第 34 节
作者:管他三七二十一      更新:2024-01-16 22:39      字数:9322
  For whanne I to my ladi plie
  Fro dai to dai and merci crie;
  And sche no merci on me leith
  Bot schorte wordes to me seith;
  Thogh I my ladi love algate;
  Tho wordes moste I nedes hate;
  And wolde thei were al despent;
  Or so ferr oute of londe went
  That I nevere after scholde hem hiere;
  And yit love I my ladi diere。   880
  Thus is ther Hate; as ye mai se;
  Betwen mi ladi word and me;
  The word I hate and hire I love;
  What so me schal betide of love。
  Bot forthere mor I wol me schryve;
  That I have hated al my lyve
  These janglers; whiche of here Envie
  Ben evere redi forto lie;
  For with here fals compassement
  Fuloften thei have mad me schent   890
  And hindred me fulofte time;
  Whan thei no cause wisten bime;
  Bot onliche of here oghne thoght:
  And thus fuloften have I boght
  The lie; and drank noght of the wyn。
  I wolde here happ were such as myn:
  For how so that I be now schrive;
  To hem ne mai I noght foryive;
  Til that I se hem at debat
  With love; and thanne myn astat    900
  Thei mihten be here oghne deme;
  And loke how wel it scholde hem qweme
  To hindre a man that loveth sore。
  And thus I hate hem everemore;
  Til love on hem wol don his wreche:
  For that schal I alway beseche
  Unto the mihti Cupido;
  That he so mochel wolde do;
  So as he is of love a godd;
  To smyte hem with the same rodd    910
  With which I am of love smite;
  So that thei mihten knowe and wite
  How hindringe is a wofull peine
  To him that love wolde atteigne。
  Thus evere on hem I wayte and hope;
  Til I mai sen hem lepe a lope;
  And halten on the same Sor
  Which I do now: for overmor
  I wolde thanne do my myht
  So forto stonden in here lyht;  920
  That thei ne scholden finde a weie
  To that thei wolde; bot aweie
  I wolde hem putte out of the stede
  Fro love; riht as thei me dede
  With that thei speke of me be mowthe。
  So wolde I do; if that I cowthe;
  Of hem; and this; so god me save;
  Is al the hate that I have;
  Toward these janglers everydiel;
  I wolde alle othre ferde wel。   930
  Thus have I; fader; said mi wille;
  Say ye now forth; for I am stille。
  Mi Sone; of that thou hast me said
  I holde me noght fulli paid:
  That thou wolt haten eny man;
  To that acorden I ne can;
  Thogh he have hindred thee tofore。
  Bot this I telle thee therfore;
  Thou miht upon my beneicoun
  Wel haten the condicioun  940
  Of tho janglers; as thou me toldest;
  Bot furthermor; of that thou woldest
  Hem hindre in eny other wise;
  Such Hate is evere to despise。
  Forthi; mi Sone; I wol thee rede;
  That thou drawe in be frendlihede
  That thou ne miht noght do be hate;
  So miht thou gete love algate
  And sette thee; my Sone; in reste;
  For thou schalt finde it for the beste。      950
  And over this; so as I dar;
  I rede that thou be riht war
  Of othre mennes hate aboute;
  Which every wysman scholde doute:
  For Hate is evere upon await;
  And as the fisshere on his bait
  Sleth; whan he seth the fisshes faste;
  So; whan he seth time ate laste;
  That he mai worche an other wo;
  Schal noman tornen him therfro;    960
  That Hate nyle his felonie
  Fulfille and feigne compaignie
  Yit natheles; for fals Semblant
  Is toward him of covenant
  Withholde; so that under bothe
  The prive wraththe can him clothe;
  That he schal seme of gret believe。
  Bot war thee wel that thou ne lieve
  Al that thou sest tofore thin yhe;
  So as the Gregois whilom syhe:  970
  The bok of Troie who so rede;
  Ther mai he finde ensample in dede。
  Sone after the destruccioun;
  Whan Troie was al bete doun
  And slain was Priamus the king;
  The Gregois; whiche of al this thing
  Ben cause; tornen hom ayein。
  Ther mai noman his happ withsein;
  It hath be sen and felt fulofte;
  The harde time after the softe:    980
  Be See as thei forth homward wente;
  A rage of gret tempeste hem hente;
  Juno let bende hire parti bowe;
  The Sky wax derk; the wynd gan blowe;
  The firy welkne gan to thondre;
  As thogh the world scholde al to sondre;
  Fro hevene out of the watergates
  The reyni Storm fell doun algates
  And al here takel made unwelde;
  That noman mihte himself bewelde。  990
  Ther mai men hiere Schipmen crie;
  That stode in aunter forto die:
  He that behinde sat to stiere
  Mai noght the forestempne hiere;
  The Schip aros ayein the wawes;
  The lodesman hath lost his lawes;
  The See bet in on every side:
  Thei nysten what fortune abide;
  Bot sette hem al in goddes wille;
  Wher he hem wolde save or spille。  1000
  And it fell thilke time thus:
  Ther was a king; the which Namplus
  Was hote; and he a Sone hadde;
  At Troie which the Gregois ladde;
  As he that was mad Prince of alle;
  Til that fortune let him falle:
  His name was Palamades。
