Mayden

[Delta40]

Mayden

Al he feynes spituous snybbe
My gretter drede
Aldermost is his tomentrie of me

Onis Mooder Kynde's delices
Keped me buxom, smoklees - abydyng
I wynked to bathen in his swatte

My corage cracched his erthe
And I chaped his delyt shamefast
He coom, I saugh, for sooth

He droppede his natyf bountee
Throgh my brennynge chastitee
He drenched my biddynge herte

I quook wan his myght starf
He listed me depe
Throgh Kynde's Hyer Hond

or

Maiden

Although he fakes angry rebuke
My greater fear most of all
Is his torture of me

Once, Mother Nature's pleasures
Kept me obedient, naked, awaiting
I closed my eyes to bask in his sweat

My ardour scratched his earth
And I mounted his desire modest
He came, I saw, in truth

He leaked his natural goodness
Through my burning chastity
He drowned my praying heart

I trembled when his strength died
He pleased me deeply
Through Nature's Higher Power

[MorpheusSandman]

I just got finished replying to Dark Muse's latest piece how there's a lack of sensual, erotic poetry around here and then you post this! It's even more erotic and maybe it's just me but there's something about writing it in Middle English that makes it even hotter; maybe it's a combination I don't imagine going together - a kind of forbidden fruit thing. Anyway, very hot, very nice.

[Delta40]

mmm I like the the idea of imagined understandings of a time lost. Its moral codes of social conduct blended with secretive bawdy practice to create something that will stimulate the reader

[Dark Muse]

I do appreciate the translation offered for this poem, though it was interesting reading it in the dialect, I fear I could not make much of trying to interpret.

I did find it amusing reading this one shortly after my own sensual posting, and with that being said, I found the imagery evoked here to be quite beautiful and dripping with sensuality and passion.

This verse was my favorite, there was something about it that really jumped out to me.


Once, Mother Nature's pleasures
Kept me obedient, naked, awaiting
I closed my eyes to bask in his sweat

[cogs]

He leaked his natural goodness
Through my burning chastity
He drowned my praying heart
i read this as a virgin hot world and nature's looming storms- also, a great metaphor (drowning heart) for passionate love.

[Bar22do]

what a synchronicity with DarkMuse! magic! your poem is dripping with sensuality, beautiful and I too strove through Middle English, with "gretter drede" and if not with much understanding at least with savouriness!... Mother Nature Higher Power always wins! great!

[Delta40]

lol. Thanks - I really feel that 'spituous snybbe' is richer and more fulfilling than 'angry rebuke' its pronunication is as close a verbal expression as one could get to its meaning!

[Bar22do]

lol. Thanks - I really feel that 'spituous snybbe' is richer and more fulfilling than 'angry rebuke' its pronunication is as close a verbal expression as one could get to its meaning!

how come you had the idea to learn it!!?

[Delta40]

I picked up some Chaucer work from a second hand bookshop. I was intrigued and was struck by terms which felt replete in their meaning. I obtained a glossary of ME (limited I admit) and listed the translations that appealed to me most. I toy with them and somehow, I find expression on some things that would not have emerged otherwise.

I am quite confident I will get a nice little slap on the hand since I don't understand the language rules of ME. However, I'm willing to learn...

[Bar22do]

I picked up some Chaucer work from a second hand bookshop. I was intrigued and was struck by terms which felt replete in their meaning. I obtained a glossary of ME (limited I admit) and listed the translations that appealed to me most. I toy with them and somehow, I find expression on some things that would not have emerged otherwise.

I am quite confident I will get a nice little slap on the hand since I don't understand the language rules of ME. However, I'm willing to learn...

How interesting - I commend you for your passion, and yes, writing in a foreign language surprisingly opens new horizons and offers new resources...an adventure worthwhile a slap!

[PrinceMyshkin]

There is something, to me, of a healthful voyeurism, or might one say an innocent prurience, in reading this, first in the Middle English and then (thank God!) in your translation. It's a bit like having the sort of dreaded peek at our parents making love - and, even, actually, enjoying it!

[Delta40]

Thanks everyone. (I will think about my parents in a whole new light!)