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管他三七二十一 更新:2024-01-16 22:39 字数:9322
Of wif; or yit of other love; 700
I faste; and mai no fode gete;
So that for lacke of deinte mete;
Of which an herte mai be fedd;
I go fastende to my bedd。
Bot myhte I geten; as ye tolde;
So mochel that mi ladi wolde
Me fede with hir glad semblant;
Though me lacke al the remenant;
Yit scholde I somdel ben abeched
And for the time wel refreched。 710
Bot certes; fader; sche ne doth;
For in good feith; to telle soth;
I trowe; thogh I scholde sterve;
Sche wolde noght hire yhe swerve;
Min herte with o goodly lok
To fede; and thus for such a cok
I mai go fastinge everemo:
Bot if so is that eny wo
Mai fede a mannes herte wel;
Therof I have at every meel 720
Of plente more than ynowh;
Bot that is of himself so towh;
Mi stomac mai it noght defie。
Lo; such is the delicacie
Of love; which myn herte fedeth;
Thus have I lacke of that me nedeth。
Bot for al this yit natheles
I seie noght I am gylteles;
That I somdel am delicat:
For elles were I fulli mat; 730
Bot if that I som lusti stounde
Of confort and of ese founde;
To take of love som repast;
For thogh I with the fulle tast
The lust of love mai noght fiele;
Min hunger otherwise I kiele
Of smale lustes whiche I pike;
And for a time yit thei like;
If that ye wisten what I mene。
Nou; goode Sone; schrif thee clene 740
Of suche deyntes as ben goode;
Wherof thou takst thin hertes fode。
Mi fader; I you schal reherce;
Hou that mi fodes ben diverse;
So as thei fallen in degre。
O fiedinge is of that I se;
An other is of that I here;
The thridde; as I schal tellen here;
It groweth of min oghne thoght:
And elles scholde I live noght; 750
For whom that failleth fode of herte;
He mai noght wel the deth asterte。
Of sihte is al mi ferste fode;
Thurgh which myn yhe of alle goode
Hath that to him is acordant;
A lusti fode sufficant。
Whan that I go toward the place
Wher I schal se my ladi face;
Min yhe; which is loth to faste;
Beginth to hungre anon so faste; 760
That him thenkth of on houre thre;
Til I ther come and he hire se:
And thanne after his appetit
He takth a fode of such delit;
That him non other deynte nedeth。
Of sondri sihtes he him fedeth:
He seth hire face of such colour;
That freisshere is than eny flour;
He seth hire front is large and plein
Withoute fronce of eny grein; 770
He seth hire yhen lich an hevene;
He seth hire nase strauht and evene;
He seth hire rode upon the cheke;
He seth hire rede lippes eke;
Hire chyn acordeth to the face;
Al that he seth is full of grace;
He seth hire necke round and clene;
Therinne mai no bon be sene;
He seth hire handes faire and whyte;
For al this thing withoute wyte 780
He mai se naked ate leste;
So is it wel the more feste
And wel the mor Delicacie
Unto the fiedinge of myn yhe。
He seth hire schapthe forth withal;
Hire bodi round; hire middel smal;
So wel begon with good array;
Which passeth al the lust of Maii;
Whan he is most with softe schoures
Ful clothed in his lusti floures。 790
With suche sihtes by and by
Min yhe is fed; bot finaly;
Whan he the port and the manere
Seth of hire wommanysshe chere;
Than hath he such delice on honde;
Him thenkth he mihte stille stonde;
And that he hath ful sufficance
Of liflode and of sustienance
As to his part for everemo。
And if it thoghte alle othre so; 800
Fro thenne wolde he nevere wende;
Bot there unto the worldes ende
He wolde abyde; if that he mihte;
And fieden him upon the syhte。
For thogh I mihte stonden ay
Into the time of domesday
And loke upon hire evere in on;
Yit whanne I scholde fro hire gon;
Min yhe wolde; as thogh he faste;
Ben hungerstorven al so faste; 810
Til efte ayein that he hire syhe。
Such is the nature of myn yhe:
Ther is no lust so deintefull;
Of which a man schal noght be full;
Of that the stomac underfongeth;
Bot evere in on myn yhe longeth:
For loke hou that a goshauk tireth;
Riht so doth he; whan that he pireth
And toteth on hire wommanhiede;
For he mai nevere fulli fiede 820
His lust; bot evere aliche sore
Him hungreth; so that he the more
Desireth to be fed algate:
And thus myn yhe is mad the gate;
Thurgh which the deyntes of my thoght
Of lust ben to myn herte broght。
Riht as myn yhe with his lok
Is to myn herte a lusti coc
Of loves fode delicat;
Riht so myn Ere in his astat; 830
Wher as myn yhe mai noght serve;
Can wel myn hertes thonk deserve
And fieden him fro day to day
With suche deyntes as he may。
For thus it is; that overal;
Wher as I come in special;
I mai hiere of mi ladi pris;
I hiere on seith that sche is wys;
