The Complete Works of William Shakespeare — Page 7
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O that you were your self, but love you are No longer yours, than you yourself here live,
ああ、あなたがあなた自身であればよいのに、しかし愛しい人よ、あなたはもはやあなたのものではない、あなたがここに生きている間だけのことで、
Against this coming end you should prepare,
この迫りくる終わりに対して、あなたは備えるべきであり、
And your sweet semblance to some other give.
あなたの甘い面影を他の誰かに与えるべきだ。
So should that beauty which you hold in lease
そうすれば、あなたが借り受けているその美しさは、
Find no determination, then you were
終わりを見出すことなく、そうすればあなたは再び
Yourself again after yourself's decease,
あなた自身の死の後にもあなた自身となり、
When your sweet issue your sweet form should bear.
あなたの甘い子孫があなたの甘い姿を受け継ぐとき。
Who lets so fair a house fall to decay,
これほど美しき家を朽ちるに任せる者は誰か、
Which husbandry in honour might uphold,
誠実な管理によって名誉ある形で維持できるというのに、
Against the stormy gusts of winter's day
冬の日の嵐のような突風に対して、
And barren rage of death's eternal cold?
そして死の永遠の冷たさの不毛な猛威に対して?
O none but unthrifts, dear my love you know,
ああ、浪費家だけがそうするのだ、愛しい人よ、あなたも知っているだろう、
You had a father, let your son say so.
あなたには父がいた、あなたの息子もそう言えるようにせよ。
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Not from the stars do I my judgement pluck,
私は星から判断を引き出すのではなく、
And yet methinks I have astronomy,
それでも私は占星術を心得ていると思う、
But not to tell of good, or evil luck,
しかし吉凶を語るためではなく、
Of plagues, of dearths, or seasons' quality,
疫病や飢饉や季節の性質を語るためでもなく、
Nor can I fortune to brief minutes tell;
短い時の運命を告げることもできない、
Pointing to each his thunder, rain and wind,
それぞれに雷や雨や風を指し示して、
Or say with princes if it shall go well
あるいは天に見出す度重なる予兆によって、
By oft predict that I in heaven find.
君主たちが幸運であるかどうかを語ることもできない。
But from thine eyes my knowledge I derive,
しかし私はあなたの瞳から知識を得るのであり、
And constant stars in them I read such art
その中に不変の星として、私はこのような真理を読み取る、
As truth and beauty shall together thrive
真実と美とが共に栄えるであろうことを、
If from thyself, to store thou wouldst convert:
もしあなたが自らを、子孫を蓄えることへと転じるならば。
Or else of thee this I prognosticate,
さもなくば、あなたについてこう予言しよう、
Thy end is truth's and beauty's doom and date.
あなたの終わりは真実と美の滅亡と終焉である、と。
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When I consider everything that grows Holds in perfection but a little moment.
成長するすべてのものが、ほんのひとときだけ完璧さを保つということを私が考えるとき。
Vocabulary
- ああ
- aa — Ah; oh; expression of emotion or realization
- あなた
- anata — You; second-person singular pronoun
- が
- ga — Subject marker particle in Japanese grammar
- 自身
- jishin — Oneself; one's own self
- で
- de — Particle indicating means, location, or manner
- あれ
- are — Be; exist; imperative or conditional form
- ば
- ba — Conditional particle meaning if or when
- よい
- yoi — Good; fine; acceptable
- の
- no — Possessive or nominalizing particle
- に
- ni — Particle indicating direction, time, or purpose
- しかし
- shikashi — However; but; conjunction showing contrast
- 愛しい
- itoshii — Dear; beloved; precious to one's heart
- 人
- hito — Person; human being
- よ
- yo — Sentence-ending particle for emphasis or address
- は
- wa — Topic marker particle in Japanese grammar
- もはや
- mohaya — No longer; not anymore; already past
- もの
- mono — Thing; object; matter; person
- ない
- nai — Not; nonexistent; negation of verbs
- ここ
- koko — Here; this place
- 生き
- iki — Living; stem form of verb to live
- て
- te — Connective particle linking sequential actions
- いる
- iru — To exist; to be; ongoing state verb
- 間
- aida / ma — While; during; interval of time or space
- だけ
- dake — Only; just; limited to that amount
- こと
- koto — Thing; fact; matter; nominalizer
- この
- kono — This; refers to something near the speaker
- 迫り
- semari — Approaching; pressing near; closing in
- くる
- kuru — To come; to approach
