Romeo and Juliet — Page 11
It is written that the shoemaker should meddle with his yard and the tailor with his last, the fisher with his pencil, and the painter with his nets; but I am sent to find those persons whose names are here writ, and can never find what names the writing person hath here writ.
靴屋はヤードに、仕立て屋は靴型に、漁師は鉛筆に、画家は網に、それぞれ余計な口を出すべきだと書いてある。しかし私はここに書かれた名前の人々を探しに遣わされたのに、書いた人がここに書いた名前が何なのか、どうしても分からない。
I must to the learned.
学のある人のところへ行かねばならぬ。
In good time!
ちょうどよいところに！
Enter Benvolio and Romeo.
ベンヴォーリオとロミオ、登場。
Tut, man, one fire burns out another's burning,
やれやれ、一つの火は別の火を燃え消すもの、
One pain is lessen'd by another's anguish;
一つの痛みは別の苦しみによって和らぐ。
Turn giddy, and be holp by backward turning;
目が回れば、逆向きに回ることで助かる。
One desperate grief cures with another's languish:
一つの絶望的な悲しみは、別の嘆きによって癒される。
Take thou some new infection to thy eye,
お前の目に新たな感染を取り入れよ、
And the rank poison of the old will die.
そうすれば古い毒の猛威も消えるだろう。
Your plantain leaf is excellent for that.
オオバコの葉はそれには最適ですね。
For what, I pray thee?
何のために、と聞かせてくれ？
For your broken shin.
あなたの擦り傷のすねのために。
Why, Romeo, art thou mad?
なぜだ、ロミオ、お前は気でも狂ったか？
Not mad, but bound more than a madman is:
狂ってはいない、だが狂人よりも縛られている。
Shut up in prison, kept without my food,
牢獄に閉じ込められ、食事も与えられず、
Whipp'd and tormented and—God-den, good fellow.
鞭打たれ、苦しめられ、そして――こんにちは、ご機嫌よう。
God gi' go-den. I pray, sir, can you read?
こんにちは。お願いします、旦那様、字が読めますか？
Ay, mine own fortune in my misery.
ああ、わが不幸の中に書かれた自分の運命はな。
Perhaps you have learned it without book.
おそらく本なしで覚えられたのでしょうな。
But I pray, can you read anything you see?
ですが、目の前にあるものなら何でも読めますか？
Ay, If I know the letters and the language.
ああ、文字と言語を知っていればな。
Ye say honestly, rest you merry!
正直におっしゃる、ご機嫌よう！
Stay, fellow; I can read.
待て、お前よ、私は読める。
[_He reads the letter.
〔彼は手紙を読む。
Vocabulary
- 靴屋
- kutsuya — Shoe shop or cobbler's store
- は
- wa — Topic-marking particle in Japanese grammar
- ヤード
- yādo — Yard, a unit of measurement
- に
- ni — Particle indicating location, direction, or time
- 仕立て屋
- shitateya — Tailor; a person who makes clothing
- 漁師
- ryōshi — Fisherman; person who catches fish professionally
- 鉛筆
- enpitsu — Pencil; a writing instrument with graphite
- 画家
- gaka — Painter; a professional visual artist
- 網
- ami — Net; mesh used for fishing or catching
- それぞれ
- sorezore — Each; respectively; individually for each one
- 余計
- yokei — Unnecessary; excessive; more than needed
- な
- na — Adjectival particle or negative imperative marker
- 口
- kuchi — Mouth; opening; entrance to something
- を
- wo — Object-marking particle in Japanese grammar
- 出す
- dasu — To put out; to produce; to submit
- べき
- beki — Should; ought to; expressing moral obligation
- だ
- da — Informal copula meaning 'is' or 'are'
- と
- to — Particle meaning 'and', 'with', or quotation marker
- 書い
- kai — Written (conjunctive form of 書く, kaku)
- て
- te — Conjunctive particle connecting verbs or clauses
- ある
- aru — To exist; to be (for inanimate things)
- しかし
- shikashi — However; but; expressing contrast or contradiction
- 私
- watashi — I; me; first-person singular pronoun
- ここ
- koko — Here; this place; nearby location
- 書か
- kaka — Write (negative or conditional stem of 書く)
- れ
- re — Passive auxiliary verb suffix attached to verbs
- た
- ta — Past tense auxiliary verb indicating completed action
- 名前
- namae — Name; a person's given or full name
- の
- no — Possessive or nominalizing particle in Japanese
- 人々
- hitobito — People; various persons; plural of person
- 探し
- sagashi — Search; looking for something or someone
- 人
- hito — Person; human being; individual
- が
- ga — Subject-marking particle in Japanese grammar
- 何
- nani — What; something; used in questions
- か
- ka — Question particle or uncertainty marker
- どうして
- dōshite — Why; how; for what reason
- も
- mo — Also; even; too; emphatic particle
- 分から
- wakara — Don't understand (negative stem of 分かる)
- ない
- nai — Negative auxiliary; not; does not exist
- 学
- gaku — Learning; study; academic knowledge
- ところ
- tokoro — Place; point in time; situation or circumstance
- へ
- e — Directional particle meaning 'toward' or 'to'
- 行か
- ika — Go (negative or conditional stem of 行く)
- ね
- ne — Sentence-final particle seeking agreement or confirmation
- ば
- ba — Conditional particle meaning 'if' or 'when'
- なら
- nara — If; conditional form implying a given situation
- ちょうど
- chōdo — Exactly; just right; precisely at that moment
- よい
- yoi — Good; fine; acceptable; favorable
- 登場
- tōjō — Appearance on stage; entrance of a character
- やれやれ
- yareyare — Good grief; oh dear; expression of exasperation
- 一つ
- hitotsu — One; a single thing or item
- 火
- hi — Fire; flame; heat source
- 別
- betsu — Different; separate; another; distinct
- 燃え
- moe — Burning; blazing (conjunctive stem of 燃える)
