第 5 节
作者:管他三七二十一      更新:2024-01-16 22:39      字数:9321
  Subdit; et vnanimes concitat esse feras:
  Huius enim mundi Princeps amor esse videtur;
  Cuius eget diues; pauper et omnis ope。
  Sunt in agone pares amor et fortuna; que cecas
  Plebis ad insidias vertit vterque rotas。
  Est amor egra salus; vexata quies; pius error;
  Bellica pax; vulnus dulce; suaue malum。
  I may noght strecche up to the hevene
  Min hand; ne setten al in evene
  This world; which evere is in balance:
  It stant noght in my sufficance
  So grete thinges to compasse;
  Bot I mot lete it overpasse
  And treten upon othre thinges。
  Forthi the Stile of my writinges
  Fro this day forth I thenke change
  And speke of thing is noght so strange;    10
  Which every kinde hath upon honde;
  And wherupon the world mot stonde;
  And hath don sithen it began;
  And schal whil ther is any man;
  And that is love; of which I mene
  To trete; as after schal be sene。
  In which ther can noman him reule;
  For loves lawe is out of reule;
  That of tomoche or of tolite
  Welnyh is every man to wyte;   20
  And natheles ther is noman
  In al this world so wys; that can
  Of love tempre the mesure;
  Bot as it falth in aventure:
  For wit ne strengthe may noght helpe;
  And he which elles wolde him yelpe
  Is rathest throwen under fote;
  Ther can no wiht therof do bote。
  For yet was nevere such covine;
  That couthe ordeine a medicine   30
  To thing which god in lawe of kinde
  Hath set; for ther may noman finde
  The rihte salve of such a Sor。
  It hath and schal ben everemor
  That love is maister wher he wile;
  Ther can no lif make other skile;
  For wher as evere him lest to sette;
  Ther is no myht which him may lette。
  Bot what schal fallen ate laste;
  The sothe can no wisdom caste;    40
  Bot as it falleth upon chance;
  For if ther evere was balance
  Which of fortune stant governed;
  I may wel lieve as I am lerned
  That love hath that balance on honde;
  Which wol no reson understonde。
  For love is blind and may noght se;
  Forthi may no certeinete
  Be set upon his jugement;
  Bot as the whiel aboute went     50
  He yifth his graces undeserved;
  And fro that man which hath him served
  Fulofte he takth aweye his fees;
  As he that pleieth ate Dees;
  And therupon what schal befalle
  He not; til that the chance falle;
  Wher he schal lese or he schal winne。
  And thus fulofte men beginne;
  That if thei wisten what it mente;
  Thei wolde change al here entente。     60
  And forto proven it is so;
  I am miselven on of tho;
  Which to this Scole am underfonge。
  For it is siththe go noght longe;
  As forto speke of this matiere;
  I may you telle; if ye woll hiere;
  A wonder hap which me befell;
  That was to me bothe hard and fell;
  Touchende of love and his fortune;
  The which me liketh to comune    70
  And pleinly forto telle it oute。
  To hem that ben lovers aboute
  Fro point to point I wol declare
  And wryten of my woful care;
  Mi wofull day; my wofull chance;
  That men mowe take remembrance
  Of that thei schall hierafter rede:
  For in good feith this wolde I rede;
  That every man ensample take
  Of wisdom which him is betake;    80
  And that he wot of good aprise
  To teche it forth; for such emprise
  Is forto preise; and therfore I
  Woll wryte and schewe al openly
  How love and I togedre mette;
  Wherof the world ensample fette
  Mai after this; whan I am go;
  Of thilke unsely jolif wo;
  Whos reule stant out of the weie;
  Nou glad and nou gladnesse aweie;    90
  And yet it may noght be withstonde
  For oght that men may understonde。
  Upon the point that is befalle
  Of love; in which that I am falle;
  I thenke telle my matiere:
  Now herkne; who that wol it hiere;
  Of my fortune how that it ferde。
  This enderday; as I forthferde
  To walke; as I yow telle may;…
  And that was in the Monthe of Maii;     100
  Whan every brid hath chose his make
  And thenkth his merthes forto make
  Of love that he hath achieved;
  Bot so was I nothing relieved;
  For I was further fro my love
  Than Erthe is fro the hevene above;
  As forto speke of eny sped:
  So wiste I me non other red;
  Bot as it were a man forfare
  Unto the wode I gan to fare;   110
  Noght forto singe with the briddes;
  For whanne I was the wode amiddes;
  I fond a swote grene pleine;
  And ther I gan my wo compleigne
  Wisshinge and wepinge al myn one;
  For other merthes made I none。
  So hard me was that ilke throwe;
  That ofte sithes overthrowe
  To grounde I was withoute breth;
  And evere I wisshide after deth;     120
  Whanne I out of my peine awok;
  And caste up many a pitous lok
  Unto the hevene; and seide thus:
  〃O thou Cupide; O thou Venus;
  Thou god of love and thou goddesse;
  Wher is pite? wher is meknesse?
