Japanese–English parallel text
いばら姫
Briar Rose
Brothers Grimm
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いばら姫
Briar Rose
昔々、はるか遠くの国に、王と王妃がくらしていた。そのころ、その国には妖精たちがいた。
A king and queen once upon a time reigned in a country a great way off, where there were in those days fairies.
この王と王妃には、たくさんのお金があり、着る美しい服も、飲み食いするおいしい物もたっぷりあった。毎日乗って出かける馬車もあった。だが、結婚して何年もたつのに子どもがなく、二人はそのことをひどく悲しんでいた。
Now this king and queen had plenty of money, and plenty of fine clothes to wear, and plenty of good things to eat and drink, and a coach to ride out in every day: but though they had been married many years they had no children, and this grieved them very much indeed.
ところがある日、王妃が庭のおくにある川のそばを歩いていると、かわいそうな小さな魚を見かけた。魚は水から飛び出してしまい、土手の上であえぎ、今にも死にそうになっていた。
But one day as the queen was walking by the side of the river, at the bottom of the garden, she saw a poor little fish, that had thrown itself out of the water, and lay gasping and nearly dead on the bank.
王妃はその小魚をあわれに思い、川へ投げ入れてやった。魚はおよいでいく前に水から頭を出し、こう言った。「あなたのお願いは知っています。親切にしてくれたお礼に、それはかないますよ。もうすぐ女の子が生まれます」
Then the queen took pity on the little fish, and threw it back again into the river; and before it swam away it lifted its head out of the water and said, ‘I know what your wish is, and it shall be fulfilled, in return for your kindness to me—you will soon have a daughter.’
小魚の言ったことは、まもなく本当になった。王妃は女の子を産んだ。その子はとても美しく、王は喜びのあまり見とれてばかりいた。そして盛大な祝いの席をもうけ、国中の人々に子どもを見せようと言った。
What the little fish had foretold soon came to pass; and the queen had a little girl, so very beautiful that the king could not cease looking on it for joy, and said he would hold a great feast and make merry, and show the child to all the land.
そこで王は、親族や貴族、友人や近所の人々をまねいた。だが王妃は言った。「妖精たちも呼びましょう。私たちの小さな娘に、親切によくしてくれますように」
So he asked his kinsmen, and nobles, and friends, and neighbours. But the queen said, ‘I will have the fairies also, that they might be kind and good to our little daughter.’
その国には十三人の妖精がいた。だが、妖精たちが食べるための金の皿が十二枚しかなかったので、一人はまねかずに残すしかなかった。
Now there were thirteen fairies in the kingdom; but as the king and queen had only twelve golden dishes for them to eat out of, they were forced to leave one of the fairies without asking her.
こうして十二人の妖精がやって来た。どの妖精も頭には背の高い赤い帽子をかぶり、足にはかかとの高い赤い靴をはき、手には長い白い杖を持っていた。祝いの席が終わると、妖精たちは輪になって集まり、幼い王女に最高の贈り物をさずけた。
So twelve fairies came, each with a high red cap on her head, and red shoes with high heels on her feet, and a long white wand in her hand: and after the feast was over they gathered round in a ring and gave all their best gifts to the little princess.
ある妖精は優しさを、別の妖精は美しさを、また別の妖精は富をあたえた。こうして、王女はこの世のよいものをすべてさずかった。
One gave her goodness, another beauty, another riches, and so on till she had all that was good in the world.
十一人の妖精が祈りを終えたちょうどそのとき、中庭で大きな物音がした。十三人目の妖精が来たと知らせが入った。その妖精は黒い帽子をかぶり、黒い靴をはき、手にほうきを持っていた。そして、まもなく食堂へ上がってきた。
Just as eleven of them had done blessing her, a great noise was heard in the courtyard, and word was brought that the thirteenth fairy was come, with a black cap on her head, and black shoes on her feet, and a broomstick in her hand: and presently up she came into the dining-hall.
この妖精は、宴会にまねかれなかったのでひどく怒っていた。王と王妃を激しくののしり、復讐をしようとした。
Now, as she had not been asked to the feast she was very angry, and scolded the king and queen very much, and set to work to take her revenge.
妖精は大声でさけんだ。「王の娘は十五才になったとき、つむに刺されて倒れ、死ぬだろう」
So she cried out, ‘The king’s daughter shall, in her fifteenth year, be wounded by a spindle, and fall down dead.’
すると、まだ贈り物をしていなかった十二人目の優しい妖精が前に進み出た。悪い願いを消すことはできないが、その災いをやわらげることはできると言った。そこで妖精の贈り物は、王女がつむに刺されても本当には死なず、百年のあいだ眠るだけにする、というものだった。
Then the twelfth of the friendly fairies, who had not yet given her gift, came forward, and said that the evil wish must be fulfilled, but that she could soften its mischief; so her gift was, that the king’s daughter, when the spindle wounded her, should not really die, but should only fall asleep for a hundred years.
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