第 86 节
作者: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