Original Text
\nEt toy, Pucelle beneur\u00e9e,
\nY dois-tu estre obli\u00e9e,
\nPuis que Dieu t’a tant honnor\u00e9e
\nQue as la corde desli\u00e9e
\nQui tenoit France estroit li\u00e9e?
\nTe pourroit-on assez louer
\nQuant ceste terre, humili\u00e9e
\nPar guerre, as fait de paix douer?<\/p>\n
Tu, Jehanne, de bonne heure n\u00e9e,
\nBenoist soit cil qui te cr\u00e9a!
\nPucelle de Dieu ordonn\u00e9e,
\nEn qui le Saint Esprit r\u00e9a \u00e0
\nSa grant grace, en qui ot et a
\nToute largesse de hault don,
\nN’onc requeste ne te v\u00e9a.
\nQui te rendra assez guerdon?<\/p>\n
Que puet-il d’autre estre dit plus
\nNe des grans faiz des temps passez?
\nMo\u00ffses, en qui Dieu afflus
\nMist graces et vertuz assez,
\nIl tira, sans estre lassez,
\nLe pueple de Dieu hors d’Egipte
\nPar miracle. Ainsi repassez
\nNous as de mal, Pucelle eslite!<\/p>\n
Consider\u00e9e ta personne,
\nQui es une jeune pucelle,
\nA qui Dieu force et povoir donne
\nD’estre le champion et celle
\nQui donne \u00e0 France la mamelle
\nDe paix et doulce norriture,
\nEt ruer jus la gent rebelle,
\nV\u00e9ez bien chose oultre nature!<\/p>\n
Car, se Dieu fist par Josu\u00e9
\nDes miracles \u00e0 si grant somme,
\nConqu\u00e9rant lieux, et jus ru\u00e9
\nY furent maint, il estoit homme
\nFort et puissant. Mais, toute somme,
\nUne femme — simple bergiere –
\nPlus preux qu’onc homs ne fut \u00e0 Romme!
\nQuant \u00e0 Dieu, c’est chose legiere.<\/p>\n
Mais quant \u00e0 nous, oncques parler
\nN’o\u00ffsmes de si grant merveille,
\nCar tous les preux au long aler
\nQui ont est\u00e9; ne s’appareille
\nLeur prouesse \u00e0 ceste qui veille
\nA bouter hors noz ennemis.
\nMais ce fait Dieu, qui la conseille,
\nEn qui cuer plus que d’omme a mis.<\/p>\n
De Gedeon on fait grant compte,
\nQui simple laboureur estoit,
\nEt Dieu le fist, ce dit le conte,
\nCombatre, ne nul n’arrestoit
\nContre lui, et tout conquestoit.
\nMais onc miracle si appert
\nNe fist, quoy qu’Il ammonestoit,
\nCom pour ceste fait, il appert.<\/p>\n
Hester, Judith et Delbora,
\nQui furent dames de grant pris,
\nPar lesqueles Dieu restora
\nSon pueple, qui fort estoit pris,
\nEt d’autres plusers ay apris
\nQui furent preuses, n’y ot celle,
\nMains miracles en a pourpris.
\nPlus a fait par ceste Pucelle.<\/p>\n
Par miracle fut envoi\u00e9e
\nEt divine amonition,
\nDe l’ange de Dieu convoi\u00e9e
\nAu roy, pour sa provision.
\nSon fait n’est pas illusion,
\nCar bien a est\u00e9 esprouv\u00e9e
\nPar conseil (en conclusion,
\nA l’effect la chose est prouv\u00e9e),<\/p>\n
Et bien est\u00e9 examin\u00e9e
\nA, ains que l’on l’ait voulu croire,
\nDevant clers et sages men\u00e9e
\nPour ensercher se chose voire
\nDisoit, ain\u00e7ois qu’il fust notoire
\nQue Dieu l’eust vers le roy tramise.
\nMais on a trouv\u00e9 en histoire
\nQu’\u00e0 ce faire elle estoit commise;<\/p>\n
Car Merlin et Sebile et Bede,
\nPlus de Vc ans a la virent
\nEn esperit, et pour remede
\nEn France en leurs escripz la mirent,
\nEt leur[s] prophecies en firent,
\nDisans qu’el pourteroit baniere
\nEs guerres fran\u00e7oises, et dirent
\nDe son fait toute la maniere.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Modern French Translation<\/p>\n
Et toi Pucelle bienheureuse,
\ndois-tu \u00eatre oubli\u00e9e,
\npuisque Dieu t\u2019a tant honor\u00e9e
\nque tu as d\u00e9li\u00e9 la corde
\nqui tenait la France si \u00e9troitement li\u00e9e ?