  Now doth me pleinly live or dye;
  For certes such a maladie
  As I now have and longe have hadd;
  It myhte make a wisman madd;   130
  If that it scholde longe endure。
  O Venus; queene of loves cure;
  Thou lif; thou lust; thou mannes hele;
  Behold my cause and my querele;
  And yif me som part of thi grace;
  So that I may finde in this place
  If thou be gracious or non。〃
  And with that word I sawh anon
  The kyng of love and qweene bothe;
  Bot he that kyng with yhen wrothe   140
  His chiere aweiward fro me caste;
  And forth he passede ate laste。
  Bot natheles er he forth wente
  A firy Dart me thoghte he hente
  And threw it thurgh myn herte rote:
  In him fond I non other bote;
  For lenger list him noght to duelle。
  Bot sche that is the Source and Welle
  Of wel or wo; that schal betide
  To hem that loven; at that tide     150
  Abod; bot forto tellen hiere
  Sche cast on me no goodly chiere:
  Thus natheles to me sche seide;
  〃What art thou; Sone?〃 and I abreide
  Riht as a man doth out of slep;
  And therof tok sche riht good kep
  And bad me nothing ben adrad:
  Bot for al that I was noght glad;
  For I ne sawh no cause why。
  And eft scheo asketh; what was I:   160
  I seide; 〃A Caitif that lith hiere:
  What wolde ye; my Ladi diere?
  Schal I ben hol or elles dye?〃
  Sche seide; 〃Tell thi maladie:
  What is thi Sor of which thou pleignest?
  Ne hyd it noght; for if thou feignest;
  I can do the no medicine。〃
  〃Ma dame; I am a man of thyne;
  That in thi Court have longe served;
  And aske that I have deserved;    170
  Some wele after my longe wo。〃
  And sche began to loure tho;
  And seide; 〃Ther is manye of yow
  Faitours; and so may be that thow
  Art riht such on; and be feintise
  Seist that thou hast me do servise。〃
  And natheles sche wiste wel;
  Mi world stod on an other whiel
  Withouten eny faiterie:
  Bot algate of my maladie   180
  Sche bad me telle and seie hir trowthe。
  〃Ma dame; if ye wolde have rowthe;〃
  Quod I; 〃than wolde I telle yow。〃
  〃Sey forth;〃 quod sche; 〃and tell me how;
  Schew me thi seknesse everydiel。〃
  〃Ma dame; that can I do wel;
  Be so my lif therto wol laste。〃
  With that hir lok on me sche caste;
  And seide: 〃In aunter if thou live;
  Mi will is ferst that thou be schrive;    190
  And natheles how that it is
  I wot miself; bot for al this
  Unto my prest; which comth anon;
  I woll thou telle it on and on;
  Bothe all thi thoght and al thi werk。
  O Genius myn oghne Clerk;
  Com forth and hier this mannes schrifte;〃
  Quod Venus tho; and I uplifte
  Min hefd with that; and gan beholde
  The selve Prest; which as sche wolde   200
  Was redy there and sette him doun
  To hiere my confessioun。
  This worthi Prest; this holy man
  To me spekende thus began;
  And seide: 〃Benedicite;
  Mi Sone; of the felicite
  Of love and ek of all the wo
  Thou schalt thee schrive of bothe tuo。
  What thou er this for loves sake
  Hast felt; let nothing be forsake;   210
  Tell pleinliche as it is befalle。〃
  And with that word I gan doun falle
  On knees; and with devocioun
  And with full gret contricioun
  I seide thanne: 〃Dominus;
  Min holi fader Genius;
  So as thou hast experience
  Of love; for whos reverence
  Thou schalt me schriven at this time;
  I prai the let me noght mistime     220
  Mi schrifte; for I am destourbed
  In al myn herte; and so contourbed;
  That I ne may my wittes gete;
  So schal I moche thing foryete:
  Bot if thou wolt my schrifte oppose
  Fro point to point; thanne I suppose;
  Ther schal nothing be left behinde。
  Bot now my wittes ben so blinde;
  That I ne can miselven teche。〃
  Tho he began anon to preche;   230
  And with his wordes debonaire
  He seide tome softe and faire:
  〃Thi schrifte to oppose and hiere;
  My Sone; I am assigned hiere
  Be Venus the godesse above;
  Whos Prest I am touchende of love。
  Bot natheles for certein skile
  I mot algate and nedes wile
  Noght only make my spekynges
  Of love; bot of othre thinges;    240
  That touchen to the cause of vice。
  For that belongeth to thoffice
  Of Prest; whos ordre that I bere;
  So that I wol nothing forbere;
  That I the vices on and on
  Ne schal thee schewen everychon;
  Wherof thou myht take evidence
  To reule with thi conscience。
  Bot of conclusion final
  Conclude I wol in special     250
  For love; whos servant I am;
  And why the cause is that I cam。
  So thenke I to don bothe tuo;
  Ferst that myn ordre longeth to;
  The vices forto telle arewe;
  Bot next above alle othre schewe
  Of love I wol the propretes;
  How that thei stonde be degrees
  After the disposicioun
  Of Venus; whos condicioun     260
  I moste folwe; as I am holde。
  For I with love am al withholde;
  So that the lasse I am to wyte;
  Thogh I ne conne bot a lyte
  Of othre thinges that ben wise:
  I am noght