- 終わり
- owari — End; conclusion; finish
- 対し
- taishi — Toward; against; in relation to
- 備える
- sonaeru — To prepare for; to equip against something
- べき
- beki — Should; ought to; expresses obligation
- あり
- ari — To be; exist; classical or formal form
- 甘い
- amai — Sweet; soft; lenient; naive
- 面影
- omokage — Lingering image; memory of someone's face
- を
- wo — Object marker particle in Japanese grammar
- 他
- hoka / ta — Other; another; elsewhere
- 誰か
- dareka — Someone; somebody; an unspecified person
- 与える
- ataeru — To give; to grant; to bestow upon someone
- だ
- da — Copula; informal is or are
- そう
- sou — So; that way; like that
- すれ
- sure — Conditional form of suru meaning to do
- 借り
- kari — Borrowing; a debt or loan
- 受け
- uke — Receiving; stem form of to receive
- その
- sono — That; referring to something near the listener
- 美し
- uruwashi / yoshi — Beautiful; classical attributive form of beautiful
- さ
- sa — Suffix nominalizing adjectives into nouns
- 見出す
- midasu — To find; to discover; to identify something
- なく
- naku — Without; lacking; connective negative form
- 再び
- futatabi — Again; once more; a second time
- 死
- shi — Death; dying
- 後
- ato / nochi — After; later; behind
- も
- mo — Also; too; even; addition particle
- と
- to — And; with; quotation particle
- なり
- nari — Become; classical copula or resultative form
- 子孫
- shison — Descendants; offspring; posterity
- 姿
- sugata — Figure; form; appearance; shape of a person
- 受け継ぐ
- uketsugu — To inherit; to succeed to; to take over
- とき
- toki — Time; moment; when
- これ
- kore — This; this thing here
- ほど
- hodo — To the extent that; as much as; degree
- 美しき
- utsukushiki — Beautiful; classical attributive adjective form
- 家
- ie / ka — House; home; family; household
- 朽ちる
- kuchiru — To decay; to rot; to fall into ruin
- 任せる
- makaseru — To entrust; to leave to someone's care
- 者
- mono / sha — Person; one who does; individual
- 誰
- dare — Who; which person
- か
- ka — Question particle; or; some
- 誠実
- seijitsu — Sincere; honest; faithful; trustworthy
- な
- na — Adjectival particle linking na-adjectives to nouns
- 管理
- kanri — Management; administration; supervision
- よっ
- yotte — By means of; due to; depending on
- 名誉
- meiyo — Honor; glory; prestige; good reputation
- ある
- aru — To exist; to have; there is something
- 形
- katachi / kei — Form; shape; appearance
- 維持
- iji — Maintenance; preservation; keeping up a state
- できる
- dekiru — To be able to; to be possible; can do
- いう
- iu — To say; to call; to be called
- 冬
- fuyu — Winter; the coldest season of the year
- 日
- hi / nichi — Day; sun; sunlight
- 嵐
- arashi — Storm; tempest; violent weather
- よう
- you — Like; as if; seeming; manner
- 突風
- toppuu — Gust; sudden blast of wind
- そして
- soshite — And then; and; furthermore; after that
- 永遠
- eien — Eternity; forever; everlasting
- 冷た
- tsumetai (stem) — Cold to the touch; chilly; stem form
- 不毛
- fumou — Barren; sterile; unproductive; fruitless
- 猛威
- moui — Fury; fierce force; devastating power
- 浪費
- rouhi — Waste; squandering of resources or time
- する
- suru — To do; to perform; general action verb
- 知っ
- shit(te) — Knowing; te-form stem of to know
- だろ
- daro — Probably; I suppose; conjecture form
- う
- u — Volitional ending; let's; will; probably
- 父
- chichi — Father; one's own father
- い
- i — To be; exist; stem of iru
- た
- ta — Past tense suffix for verbs
- 息子
- musuko — Son; one's own male child
- 言える
- ieru — To be able to say; can say
- せよ
- seyo — Do it; imperative form of suru
- 私
- watashi — I; me; first-person singular pronoun
- 星
