The Ballad of the White Horse — Page 8
Even as she spoke she was not,
彼女が話している間にも、彼女は既にいなかった、
Nor any word said he,
彼もまた何も言葉を発しなかった、
He only heard, still as he stood
彼はただ聞いていた、じっと立ったまま
Under the old night's nodding hood,
古い夜のうなずく頭巾の下で、
The sea-folk breaking down the wood
海の民が森を切り崩す音を
Like a high tide from sea.
海からの高波のように。
He only heard the heathen men,
彼はただ異教の男たちを聞いていた、
Whose eyes are blue and bleak,
その目が青く荒涼とした、
Singing about some cruel thing
ある残酷な出来事について歌う
Done by a great and smiling king
偉大にして微笑む王によって成された
In daylight on a deck.
白昼の甲板の上で。
He only heard the heathen men,
彼はただ異教の男たちを聞いていた、
Whose eyes are blue and blind,
その目が青く盲目の、
Singing what shameful things are done
いかに恥ずべきことが行われるかを歌う
Between the sunlit sea and the sun
陽光輝く海と太陽の間で
When the land is left behind.
陸地が遠く後に残されるとき。
Vocabulary
- 彼女
- kanojo — She; her; girlfriend
- が
- ga — Subject marker particle
- 話し
- hanashi — Talk, speech, conversation
- て
- te — Conjunctive particle connecting verb phrases
- いる
- iru — To exist, be (for animate beings)
- 間
- aida / ma — Interval, space, while, during
- に
- ni — Direction, location, time particle
- も
- mo — Also, too, even (inclusive particle)
- は
- wa — Topic marker particle
- 既
- sude ni — Already, previously
- い
- i — Stem of iru; to be, exist
- なかった
- nakatta — Was not; past negative form
- 彼
- kare — He; him
- また
- mata — Again, also, moreover
- 何
- nani / nan — What; something
- 言葉
- kotoba — Word, language, expression
- を
- wo — Direct object marker particle
- 発し
- hasshi — To utter, emit, send out
- ただ
- tada — Just, merely, only
- 聞い
- kii — Listening (stem of kiku, to listen)
- いた
- ita — Was doing; past progressive form
- じっと
- jitto — Motionlessly, fixedly, quietly
- 立った
- tatta — Stood up; past tense of tatsu
- まま
- mama — As is, remaining in same state
- 古い
- furui — Old, ancient, aged
- 夜
- yoru — Night, evening
- の
- no — Possessive or nominalizing particle
- うなずく
- unazuku — To nod one's head in agreement
- 頭巾
- zukin — Hood, head covering, cowl
- 下
- shita / shimo — Below, under, beneath
- で
- de — Location, means, or cause particle
- 海
- umi — Sea, ocean
- 民
- tami — People, folk, nation, citizens
- 森
- mori — Forest, woods
- 切り崩す
- kirikuzusu — To cut down, erode, break apart
- 音
- oto / ne — Sound, noise, tone
- から
- kara — From, because, after (particle)
- 高波
- takanami — High waves, rough seas
- よう
- you — Like, resembling, appearing to be
- 異教
- ikyou — Paganism, heresy, foreign religion
- 男たち
- otokotachi — Men, group of males
- その
- sono — That, those (near listener)
- 目
- me — Eye, gaze, look
- 青く
- aoku — Bluely, in a blue manner
- 荒涼
- kouryou — Desolate, bleak, dreary, barren
- と
- to — And; with; quotation particle
- した
- shita — Did; past tense of suru
- ある
- aru — To exist, there is (inanimate)
- 残酷
- zankoku — Cruel, brutal, merciless
- な
- na — Adjectival linking particle (na-adj)
- 出来事
- dekigoto — Event, happening, incident, occurrence
- ついて
- tsuite — About, concerning, regarding
- 歌う
- utau — To sing, to chant
- 偉大
- idai — Great, grand, magnificent
- して
- shite — Doing; conjunctive form of suru
- 微笑む
- hohoemu — To smile gently
- 王
- ou — King, monarch, ruler
- よって
- yotte — By means of, due to, because of
- 成さ
- nasa — Accomplished, performed (stem of nasu)
- れた
- reta — Passive past suffix; was done
- 白昼
- hakuchuu — Broad daylight, midday
- 甲板
- kanpan — Ship's deck
- 上
- ue / jou — Above, top, upper surface
- 盲目
- moumoku — Blindness; blind, sightless
- いかに
- ikani — How, in what way, how much
- 恥ず
- hazu — To feel shame, be ashamed
- べき
- beki — Should, ought to, must
- こと
- koto — Thing, matter, fact (abstract noun)
- 行わ
- okonawa — Performed, carried out (stem of okonau)
- れる
- reru — Passive voice auxiliary verb suffix
- か
- ka — Question marker particle
- 陽光
- youkou — Sunlight, sunshine, solar rays
- 輝く
- kagayaku — To shine, glitter, radiate brilliantly
- 太陽
- taiyou — The sun
- 陸地
- rikuchi — Land, dry ground, terra firma
- 遠く
- tooku — Far away, in the distance
- 後
- ato / go / nochi — After, behind, later
- 残さ
- nokosa — Left behind (stem of nokosu)
- とき
- toki — Time, moment, occasion, when
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