Marie de France
Le vilein qui en voyait un autre avec sa femme
The peasant who saw another with his wife
D’un vilein cunte que gueita
Dedanz sun hus, si espia.
Un autre humme vit sur sun lit,
Od sa femme fist sun delit.
“Allas!” fet il “Quel ai jeo vëu!”
Dunc li ad la femme respundu:
“Quei avez vus, beau sire, amis?”
“Un autre humme! Ceo m’ert avis,
Sur le lit vus tient embracee!”
Dunc dit la femme tut curucee,
Bien sai,” fet ele, ne dut mie,
Que ceo est vostre vielle folie;
Tu ve[u]ls mencoinge tenir a veire.”
“Jel vi” fet il, “sil dei bien creire.”
“Fous es,” fet eles, “si tu creiz
Pur verité quan ke tu veiz.”
It is said of a villain that he waited
in his house, and spied
that another man was in his bed,
and with his wife he rejoiced.
"Oh no!" He said "What have I seen!"
Then the woman answered him:
"What is wrong, love, beautiful lord?"
"Another man! It's what I think,
On the bed had you embraced!
The woman said then, angrily
“I know well,” she said, “and without a doubt,
that this is your old foolishness;
"You want to have lies for truth."
"I saw it," he said, "I must believe it."
"You're crazy," she said, "if you believe
pure truth everything you see.
Fabliaux
El campesino que vio a otro con su esposa
De un villano se cuenta que esperó
en su casa, y espió
Que otro hombre en su cama estaba,
y con su esposa se regocijaba.
"¡Oh no!" dijo "¡Qué he visto yo!"
Entonces la mujer le respondió:
"¿Qué tienes, amor, bello señor?"
"¡Otro hombre! Es mi opinión,
¡Sobre la cama te abrazó!
La mujer dijo, iracunda
“Bien sé", dijo ella, “y sin dudar,
que esta es tu vieja necedad;
Quieres mentiras por verdad".
"Yo lo ví", dijo, "lo debo creer bien".
"Estás loco", dijo, "si tu crees
pura verdad cuanto tu ves.