  Bot thurgh an hate natheles
  Of some of hem his deth was cast
  And he be tresoun overcast。  1010
  His fader; whan he herde it telle;
  He swor; if evere his time felle;
  He wolde him venge; if that he mihte;
  And therto his avou behihte:
  And thus this king thurgh prive hate
  Abod upon await algate;
  For he was noght of such emprise
  To vengen him in open wise。
  The fame; which goth wyde where;
  Makth knowe how that the Gregois were    1020
  Homward with al the felaschipe
  Fro Troie upon the See be Schipe。
  Namplus; whan he this understod;
  And knew the tydes of the flod;
  And sih the wynd blew to the lond;
  A gret deceipte anon he fond
  Of prive hate; as thou schalt hiere;
  Wherof I telle al this matiere。
  This king the weder gan beholde;
  And wiste wel thei moten holde  1030
  Here cours endlong his marche riht;
  And made upon the derke nyht
  Of grete Schydes and of blockes
  Gret fyr ayein the grete rockes;
  To schewe upon the helles hihe;
  So that the Flete of Grece it sihe。
  And so it fell riht as he thoghte:
  This Flete; which an havene soghte;
  The bryghte fyres sih a ferr;
  And thei hem drowen nerr and nerr;    1040
  And wende wel and understode
  How al that fyr was made for goode;
  To schewe wher men scholde aryve;
  And thiderward thei hasten blyve。
  In Semblant; as men sein; is guile;
  And that was proved thilke while;
  The Schip; which wende his helpe acroche;
  Drof al to pieces on the roche;
  And so ther deden ten or twelve;
  Ther mihte noman helpe himselve;   1050
  For ther thei wenden deth ascape;
  Withouten help here deth was schape。
  Thus thei that comen ferst tofore
  Upon the Rockes be forlore;
  Bot thurgh the noise and thurgh the cri
  These othre were al war therby;
  And whan the dai began to rowe;
  Tho mihten thei the sothe knowe;
  That wher they wenden frendes finde;
  Thei founden frenschipe al behinde。   1060
  The lond was thanne sone weyved;
  Wher that thei hadden be deceived;
  And toke hem to the hihe See;
  Therto thei seiden alle yee;
  Fro that dai forth and war thei were
  Of that thei hadde assaied there。
  Mi Sone; hierof thou miht avise
  How fraude stant in many wise
  Amonges hem that guile thenke;
  Ther is no Scrivein with his enke  1070
  Which half the fraude wryte can
  That stant in such a maner man:
  Forthi the wise men ne demen
  The thinges after that thei semen;
  Bot after that thei knowe and finde。
  The Mirour scheweth in his kinde
  As he hadde al the world withinne;
  And is in soth nothing therinne;
  And so farth Hate for a throwe:
  Til he a man hath overthrowe;   1080
  Schal noman knowe be his chere
  Which is avant; ne which arere。
  Forthi; mi Sone; thenke on this。
  Mi fader; so I wole ywiss;
  And if ther more of Wraththe be;
  Now axeth forth per charite;
  As ye be youre bokes knowe;
  And I the sothe schal beknowe。
  Mi Sone; thou schalt understonde
  That yit towardes Wraththe stonde  1090
  Of dedly vices othre tuo:
  And forto telle here names so;
  It is Contek and Homicide;
  That ben to drede on every side。
  Contek; so as the bokes sein;
  Folhast hath to his Chamberlein;
  Be whos conseil al unavised
  Is Pacience most despised;
  Til Homicide with hem meete。
  Fro merci thei ben al unmeete;  1100
  And thus ben thei the worste of alle
  Of hem whiche unto wraththe falle;
  In dede bothe and ek in thoght:
  For thei acompte here wraththe at noght;
  Bot if ther be schedinge of blod;
  And thus lich to a beste wod
  Thei knowe noght the god of lif。
  Be so thei have or swerd or knif
  Here dedly wraththe forto wreke;
  Of Pite list hem noght to speke;   1110
  Non other reson thei ne fonge;
  Bot that thei ben of mihtes stronge。
  Bot war hem wel in other place;
  Where every man behoveth grace;
  Bot ther I trowe it schal hem faile;
  To whom no merci mihte availe;
  Bot wroghten upon tiraundie;
  That no pite ne mihte hem plie。
  Now tell; my Sone。 Fader; what?
  If thou hast be coupable of that。  1120
  Mi fader; nay; Crist me forbiede:
  I speke onliche as of the dede;
  Of which I nevere was coupable
  Withoute cause resonable。
  Bot this is noght to mi matiere
  Of schrifte; why we sitten hiere;
  For we ben sett to schryve of love;
  As we begunne ferst above:
  And natheles I am beknowe
  That as touchende of loves throwe;    1130
  Whan I my wittes overwende;
  Min hertes contek hath non ende;
  Bot evere it stant upon debat
  To gret desese of myn astat
  As for the time that it lasteth。
  For whan mi fortune overcasteth
  Hire whiel and is to me so strange;
  And that I se sche wol noght change;
  Than caste I al the world aboute;
  And thenke hou I at home and oute  1140
  Have al my time in vein despended;
  And se noght how to ben amended;
  Bot rathere forto be empeired;
  As he that is welnyh despeired