ロジャー・パルバース先生の「雨ニモマケズ 風ニモマケズ」英語訳
STRONG IN THE RAIN (By Kenji MIYAZAWA / Translated by Roger Pulvers)
Strong in the rain
Strong in the wind
Strong against the summer heat and snow
He is healthy and robust
Free of all desire
He never loses his generous spirit
Nor the quiet smile on his lips
He eats four go of unpolished rice
Miso and a few vegetables a day
He does not consider himself
In whatever occurs…his understanding
Comes from observation and experience
And he never loses sight of things
He lives in a little thatched-roof hut
In a field in the shadows of a pine tree grove
If there is a sick child in the east
He goes there to nurse the child
If there’s a tired mother in the west
He goes to her and carries her sheaves
If someone is near death in the south
He goes and says, ‘Don’t be afraid’
If there’s strife and lawsuits in the north
He demands that the people put an end to their pettiness
He weeps at the time of drought
He plods about at a loss during the cold summer
Everybody calls him ‘Blockhead’
No one sings his praises
Or takes him to heart…
That is the sort of person
I want to be
雨にも負けず風にも負けず雪にも夏の暑さにも負けぬ丈夫なからだをもち慾はなく決して怒らずいつも静かに笑っている一日に玄米四合と味噌と少しの野菜を食べあらゆることを自分を勘定に入れずによく見聞きし分かりそして忘れず野原の松の林の陰の小さな萱ぶきの小屋にいて東に病気の子供あれば行って看病してやり西に疲れた母あれば行ってその稲の束を負い南に死にそうな人あれば行ってこわがらなくてもいいといい北に喧嘩や訴訟があればつまらないからやめろといい日照りの時は涙を流し寒さの夏はおろおろ歩きみんなにでくのぼーと呼ばれ褒められもせず苦にもされずそういうものにわたしはなりたい
