troilus and criseyde-第35节
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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;
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