Grimms' Fairy Tales — Page 12
' So he said, 'Yes,' and forgot the fox's counsel, and sat down on the side of the river; and while he suspected nothing, they came behind, and threw him down the bank, and took the princess, the horse, and the bird, and went home to the king their master, and said.
それで彼は「はい」と言い、キツネの忠告を忘れて、川のほとりに腰を下ろした。彼が何も疑っていない間に、兄たちは後ろからやって来て、彼を土手から突き落とし、王女と馬と鳥を奪い取り、主君である王のもとへ帰って言った。
'All this have we won by our labour.'
「これらすべては我々が働いて手に入れたものだ。」
Then there was great rejoicing made; but the horse would not eat, the bird would not sing, and the princess wept.
すると大いなる喜びの宴が催された。しかし馬は食べようとせず、鳥は歌おうとせず、王女は泣いていた。
The youngest son fell to the bottom of the river's bed: luckily it was nearly dry, but his bones were almost broken, and the bank was so steep that he could find no way to get out.
末息子は川底に落ちた。幸いなことに川はほとんど干上がっていたが、骨はほぼ砕けそうになり、土手はあまりにも急で、上がる方法が見つからなかった。
Then the old fox came once more, and scolded him for not following his advice; otherwise no evil would have befallen him: 'Yet,' said he, 'I cannot leave you here, so lay hold of my tail and hold fast.'
するとあの老いたキツネがまたやって来て、忠告に従わなかったことを叱った。従っていれば、何も悪いことは起きなかったはずだと言った。「それでも」とキツネは言った、「ここに置いてはいけない。私の尻尾をつかんでしっかり握りなさい。」
Then he pulled him out of the river, and said to him, as he got upon the bank, 'Your brothers have set watch to kill you, if they find you in the kingdom.'
それからキツネは彼を川から引き上げ、土手に上がったとき彼にこう言った。「お前の兄たちは、お前を王国内で見つけたら殺そうと見張りを置いている。」
So he dressed himself as a poor man, and came secretly to the king's court, and was scarcely within the doors when the horse began to eat, and the bird to sing, and the princess left off weeping.
そこで彼は貧しい男に変装して、こっそりと王の宮廷へやって来た。すると扉をくぐるやいなや、馬が食べ始め、鳥が歌い始め、王女は泣きやんだ。
Vocabulary
- それで
- sorede — And so; therefore; as a result of that
- 彼
- kare — He; him; that person (male)
- は
- wa — Topic marker particle indicating the subject
- はい
- hai — Yes; affirmative response or acknowledgment
- と
- to — Quotation particle; and; with
- 言い
- ii — To say; to speak (stem form of 言う)
- キツネ
- kitsune — Fox; clever trickster animal in folklore
- の
- no — Possessive or linking particle; of
- 忠告
- chūkoku — Advice; warning; counsel given to someone
- を
- wo — Object marker particle for direct objects
- 忘れ
- wasure — To forget; to fail to remember something
- て
- te — Conjunctive particle connecting sequential actions
- 川
- kawa — River; stream; flowing body of water
- ほとり
- hotori — Beside; near; bank or edge of water
- に
- ni — Location, direction, or indirect object particle
- 腰
- koshi — Waist; hips; lower back area
- 下ろし
- oroshi — To lower; to sit down; to set down
- た
- ta — Past tense auxiliary verb; indicates completed action
- が
- ga — Subject marker particle; but; however
- 何
- nani — What; nothing; any particular thing
- も
- mo — Also; too; even; not even (with negative)
- 疑っ
- utagat(te) — To doubt; to suspect; to be skeptical
- い
- i — Auxiliary verb indicating ongoing state or action
- ない
- nai — Negative auxiliary; not; does not exist
- 間
- aida / ma — While; during; interval of time or space
- 兄
- ani — Older brother; elder male sibling
- たち
- tachi — Plural suffix for people or animate beings
- 後ろ
- ushiro — Behind; rear; the back side of something
- から
- kara — From; because; since; starting point particle
- やっ
- yat(te) — To do; to come (colloquial contraction form)
- 来
- ki / ku — To come; to arrive at a place
- 土手
- dote — Embankment; bank; levee along a river
- 突き落とし
- tsukiotoshi — To push down; to shove off a ledge
- 王女
- ōjo — Princess; daughter of a king or queen
- 馬
- uma — Horse; domesticated equine animal
- 鳥
- tori — Bird; feathered flying animal
- 奪い取り
- ubaitouri — To seize; to snatch away by force
- 主君
- shukun — Lord; master; one's feudal superior
- で
- de — At; by means of; because of (particle)
- ある
- aru — To be; to exist (for inanimate things)
- 王
- ō — King; monarch; ruler of a kingdom
- もと
- moto — Base; origin; presence of a person
- へ
- e — Directional particle indicating movement toward somewhere
- 帰っ
- kaet(te) — To return; to go back home or origin
- 言っ
- it(te) — Said; spoke (te-form of 言う)
- これら
- korera — These; plural form of this (proximal demonstrative)
- すべて
- subete — All; everything; entirely without exception
- 我々
- wareware — We; us; our group (formal first-person plural)
- 働い
- hataroi / hataraite — Worked; labored; put in effort (te-form)
- 手
- te — Hand; arm; handwork; one's efforts
- 入れ
- ire — To put in; to insert; to obtain something
- もの
- mono — Thing; object; something obtained or possessed
