Spoon River Anthology — Page 4

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Where are Uncle Isaac and Aunt Emily,

アイザック叔父さんとエミリー叔母さんはどこへ行った、

And old Towny Kincaid and Sevigne Houghton,

老いたるタウニー・キンケイドとセヴィニュー・ホートンは、

And Major Walker who had talked

革命の時代の老人たちと語り合った

With venerable men of the revolution?—

ウォーカー少佐はどこへ行った？——

All, all are sleeping on the hill.

みな、みな、丘の上で眠っている。

They brought them dead sons from the war,

戦争から息子たちの亡骸が届けられ、

And daughters whom life had crushed,

人生に打ちのめされた娘たちも運ばれ、

And their children fatherless, crying—

父を失った子どもたちが泣き叫んでいた——

All, all are sleeping, sleeping, sleeping on the hill.

みな、みな、眠っている、眠っている、丘の上で眠っている。

Where is Old Fiddler Jones

老フィドル弾きジョーンズはどこへ行った、

Who played with life all his ninety years,

九十年の生涯を気ままに生きた男は、

Braving the sleet with bared breast,

胸をはだけて霙の中に立ち向かい、

Drinking, rioting, thinking neither of wife nor kin,

飲み、騒ぎ、妻も親族も顧みず、

Nor gold, nor love, nor heaven?

金も愛も天国も眼中になかった男は？

Lo! he babbles of the fish-frys of long ago,

見よ！彼は遠い昔の魚の揚げ物の宴のことをつぶやいている、

Of the horse-races of long ago at Clary's Grove,

クラリーズ・グローヴで行われた遠い昔の競馬のことを、

Of what Abe Lincoln said

エイブ・リンカーンがかつて語ったことを、

One time at Springfield._

スプリングフィールドで、ある時に。

Hod Putt

ホッド・パット

Here I lie close to the grave

私はここに、老ビル・ピアソルの墓の

Of Old Bill Piersol,

すぐそばに横たわっている、

Who grew rich trading with the Indians, and who

インディアンとの交易で財を成し、その後、

Afterwards took the Bankrupt Law

破産法を利用して、

And emerged from it richer than ever

以前にも増して富裕になって出てきた男の。

Myself grown tired of toil and poverty

私自身は労苦と貧しさに疲れ果て、

And beholding how Old Bill and others grew in wealth

老ビルや他の者たちが富を蓄えるのを目の当たりにして、

Robbed a traveler one Night near Proctor's Grove,

ある夜、プロクターズ・グローヴの近くで旅人を襲い、

Killing him unwittingly while doing so,

その際、思わず彼を殺めてしまった、

For which I was tried and hanged.

そのために裁かれ、絞首刑に処された。

That was my way of going into bankruptcy.

それが私なりの破産への道であった。

Now we who took the bankrupt law in our respective ways

今や、それぞれのやり方で破産法を利用した私たちは、

Sleep peacefully side by side.

静かに並んで眠っている。

Ollie McGee

オリー・マクギー

Have you seen walking through the village

村を歩いているのを見たことがあるか、

A man with downcast eyes and haggard face?

