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Lines 1-44 of B\u00e9roul\u2019s\u00a0Tristan et Yseut:<\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n

Translation into Modern French:<\/strong><\/p>\n

…Qu’il ne fasse semblant de rien.<\/p>\n

Elle s’approche de son ami.<\/p>\n

Ecoutez comme elle prend les devants:<\/p>\n

“Tristan, pour Dieu le roi de gloire,<\/p>\n

Vous vous m\u00e9prenez,<\/p>\n

Qui me faites venir \u00e0 cette heure!”<\/p>\n

Elle feint alors de pleurer…<\/p>\n

“Par Dieu, cr\u00e9ateur des \u00e9l\u00e9ments,<\/p>\n

Ne me donnez plus de tels rendez\u2212vous.<\/p>\n

Je vous le dis tout net, Tristan,<\/p>\n

Je ne viendrai pas.<\/p>\n

Le roi croit que j’ai \u00e9prouv\u00e9 pour vous un amour insens\u00e9,<\/p>\n

Mais, Dieu m’en soit t\u00e9moin,<\/p>\n

Je suis loyale: qu’Il me frappe<\/p>\n

Si autre homme que celui qui m’\u00e9pousa vierge<\/p>\n

Fut jamais mon amant!<\/p>\n

Les f\u00e9lons de ce royaume<\/p>\n

Que vous avez sauv\u00e9 en tuant le Morholt<\/p>\n

Peuvent toujours lui faire croire \u00e0 notre liaison,<\/p>\n

Car c’est leur faute, j’en suis s\u00fbre:<\/p>\n

Mais, Seigneur Tout Puissant,<\/p>\n

Vous ne pensez pas \u00e0 m’aimer,<\/p>\n

Et je n’ai pas envie d’une passion qui me d\u00e9shonore.<\/p>\n

Que je sois br\u00fbl\u00e9e vive<\/p>\n

Et qu’on r\u00e9pande au vent ma cendre,<\/p>\n

Plut\u00f4t que je consente \u00e0 trahir mon mari m\u00eame un jour!<\/p>\n

H\u00e9las ! le roi ne me croit pas!<\/p>\n

J’ai lieu de m’\u00e9crier : Tomb\u00e9e de haut!<\/p>\n

Salomon dit vrai:<\/p>\n

Ceux qui arrachent le larron du gibet<\/p>\n

S’attirent sa haine! (Tristan et Iseut B\u00e9roul \/ Thomas)<\/i><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Translation into Modern English:<\/strong><\/p>\n

[She is careful]<\/p>\n

Not to make any sign<\/p>\n

As she gets close to her friend<\/p>\n

Listen to how she speaks first:<\/p>\n

\u201cLord Tristan, in the name of God our King,<\/p>\n

You are so wrong in regard to me<\/p>\n

In sending for me at such an hour!\u201d<\/p>\n

Then she pretends to cry\u2026<\/p>\n

In the name of God, who created the air and the sea<\/p>\n

Never send for me again.<\/p>\n

I am telling you, Tristan, with regret,<\/p>\n

I would certainly not come again to you.<\/p>\n

Lord Tristan, the king thinks<\/p>\n

That I have loved you sinfully;<\/p>\n

But I swear to God that I have been faithful:<\/p>\n

Let Him place a scourge upon me<\/p>\n

If anyone, except him who took me as a virgin,<\/p>\n

Ever enjoyed my love a single day!<\/p>\n

Even if the wicked barons of this kingdom<\/p>\n

For whom you once fought<\/p>\n

The Morholt, whom you killed,<\/p>\n

Make him believe\u2014so it seems\u2014<\/p>\n

That we are in love united,<\/p>\n

You, my lord, have no such desire;<\/p>\n

As for me, by God Almighty,<\/p>\n

I am not tempted in any way by some illicit love<\/p>\n

Which would result in my dishonour.<\/p>\n

I would rather be burned at the stake<\/p>\n

And have my ashes scattered to the wind,<\/p>\n

Than love<\/p>\n

Any man other than my husband.<\/p>\n

Yet, oh God, he does not believe me.<\/p>\n

I can indeed say: From a higher position<\/p>\n

I have fallen so low!<\/p>\n

My lord, Solomon does speak the truth:<\/p>\n

He who removes a thief from the hanging post<\/p>\n

Will never be loved by him (Mermier).<\/i><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Works Cited<\/strong><\/p>\n

Mermier, Guy R.\u00a0B\u00e9roul: Tristan and Yseut<\/i>. New York City: Peter Lang, 1987. 2-5.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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