me!
Y…wis; myn hertes day; my lady free; 1405
So thursteth ay myn herte to biholde
Your beautee; that my lyf unnethe I holde。
‘I sey no more; al have I for to seye
To you wel more than I telle may;
But whether that ye do me live or deye; 1410
Yet pray I god; so yeve yow right good day。
And fareth wel; goodly fayre fresshe may;
As ye that lyf or deeth me may comaunde;
And to your trouthe ay I me recomaunde
‘With hele swich that; but ye yeven me 1415
The same hele; I shal noon hele have。
In you lyth; whan yow liste that it so be;
The day in which me clothen shal my grave。
In yow my lyf; in yow might for to save
Me from disese of alle peynes smerte; 1420
And fare now wel; myn owene swete herte!
Le vostre T。'
This lettre forth was sent un…to Criseyde;
Of which hir answere in effect was this;
Ful pitously she wroot ayein; and seyde;
That also sone as that she might; y…wis; 1425
She wolde come; and mende al that was mis。
And fynally she wroot and seyde him thanne;
She wolde come; ye; but she niste whenne。
But in hir lettre made she swich festes;
That wonder was; and swereth she loveth him best; 1430
Of which he fond but botmelees bihestes。
But Troilus; thou mayst now; est or west;
Pype in an ivy leef; if that thee lest;
Thus gooth the world; god shilde us fro mischaunce;
And every wight that meneth trouthe avaunce! 1435
Encresen gan the wo fro day to night
Of Troilus; for taryinge of Criseyde;
And lessen gan his hope and eek his might;
For which al doun he in his bed him leyde;
He ne eet; ne dronk; ne sleep; ne word he seyde; 1440
Imagininge ay that she was unkinde;
For which wel neigh he wex out of his minde。
This dreem; of which I told have eek biforn;
May never come out of his remembraunce;
He thoughte ay wel he hadde his lady lorn; 1445
And that Ioves; of his purveyaunce;
Him shewed hadde in sleep the signifiaunce
Of hir untrouthe and his disaventure;
And that the boor was shewed him in figure。
For which he for Sibille his suster sente; 1450
That called was Cassandre eek al aboute;
And al his dreem he tolde hir er he stente;
And hir bisoughte assoilen him the doute
Of the stronge boor; with tuskes stoute;
And fynally; with…inne a litel stounde; 1455
Cassandre him gan right thus his dreem expounde。
She gan first smyle; and seyde; ‘O brother dere;
If thou a sooth of this desyrest knowe;
Thou most a fewe of olde stories here;
To purpos; how that fortune over…throwe 1460
Hath lordes olde; through which; with…inne a throwe;
Thou wel this boor shalt knowe; and of what kinde
He comen is; as men in bokes finde。
‘Diane; which that wrooth was and in ire
For Grekes nolde doon hir sacrifyse; 1465
Ne encens up…on hir auter sette a…fyre;
She; for that Grekes gonne hir so dispyse;
Wrak hir in a wonder cruel wyse。
For with a boor as greet as oxe in stalle
She made up frete hir corn and vynes alle。 1470
‘To slee this boor was al the contree reysed;
A…monges which ther com; this boor to see;
A mayde; oon of this world the best y…preysed;
And Meleagre; lord of that contree;
He lovede so this fresshe mayden free 1475
That with his manhod; er he wolde stente;
This boor he slow; and hir the heed he sente;
‘Of which; as olde bokes tellen us;
Ther roos a contek and a greet envye;