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{ "en": "Eternally, ere you your work began,", "me": "Eternally, or thou thy werk began," }

{ "en": "Why did you conceive that shameful man,", "me": "Why madest thou, unto þe slaundre of man," }

{ "en": "Or – if there was no intent in your doing,", "me": "Or -- al be þat hit was not thy doing," }

{ "en": "To create, to that end, such a thing –", "me": "As for þat fyn to make swiche a thing --" }

{ "en": "Why did you suffer Tereus to be born,", "me": "Why suffrest thou þat Tereus was bore," }

{ "en": "Who was in love so false and forsworn,", "me": "Þat is in love so fals and so forswore," }

{ "en": "That all from this world to highest heaven", "me": "Þat, fro this world up to þe firste hevene," }

{ "en": "Is corrupted, when folk speak his name even?", "me": "Corrumpeth, whan þat folk his name nevene?" }

{ "en": "And, for myself, so grisly was his deed", "me": "And, as to me, so grisly was his dede," }

{ "en": "That when I his foul story read,", "me": "Þat, whan þat I his foule story rede," }

{ "en": "My eyes grow foul and sore also;", "me": "Myn eyen wexen foule and sore also;" }

{ "en": "Yet so lasts the venom of long ago", "me": "Yit last þe venim of so longe ago," }

{ "en": "That it infects him who would behold", "me": "Þat hit enfecteth him þat wol beholde" }

{ "en": "The story of Tereus, of whom I've told.", "me": "Þe story of Tereus, of which I tolde." }

{ "en": "Of Thrace was he lord and kin to Mars,", "me": "Of Trace was he lord, and kin to Marte," }

{ "en": "The cruel god that stands with bloody arms;", "me": "Þe cruel god þat stant with blody darte;" }

{ "en": "And wedded had he with blissful cheer", "me": "And wedded had he, with a blisful chere," }

{ "en": "King Pandion's fair daughter dear", "me": "King Pandiones faire doghter dere," }

{ "en": "Named Procne, and the flower of her country,", "me": "Þat highte Progne, flour of her contree," }

{ "en": "Though Juno did not wish that feast to see,", "me": "Þogh Iuno list nat at þe feste be," }

{ "en": "Nor Hymeneus who god of weddings is;", "me": "Ne Ymeneus, þat god of wedding is;" }

{ "en": "But at the feast appears, as witnesses,", "me": "But at þe feste redy been, y-wise," }

{ "en": "The Furies three with all their deadly brands.", "me": "Þe furies three, with alle hir mortel brond." }

{ "en": "The owl at night among the roof-beams stands,", "me": "Þe owle al night aboute þe balkes wond," }

{ "en": "Who prophet is of woe and of mischance.", "me": "Þat prophet is of wo and of mischaunce." }

{ "en": "This revel full of song and full of dance", "me": "Þis revel, ful of songe and ful of daunce," }

{ "en": "Lasts for a fortnight or a little less.", "me": "Lasteth a fourtenight, or litel lasse." }

{ "en": "But I'll not from the story now digress,", "me": "But, shortly of this story for to passe," }

{ "en": "For I am wearied by the tale I tell,", "me": "For I am wery of him for to telle," }

{ "en": "Five years his wife and he together dwell", "me": "Five yeer his wyf and he togeder dwelle," }

{ "en": "Till one day she does so sorely long", "me": "Til on a day she gan so sore longe" }

{ "en": "To see her sister she's not seen for long,", "me": "To seen her suster, þat she saw nat longe," }

{ "en": "That, from desire, she can hardly speak.", "me": "Þat for desyr she niste what to seye." }

{ "en": "From her husband a favour she did seek", "me": "But to her husband gan she for to preye," }

{ "en": "Praying, for God's love, she might be gone", "me": "For goddes love, þat she moste ones goon" }

{ "en": "To see her sister, and come back anon,", "me": "Her suster for to seen, and come anoon," }

{ "en": "Or else, if she could not towards her wend,", "me": "Or elles, but she moste to her wende," }

{ "en": "She prayed that he would for her sister send.", "me": "She preyde him, þat he wolde after her sende;" }

{ "en": "And this was day by day her only prayer", "me": "And this was, day by day, al her prayere" }

{ "en": "All humbleness of wifehood in word and air.", "me": "With al humblesse of wyfhood, word, and chere." }

{ "en": "Then Tereus made ready his ships there", "me": "Þis Þeseus let make his shippes yare," }

{ "en": "And unto Greece himself forth did fare", "me": "And into Grece him-self is forth y-fare" }

{ "en": "To his father-in-law, and did him pray", "me": "Unto his fader in lawe, and gan him preye" }

{ "en": "To vouchsafe that for a two-month, say,", "me": "To vouche-sauf þat, for a month or tweye," }

{ "en": "Philomela, his wife's sister, might", "me": "Þat Philomene, his wyves suster, mighte" }

{ "en": "Of Procne his wife, just once, have sight –", "me": "On Progne his wyf but ones have a sighte --" }

{ "en": "'And she shall come to you again right so.", "me": "\"And she shal come to yow again anoon." }

{ "en": "Myself with her will both come and go,", "me": "Myself with her wol boþe come and goon," }

{ "en": "And as my heart's life I will her keep.'", "me": "And as myn hertes lyf I wol her kepe.\"" }

{ "en": "Old Pandion the king began to weep", "me": "Þis olde Pandion, this king, gan wepe" }

