The Ballad of the White Horse — Page 4

English → Japanese BOOK I. THE VISION OF THE KING Level 7/10

For earthquake swallowing earthquake

地震が地震を飲み込み、

Uprent the Wessex tree;

ウェセックスの木は根こそぎにされた；

The whirlpool of the pagan sway

異教徒の支配の渦は

Had swirled his sires as sticks away

彼の祖先たちを棒切れのように飲み込んでいた

When a flood smites the sea.

洪水が海を打ちつける時のように。

And the great kings of Wessex

そしてウェセックスの偉大な王たちは

Wearied and sank in gore,

疲れ果て、血の中に沈んでいった、

And even their ghosts in that great stress

そしてその大いなる苦難の中で彼らの亡霊でさえも

Grew greyer and greyer, less and less,

ますます灰色に、ますます薄くなり、

With the lords that died in Lyonesse

ライオネスで死んだ領主たちと共に

And the king that comes no more.

そして二度と戻らぬ王と共に。

And the God of the Golden Dragon

そして黄金の龍の神は

Was dumb upon his throne,

玉座の上で沈黙していた、

And the lord of the Golden Dragon

そして黄金の龍の主は

Ran in the woods alone.

ひとり森の中を走り回っていた。

And if ever he climbed the crest of luck

そして運の頂に登ることがあっても

And set the flag before,

かつて旗を掲げたとしても、

Returning as a wheel returns,

車輪が戻るように巡り来て、

Came ruin and the rain that burns,

破滅と焼き尽くす雨が訪れ、

And all began once more.

そしてすべてが再び始まった。

And naught was left King Alfred

そしてアルフレッド王に残されたものは何もなく、

But shameful tears of rage,

ただ恥ずべき憤りの涙だけがあった、

In the island in the river

川の中の島の上で、

In the end of all his age.

彼の時代のすべての終わりに。

In the island in the river

川の中の島で、

He was broken to his knee:

彼は膝をつくまで打ちのめされた：

And he read, writ with an iron pen,

そして彼は鉄の筆で書かれた言葉を読んだ、

That God had wearied of Wessex men

神はウェセックスの人々に飽き果て、

And given their country, field and fen,

彼らの国土を、野原と湿地を、

To the devils of the sea.

海の悪魔たちに与えたと。

And he saw in a little picture,

そして彼は小さな絵の中に見た、

Tiny and far away,

ちっぽけで遠くかすかな、

His mother sitting in Egbert's hall,

エグバートの間に座る母の姿を、

And a book she showed him, very small,

そして彼女が彼に見せたとても小さな本を、

Where a sapphire Mary sat in stall

サファイア色の聖母マリアが座席に座り、

With a golden Christ at play.

黄金のキリストが傍らで遊んでいた。

It was wrought in the monk's slow manner,

それは修道士の丹念な手法で作られていた、

From silver and sanguine shell,

銀と血赤色の貝殻から、

Where the scenes are little and terrible,

場面は小さくも恐ろしく、

Keyholes of heaven and hell.

