Japanese–English parallel text
アラジンと魔法のランプ
Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp
Andrew Lang
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Opening the reader…
昔、あるところに貧しい仕立屋が住んでいた。彼にはアラジンという息子がいたが、不注意で怠け者の少年で、自分と同じような怠け者の少年たちと一日中通りで遊んでばかりいた。父親はこのことを深く悲しんで死んでしまったが、母親の涙や願いにもかかわらず、アラジンは素行を改めようとはしなかった。ある日、いつものように通りで遊んでいると、見知らぬ男がアラジンに年齢を尋ね、仕立屋のムスタファの息子ではないかと聞いてきた。
There once lived a poor tailor, who had a son called Aladdin, a careless, idle boy who would do nothing but play all day long in the streets with little idle boys like himself. This so grieved the father that he died; yet, in spite of his mother’s tears and prayers, Aladdin did not mend his ways. One day, when he was playing in the streets as usual, a stranger asked him his age, and if he were not the son of Mustapha the tailor.
「そうです、旦那様」とアラジンは答えた。「でも、父はずっと前に亡くなりました」
“I am, sir,” replied Aladdin; “but he died a long while ago.”
これを聞くと、アフリカの高名な魔法使いであるその見知らぬ男は、アラジンの首を抱いて口づけし、言った。「私はおまえの叔父だ。私の兄弟によく似ているからすぐに分かったよ。お母さんのところへ行って、私がこれから伺うと伝えなさい」
On this the stranger, who was a famous African magician, fell on his neck and kissed him, saying: “I am your uncle, and knew you from your likeness to my brother. Go to your mother and tell her I am coming.”
アラジンは家へ走って帰り、新しく見つかった叔父のことを母親に話した。
Aladdin ran home, and told his mother of his newly found uncle.
「まあ、あの子ったら」と母親は言った。「お父さんには確かに兄弟がいたけれど、ずっと前に亡くなったものと思っていましたよ」
“Indeed, child,” she said, “your father had a brother, but I always thought he was dead.”
それでも母親は夕食を用意し、アラジンに叔父を迎えに行かせた。叔父はぶどう酒と果物をたくさん抱えてやって来た。彼はやがてひれ伏し、かつてムスタファが座っていた場所に口づけをして、アラジンの母親に、これまで姿を見せなかったことを驚かないでほしい、四十年間も国を離れていたのだから、と言った。それからアラジンの方を向いてどんな仕事をしているのか尋ねたが、少年はうなだれ、母親はわっと泣き崩れた。アラジンが怠け者で何の商売も覚えようとしないことを知ると、叔父は彼のために店を借りて商品を揃えてやろうと申し出た。翌日、叔父はアラジンに立派な衣服を一着買い与え、街中を連れ回して名所を見せてやり、日暮れに母親の元へ送り届けた。母親は息子の立派な姿を見て大喜びした。
However, she prepared supper, and bade Aladdin seek his uncle, who came laden with wine and fruit. He presently fell down and kissed the place where Mustapha used to sit, bidding Aladdin’s mother not to be surprised at not having seen him before, as he had been forty years out of the country. He then turned to Aladdin, and asked him his trade, at which the boy hung his head, while his mother burst into tears. On learning that Aladdin was idle and would learn no trade, he offered to take a shop for him and stock it with merchandise. Next day he bought Aladdin a fine suit of clothes, and took him all over the city, showing him the sights, and brought him home at nightfall to his mother, who was overjoyed to see her son so fine.
翌日、魔法使いは街の門からはるか離れた美しい庭園へとアラジンを連れ出した。二人は噴水のそばに腰を下ろし、魔法使いは帯から菓子を取り出して二人で分け合って食べた。それから二人は山が間近に迫るまで歩き続けた。アラジンはすっかり疲れ果てて引き返したいと懇願したが、魔法使いは愉快な話で彼を惑わし、無理やりに先へと連れて行った。
Next day the magician led Aladdin into some beautiful gardens a long way outside the city gates. They sat down by a fountain, and the magician pulled a cake from his girdle, which he divided between them. They then journeyed onwards till they almost reached the mountains. Aladdin was so tired that he begged to go back, but the magician beguiled him with pleasant stories, and led him on in spite of himself.
とうとう彼らは、狭い谷で隔てられた二つの山の間にやって来た。
At last they came to two mountains divided by a narrow valley.
「もうこれ以上は進まない」と偽りの叔父は言った。「おまえに素晴らしいものを見せてやろう。私が火を熾す間、小枝を集めておいで」
“We will go no farther,” said the false uncle. “I will show you something wonderful; only do you gather up sticks while I kindle a fire.”
火が熾ると、魔法使いは持っていた粉をその上に投げ入れ、同時に呪文を唱えた。大地がわずかに揺れて二人の前で開き、持ち上げるための真鍮の環が真ん中についた四角く平らな石が現れた。アラジンは逃げ出そうとしたが、魔法使いは彼を捕まえ、殴り倒した。
When it was lit the magician threw on it a powder he had about him, at the same time saying some magical words. The earth trembled a little and opened in front of them, disclosing a square flat stone with a brass ring in the middle to raise it by. Aladdin tried to run away, but the magician caught him and gave him a blow that knocked him down.
「僕が何をしたっていうのです、叔父さん?」とアラジンは哀れっぽく言った。すると魔法使いはより穏やかに言った。「何も恐れることはない、私の言う通りにしなさい。この石の下にはおまえのものとなる宝が眠っている。他の者は誰もそれに触れることはできないのだから、おまえは私の言う通りにしなければならないのだ」
“What have I done, uncle?” he said piteously; whereupon the magician said more kindly: “Fear nothing, but obey me. Beneath this stone lies a treasure which is to be yours, and no one else may touch it, so you must do exactly as I tell you.”
宝という言葉を聞いて、アラジンは恐怖を忘れ、言われた通りに父親と祖父の名を唱えながら環を握った。石は実にあっさりと持ち上がり、幾段かの階段が現れた。
At the word treasure, Aladdin forgot his fears, and grasped the ring as he was told, saying the names of his father and grandfather. The stone came up quite easily and some steps appeared.
「降りて行きなさい」と魔法使いは言った。「その階段を降りたところに、三つの大きな広間へと通じる開いた扉がある。衣服の裾をたくし上げ、何にも触れずに通り抜けるのだ。さもないとおまえはたちどころに死んでしまう。これらの広間を抜けると、見事な果物の木が茂る庭園に出る。テラスの壁龕に火の灯ったランプが置かれているところまで歩いて行きなさい。その中に入っている油を注ぎ捨て、ランプを私のところへ持って来るのだ」
“Go down,” said the magician; “at the foot of those steps you will find an open door leading into three large halls. Tuck up your gown and go through them without touching anything, or you will die instantly. These halls lead into a garden of fine fruit trees. Walk on till you come to a niche in a terrace where stands a lighted lamp. Pour out the oil it contains and bring it to me.”
魔法使いは指から指輪を外してアラジンに与え、幸運を祈った。
He drew a ring from his finger and gave it to Aladdin, bidding him prosper.
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