An other seith that sche is good;
And som men sein; of worthi blod 840
That sche is come; and is also
So fair; that nawher is non so;
And som men preise hire goodli chiere:
Thus every thing that I mai hiere;
Which souneth to mi ladi goode;
Is to myn Ere a lusti foode。
And ek min Ere hath over this
A deynte feste; whan so is
That I mai hiere hirselve speke;
For thanne anon mi faste I breke 850
On suche wordes as sche seith;
That full of trouthe and full of feith
Thei ben; and of so good desport;
That to myn Ere gret confort
Thei don; as thei that ben delices。
For al the metes and the spices;
That eny Lombard couthe make;
Ne be so lusti forto take
Ne so ferforth restauratif;
I seie as for myn oghne lif; 860
As ben the wordes of hire mouth:
For as the wyndes of the South
Ben most of alle debonaire;
So whan hir list to speke faire;
The vertu of hire goodly speche
Is verraily myn hertes leche。
And if it so befalle among;
That sche carole upon a song;
Whan I it hiere I am so fedd;
That I am fro miself so ledd; 870
As thogh I were in paradis;
For certes; as to myn avis;
Whan I here of hir vois the stevene;
Me thenkth it is a blisse of hevene。
And ek in other wise also
Fulofte time it falleth so;
Min Ere with a good pitance
Is fedd of redinge of romance
Of Ydoine and of Amadas;
That whilom weren in mi cas; 880
And eke of othre many a score;
That loveden longe er I was bore。
For whan I of here loves rede;
Min Ere with the tale I fede;
And with the lust of here histoire
Somtime I drawe into memoire
Hou sorwe mai noght evere laste;
And so comth hope in ate laste;
Whan I non other fode knowe。
And that endureth bot a throwe; 890
Riht as it were a cherie feste;
Bot forto compten ate leste;
As for the while yit it eseth
And somdel of myn herte appeseth:
For what thing to myn Ere spreedeth;
Which is plesant; somdel it feedeth
With wordes suche as he mai gete
Mi lust; in stede of other mete。
Lo thus; mi fader; as I seie;
Of lust the which myn yhe hath seie; 900
And ek of that myn Ere hath herd;
Fulofte I have the betre ferd。
And tho tuo bringen in the thridde;
The which hath in myn herte amidde
His place take; to arraie
The lusti fode; which assaie
I mot; and nameliche on nyhtes;
Whan that me lacketh alle sihtes;
And that myn heringe is aweie;
Thanne is he redy in the weie 910
Mi reresouper forto make;
Of which myn hertes fode I take。
This lusti cokes name is hote
Thoght; which hath evere hise pottes hote
Of love buillende on the fyr
With fantasie and with desir;
Of whiche er this fulofte he fedde
Min herte; whanne I was abedde;
And thanne he set upon my bord
Bothe every syhte and every word 920
Of lust; which I have herd or sein。
Bot yit is noght mi feste al plein;
Bot al of woldes and of wisshes;
Therof have I my fulle disshes;
Bot as of fielinge and of tast;
Yit mihte I nevere have o repast。
And thus; as I have seid aforn;
I licke hony on the thorn;
And as who seith; upon the bridel
I chiewe; so that al is ydel 930
As in effect the fode I have。
Bot as a man that wolde him save;
Whan he is seck; be medicine;
Riht so of love the famine
I fonde in al that evere I mai
To fiede and dryve forth the day;
Til I mai have the grete feste;
Which al myn hunger myhte areste。
Lo suche ben mi lustes thre;
Of that I thenke and hiere and se 940
I take of love my fiedinge
Withoute tastinge or fielinge:
And as the Plover doth of Eir
I live; and am in good espeir
That for no such delicacie
I trowe I do no glotonie。
And natheles to youre avis;
Min holi fader; that be wis;
I recomande myn astat
Of that I have be delicat。 950
Mi Sone; I understonde wel
That thou hast told hier everydel;
And as me thenketh be thi tale;
It ben delices wonder smale;
Wherof thou takst thi loves fode。
Bot; Sone; if that thou understode
What is to ben delicious;
Thou woldest noght be curious
Upon the lust of thin astat
To ben to sore delicat; 960
Wherof that thou reson excede:
For in the bokes thou myht rede;
If mannes wisdom schal be suied;
It oghte wel to ben eschuied
In love als wel as other weie;
For; as these holi bokes seie;
The bodely delices alle
In every point; hou so thei falle;
Unto the Soule don grievance。
And forto take in remembrance; 970
A tale acordant unto this;
Which of gret understondinge is
To mannes soule resonable;
I thenke telle; and is no fable。
Of Cristes word; who wole it rede;
Hou that this vice is forto drede
In thevangile it telleth plein;
Which mot algate be certein;
For Crist himself it berth witnesse。
And thogh the clerk and the clergesse 980
In latin tunge it rede an