TR5.645 Thĭs sóng whăn hé thŭs sóngĕn háddĕ, sóonĕ TR5.646 Hĕ fíl ăyéyn ĭntó hĭs síkĕs óldĕ; TR5.647 Ănd évery̆ nýght, ăs wás hĭs wóne tŏ dóonĕ, TR5.648 Hĕ stóod thĕ bríghtĕ móonĕ tó by̆hóldĕ, TR5.649 Ănd ál hĭs sórwe hĕ tó thĕ móonĕ tóldĕ, TR5.650 Ănd séyde, “Y̆wís, whăn thów ărt hórnĕd néwĕ, TR5.651 Ĭ shál bĕ glád, ĭf ál thĕ wórld bĕ tréwĕ!
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- Differences among the manuscripts and editions:
- English translation (Windeatt: 1998): When he had sung this song like this, he soon fell back again into his former sighs. And every night, as was his custom, he stood looking at the bright moon; and he told all his sorrows to the moon, and said: ‘Indeed, when you have your new horns I shall be happy — if all the world be true!
- Japanese translation (Sasamoto: 2012): この歌をこう歌い終わると、すぐにもとのため息に戻るのだった。そして毎夜、決まったように、皓々と照る月を眺めて立ち、月に自分の悲しみを打ち明けていうのだった。「きっとそなたが新しい角をつける頃には、世間がすべて誠実ならば、おれは幸せになっているだろう！」
- Chinese translation (Fang: 1956): 他唱完了这首歌，一再叹息；每夜他伫立等看明月，吐诉他的愁肠，说道，“照说起来，如果这世上仍有真心存在，在你这明月吐露新钩的时候，我就该重享快乐了！
Word Information
- Etymology: OA
- Addresser: Narrator
- Addressee: N/A
- Adjectives with which juxtaposed: N/A
- Counterpart in its source (Fil): see 5.69
- Noun(s) (NPs) modified: heavenly body (the moon)
- Attributive/ Predicative: attributive
Information in Previous Studies
- OED: Not quoted
- MED: Not quoted
- Commented in other previous works:
- Windeatt (2003): N/A
- Fisher (1989): N/A
- Benson (1987): N/A
- Davis et al. (1979): Not quoted
- Donaldson (1975): N/A
- Baugh (1963): N/A
Possible Definitions
luminous, shining
Comments from the Editor
After Criseyde leaves, Troilus watches the moon every night. In his words, Criseyde will return when the moon has new horns. As to this, Windeatt (1998: 182) commented that Criseyde left Troy when the moon was in Aries, and the sun in Leo. The moon was thus in its last quarter phase; when it passed beyond Leo, the ‘new horns’ of its crescent would appear.