- 消す
- kesu — To extinguish; to erase; to turn off
- もの
- mono — Thing; object; abstract matter or concept
- 痛み
- itami — Pain; ache; physical or emotional hurt
- 苦しみ
- kurushimi — Suffering; anguish; intense mental or physical pain
- 和らぐ
- yawaragu — To soften; to ease; to become gentle
- 目
- me — Eye; eyesight; a point of view
- 回れ
- maware — Turn! (imperative form of 回る, to turn)
- 逆向き
- sakamuki — Opposite direction; reversed orientation
- 回る
- mawaru — To turn; to revolve; to go around
- こと
- koto — Thing; fact; abstract matter or event
- で
- de — Particle indicating means, location of action, or cause
- 助かる
- tasukaru — To be saved; to be helped; to survive
- 絶望
- zetsubō — Despair; hopelessness; complete loss of hope
- 的
- teki — Suffix meaning '-like', '-ish', or '-al'
- 悲しみ
- kanashimi — Sadness; grief; deep sorrow
- 嘆き
- nageki — Lamentation; grief; deep sigh of sorrow
- 癒さ
- iyasa — Healed; soothed (stem of 癒す, to heal)
- れる
- reru — Passive or potential auxiliary verb suffix
- お前
- omae — You; informal or rough second-person pronoun
- 新た
- arata — New; fresh; novel; recently begun
- 感染
- kansen — Infection; contagion; spreading of disease
- 取り入れ
- toriire — To take in; to adopt; to incorporate
- よ
- yo — Sentence-final particle asserting or emphasizing information
- そうすれ
- sōsure — If you do so; conditional form of そうする
- 古い
- furui — Old; aged; not new; antiquated
- 毒
- doku — Poison; venom; something harmful or toxic
- 消える
- kieru — To disappear; to vanish; to go out
- だろう
- darō — Probably; I suppose; expressing conjecture or assumption
- 葉
- ha — Leaf; foliage of a plant
- それ
- sore — That; it; referring to something previously mentioned
- 最適
- saiteki — Most suitable; optimal; best fit for purpose
- です
- desu — Polite copula meaning 'is', 'am', or 'are'
- ため
- tame — For; because of; for the sake of
- 聞かせ
- kikase — Tell me; let me hear (causative stem of 聞く)
- くれ
- kure — Give me; please do (imperative of くれる)
- あなた
- anata — You; polite second-person singular pronoun
- 擦り傷
- surikizu — Scrape; abrasion; minor surface wound on skin
- すね
- sune — Shin; the front part of the lower leg
- なぜ
- naze — Why; for what reason; questioning cause
- 気
- ki — Spirit; feeling; mood; mental energy
- 狂っ
- kurutte — Gone mad; gone crazy (te-form of 狂う)
- い
- i — Conjunctive or existential form of いる (to be)
- 狂人
- kyōjin — Madman; insane person; one who is crazy
- より
- yori — Than; from; comparative particle in Japanese
- 縛ら
- shibara — Bound; tied up (stem of 縛る, to bind)
- いる
- iru — To be; to exist (for animate beings)
- 牢獄
- rōgoku — Prison; jail; place of confinement
- 閉じ込め
- tojikome — Confined; shut in; locked away inside
- られ
- rare — Passive or potential auxiliary verb form
- 食事
- shokuji — Meal; eating; a session of consuming food
- 与え
- atae — Give; provide (conjunctive stem of 与える)
- 苦しめ
- kurushime — Torment; to cause suffering (stem of 苦しめる)
- そして
- soshite — And then; after that; furthermore
- こんにちは
- konnichiwa — Hello; good afternoon; standard daytime greeting
- ご機嫌
- gokigen — Mood; feeling; how one is feeling today
- よう
- yō — Seems like; way of doing; appearance or manner
- お願い
- onegai — Request; please; a polite appeal for something
- し
- shi — Conjunctive form of する; also listing particle
- ます
- masu — Polite verb ending indicating present or future tense
- 字
- ji — Character; letter; written symbol
- 読め
- yome — Read! (imperative or potential stem of 読む)
- ああ
- ā — Ah; oh; exclamation of realization or emotion
- 不幸
- fukō — Misfortune; unhappiness; bad luck
- 中
- naka — Inside; middle; among; within
- 自分
- jibun — Oneself; myself; one's own self
- 運命
- unmei — Fate; destiny; one's predetermined life course
- おそらく
- osoraku — Probably; perhaps; most likely
- 本
- hon — Book; a bound printed or written publication
- なし
- nashi — Without; lacking; none; absence of something
- 覚え
- oboye — Memory; recollection; to remember something
- でしょう
- deshō — Probably; I think; polite conjecture form
- 前
- mae — Before; in front; previously; earlier time
- 文字
- moji — Letter; character; written symbol in language
- 言語
- gengo — Language; a system of human communication
- 知っ
- shitte — Know; knowing (te-form of 知る, to know)
- いれ
- ire — If you are; conditional form of いる
- 正直
- shōjiki — Honest; truthful; straightforward and sincere
- おっしゃる
- ossharu — To say (honorific form of 言う)
- 待て
- mate — Wait! (imperative form of 待つ, to wait)
- 読める
- yomeru — Can read; able to read (potential form)
- 彼
- kare — He; him; third-person masculine pronoun
- 手紙
- tegami — Letter; a written message sent to someone
- 読む
- yomu — To read; to interpret written text
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