天国と地獄の鍵穴のようだった。

Vocabulary

地震: jishin — An earthquake; sudden violent shaking of ground.
飲み込み: nomikomi — Swallowing; understanding or comprehension of something.
根こそぎ: nekosogi — Completely; entirely; uprooting or destroying totally.
され: sare — Passive voice or causative auxiliary verb form.
異教徒: ikyōto — A heathen; non-believer or person of different faith.
支配: shihai — Rule; control; dominion over territory or people.
祖先: sosen — Ancestor; forebear; one's progenitor or predecessor.
たち: tachi — Plural marker or suffix indicating multiple people/things.
棒切れ: bōkire — A stick; wooden rod or piece of timber.
よう: yō — Appearance; manner; way; it seems that something.
飲み込ん: nomikoman — Past tense of swallow; understood or comprehended.
洪水: kōzui — A flood; overflowing of water beyond normal boundaries.
打ちつける: uchitstukeru — To strike; to beat or hit repeatedly and forcefully.
そして: soshite — And; then; furthermore; used to connect sentences.
偉大: idai — Greatness; magnificence; being grand or impressive.
疲れ果て: tsukarehate — Exhausted; completely tired out or worn down.
沈ん: shizuman — Sunk; submerged or immersed in water/darkness.
その: sono — That; those; demonstrative adjective indicating specific thing.
大いなる: ōinaru — Great; grand; magnificent; of considerable importance.
苦難: kunan — Hardship; suffering; difficulty; painful or trying experience.
彼ら: karera — They; them; third person plural pronoun.
亡霊: bōrei — Ghost; spirit; specter of deceased person.
さえ: sae — Even; also; even if; emphasizing inclusivity.
ます: masu — Polite auxiliary verb; indicates formal respectful speech.
灰色: haiiro — Gray; grey color; dull ashen hue.
薄く: usuku — Thinly; faintly; lightly; in thin manner.
なり: nari — Become; auxiliary indicating change of state.
死ん: shinda — Died; passed away; ceased to live.
領主: ryōshu — A lord; feudal ruler; territorial magnate.
共に: tomoni — Together; with; jointly; in company with.
二度と: nidoto — Never again; not a second time; no more.
戻ら: modora — Return; go back; come back to place.
黄金: ōgon — Gold; precious metal; something valuable or precious.
玉座: gyokuzа — A throne; seat of sovereign or ruler.
沈黙: chinmoku — Silence; quietness; state of being silent.
ひとり: hitori — Alone; one person; solitary; unaccompanied.
走り回っ: hashirimawaxi — Running around; dashing about frantically or energetically.
登る: noboru — Climb; ascend; go up; mount upward.
こと: koto — Thing; matter; fact; affair; event or occurrence.
かつて: katsute — Once; formerly; in the past; previously.
掲げ: kakage — Raise; hoist; display; hold up prominently.
車輪: sharin — A wheel; circular rotating object for movement.
戻る: modoru — Return; come back; go back to place.
巡り来: meguri kuru — Come around; occur again; return cyclically.
破滅: hametsu — Destruction; ruin; downfall; total annihilation.
焼き尽くす: yakitsukusu — Burn completely; consume entirely with fire.
訪れ: tazunure — Visit; call on; approach; come to.
すべて: subete — All; everything; the whole; entirety.
再び: futatabi — Again; once more; a second time.
始まっ: hajimatta — Began; started; commenced; initiated action.
残さ: nokosa — Leave behind; abandon; leave remaining.
もの: mono — Thing; object; person; something or someone.
なく: naku — Without; not having; absence of something.
ただ: tada — Only; just; merely; simply; free of charge.
恥ず: hajizu — Be ashamed; feel shame or embarrassment.
べき: beki — Should; ought to; must; proper to do.
憤り: ikidōri — Anger; indignation; wrath; rage or fury.
だけ: dake — Only; just; merely; limited to something.
時代: jidai — Era; epoch; period; age in history.
終わり: owari — End; finish; conclusion; termination of something.
つく: tsuku — Attach; stick; cling; be added to.
まで: made — Until; till; up to; as far as.
打ちのめさ: uchinomesa — Defeat; overcome; get the better of.
書か: kaka — Write; compose; inscribe; put in writing.
言葉: kotoba — Word; language; speech; expression or statement.
読ん: yoman — Read; recite; interpret; comprehend written text.
人々: hitobito — People; persons; human beings; folk collectively.
飽き果て: akifate — Completely tired of; thoroughly fed up with.
国土: kokudo — National territory; homeland; land of nation.
野原: nohara — Field; meadow; plain; open grassy area.
湿地: shitchi — Wetland; marsh; swamp; wet boggy terrain.
悪魔: akuma — Devil; demon; evil spirit; malevolent being.
与え: ataе — Give; grant; bestow; provide or offer.
小さな: chiisana — Small; little; tiny; of limited size.
ちっぽけ: chippoke — Tiny; insignificant; puny; very small and worthless.

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