Spoon River Anthology — Page 7

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While I lived I could not cope with slanderous tongues,

生きている間、私は中傷する舌に対処できなかった、

Now that I am dead I must submit to an epitaph

今や死んだ私は、墓碑銘に甘んじなければならない、

Graven by a fool!

愚か者によって刻まれた！」

Serepta Mason

セレプタ・メイソン

My life's blossom might have bloomed on all sides

私の人生の花はあらゆる方向に咲けたかもしれない、

Save for a bitter wind which stunted my petals

私の花びらを萎縮させた冷たい風がなければ、

On the side of me which you in the village could see.

村のあなたたちが見ることのできた、私のある側において。

From the dust I lift a voice of protest:

塵の中から私は抗議の声を上げる：

My flowering side you never saw!

私の花咲く側をあなたたちは決して見なかった！

Ye living ones, ye are fools indeed

生きている者たちよ、あなたたちはまさに愚か者だ、

Who do not know the ways of the wind

風の道を知らない者たちよ、

And the unseen forces

そして目に見えない力を、

That govern the processes of life.

生命の過程を支配する力を。

Amanda Barker

アマンダ・バーカー

Henry got me with child,

ヘンリーは私を妊娠させた、

Knowing that I could not bring forth life

私が自分の命を失わずには、

Without losing my own.

命を産み出すことができないと知りながら。

In my youth therefore I entered the portals of dust.

それゆえ若くして私は塵の門をくぐった。

Traveler, it is believed in the village where I lived

旅人よ、私が住んでいた村では信じられている、

That Henry loved me with a husband's love

ヘンリーは夫の愛で私を愛したと。

But I proclaim from the dust

しかし私は塵の中から宣言する、

That he slew me to gratify his hatred.

彼は自らの憎しみを満たすために私を殺したのだと。

Constance Hately

コンスタンス・ヘイトリー

You praise my self-sacrifice, Spoon River,

あなたは私の自己犠牲を称える、スプーン・リバーよ、

In rearing Irene and Mary,

アイリーンとメアリーを育てたことで、

Orphans of my older sister!

私の姉の孤児たちを！

And you censure Irene and Mary

そしてあなたはアイリーンとメアリーを非難する、

For their contempt for me!

私への軽蔑を理由に！

But praise not my self-sacrifice.

しかし私の自己犠牲を称えるな。

And censure not their contempt;

そして彼女たちの軽蔑を非難するな、

I reared them, I cared for them, true enough!—

私は彼女たちを育て、世話をした、それは確かだ！——

But I poisoned my benefactions

しかし私は自分の恩恵を毒した、

With constant reminders of their dependence.

彼女たちの依存を絶えず思い知らせることで。

Chase Henry

チェイス・ヘンリー

In life I was the town drunkard;

生前、私は町の酔っぱらいだった、

When I died the priest denied me burial

私が死んだとき、司祭は埋葬を拒んだ、

In holy ground.

聖なる土地への。

The which redounded to my good fortune.