\npourrait-on assez te louer,
\ntoi qui as donn\u00e9 la paix \u00e0 cette terre humili\u00e9e
\npar la guerre ?<\/p>\n
Toi, Jeanne, n\u00e9e \u00e0 une heure propice,
\nb\u00e9ni soit celui qui te cr\u00e9a !
\nPucelle envoy\u00e9e par Dieu
\nen qui le Saint-Esprit versa
\nsa grande gr\u00e2ce dans laquelle
\nil y eut et il y a toujours abondance de dons nobles,
\njamais il ne te refusa de requ\u00eates.
\nQui te r\u00e9compensera assez ?<\/p>\n
Que peut-on dire de plus d\u2019autres personnes
\nou de grands faits de temps pass\u00e9 ?
\nMo\u00efse \u00e0 qui Dieu dans sa bont\u00e9
\naccorda maintes gr\u00e2ces et vertus
\nfit sortir d\u2019\u00c9gypte, sans se lasser,
\nle peuple de Dieu
\nPar miracle. Ainsi,
\ntu nous as d\u00e9livr\u00e9s du mal, Pucelle \u00e9lue.<\/p>\n
Compte tenu de ta personne,
\ntoi qui es une jeune pucelle
\n\u00e0 qui Dieu donne la force et le pouvoir
\nd\u2019\u00eatre la championne, et celle
\nqui donne \u00e0 la France la mamelle
\ndouce et nourrissante de la paix,
\net qui an\u00e9antit les rebelles,
\nvoil\u00e0 en v\u00e9rit\u00e9 une chose hors nature !<\/p>\n
En effet, si Dieu fit
\nde si grands miracles par l\u2019interm\u00e9diare de Josu\u00e9
\nqui conquit divers lieux et abattit
\ntant d\u2019ennemis, lui, Josu\u00e9 \u00e9tait un homme
\nfort et puissant. Mais, somme toute,
\nune femme \u2013 une simple berg\u00e8re \u2013
\nplus vaillante que jamais homme ne fut \u00e0 Rome !
\nPour Dieu, c\u2019est une chose facile \u00e0 faire.<\/p>\n
Mais quant \u00e0 nous,
\nnous n\u2019entend\u00eemes jamais parler d\u2019un si grand prodige,
\ncar la prouesse de tous les preux de pass\u00e9
\nne peut se comparer \u00e0 celle
\nde cette femme dont la t\u00e2che
\nest de repousser nos ennemis.
\nMais c\u2019est Dieu qui fait ceci, qui la guide,
\net qui a mis en elle un c\u0153ur plus grand que celui d\u2019un homme<\/p>\n
On fait grand cas de G\u00e9d\u00e9on
\nqui \u00e9tait un simple travailleur,
\net c\u2019est Dieu, dit le conte, qui le fit
\ncombattre, et personne ne put lui r\u00e9sister,
\net il conquit tout.
\nMais quels que soient les conseils que Dieu lui donna,
\nil est \u00e9vident qu\u2019Il ne fait jamais pour lui un miracle aussi \u00e9clatant
\nqu\u2019Il ne fit pour elle.<\/p>\n
J\u2019ai entendu parler d\u2019Esther, de Judith et de D\u00e9borah
\nqui furent dames de grand m\u00e9rite
\npar lesquelles Dieu d\u00e9livra
\nson peuple de l\u2019oppression
\net de plusieurs autres femmes courageuses,
\npar l\u2019interm\u00e9diare desquelles
\nDieu accomplit de nombreux miracles,
\nmais jamais autant que par l\u2019interm\u00e9diare de cette pucelle.<\/p>\n
Par miracle
\net commandement divin,
\nelle fut men\u00e9e au roi
\npar l\u2019ange de Dieu afin de l\u2019aider.
