confessio amantis-第59章
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Me list noght longe forto wake; 3150
Bot if it be for pure schame;
Of that I wolde eschuie a name;
That thei ne scholde have cause non
To seie; 〃Ha; lo; wher goth such on;
That hath forlore his contenaunce'〃
And thus among I singe and daunce;
And feigne lust ther as non is。
For ofte sithe I fiele this;
Of thoght; which in mi herte falleth
Whanne it is nyht; myn hed appalleth; 3160
And that is for I se hire noght;
Which is the wakere of mi thoght:
And thus as tymliche as I may;
Fulofte whanne it is brod day;
I take of all these othre leve
And go my weie; and thei beleve;
That sen per cas here loves there;
And I go forth as noght ne were
Unto mi bedd; so that al one
I mai ther ligge and sighe and grone 3170
And wisshen al the longe nyht;
Til that I se the daies lyht。
I not if that be Sompnolence;
Bot upon youre conscience;
Min holi fader; demeth ye。
My Sone; I am wel paid with thee;
Of Slep that thou the Sluggardie
Be nyhte in loves compaignie
Eschuied hast; and do thi peine
So that thi love thar noght pleine: 3180
For love upon his lust wakende
Is evere; and wolde that non ende
Were of the longe nyhtes set。
Wherof that thou be war the bet;
To telle a tale I am bethoght;
Hou love and Slep acorden noght。
For love who that list to wake
Be nyhte; he mai ensample take
Of Cephalus; whan that he lay
With Aurora that swete may 3190
In armes all the longe nyht。
Bot whanne it drogh toward the liht;
That he withinne his herte sih
The dai which was amorwe nyh;
Anon unto the Sonne he preide
For lust of love; and thus he seide:
〃O Phebus; which the daies liht
Governest; til that it be nyht;
And gladest every creature
After the lawe of thi nature;… 3200
Bot natheles ther is a thing;
Which onli to the knouleching
Belongeth as in privete
To love and to his duete;
Which asketh noght to ben apert;
Bot in cilence and in covert
Desireth forto be beschaded:
And thus whan that thi liht is faded
And Vesper scheweth him alofte;
And that the nyht is long and softe; 3210
Under the cloudes derke and stille
Thanne hath this thing most of his wille。
Forthi unto thi myhtes hyhe;
As thou which art the daies yhe;
Of love and myht no conseil hyde;
Upon this derke nyhtes tyde
With al myn herte I thee beseche
That I plesance myhte seche
With hire which lith in min armes。
Withdrawgh the Banere of thin Armes; 3220
And let thi lyhtes ben unborn;
And in the Signe of Capricorn;
The hous appropred to Satorne;
I preie that thou wolt sojorne;
Wher ben the nihtes derke and longe:
For I mi love have underfonge;
Which lith hier be mi syde naked;
As sche which wolde ben awaked;
And me lest nothing forto slepe。
So were it good to take kepe 3230
Nou at this nede of mi preiere;
And that the like forto stiere
Thi fyri Carte; and so ordeigne;
That thou thi swifte hors restreigne
Lowe under Erthe in Occident;
That thei towardes Orient
Be Cercle go the longe weie。
And ek to thee; Diane; I preie;
Which cleped art of thi noblesse
The nyhtes Mone and the goddesse; 3240
That thou to me be gracious:
And in Cancro thin oghne hous
Ayein Phebus in opposit
Stond al this time; and of delit
Behold Venus with a glad yhe。
For thanne upon Astronomie
Of due constellacion
Thou makst prolificacion;
And dost that children ben begete:
Which grace if that I mihte gete; 3250
With al myn herte I wolde serve
Be nyhte; and thi vigile observe。〃
Lo; thus this lusti Cephalus
Preide unto Phebe and to Phebus
The nyht in lengthe forto drawe;
So that he mihte do the lawe
In thilke point of loves heste;
Which cleped is the nyhtes feste;
Withoute Slep of sluggardie;
Which Venus out of compaignie 3260
Hath put awey; as thilke same;
Which lustles ferr from alle game
In chambre doth fulofte wo
Abedde; whanne it falleth so
That love scholde ben awaited。
But Slowthe; which is evele affaited;
With Slep hath mad his retenue;
That what thing is to love due;
Of all his dette he paieth non:
He wot noght how the nyht is gon 3270
Ne hou the day is come aboute;
Bot onli forto slepe and route