それが私の幸運につながった。

Vocabulary

生きて: ikite — Being alive; living (te-form of ikiru).
いる: iru — To exist; to be (for animate beings).
間: aida / ma — While; during; interval of time or space.
私: watashi — I; me; first-person singular pronoun.
は: wa — Topic-marking particle indicating the subject.
中傷: chūshō — Slander; defamation; malicious false statements about someone.
する: suru — To do; general-purpose action verb.
舌: shita — Tongue; organ of speech and taste.
に: ni — Particle indicating direction, location, or target.
対処: taisho — To deal with; cope with a situation or problem.
でき: deki — Can do; be able to (stem of dekiru).
なかった: nakatta — Did not; past negative form of nai.
今や: ima ya — Now; at this point; by this time.
死ん: shin — Died (conjunctive form of shinu, to die).
だ: da — Is; plain-form copula asserting a state.
墓碑銘: bohimei — Epitaph; inscription written on a gravestone.
甘んじ: amanje — To accept reluctantly; resign oneself to something.
なければ: nakereba — If not; conditional negative grammatical form.
なら: nara — If; conditional particle expressing supposition.
ない: nai — Not; negative auxiliary adjective.
愚か者: orokamono — Fool; stupid person; someone lacking wisdom.
よって: yotte — By; therefore; due to; because of.
刻ま: kizama — Carved; engraved (stem of kizamu).
れた: reta — Passive past suffix indicating action done to subject.
の: no — Possessive or linking particle connecting nouns.
人生: jinsei — Life; one's lifetime experience as a whole.
花: hana — Flower; blossom; something beautiful and fleeting.
あらゆる: arayuru — Every; all kinds of; without exception.
方向: hōkō — Direction; orientation in space or purpose.
咲け: sake — Bloom; imperative or potential form of saku.
た: ta — Past tense auxiliary verb suffix.
かも: kamo — Perhaps; might; expresses possibility or uncertainty.
しれ: shire — May; might (part of kamoshirenai, perhaps).
花びら: hanabira — Petal; individual leaf of a flower blossom.
を: wo — Object-marking particle indicating direct object.
萎縮: ishuku — Shrinking; withering; atrophy of growth or spirit.
させた: saseta — Caused to; made someone do (causative past).
冷たい: tsumetai — Cold; chilly; emotionally distant or unfriendly.
風: kaze — Wind; breeze; the movement of air.
が: ga — Subject-marking particle; also indicates contrast.
なけれ: nakere — If there were not; conditional negative form.
ば: ba — If; conditional particle attached to verb forms.
村: mura — Village; small rural community or settlement.
あなた: anata — You; second-person singular pronoun (polite).
たち: tachi — Plural suffix for people and pronouns.
見る: miru — To see; to look at; to observe.
こと: koto — Thing; matter; fact (nominalizer for verbs).
ある: aru — To exist; to be (for inanimate things).
側: gawa / soba — Side; aspect; the area beside something.
おいて: oite — In; at; regarding (locative conjunctive particle).
塵: chiri — Dust; dirt; something trivial or insignificant.
中: naka — Inside; middle; among; within something.
から: kara — From; because; starting point particle.
抗議: kōgi — Protest; objection; formal expression of disagreement.
声: koe — Voice; sound produced by speaking or calling.
上げる: ageru — To raise; to lift up; to offer.
咲く: saku — To bloom; to blossom (of flowers).
決して: kesshite — Never; by no means (used with negatives).
見: mi — See; sight (stem or noun form of miru).
者: mono / sha — Person; one who does something; individual.
よ: yo — Sentence-final particle for assertion or address.
まさに: masani — Exactly; precisely; truly; just as expected.
道: michi — Road; path; way; course of life.
知ら: shira — Know (stem of shiru, to know).
そして: soshite — And then; and; conjunction linking sequential ideas.
目: me — Eye; the organ of sight; perspective.
見え: mie — Can be seen; visible (stem of mieru).
力: chikara — Power; strength; ability; force.
生命: seimei — Life; living existence; vital force of beings.
過程: katei — Process; course; progression of events over time.
支配: shihai — Control; domination; rule over something or someone.
妊娠: ninshin — Pregnancy; the state of carrying a child.
自分: jibun — Oneself; one's own self; reflexive pronoun.
命: inochi — Life; one's lifespan; vitality of existence.
失わ: ushinawa — Lose; be deprived of (stem of ushinau).
ず: zu — Without doing; negative conjunctive verb suffix.
産み出す: umidasu — To give birth to; to produce; bring forth.
と: to — And; with; quotation particle; conditional if.
知り: shiri — Knowing; to know (continuative form of shiru).
ながら: nagara — While; even though; simultaneous action conjunction.
それゆえ: soreyue — Therefore; for that reason; consequently.
若く: wakaku — Young; youthfully (adverbial form of wakai).
して: shite — Doing; as; te-form of suru connecting clauses.
門: mon — Gate; entrance; portal to a place or realm.
くぐった: kugutta — Passed through; ducked under a gate or barrier.
旅人: tabibito — Traveler; wanderer; one who journeys.
住んで: sunde — Living; residing (te-form of sumu).
いた: ita — Was; existed; past tense of iru.
で: de — At; in; by means of (locative/instrumental particle).
信じ: shinji — Believe; trust (stem of shinjiru).
られて: rarete — Passive te-form; being done to the subject.
夫: otto — Husband; one's male spouse or partner.
愛: ai — Love; deep affection for another person.
愛した: aishita — Loved; felt deep affection (past tense).
しかし: shikashi — However; but; conjunction expressing contrast.
宣言: sengen — Declaration; proclamation; public official statement.
彼: kare — He; him; third-person masculine pronoun.
自ら: mizukara — Oneself; personally; of one's own accord.
憎しみ: nikushimi — Hatred; intense dislike or animosity toward someone.
満たす: mitasu — To fill; to satisfy; to fulfill completely.
ため: tame — For the purpose of; for the sake of.
殺した: koroshita — Killed; murdered (past tense of korosu).
自己犠牲: jiko gisei — Self-sacrifice; giving up oneself for others.
称える: tataeru — To praise; to extol; to honor someone's virtue.
育て: sodate — Raise; bring up; nurture a child or person.
姉: ane — Older sister; one's elder female sibling.
孤児: koji — Orphan; a child who has lost parents.
非難: hinan — Blame; criticism; reproach directed at someone.
へ: e — To; toward; directional particle indicating movement.
軽蔑: keibetsu — Contempt; scorn; looking down on someone.
理由: riyū — Reason; cause; justification for an action.
な: na — Sentence-final particle; adjective connector suffix.
彼女: kanojo — She; her; girlfriend; third-person feminine pronoun.
世話: sewa — Care; looking after; helping someone with needs.
した: shita — Did; past tense of suru (to do).
それ: sore — That; it; pronoun for something previously mentioned.
確か: tashika — Certain; sure; indeed; probably true.
恩恵: onkei — Benefit; blessing; favor received from someone.
毒した: dokushita — Poisoned; corrupted; tainted something or someone.
依存: izon — Dependence; reliance on another for support.
絶えず: taezu — Constantly; ceaselessly; without stopping.
思い知らせる: omoishiraseru — To make someone realize; to drive home a lesson.
生前: seizen — During one's lifetime; while still alive.
町: machi — Town; city district; urban neighborhood.
酔っぱらい: yopparai — Drunkard; a person who is intoxicated or habitually drunk.
だった: datta — Was; plain past form of the copula da.
とき: toki — Time; moment; occasion when something occurs.
司祭: shisai — Priest; ordained religious minister or clergyman.
埋葬: maisō — Burial; interment of a body in the ground.
拒ん: koban — Refused; rejected (conjunctive form of kobamu).
聖なる: seinaru — Holy; sacred; consecrated; of divine character.
土地: tochi — Land; ground; plot of earth; territory.
幸運: kōun — Good luck; fortune; favorable circumstances.
つながった: tsunagatta — Connected; linked; tied together (past tense).

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