\nSon action n\u2019est pas illusion,
\ncar elle a \u00e9t\u00e9 bien mise \u00e0 l\u2019\u00e9preuve
\npar le conseil (en conclusion,
\nl\u2019effet prouve la chose)<\/p>\n
et elle a \u00e9t\u00e9 bien examin\u00e9e
\navant que l\u2019on n\u2019ait voulu la croire,
\nmen\u00e9e devant clercs et sages
\npour savoir si elle disait chose vraie,
\navant qu\u2019il ne soit de notori\u00e9t\u00e9 publique
\nque Dieu l\u2019avait envoy\u00e9e au roi.
\nMais on a trouv\u00e9 dans des livres d\u2019histoire
\nqu\u2019elle \u00e9tait destin\u00e9e \u00e0 accomplir cette mission,<\/p>\n
car Merlin et la Sibylle et B\u00e8be
\nla virent dans leurs imaginations
\nil y a plus de cinq cent ans
\net la mirent en leurs \u00e9crits comme celle qui sauverait la France,
\net en firent des proph\u00e9ties,
\ndisant qu\u2019elle porterait la banni\u00e8re
\ndans les guerres fran\u00e7aises, et racont\u00e8rent
\ntoutes ses actions.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
English Translation<\/p>\n
And blessed Maid, are you to be forgotten?
\nFor God has honored you so much using you
\nagainst the rope binding France so tightly
\nwhich you untied in your debut.
\nCould our praise ever be enough
\nfor one that we so greatly adore.
\nYou brought peace to our land,
\nso greatly ravaged by war
\nBlessed is He who created you Joan,
\nborn at a most portentous time
\nHis maiden filled with the Spirit
\nsent to perform deeds so sublime.
\nFor thru the Spirit you are so blest
\npossessing gifts in such abundance
\nHe clearly refuses you no request.
\nHow can we ever begin to repay you?<\/p>\n
And who in history can be praised more,
\nor what deeds are greater in all of yore?
\nMoses was greatly blessed by God and
\npossessed many virtues and miraculously
\nled God’s people out of the bondage
\nof Egypt into the promised land.
\nIn the same way, blessed Maid, you
\nhave led us out of evil in our own land.<\/p>\n
When we consider your person,
\nbeing just a simple young maid,
\nwho God gave the strength and
\nthe power to champion our crusade.
\nWho casts the rebels down at ease
\nand nourishes France with the sweet
\nmilk of peace that does not cease.
\nThis indeed is something miraculous!<\/p>\n
For if God worked many miracles
\nby Joshua who conquered many a land,
\nand cast down many an enemy
\nit was much easier to understand.
\nFor he, Joshua, was a powerful man.
\nBut after all, a simple woman and yet
\nbraver than any man to fight for Rome,
\nThis before has never been known.
\nBut for God this was easy!<\/p>\n
But as for us we have never heard
\ntell of a tale so marvelous.
\nFor all the great men of the past
\nnone can be compared with this.
\nJoan’s only concern is to cast out
\nthe invader and free us from duress
\nThis is God’s doing who guides her and
\nhas given her a heart greater than the rest.<\/p>\n
Much has been made of Gideon,
\nwho was but a simple working man.
\nYet God (the story goes) made him fight
\nand nothing could stand before him
\nand he conquered everything in sight.
\nBut however God helped him excel
\nHe never performed as great a deed,
\nas He did for Joan la pucelle.<\/p>\n
Esther, Judith and Deborah,
\nwere all woman that were exceptional.
\nThrough them God delivered His people
\nfrom oppression, and I have heard of
\nmany other worthy women as well.
\nThrough them God gave his people aid
\nand performed miracles with them,
\nbut not a one can compare with this Maid.<\/p>\n
She was miraculously sent
\nby Divine command
\nand conducted to the king
\nby an angel holding her hand.
\nHer purpose being to help him.
\nHer achievement was no illusion
\nas she was tested (a thing is
\nproved by its effect, my conclusion)<\/p>\n
She was very well examined,
\nbefore people came to believe in her.
\nBefore everyone knew she had been
\nsent to the King by God, there were
\nexaminiations before learned men.
\nTested as to the truth about her vision.
\nBut it was found in history records that
\nshe was destined for just this mission.<\/p>\n
Merlin, the Sibyl and Bede
\nforesaw her coming 500 years ago,
\nand told in their writings how
\nshe would end France’s woe.
\nThey prophesied about her that
\nshe would carry France’s banner in war,
\nand put an end to all the troubles
\ndescribing all she would do long before.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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