Japanese–English parallel text
わがままな大男
The Selfish Giant
Oscar Wilde
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毎日の午後、学校が終わると、子どもたちは大男の庭へ行って遊ぶのが習慣だった。
Every afternoon, as they were coming from school, the children used to go and play in the Giant’s garden.
そこは、やわらかい緑の芝生が広がる、広くてすてきな庭だった。
It was a large lovely garden, with soft green grass.
草の上には星のような美しい花があちこちに咲いていた。また十二本の桃の木があり、春にはピンクと真珠色の花が咲き、秋には豊かな実を結んだ。
Here and there over the grass stood beautiful flowers like stars, and there were twelve peach-trees that in the spring-time broke out into delicate blossoms of pink and pearl, and in the autumn bore rich fruit.
鳥たちは木にとまってとても美しい声で歌ったので、子どもたちはその歌を聴くために遊びをやめるほどだった。「ぼくたち、ここではなんて幸せなんだろう」と、子どもたちは互いに言った。
The birds sat on the trees and sang so sweetly that the children used to stop their games in order to listen to them. “How happy we are here!” they cried to each other.
ある日、大男が帰ってきた。彼は友達のコーンウォールのお化けを訪ねて、七年間いっしょに過ごしていたのだ。
One day the Giant came back. He had been to visit his friend the Cornish ogre, and had stayed with him for seven years.
七年が過ぎると、話すべきことはすべて話してしまった。彼の話は少なかったからだ。そして彼は自分の城に戻ることに決めた。着いたとき、彼は子どもたちが庭で遊んでいるのを見た。
After the seven years were over he had said all that he had to say, for his conversation was limited, and he determined to return to his own castle. When he arrived he saw the children playing in the garden.
「ここで何をしているんだ」と、彼はとても荒い声で叫んだ。すると子どもたちは逃げ出した。
“What are you doing here?” he cried in a very gruff voice, and the children ran away.
「俺の庭は俺の庭だ」と大男は言った。「そんなことは誰にだって分かる。自分以外のやつには遊ばせないぞ」。そこで彼は庭のまわりに高い塀を作り、立て札を立てた。
“My own garden is my own garden,” said the Giant; “any one can understand that, and I will allow nobody to play in it but myself.” So he built a high wall all round it, and put up a notice-board.
立ち入り禁止
TRESPASSERS
違反者は
WILL BE
処罰する
PROSECUTED
彼はとてもわがままな大男だった。
He was a very selfish Giant.
かわいそうな子どもたちは、遊ぶ場所がなくなってしまった。道で遊ぼうとしたが、道はほこりっぽく、硬い石だらけで、子どもたちは気に入らなかった。
The poor children had now nowhere to play. They tried to play on the road, but the road was very dusty and full of hard stones, and they did not like it.
授業が終わると、彼らは高い塀のまわりを歩き、中の美しい庭について話した。「あのころはなんて幸せだったんだろう」と、彼らは互いに言った。
They used to wander round the high wall when their lessons were over, and talk about the beautiful garden inside. “How happy we were there,” they said to each other.
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