The Ballad of the White Horse — Page 1
Up across windy wastes and up
風の吹き荒れる荒野を越えて、さらに上へ
Went Alfred over the shaws,
アルフレッドは茂みを越えて進んだ、
Shaken of the joy of giants,
巨人たちの喜びに揺さぶられながら、
The joy without a cause.
理由なき喜びに。
In the slopes away to the western bays,
西の入り江へと続く斜面の彼方で、
Where blows not ever a tree,
木々も揺れることのない場所で、
He washed his soul in the west wind
彼は西風に魂を洗い、
And his body in the sea.
海に身体を浸した。
And he set to rhyme his ale-measures,
そして彼はエールの杯を詩に詠み、
And he sang aloud his laws,
声高らかに己の掟を歌った、
Because of the joy of the giants,
巨人たちの喜びゆえに、
The joy without a cause.
理由なき喜びゆえに。
The King went gathering Wessex men,
王はウェセックスの男たちを集めて回った、
As grain out of the chaff
もみ殻から穀粒を選り分けるように、
The few that were alive to die,
死ぬために生きているわずかな者たちを、
Laughing, as littered skulls that lie
笑いながら、散らばる髑髏が横たわるように、
After lost battles turn to the sky
敗れた戦いの後に空へ向けて、
An everlasting laugh.
永遠の笑いを向けるように。
The King went gathering Christian men,
王はキリスト教徒の男たちを集めて回った、
As wheat out of the husk;
殻から小麦を選り分けるように、
Eldred, the Franklin by the sea,
海辺の自由農民エルドレッド、
And Mark, the man from Italy,
イタリアから来た男マーク、
And Colan of the Sacred Tree,
そして聖なる木のコラン、
From the old tribe on Usk.
アスク川の古き部族の出の。
The rook croaked homeward heavily,
ミヤマガラスが重たげに鳴きながら巣へ帰り、
The west was clear and warm,
西の空は晴れ渡り暖かく、
The smoke of evening food and ease
夕食と安らぎの煙が
Rose like a blue tree in the trees
木立の中に青い木のように立ち上った、
When he came to Eldred's farm.
彼がエルドレッドの農場に着いたとき。
But Eldred's farm was fallen awry,
しかしエルドレッドの農場は傾き荒れ果て、
Like an old cripple's bones,
老いた跛者の骨のように、
And Eldred's tools were red with rust,
エルドレッドの道具は赤錆に覆われ、
And on his well was a green crust,
井戸には緑の苔が張り、
And purple thistles upward thrust,
紫のアザミが上へ突き出していた、
Between the kitchen stones.
台所の敷石の間から。
But smoke of some good feasting
しかし豊かな宴の煙が
Went upwards evermore,
絶えず立ち上り、
And Eldred's doors stood wide apart
エルドレッドの扉は大きく開け放たれていた、
For loitering foot or labouring cart,
ぶらつく足にも働く荷車にも、
And Eldred's great and foolish heart
エルドレッドの大きくて愚かな心は
Stood open like his door.
彼の扉のように開け放たれていた。
Vocabulary
- 吹き荒れる
- fukiagareru — to blow fiercely; to rage with wind
- 荒野
- kouya — wilderness; barren wasteland or desolate field
- 越え
- koe — crossing over; passing through or beyond
- 茂み
- shigemi — thicket; dense bushes or vegetation growth
- 進ん
- susumin — advanced; proceeded forward or progressed
- 巨人
- kyojin — giant; very large person or creature
- たち
- tachi — plural marker; indicates multiple people or things
- 喜び
- yorokobi — joy; happiness or delight
- 揺さぶら
- yosabura — shook; caused to shake or tremble
- ながら
- nagara — while; during or at the same time as
- 理由
- riyuu — reason; cause or explanation for something
- なき
- naki — absent; without or lacking something
- 入り江
- irie — inlet; small bay or cove of water
- 続く
- tsuzuku — to continue; to last or persist
- 斜面
- shamen — slope; inclined surface or hillside
- 彼方
- kanata — beyond; far side or distant place
- 木々
- kigi — trees; multiple individual tree plants
- 揺れる
- yureru — to sway; to swing or shake gently
- こと
- koto — thing; matter or event or incident
- ない
- nai — not; absence or negation marker
- 場所
- basho — place; location or spot or area
- 西風
- nishikaze — west wind; wind blowing from west
- 洗い
- arai — washing; cleaning with water or liquid
- 身体
- shintai — body; physical form or human organism
- 浸し
- hitashi — soaking; dipping or submerging in liquid
- 詠み
- yomii — composed; recited or sang poetry
- 高らか
- takaraka — loudly; in a high or clear voice
- 歌っ
- utatta — sang; performed song or music
- ゆえ
- yue — reason; because or on account of
- 集め
- atsume — gathered; collected or assembled together
- 回っ
- mawaxi — went around; rotated or circled
- もみ殻
- momigara — rice husks; chaff or grain covering
- から
- kara — from; starting point or origin marker
- 穀粒
- kokutsubu — grain; seed or kernel of cereal plant
- 選り分ける
- eriwakeru — to sort; to separate or distinguish things
- よう
- you — seems; appears or looks like something
- 死ぬ
- shinu — to die; to cease living or expire
- ため
- tame — for; purpose or reason or sake
- 生き
- iki — live; remain alive or exist
- いる
- iru — to be; to exist or to stay
- わずか
- wazuka — slight; small or meager amount only
- 笑い
- warai — laughter; smiling or expressing amusement
- 散らばる
- chirabaru — to scatter; to spread about or disperse
- 髑髏
- dokuro — skull; skeletal head or death symbol
- 横たわる
- yokotawaru — to lie; to recline or be stretched out
- 敗れ
- yabure — defeated; lost or was overcome
- 戦い
- tatakai — battle; fight or combat conflict
- 向け
- muke — directed; aimed or pointed towards
- 永遠
- eien — eternity; forever or endless time
- 向ける
- mukeru — to direct; to point or aim at
- キリスト教徒
- kirisutokyo-to — Christian; follower of Christianity faith
- 小麦
- komugi — wheat; grain used for bread flour
- 海辺
- umibe — seaside; beach or seashore area
- 自由
- jiyuu — freedom; liberty or independence
- 農民
- noumin — farmer; agricultural worker or peasant
- 聖なる
- seinaru — holy; sacred or blessed or sacred
- 古き
- furuki — old; ancient or from long ago
- 部族
- buzoku — tribe; ethnic group or clan society
- 鳴き
- naki — cry; sound made by animal
- 帰り
- kaeri — return; going back or coming home
- 晴れ渡り
- haretawari — clear; fine weather or cloudless sky
- 暖かく
- atatakai — warm; pleasantly hot temperature
- 夕食
- yushoku — dinner; evening meal or supper
- 安らぎ
- yasuragi — peace; tranquility or calm repose
- 木立
- kodachi — grove; group of trees together
- 青い
- aoi — blue; color of sky or sea
- 立ち上っ
- tachiagatta — rose; stood up or got up
- 農場
- noujo — farm; agricultural land or farming area
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