TR5.540 Thăn séide hĕ thús: “Ŏ pálĕys désŏlát, TR5.541 Ŏ hóus ŏf hóusĕs whílŏm bést ĭhíght, TR5.542 Ŏ pálĕys émpty̆ ánd dĭscónsŏlát, TR5.543 Ŏ thów lăntérne ŏf whích quĕynt ís thĕ líght, TR5.544 Ŏ pálĕys, whílŏm dáy, thăt nów ărt nýght, TR5.545 Wĕl óughtĕstów tŏ fálle, ănd Í tŏ dýĕ, TR5.546 Sy̆n shé ĭs wént thăt wónt wăs ús tŏ gýĕ!
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- Differences among the manuscripts and editions:
- English translations (Windeatt: 1998): ‘O deserted palace!’ he then said in this way, ‘O house, once called the best of houses! O empty and cheerless palace! O you lantern, whose light is quenched! O palace, that once was day and now is night! You certainly ought to fall in ruins, and I should die, since she has gone who used to guide us!
- Japanese translations (Sasamoto: 2012): それから彼はこう言った。「ああ無人の館よ、かつては最高の家と呼ばれた家よ、ああ、空ろな活気のない館よ、ああおまえ、灯火の消えた提灯、ああ、かつては昼、今は夜たる館よ、おまえは倒壊し、おれが死ぬのは当然の理、常におれたちを導いたあの女が行ってしまったからには。
- Chinese translations (Fang: 1956): 他说道，“啊，荒凉的院宅，啊，从前是何等令人向往的去处，此刻却已人去楼空了，啊，那灯中的光已熄灭，明亮的庭院变得黑暗，的确，你该倒塌而我该死亡了，因为管辖你的人已不在了！
Word Information
- Etymology: ML
- Addresser: Troilus
- Addressee: N/A
- Adjectives with which juxtaposed: empty
- Counterpart in its source (Fil): 5.53
- Noun(s) (NPs) modified: a house (Criseyde’s palace)
- Attributive/ Predicative: predicative
Information in Previous Studies
- OED: (Quoted) 1. Causing despondency; dispiriting, disheartening; cheerless, gloomy (s.v. disconsolate, adj. and n.)
- MED: (Quoted) 2. (a) Of a place: cheerless, depressing (s.v. disconsolāte, adj.)
- Commented in other previous works:
- Windeatt (2003: 291): disconsolat: cheerless
- Fisher (1989: 512): disconsolat: cheerless
- Benson (1987): N/A
- Davis et al. (1979): (Quoted) cheerless, depressing (of place) (s.v. disconsolat, adj.)
- Donaldson (1975): N/A
- Baugh (1963): N/A
Possible Definitions
cheerless, depressing, gloomy
Comments from the Editor
See my comment of ‘desolate’ (adj., Tr5.540).