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● 金子みすゞさんの詩情とその英訳（英訳：坂井孝彦，英文校閲：Frances Ford）
76.空のこい
お池のこいよ、なぜはねる。
あの青空を泳いでる、
大きなこいになリたいか。
大きなこいは、今日ばかリ、
明日はおろして、しまわれる。
はかない事をのぞむよリ、
はねて、あがって、ふリかえれ。
おまえの池の水底に、
あれはお空のうろこ雲。
おまえも雲の上をゆく、
空のこいだよ、知らないか。
（添削）
Carp Streamer in the Air
Carp in the pond!
Why do you (make a splash) [⇒splash so]?
Yes, I know the carp streamers
are floating in the air.
Do you want to become that big one?
But you know those big ones
are in use today only;
tomorrow they’ll be lowered and (for storage) [⇒stored away].
So, don’t (have a vain hope) [⇒hope in vain]
but splash, jump up, and look back down!
You can see, on the bottom of your pond,
a cloud-mottled sky reflected.
Now you can float above the clouds there:
You are now like a carp streamer in the air,
you know.
（できあがり）
Carp Streamer in the Air
Carp in the pond!
Why do you splash so?
Yes, I know the carp streamers
are floating in the air.
Do you want to become that big one?
But you know those big ones
are in use today only;
tomorrow they’ll be lowered and stored away.
So, don’t hope in vain
but splash, jump up, and look back down!
You can see, on the bottom of your pond,
a cloud-mottled sky reflected.
Now you can float above the clouds there:
You are now like a carp streamer in the air,
you know.
77.ひまわり
おてんとさまの車の輪、
黄金のきれいな車の輪。
青い空をゆくときは、
黄金のひびきをたてまし。
白い雲をゆくときに、
見たは小さな黒い星。
天でも地でもだれ知らぬ、
黒い星をひくまいと、
急に曲がった車の輪。
おてんとさまはほり出され、
まっ赤になっておはら立ち、
黄金のきれいな車の輪、
はるか下界へすてられた、
むかし、むかしにすてられた心
いまも、黄金の車の輪、
お日を慕うてまわリます。
（添削）
Sunflowers
They are wheels, golden and beautiful,
of wagon for the sun.
When they moved in a blue sky
the sound of gold reverberated.
When moving through white clouds
they saw, ahead of them, a tiny star in black.
In order not to run over the star,
never (recognized) [⇒seen] before by anybody, on earth or in
heaven,
they made a sudden turn.
Then the sun was hurled out of the wagon,
which caused him to (get turned) [⇒turn] red
with rage in the face.
The wheels, golden and beautiful, of the wagon
were thrown away down to (here削除) below far away,
long, long ago.
Still now on earth,
they follow the sun with love and respect.
（できあがり）
Sunflowers
They are wheels, golden and beautiful,
of wagon for the sun.
When they moved in a blue sky
the sound of gold reverberated.
When moving through white clouds
they saw, ahead of them, a tiny star in black.
In order not to run over the star,
never seen before by anybody, on earth or in heaven,
they made a sudden turn.
Then the sun was hurled out of the wagon,
which caused him to turn red
with rage in the face.
The wheels, golden and beautiful, of the wagon
were thrown away down to below far away,
long, long ago.
Still now on earth,
they follow the sun with love and respect.
78.夜ふけの空
人と、草木のねむるとき、
空はほんとにいそがしい。
星のひかりはひとつずつ、
きれいなゆめを背に負い、
みんなのお床へとどけよと、
ちらちらお空をとび交うし、
つゆひめさまは明けぬまに、
町の露台のお花にも、
お山のおくの下葉にも、
のこらずつゆをくばろうと、
銀のお馬車をいそがせる。
花と、子どものねむるとき、
空はほんとにいそがしい。
（添削）
The Sky, Deep in the Night
When people and plants sleep
creations in the sky are quite busy.
Each one of the stars (in the削除) twinkle,
with a sweet dream on his back,
flits around in the sky
to hand (over削除) the dream [over挿入] to anyone (on) [⇒in] his
or her
bed,
While Princess Dewdrop, before daybreak,
hurries up [in挿入] a silver carriage (of hers削除)
to hand over her dewdrops
to any flowers on the balconies throughout town
as well as to any lower leaves,
to the last one without exception,
in the depths of the hill.
When flowers and children sleep
creations in the sky are quite busy.
（できあがり）
The Sky, Deep in the Night
When people and plants sleep
creations in the sky are quite busy.
Each one of the stars twinkle,
with a sweet dream on his back,
flits around in the sky
to hand the dream over to anyone in his or her bed,
While Princess Dewdrop, before daybreak,
hurries up in a silver carriage
to hand over her dewdrops
to any flowers on the balconies throughout town
as well as to any lower leaves,
to the last one without exception,
in the depths of the hill.
When flowers and children sleep
creations in the sky are quite busy.
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