I've tasked ChatGPT with translating the original text to modern English, and here is what it came up with:
"Thou didst not hasten to bring me from the heavens to the underworld,
Still, I steadfastly cling on to this heather -
Dew-scented blossom; you were pure and innocent,
I will never give up the dream of you, my dear.
Cursed is this creature of haunting memories,
Foolish and otherworldly I may be, yet I will conquer him.
'Go away! - Devil be gone -
Would you vanish forever;
Tremble - henceforth then,
Taken as a blow, Angélique?
By necessity and with a grin, I shall inflict harm in this life -
Alas, coward! - hanging by the noose, I'll face death.
'Go away! - Devil be gone -
Would you vanish forever;
Tremble - henceforth then,
Taken as a blow, Angélique?
'Do not come near this strange Devil!,
Lest you become a Devil yourself... my Angel.
'Go away! - Devil be gone -
Would you vanish forever;
Tremble - henceforth then,
Taken as a blow, Angélique?"
I've tasked ChatGPT with translating the original text to modern English, and here is what it came up with:
"Thou didst not hasten to bring me from the heavens to the underworld, Still, I steadfastly cling on to this heather - Dew-scented blossom; you were pure and innocent, I will never give up the dream of you, my dear.
Cursed is this creature of haunting memories, Foolish and otherworldly I may be, yet I will conquer him.
'Go away! - Devil be gone - Would you vanish forever; Tremble - henceforth then, Taken as a blow, Angélique?
By necessity and with a grin, I shall inflict harm in this life - Alas, coward! - hanging by the noose, I'll face death.
'Go away! - Devil be gone - Would you vanish forever; Tremble - henceforth then, Taken as a blow, Angélique?
'Do not come near this strange Devil!, Lest you become a Devil yourself... my Angel.
'Go away! - Devil be gone - Would you vanish forever; Tremble - henceforth then, Taken as a blow, Angélique?"