Medieval Sourcebook:
Andreas Capellanus: The Art of Courtly Love, (btw. 1174-1186)
(Reference: Medieval Sourcebook, http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/capellanus.html)
自從變成一個研究生之後,
我的生活非常的苦悶~
但Medieval的課總讓我有說不完的驚喜!
是阿~
今天介紹的是— 中世紀Courtly Love(宮廷戀愛)。
是上層階級貴族騎士與是女之間的愛情呀~
看的的我也好想當個Ladylord~
【Le jardin d'amor】中世紀手抄本裡的戀愛花園
以下為十二世紀(ca. 1174~1186)Andreas Capellanus所著的【宮廷戀愛的藝術】裡頭
關於宮廷戀愛的31條,給發情中的中世紀騎士貴族男子的規範(故女子不適用),
是為貴族騎士的戀愛守則。
DE ARTE HONESTE AMANDI
[The Art of Courtly Love], Book Two: On the Rules of Love
(以下翻譯取自Blythe學姐!因為實在太好笑…)
1. Marriage is no real excuse for not loving.
結了婚不代表不能偷情
2. He who is not jealous cannot love.
不吃醋的代表不懂的愛人
3. No one can be bound by a double love.
沒人規定你不能腳踏兩條船
4. It is well known that love is always increasing or decreasing.
是人都懂:愛不是加溫就是結凍
5. That which a lover takes against his will of his beloved has no relish.
也就是說不要違逆你愛人的旨意
6. Boys do not love until they arrive at the age of maturity.
男孩「登大人」後就會懂得談情說愛
7. When one lover dies, a widowhood of two years is required of the survivor.
當你的哈尼走了,兩年的鰥夫寡婦守喪期是一定要的
8. No one should be deprived of love without the very best of reasons.
除非有很正當的理由,你才能被剝奪愛人的能力
9. No one can love unless he is impelled by the persuasion of love.
當你體內灌注了愛的力量,就快去找lover吧!
10. Love is always a stranger in the home of avarice.
愛,不能貪心
11. It is not proper to love any woman whom one should be ashamed to seek to
marry.
不能娶一個令你羞恥的女子
12. A true lover does not desire to embrace in love anyone except his beloved.
真正的愛人是不能琵琶別抱的
13. When made public love rarely endures. 愛情見光死!(這條在中世紀很重要~)
14. The easy attainment of love makes it of little value; difficulty of attainment
makes it prized.
越有挑戰性的愛就越能保值
15. Every lover regularly turns pale in the presence of his beloved.
每個愛人見到他的夢中情人都會變「軟腳蝦」
16. When a lover suddenly catches sight of his beloved his heart palpitates.
滿個愛人見到他的夢中情人都會小鹿亂撞
17. A new love puts to flight an old one.
舊的不去新的不來
18. Good character alone makes any man worthy of love.
也就是說要修身,有德行
19. If love diminishes, it quickly fails and rarely revives.
當愛已成往事,就再也回不來了
20. A man in love is always apprehensive.
戀愛中的男子都會心神不寧
21. Real jealousy always increases the feeling of love.
會吃醋才是真愛
22. Jealousy, and therefore love, are increased when one suspects his beloved.
忌妒讓人疑神疑鬼
23. He, whom the thought of love vexes, eats and sleeps very little.
戀愛中的男子都「搞操煩」,吃的少睡也睡不好
24. Every act of a lover ends with in the thought of his beloved.
做什麼事都是因為想著哈尼
25. A true lover considers nothing good except what he thinks will please his
beloved.
做任何事都只想取悅哈尼
26. Love can deny nothing to love.
愛情的力量真偉大
27. A lover can never have enough of the solaces of his beloved.
再怎麼「互相所需(放縱)」也不夠
28. A slight presumption causes a lover to suspect his beloved.
一點小事就會對哈尼疑神疑鬼
29. A man who is vexed by too much passion usually does not love.
光有激情是不夠的啦
30. A true lover is constantly and without intermission possessed by the thought of
his beloved.
一天到晚都要將對方放在心上
31. Nothing forbids one woman being loved by two men or one man by two women.
沒什麼可以阻擋兩男追一女or兩女追一男(跟第三條意思一樣)