TR4. 295 “Whăt shál Ĭ dón? Ĭ shál, whĭle Í măy dúrĕ
TR4. 296 Ŏn lýve ĭn tórmĕnt ánd ĭn crúwĕl péynĕ
TR4. 297 Thĭs ínfŏrtúne ŏr thís dĭsávĕntúrĕ,
TR4. 298 Ăllóne ăs Í wăs bórn, ĭwýs, cŏmpléynĕ;
TR4. 299 Nĕ néverĕ wól Ĭ séen ĭt shýne ŏr réynĕ,
TR4. 300 Bŭt énde Ĭ wól, ăs Édĭppe, ín dĕrknéssĕ
TR4. 301 My̆ sórwfŭl líf, ănd dýĕn ín dĭstréssĕ.

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• Differences among the manuscripts and editions:
• English translations (Windeatt: 1998): What shall I do? As long as I can endure alive, in torment and in cruel pain, I shall lament this misfortune or this calamity, all alone as I was born! Nor will I ever see it rain or shine but, like Oedipus, I will end my sorrowful life in darkness and die in anguish!
• Japanese translations (Sasamoto: 2012): おれはどうしようか。攻め苦とむごい苦しみのうちに生き長らえている間、この不幸もしくはこの不運を、生まれた時のように独りぼっちで、きっと、嘆いているだろう。日が照るとか雨が降るとかの変化を決して見ることなく、悲しい一生を、オィディプスのように、暗闇の中で終えて、おれは苦悶のうちに死のう。
• Chinese translations (Fang: 1956): 我怎么办呢？我能忍痛一天，仍将独自抱怨着这厄运；不论风晴雨雪，我将和葛狄波斯一样在黑暗中了结这愁苦的余生。

Word Information

• Etymology: OE
• Addresser: Troilus
• Addressee: N/A
• Adjectives with which juxtaposed: N/A
• Counterpart in its source (Fil): N/A (but see 4.33-4)
• Noun(s) (NPs) modified: human beings (male: Troilus)　or life (Troilus’ life)
• 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

sorrowful, sad, miserable 

Comments from the Editor

See my comment of ‘cruel’ (adj., Tr4.296).