- hoshi — Star; celestial body in the sky
- から
- kara — From; because; since; starting point particle
- 判断
- handan — Judgment; decision; assessment; conclusion
- 引き出す
- hikidasu — To draw out; to extract; to derive
- それ
- sore — That; that thing; referring to something near listener
- でも
- demo — But; even so; however; even
- 占星術
- senseijutsu — Astrology; the art of reading stars
- 心得
- kokoroe — Understanding; knowledge; grasp of a subject
- 思う
- omou — To think; to feel; to believe
- 吉凶
- kikkyo — Good and bad fortune; auspiciousness and ominousness
- 語る
- kataru — To speak; to tell; to narrate
- ため
- tame — For; for the sake of; purpose
- 疫病
- ekibyou — Plague; epidemic disease; pestilence
- や
- ya — And; or; listing particle among items
- 飢饉
- Famine; severe food shortage
- 季節
- kisetsu — Season; one of the four seasons
- 性質
- seishitsu — Nature; character; property; quality
- 短い
- mijikai — Short; brief in length or duration
- 時
- toki — Time; moment; occasion
- 運命
- unmei — Fate; destiny; one's lot in life
- 告げる
- tsugeru — To tell; to announce; to inform someone
- でき
- deki — Being able to; stem of dekiru, can do
- それぞれ
- sorezore — Each; respectively; individually; one by one
- 雷
- kaminari — Thunder; lightning; thunderbolt
- 雨
- ame — Rain; rainfall
- 風
- kaze — Wind; breeze
- 指し示し
- sashishimeshi — Pointing out; indicating; showing direction or meaning
- あるいは
- aruiwa — Or; alternatively; perhaps; either
- 天
- ten — Heaven; sky; the celestial realm
- 度重なる
- tabikasanaru — Repeated; occurring over and over again
- 予兆
- yochou — Omen; portent; sign of things to come
- 君主
- kunshu — Monarch; sovereign; ruler of a state
- たち
- tachi — Plural suffix for people or living things
- 幸運
- kouun — Good luck; fortune; fortunate circumstance
- どう
- dou — How; in what way; in what manner
- 瞳
- hitomi — Pupil of the eye; eyes; gaze
- 知識
- chishiki — Knowledge; information; learning
- 得る
- eru — To obtain; to gain; to acquire
- 中
- naka / chuu — Inside; middle; among; within
- 不変
- fuhen — Unchanging; constant; invariable; immutable
- として
- toshite — As; in the capacity of; regarding as
- 真理
- shinri — Truth; fundamental truth; universal principle
- 読み取る
- yomitoru — To read and understand; to interpret meaning
- 真実
- shinjitsu — Truth; reality; what is genuinely true
- 美
- bi — Beauty; aesthetic quality
- 共
- tomo — Together; with; in common; jointly
- 栄える
- sakaeru — To prosper; to flourish; to thrive
- あろう
- arou — Probably is; volitional or speculative of aru
- もし
- moshi — If; supposing; in case
- 自ら
- mizukara — Oneself; by oneself; personally
- 蓄える
- takuwaeru — To store up; to save; to accumulate
- へ
- e — Toward; direction particle indicating movement
- 転じる
- tenjiru — To turn; to shift; to change direction
- なら
- nara — If; conditional assuming a premise
- さも
- samo — Indeed; just as; seemingly; as if really so
- つい
- tsui — Unintentionally; inadvertently; just now
- こう
- kou — Like this; in this way; thus
- 予言
- yogen — Prophecy; prediction; foretelling the future
- しよ
- shiyo — Let's do; volitional stem of suru
- 滅亡
- metsubou — Ruin; downfall; destruction of a nation
- 終焉
- shuuen — End; demise; final conclusion; last moment
- 成長
- seichou — Growth; development; maturation
- すべて
- subete — All; everything; entirely
- ほんの
- honnno — Just; mere; only a little bit
- ひととき
- hitotoki — A moment; a brief period of time
- 完璧
- kanpeki — Perfect; flawless; complete without any defect
- 保つ
- tamotsu — To maintain; to keep; to preserve a state
- 考える
- kangaeru — To think; to consider; to ponder
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