{ "en": "From tenderness of heart now to see", "me": "For tendernesse of herte, for to leve" }

{ "en": "His daughter go, and to give her leave;", "me": "His doghter goon, and for to yive her leve;" }

{ "en": "In all this world he loved none other so.", "me": "Of al this world he lovede no-thing so;" }

{ "en": "But at the last she has leave to go,", "me": "But at þe laste leve hath she to go." }

{ "en": "For Philomela with salt tears does beseech", "me": "For Philomene, with salte teres eke," }

{ "en": "Her father, and the grace from him does seek", "me": "Gan of her fader grace to beseke" }

{ "en": "To see her sister, whom she longs for so,", "me": "To seen her suster, þat her longeth so;" }

{ "en": "And embraces him in her arms also.", "me": "And him embraceth with her armes two." }

{ "en": "And then so young and fair was she", "me": "And þerwith-al so yon and fair was she" }

{ "en": "That, when Tereus saw her beauty", "me": "Þat, whan þat Tereus saw her beautee," }

{ "en": "And that in her dress she had no match", "me": "And of array þat þer was noon her liche," }

{ "en": "And yet in beauty was she twice as rich,", "me": "And yit of bountee was she two so riche," }

{ "en": "He fixed his burning heart upon her so", "me": "He caste his fyry herte upon her so" }

{ "en": "That he would have her, whether yes or no,", "me": "Þat he wol have her, how so þat hit go," }

{ "en": "And in his cunning knelt and so prayed", "me": "And with his wyles kneled and so preyde," }

{ "en": "That at the last Pandion this speech made:", "me": "Til at þe laste Pandion thus seyde: --" }

{ "en": "'Now son,' quoth he, 'who are to me so dear,", "me": "\"Now, sone,\" quod he, \"þat art to me so dere," }

{ "en": "I trust to you my young daughter here", "me": "I þee betake my yonge doghter here," }

{ "en": "Who bears the key to all my heart's life.", "me": "Þat bereth þe key of al my hertes lyf." }

{ "en": "Go: greet well my daughter and your wife", "me": "And grete wel my doghter and thy wyf," }

{ "en": "And give her leave sometime here to hie", "me": "And yive her leve somtyme for to pleye," }

{ "en": "That she may see me once more ere I die.", "me": "Þat she may seen me ones er I deye.\"" }

{ "en": "And truly he prepared him a rich feast,", "me": "And soothly, he hath mad him riche feste," }

{ "en": "And for his folk, the most unto the least,", "me": "And to his folk, þe moste and eek þe leste," }

{ "en": "That came with him; and of his gifts was free", "me": "Þat with him com; and yaf him yiftes grete," }

{ "en": "And led him by the main street to the sea,", "me": "And him conveyeth through þe maister-strete" }

{ "en": "Through Athens, and to the shore him brought,", "me": "Of Aþenes, and to þe see him broghte," }

{ "en": "And turned for home; no evil in his thought", "me": "And turneth hoom; no malice he ne thoghte." }

{ "en": "The oars drove the vessel onward fast", "me": "Þe ores pulleth forth þe vessel faste," }

{ "en": "And in Thrace they arrived at last,", "me": "And into Þrace arriveth at þe laste," }

{ "en": "And up into a forest he her led,", "me": "And up into a forest he her ledde," }

{ "en": "And to a cave secretly they sped;", "me": "And to a cave privily him spedde;" }

{ "en": "And in this dark cave, whether she wished", "me": "And, in this derke cave yif her leste," }

{ "en": "Or she wished it not, he bade her rest;", "me": "Or leste noghte, he bad her for to reste;" }

{ "en": "At which with trembling heart, she said thus,", "me": "Of whiche her herte agroos, and seyde thus," }

{ "en": "'Where is my sister, brother Tereus?'", "me": "\"Wher is my suster, broþer Tereus?\"" }

{ "en": "And withal she wept so tenderly,", "me": "And þerwith-al she wept tenderly," }

{ "en": "And quaked for fear, pale and piteously", "me": "And quook for fere, pale and pitously," }

{ "en": "Just as a lamb that by a wolf is bitten,", "me": "Right as þe lamb þat of þe wolf is biten;" }

{ "en": "Or like a dove that's by an eagle smitten", "me": "Or as þe colver, þat of þe egle is smiten," }

{ "en": "And has escaped thereafter from its claws", "me": "And is out of his clawes forth escaped," }

{ "en": "And yet is terrified, and stunned the more,", "me": "Yet hit is afered and awhaped" }

{ "en": "Lest it be seized again, so there sat she.", "me": "Lest hit be hent eft-sones, so sat she." }

{ "en": "And yet this was to be her destiny.", "me": "But utterly hti may non oþer be." }

{ "en": "By force, has he, this traitor, done the deed,", "me": "By force hath he, this traitour, doon þat dede," }

{ "en": "And bereft her of her virginity,", "me": "Þat he hath reft her of her maydenhede," }

{ "en": "Against her will, by strength and by his might.", "me": "Maugree her heed, by strengþe and by his might." }

{ "en": "Lo, here's a manly deed, done as if by right!", "me": "Lo! here a dede of men, and þat a right!" }

{ "en": "She cried: 'Sister!' then loud as she could,", "me": "She cryeth \"suster!\" with ful londe stevene," }

{ "en": "And 'Father dear!' and 'Help me, God above!'", "me": "And \"fader dere!\" and \"help me, god in hevene!\"" }