- だ
- da — Copula; is; am; are (plain form)
- すると
- suru to — Then; thereupon; at that moment suddenly
- 大いなる
- ooinaru — Great; grand; immense (literary or formal adjective)
- 喜び
- yorokobi — Joy; delight; happiness; glad feeling
- 宴
- utage — Banquet; feast; celebratory gathering
- 催さ
- moyoosa — To hold; to organize an event or gathering
- れ
- re — Passive or spontaneous auxiliary verb form
- しかし
- shikashi — However; but; nevertheless; on the other hand
- 食べ
- tabe — To eat; to consume food (stem form)
- よう
- yō — Volitional form; let's; seeming; in order to
- せず
- sezu — Without doing; not doing (negative of する)
- 歌お
- utao — Let us sing; volitional form of 歌う
- う
- u — Volitional auxiliary; let's; shall we
- 泣い
- naite — Crying; weeping (te-form of 泣く)
- 末
- sue — Youngest; end; last;末っ子 youngest child
- 息子
- musuko — Son; one's own male child
- 川底
- kawazoko — Riverbed; bottom of a river
- 落ち
- ochi — To fall; to drop; to sink down
- 幸い
- saiwai — Fortunately; luckily; a blessing or fortune
- な
- na — Adjectival ending or sentence-final emphatic particle
- こと
- koto — Thing; fact; matter; nominalizer for verbs
- ほとんど
- hotondo — Almost; nearly; hardly; mostly
- 干上がっ
- hiagat(te) — Dried up; evaporated; run completely dry
- 骨
- hone — Bone; skeleton; backbone; effort
- ほぼ
- hobo — Almost; nearly; approximately; more or less
- 砕け
- kudake — To break; to shatter; to be crushed
- そう
- sō — So; like that; it seems; appearing to be
- なり
- nari — Became; is; result of becoming (literary form)
- あまり
- amari — Too much; not very; excessive; remainder
- 急
- kyū — Sudden; steep; urgent; abrupt
- 上がる
- agaru — To rise; to go up; to climb out
- 方法
- hōhō — Method; way; means; procedure for doing something
- 見つから
- mitsukara — To be found; to be discovered (negative base)
- なかっ
- nakat(ta) — Was not; did not exist (past negative form)
- する
- suru — To do; to make; to perform an action
- あの
- ano — That (over there); that well-known; um...
- 老い
- oi — Old age; aging; elderly person
- また
- mata — Again; also; once more; furthermore
- 従わ
- shitagawa — To obey; to follow; to comply (negative base)
- 叱っ
- shikot(te) — Scolded; reprimanded; told off (te-form)
- 従っ
- shitagat(te) — Obeyed; followed; complied (te-form of 従う)
- ば
- ba — Conditional particle; if; when; provided that
- 悪い
- warui — Bad; wrong; poor quality; harmful
- 起き
- oki — To happen; to get up; to occur
- はず
- hazu — Should; supposed to; expected to happen
- それでも
- soredemo — Even so; nevertheless; despite that; still
- ここ
- koko — Here; this place; right here
- 置い
- oite — Place; put down; leave behind (te-form)
- いけ
- ike — Must; go; imperative or prohibition nuance
- 私
- watashi — I; me; first-person singular pronoun
- 尻尾
- shippo — Tail; an animal's tail
- つかん
- tsukan — To grab; to grasp; to seize firmly
- しっかり
- shikkari — Firmly; securely; properly; with care
- 握り
- nigiri — To grip; to hold tightly in one's hand
- なさい
- nasai — Do it; polite imperative command form
- それ
- sore — That; it; that thing near you
- 引き上げ
- hikiage — To pull up; to haul out; to lift
- 上がっ
- agat(te) — Rose up; came out; climbed (te-form of 上がる)
- とき
- toki — Time; moment; when; occasion
- こう
- kō — Like this; in this way; thus
- お前
- omae — You (familiar or rough second-person pronoun)
- 王国
- ōkoku — Kingdom; realm ruled by a king
- 内
- nai / uchi — Inside; within; interior of a place
- 見つけ
- mitsuke — To find; to discover; to locate something
- たら
- tara — Conditional; if; when something occurs then
- 殺そ
- koroso — Let's kill; volitional form of 殺す
- 見張り
- mihari — Guard; lookout; one keeping watch
- いる
- iru — To be; to exist (animate beings)
- そこ
- soko — There; that place; over there nearby
- 貧しい
- mazushii — Poor; impoverished; lacking material wealth
- 男
- otoko — Man; male person
- 変装
- hensō — Disguise; costume; dressing up to deceive
- し
- shi — And; doing (conjunctive form of する)
- こっそり
- kossori — Secretly; stealthily; without others noticing
- 宮廷
- kyūtei — Royal court; palace; imperial household
- 扉
- tobira — Door; gate; entrance panel
- くぐる
- kuguru — To pass through; to go under; to slip through
- や
- ya — As soon as; and (listing particle)
- いなや
- inaya — As soon as; no sooner than (formal expression)
- 始め
- hajime — Beginning; start; to begin doing something
- 歌い
- utai — Singing; to sing (stem form of 歌う)
- 泣き
- naki — Crying; weeping (stem form of 泣く)
- やん
- yan — Stopped; ceased (colloquial contraction of やむ)
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