Til hyh midday; that he arise。
Bot Cephalus dede otherwise;
As thou; my Sone; hast herd above。
Mi fader; who that hath his love
Abedde naked be his syde;
And wolde thanne hise yhen hyde
With Slep; I not what man is he:
Bot certes as touchende of me; 3280
That fell me nevere yit er this。
Bot otherwhile; whan so is
That I mai cacche Slep on honde
Liggende al one; thanne I fonde
To dreme a merie swevene er day;
And if so falle that I may
Mi thought with such a swevene plese;
Me thenkth I am somdiel in ese;
For I non other confort have。
So nedeth noght that I schal crave 3290
The Sonnes Carte forto tarie;
Ne yit the Mone; that sche carie
Hire cours along upon the hevene;
For I am noght the more in evene
Towardes love in no degree:
Bot in mi slep yit thanne I se
Somwhat in swevene of that me liketh;
Which afterward min herte entriketh;
Whan that I finde it otherwise。
So wot I noght of what servise 3300
That Slep to mannes ese doth。
Mi Sone; certes thou seist soth;
Bot only that it helpeth kinde
Somtyme; in Phisique as I finde;
Whan it is take be mesure:
Bot he which can no Slep mesure
Upon the reule as it belongeth;
Fulofte of sodein chance he fongeth
Such infortune that him grieveth。
Bot who these olde bokes lieveth; 3310
Of Sompnolence hou it is write;
Ther may a man the sothe wite;
If that he wolde ensample take;
That otherwhile is good to wake:
Wherof a tale in Poesie
I thenke forto specefie。
Ovide telleth in his sawes;
How Jupiter be olde dawes
Lay be a Mayde; which Yo
Was cleped; wherof that Juno 3320
His wif was wroth; and the goddesse
Of Yo torneth the liknesse
Into a cow; to gon theroute
The large fieldes al aboute
And gete hire mete upon the griene。
And therupon this hyhe queene
Betok hire Argus forto kepe;
For he was selden wont to slepe;
And yit he hadde an hundred yhen;
And alle alyche wel thei syhen。 3330
Now herkne hou that he was beguiled。
Mercurie; which was al affiled
This Cow to stele; he cam desguised;
And hadde a Pipe wel devised
Upon the notes of Musiqe;
Wherof he mihte hise Eres like。
And over that he hadde affaited
Hise lusti tales; and awaited
His time; and thus into the field
He cam; where Argus he behield 3340
With Yo; which beside him wente。
With that his Pype on honde he hente;
And gan to pipe in his manere
Thing which was slepi forto hiere;
And in his pipinge evere among
He tolde him such a lusti song;
That he the fol hath broght aslepe。
Ther was non yhe mihte kepe
His hed; the which Mercurie of smot;
And forth withal anon fot hot 3350
He stal the Cow which Argus kepte;
And al this fell for that he slepte。
Ensample it was to manye mo;
That mochel Slep doth ofte wo;
Whan it is time forto wake:
For if a man this vice take;
In Sompnolence and him delite;
Men scholde upon his Dore wryte
His epitaphe; as on his grave;
For he to spille and noght to save 3360
Is schape; as thogh he were ded。
Forthi; mi Sone; hold up thin hed;
And let no Slep thin yhe englue;
Bot whanne it is to resoun due。
Mi fader; as touchende of this;
Riht so as I you tolde it is;
That ofte abedde; whanne I scholde;
I mai noght slepe; thogh I wolde;
For love is evere faste byme;
Which takth no hiede of due time。 3370
For whanne I schal myn yhen close;
Anon min herte he wole oppose
And holde his Scole in such a wise;
Til it be day that I arise;
That selde it is whan that I slepe。
And thus fro Sompnolence I kepe
Min yhe: and forthi if ther be
Oght elles more in this degre;
Now axeth forth。 Mi Sone; yis:
For Slowthe; which as Moder is 3380
The forthdrawere and the Norrice
To man of many a dredful vice;
Hath yit an other laste of alle;
Which many a man hath mad to falle;
Wher that he mihte nevere arise;
Wherof for thou thee schalt avise;
Er thou so with thiself misfare;
What vice it is I wol declare。
Whan Slowthe hath don al that he may
To dryve forth the longe day; 3390
Til it be come to the nede;
Thanne ate laste upon the dede
He loketh hou his time is lore;
And is so wo begon therfore;
That he withinne his thoght conceiveth
Tristesce; and so himself deceiveth;
That he w