Marie de France- 'Lais' Flashcards
GUIGEMAR- sense of love being a wound
la dame l’a si nafré,/tut a sun païs ublié
GUIGEMAR- idea of it being natural for an old man to become jealous
car ceo purporte la nature/que tuit il vieil seient gelus
GUIGEMAR- Guigemar’s fault/flaw
De tant i out mespris nature/que unc de nule amur n’out cure
GUIGEMAR- marvellous nature of love
dunt tuit cil s’esmerveillerunt,/ki aiment e amé avrunt/u ki puis amerunt aprés
GUIGEMAR- where Guigemar is wounded
Guigemar fiert en tel maniere/en la quisse
GUIGEMAR- emphasis on the natural, the way to the ship
un vert chemin
GUIGEMAR- supernatural nature of the ship
n’i out cheville ne closture
GUIGEMAR- impossible to enter the woman’s tower except by water, Guigemar has the one thing needed
nuls n’i pout eissir ne entrer,/se ceo ne fust od un batel
GUIGEMAR- throws Ovid into the fire (he teaches to fight against love)
le livre Ovide, u il enseigne/comment chascuns s’amur estreigne/en un fu ardent le getout
GUIGEMAR- love as torture
ceo fet amurs ki la destreint
GUIGEMAR- love as a natural sickness
ceo est uns mals ki lunges tient,/pur ceo que de nature vient.
GUIGEMAR- lady gives Guigemar permission to love anyone who can untie the knot in his shirt
cungié vus doins, u que ceo seit,/d’amer cele kil desfera/e ki despleier le savra.
GUIGEMAR- the woman can suddenly escape her prison with no trouble
unques nul ne la desturba.
GUIGEMAR- Guigemar says all women look the same, can’t recognise his true love
femmes se resemblent assez.
YONEC- woman so oppressed that she can’t speak without the permission of her husband
mes ja la dame n’i parlast,/se la vieille nel commandast
YONEC- narrow window, difficult to get through
parmi une estreite fenestre
YONEC- says if he proves he believes in god then their love will be possible
s’en Deu creïst e issi fust/que lur amurs estre peüst
YONEC- escape via the window, emphasises the unlikeliness of it
Ele le siut a mult halz criz./Par une fenestre s’en ist;/c’est merveille qu’el ne s’ocist
YONEC- gives her a magical ring that prevents her husband from remembering what happened
li chevaliers l’aseüra/un anelet li a baillié…a sun seigneur n’en memberra/de nule rien ki faite seit.
ÄUSTIC- captures the nightingale
Jeo ai l’äustic engignié,/pour quei vus avez tant veillé
ÄUSTIC- wraps the nightingale up in the silk cloth embroidered with her story
En une piece de samit,/a or brusdé e tut escrit,/a l’oiselet envolupé.
ÄUSTIC- he keeps the nightingale wrapped round his neck, ‘and now we recount the story that could stay hidden for so long’
puis fist la chasse enseeler,/tuz jurs l’a faite od lui porter./Cela aventure fu cuntee,/ne pot estre lunges celee.
CHIEVREFUEIL- love so strong they died the same day
de lur amur ki tant fu fine,/dunt il ourent meinte dolur,/puis en mururent en un jur.
CHIEVREFEUIL- when she sees the branch, of course she will recognise it
de sun ami bien conuistra/le baston quant el le verra
