TR1. 407 "Ǎnd íf thǎt át my̌n ówěn lúst Ǐ brénně, TR1. 408 Frǒm whénněs cómeth my̌ wáilly̌nge ánd my̌ pléyntě? TR1. 409 Ǐf hárm ǎgrée mě, whértǒ pléyne Ǐ thénně? TR1. 410 Ǐ nóot, ně whí ǔnwéry̌ thát Ǐ féyntě. TR1. 411 Ǒ quíkě déth, Ǒ swétě hárm sǒ quéyntě, TR1. 412 Hǒw máy ǒf thé ǐn mé swǐch quántǐté, TR1. 413 Bǔt íf thǎt Í cǒnséntě thát ǐt bé?
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- Differences among the manuscripts and editions:
- English translations (Windeatt: 1998): ‘And if I am burning at my own desire, where do my wailing and my lamentation come from? If harm is agreeable to me, why do I lament? I do not know, nor why, without being weary, I grow faint! O living death, O sweet harm so strange, how can there be such a quantity of you within me, unless I consent that it be so?
- Japanese translations (Sasamoto: 2012):
- 「恋が存在しないのなら ああ、どうしてこんなに胸が疼くのか
- 恋が存在するのなら それは何者だろう 何だろう
- 恋が善いものなら この悲しみはどこから来るのだろう
- 恋が悪いものなら 不思議だなあ
- 恋から生まれるどの苦しみも災いも
- おれにはさながら口当たりよく感じるのだ
- 飲めば飲むほどのどの渇きがつのるのだもの
- Chinese translations (Fang: 1956):
- “假使爱不存在，天哪，我所感受的是什么？
- 假使爱存在，它究竟是怎样一件东西？
- 假使爱是好的，我的悲哀何从而降落？
- 假使爱是坏的，我想却有些稀奇，
- 那管它带来了多少苦难和乖戾，
- 好似生命之源，竟能引起我无限快感；
- 使我愈喝得多，愈觉得口里干燥。
Word Information
- Etymology: OF
- Addresser: Troilus
- Addressee: N/A
- Adjectives with which juxtaposed: swete (sweet)
- Counterpart in its source (Fil): N/A
- Noun(s) (NPs) modified: suffering, sorrow or grief (Troilus’ harm, pain)
- Attributive/ Predicative: predicative
Information in Previous Studies
- OED: Not quoted
- MED: Not quoted
- Commented in other previous works:
- Windeatt (2003: 21): queynte: curious
- Fisher (1989: 407): queynte: strange
- Benson (1987: 479): queynte: strange
- Davis et al. (1979): strange, curious (s.v. queynt(e, adj.)
- Donaldson (1975: 725): quainte: strange
- Baugh (1963: 88): queynte: strange
Possible Definitions
strange, curious
Comments from the Editor
See my comment of ‘god’ (adj., Tr1.402).