うつむいた目と憔悴した顔をした男を？

Vocabulary

叔父さん: ojisan — Uncle; polite term for one's father's younger brother.
と: to — And; with; quotation particle in Japanese grammar.
叔母さん: obasan — Aunt; polite term for one's father's younger sister.
は: wa — Topic marker particle indicating the sentence's subject.
どこ: doko — Where; interrogative pronoun asking about location.
へ: e — To; directional particle indicating movement toward destination.
行った: itta — Went; past tense of the verb 'to go'.
老い: oi — Old age; the state of growing old.
たる: taru — Being; classical attributive copula equivalent to 'who is'.
革命: kakumei — Revolution; a fundamental political or social upheaval.
の: no — Possessive or linking particle connecting nouns together.
時代: jidai — Era; age; a period of historical or social time.
老人: rōjin — Old person; elderly man or woman.
たち: tachi — Plural suffix indicating a group of people.
語り合っ: katariat(te) — Talked together; shared stories or conversation with others.
た: ta — Past tense auxiliary verb ending in Japanese.
少佐: shōsa — Major; military officer rank between captain and lieutenant colonel.
行っ: it(te) — Went; stem form of the verb 'to go'.
みな: mina — Everyone; all people in a group.
丘: oka — Hill; a small elevated landform or mound.
上: ue — Above; on top; upper position or surface.
で: de — At; in; particle indicating location of an action.
眠っ: nemutt(e) — Sleeping; resting in sleep; also a euphemism for death.
て: te — Conjunctive particle linking sequential or simultaneous actions.
いる: iru — To be; indicates ongoing state or existence of animate things.
戦争: sensō — War; armed conflict between nations or groups.
から: kara — From; because; particle indicating origin or cause.
息子: musuko — Son; one's male child.
亡骸: nakigara — Remains; corpse; the dead body of a person.
が: ga — Subject marker particle; also indicates contrast or emphasis.
届け: todoke — Deliver; send; bring something to a destination.
られ: rare — Passive auxiliary indicating an action was done to subject.
人生: jinsei — Life; one's entire course of human existence.
に: ni — In; at; to; particle indicating location, time, or direction.
打ち: uchi — Strike; hit; compound verb prefix meaning to beat down.
のめさ: nomesa — Crushed; overwhelmed; knocked flat by force or grief.
れ: re — Passive inflectional ending attached to verb stems.
娘: musume — Daughter; a female child in relation to parents.
も: mo — Also; too; even; inclusive particle adding to prior item.
運ば: hakoba — Carried; transported; stem form of 'to carry or transport'.
父: chichi — Father; one's male parent.
を: wo — Object marker particle indicating the direct object of verb.
失っ: ushinatt(e) — Lost; having lost something or someone precious.
子ども: kodomo — Child; children; young person or persons.
泣き叫ん: nakisakebn(de) — Screamed and cried; wailed loudly in grief or pain.
い: i — Verb stem or continuative form of 'to be' or 'to exist'.
老: rō — Old; aged; prefix indicating elderly or advanced age.
弾き: hiki — Playing (instrument); one who plays a stringed instrument.
九十: kyūjū — Ninety; the number 90.
年: nen — Year; counter for years of time.
生涯: shōgai — Lifetime; one's entire span of life.
気まま: kimama — Free-spirited; self-indulgent; doing as one pleases.
生き: iki — Living; to live; stem form of 'to live'.
男: otoko — Man; male person; adult male.
胸: mune — Chest; breast; one's heart or feelings.
はだけ: hadake — Open; bared; clothing opened or loosened at the chest.
霙: mizore — Sleet; a mixture of rain and snow falling together.
中: naka — Inside; middle; among; within a space or group.
立ち向かい: tachimukkai — Faced; confronted; stood up against something challenging.
飲み: nomi — Drinking; to drink; stem form of drinking verb.
騒ぎ: sawagi — Uproar; revelry; making noise and causing commotion.
妻: tsuma — Wife; one's own spouse (female).
親族: shinzoku — Relatives; kin; one's family members and relations.
顧みず: kaerimizu — Without looking back; disregarding; neglecting those around oneself.
金: kane — Money; gold; wealth and financial assets.
愛: ai — Love; deep affection for another person or thing.
天国: tengoku — Heaven; paradise; the divine realm after death.
眼中: ganchū — In one's sight; within consideration or regard.
なかっ: nakatt(a) — Did not have; was not; negative past of existence verb.
見よ: miyo — Look! Behold! Imperative form of 'to see or look'.
彼: kare — He; him; third-person masculine singular pronoun.
遠い: tōi — Far; distant; a long time or distance away.
昔: mukashi — Long ago; olden times; the distant past.
魚: sakana — Fish; aquatic animal; also used as food.
