Quotations and Literature Forum

This appears at the beginning of The Ebony Tower by John Fowles, but the book does not offer a translation of it, so I was wondering if anyone here could tell me what it says.

Et par forez longues et less
Par leus estranges et sauvages
Et passa mainz felons passages
Et maint peril et maint destroit
Tant qu'il vint au santier tot droit....

~Chretien De Troyes, Yvain

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Every man carries a circle of hell around his head like a halo. Every man, every man has to go through hell to reach his paradise.
Robert De Niro, Cape Fear

Try to translate with google translator..

Hope it will work for you..

The full quote and translation is here:
http://books.google.com/books?id=Kag6hz ... es&f=false

Thanks a lot!

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Every man carries a circle of hell around his head like a halo. Every man, every man has to go through hell to reach his paradise.
Robert De Niro, Cape Fear