清少納言 枕草子 英語版
'The Pillow Book' (2)
こんにちは。
英検チャレンジ！吉祥寺わくわく英語です。
清少納言 枕草子のブログの英訳の続き。
うーむ...枕草子って自分にとってはもっと
軽快でワクワクする感じ。
もっと歯切れがよくってアップテンポで。
英語になるとどうしてもダラダラとした
説明文になっちゃうね、悲しい。
これじゃホンモノの枕草子は伝わらない。
これが限界か？
もっといい翻訳出ないのかな。
翻訳者の皆様どうぞ宜しくお願いします。
夏は夜。月のころはさらなり、闇もなほ、
蛍の多く飛びちがひたる。
また、ただ一つ二つなど、
ほかにうち光て行くもをかし。
雨など降るもをかし。
In summer the nights.
Not only when the moon shines,
but on dark nights too,
as the fireflies flit to and fro,
and even when it rains,
how beautiful it is! ( Ivan Morris 1971)
In summer, the night — moonlit nights,
of course, but also at the dark of the moon,
it’s beautiful when fireflies are dancing
everywhere in a mazy flight.
And it’s delightful too to see just one
or two fly through the darkness,
glowing softly.
Rain falling on a summer night is also
lovely. (Meredith McKinney 2006)
In summer, it is the night.
It is of course delightful
when the moon is out,
but no less so on dark nights
when countless fireflies can be seen
mingling in flight.
One even feels charmed when just one
or two pass by, giving off a gentle glow.
Rainy nights, too, are delightful.
(Mark Jewel 2006)
秋は夕暮れ。
夕日の差して山の端いと近うなりたるに、
烏の寝所へ行くとて、三つ四つ、二つ三つ
など飛び急ぐさへあはれなり。
まいて雁などの連ねたるが、
いと小さく見ゆるは、いとをかし。
日入り果てて、風の音、虫の音など、
はた言ふべきにあらず。
In autumn the evenings,
when the glittering sun sinks close to
the edge of the hills and the crows fly back
to their nests in threes or fours and twos;
more charming still is a file of wild geese,
like specks in the distant sky.
When the sun has set, one’s heart is
moved by the sound of the wind and
the hum of insects.( Ivan Morris 1971)
In autumn, the evening — the blazing sun
has sunk very close to the mountain rim,
and now even the crows, in threes and fours
or twos and threes, hurrying to their roost,
are a moving sight.
Still more enchanting is the sight of a string
of wild geese in the distant sky, very tiny.
And oh how inexpressible,
when the sun has sunk,
to hear in the growing darkness the wind,
and the song of autumn insects.
(Meredith McKinney 2006)
In autumn, it is the evening.
As the setting sun draws closer to
the mountains,
the crows hastily fly back to their nests
in threes and fours and twos.
Even more delightful is the sight of
a line of geese flying far overhead.
Then, after the sun has set,
the crying of insects and the sound of
the wind have a charm that goes
without saying.(Mark Jewel 2006)
冬はつとめて。
雪の降りたるは言ふべきにもあらず、
霜のいと白きも、またさらでもいと寒きに、
火など急ぎおこして、炭持て渡るも、
いとつきづきし。
昼になりて、ぬるくゆるびもていけば、
火桶の火も、白き灰がちになりてわろし。
In winter the early mornings.
It is beautiful indeed when snow has fallen
during the night, but splendid too when the
ground is white with frost; or even when
there is no snow or frost,
but it is simply very cold and the attendants
hurry from room to room stirring up the fires
and bringing charcoal, how well this fits the
season’s mood! But as noon approaches
and the cold weather wears off,
no one bothers to keep the braziers alight,
and soon nothing remains but piles of
white ash.” ( Ivan Morris 1971)
In winter, the early morning
— if snow is falling,
of course, it’s unutterably delightful,
but it’s perfect too if there’s a
pure white frost,
or even just when it’s very cold,
and they hasten to build up the fires
in the braziers and carry in fresh charcoal.
But it’s unpleasant, as the day draws on and
the air grows warmer,
how the brazier fire dies down to white ash.
(Meredith McKinney 2006)
In winter, it is the early morning.
Of course it is delightful
when snow is falling,
but even when there is a pure-white frost
-or in the freezing cold without
either snow or frost
- the way the fire is hurriedly stirred up
and coals carried to all the rooms seems
most suited to the season.
As the day wears on and the cold gradually
loses its bite, the braziers go untended and
the coals become disagreeably coated with
white ash.( Mark Jewel 2006)