揚げ物: agemono — Fried food; deep-fried dish or snack.
宴: utage — Banquet; feast; a celebratory gathering with food and drink.
こと: koto — Thing; fact; nominalizer turning verbs into noun phrases.
つぶやい: tsubuyai — Murmured; muttered; spoke softly or under one's breath.
行わ: okonawa — Held; conducted; stem form of 'to carry out or hold'.
競馬: keiba — Horse racing; competitive sport involving racehorses.
かつて: katsute — Once; formerly; at some time in the past.
語っ: katatt(e) — Spoke; told; narrated a story or shared information.
ある: aru — There is; to exist; used for inanimate things.
時: toki — Time; moment; when; a specific point in time.
私: watashi — I; me; first-person singular pronoun in Japanese.
ここ: koko — Here; this place; indicating the speaker's current location.
墓: haka — Grave; tomb; a burial site for the dead.
すぐ: sugu — Right away; immediately; very soon or very close.
そば: soba — Beside; near; close to a person or object.
横たわっ: yokotawatt(e) — Lying down; reclining; stretched out horizontally on surface.
交易: kōeki — Trade; commerce; exchange of goods between parties.
財: tomi/zai — Wealth; fortune; material assets and riches.
成し: nashi — Accomplished; achieved; stem of 'to achieve or accomplish'.
その後: sonogo — After that; thereafter; following that event or time.
破産: hasan — Bankruptcy; financial ruin; legal insolvency of a person.
法: hō — Law; legal system; rules governing society.
利用: riyō — Use; utilization; making use of something available.
し: shi — Did; do; conjunctive form of the verb 'to do'.
以前: izen — Before; formerly; prior to a certain point in time.
増し: mashi — More; greater; increased compared to a previous state.
富裕: fuyū — Wealthy; affluent; having abundant financial resources.
なっ: natt(e) — Became; turned into; stem form of 'to become'.
出: de/shutsu — Exit; emerge; go out; appear from within something.
き: ki — Came; classical past tense form of 'to come'.
自身: jishin — Oneself; one's own self; used for emphasis.
労苦: rōku — Toil; hardship; laborious effort and suffering.
貧し: mazushi — Poor; impoverished; lacking sufficient money or resources.
さ: sa — Nominalizing suffix turning adjectives into abstract nouns.
疲れ果て: tsukarehate — Utterly exhausted; completely worn out from effort or hardship.
や: ya — And; or; listing particle connecting multiple items loosely.
他: ta/hoka — Other; another; different people or things besides oneself.
者: mono/sha — Person; one who does something; suffix indicating a person.
富: tomi — Wealth; riches; an abundance of material possessions.
蓄える: takuwaeru — To accumulate; save; store up wealth or resources.
目の当たり: manomiatari — Witnessing firsthand; seeing something directly before one's eyes.
夜: yoru — Night; the dark period after sunset and before sunrise.
近く: chikaku — Nearby; close to; in the vicinity of a place.
旅人: tabibito — Traveler; wayfarer; a person journeying from place to place.
襲い: osoi — Attacked; assaulted; stem form of 'to attack or assault'.
その際: sonoさい — At that time; on that occasion; during that moment.
思わず: omowazu — Unintentionally; without thinking; involuntarily doing something.
殺め: ayame — Killed; slew; a literary term for taking someone's life.
しまっ: shimatt(e) — Ended up doing; regrettably completed an unintended action.
そのため: sonotame — Because of that; for that reason; therefore.
裁か: sabaka — Judged; tried; stem of 'to judge or try in court'.
絞首刑: kōshukei — Death by hanging; capital punishment by hanging.
処さ: shosa — Sentenced; subjected to; stem of 'to sentence or punish'.
それ: sore — That; it; referring to something previously mentioned.
なり: nari — That's all; became; classical copula indicating state or result.
道: michi — Road; path; way; a route or course of life.
あっ: att(e) — There was; existed; stem of existence verb 'aru'.
今や: imaya — Now; by now; at this point in time.
それぞれ: sorezore — Each; respectively; every one individually and separately.
やり方: yarikata — Way of doing; method; approach to accomplishing something.
静か: shizuka — Quiet; calm; peaceful and free from noise.
並ん: narann(de) — Lined up; arranged in a row side by side.
村: mura — Village; a small rural settlement or community.
歩い: arui — Walked; stem form of the verb 'to walk'.
見: mi — See; look; stem form of the verb 'to see'.
か: ka — Question particle placed at the end of a sentence.
うつむい: utsumui — Looking downward; hanging one's head in sadness or shame.
目: me — Eye; eyes; one's gaze or vision.
憔悴: shōsui — Haggard; emaciated; worn out in face and body.
顔: kao — Face; one's facial appearance or expression.

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