Japanese–English parallel text
大きなカブ
The Turnip
Brothers Grimm
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大きなカブ
The Turnip
あるところに、二人兄弟がいた。二人とも兵士だったが、一人は金持ちで、もう一人は貧乏だった。貧乏な弟は、暮らしを良くしようと考えた。そこで赤い上着を脱ぎ、庭師になった。土をよく耕し、カブの種をまいた。
There were two brothers who were both soldiers; the one was rich and the other poor. The poor man thought he would try to better himself; so, pulling off his red coat, he became a gardener, and dug his ground well, and sowed turnips.
芽が出ると、その中の一つが他のどれよりも大きかった。それはどんどん大きくなり、成長が止まらないようだった。これほど大きなものはこれまで誰も見たことがなく、これからも見られないだろうから、カブの王様と呼んでもよかった。
When the seed came up, there was one plant bigger than all the rest; and it kept getting larger and larger, and seemed as if it would never cease growing; so that it might have been called the prince of turnips for there never was such a one seen before, and never will again.
とうとう荷車がいっぱいになるほど大きくなり、二頭の牛でも引くのがやっとだった。庭師はこれをどうしたらよいか、自分にとって恵みなのか災いなのか分からなかった。ある日、彼は自分に言った。「これをどうしようか。
At last it was so big that it filled a cart, and two oxen could hardly draw it; and the gardener knew not what in the world to do with it, nor whether it would be a blessing or a curse to him. One day he said to himself, ‘What shall I do with it?
売っても普通のカブと同じにしかならないだろう。食べるにしても、小さなカブのほうがおいしい。王様のところへ持って行き、敬意を込めて差し上げるのが一番いいかもしれない」
if I sell it, it will bring no more than another; and for eating, the little turnips are better than this; the best thing perhaps is to carry it and give it to the king as a mark of respect.’
そこで彼は牛をつなぎ、カブを王宮へ運んで王様に献上した。「なんと素晴らしいものだ!」と王様は言った。「余は多くの珍しいものを見てきたが、これほど巨大なものは初めて見た。その種はどこで手に入れたのだ。
Then he yoked his oxen, and drew the turnip to the court, and gave it to the king. ‘What a wonderful thing!’ said the king; ‘I have seen many strange things, but such a monster as this I never saw. Where did you get the seed?
それとも、ただ運が良かっただけか。もしそうなら、そなたは本当に幸運な男だな」「ああ、いいえ!」
or is it only your good luck? If so, you are a true child of fortune.’ ‘Ah, no!’
庭師は答えた。「私は幸運な者などではありません。食べていくこともできなかった貧乏な兵士です。ですから赤い上着を脱ぎ捨て、土を耕して働き始めました。
answered the gardener, ‘I am no child of fortune; I am a poor soldier, who never could get enough to live upon; so I laid aside my red coat, and set to work, tilling the ground.
私には金持ちの兄がいて、王様もよくご存じですし、世間の誰もが知っています。しかし、私は貧乏なので、誰もが私のことを忘れてしまいます」
I have a brother, who is rich, and your majesty knows him well, and all the world knows him; but because I am poor, everybody forgets me.’
王様は彼を気の毒に思い、こう言った。「もう貧乏でいることはない。兄よりもさらに金持ちになれるほど、たくさんのものを与えよう」
The king then took pity on him, and said, ‘You shall be poor no longer. I will give you so much that you shall be even richer than your brother.’
王様は彼に金や土地、家畜の群れを与えた。彼はとても豊かになり、兄の財産とは比べものにならないほどだった。
Then he gave him gold and lands and flocks, and made him so rich that his brother’s fortune could not at all be compared with his.
兄はこのことをすべて聞き、カブ一つで弟がそれほど金持ちになったことを知ると、ひどくねたんだ。そして、自分も同じような幸運を手に入れる方法はないかと考えた。
When the brother heard of all this, and how a turnip had made the gardener so rich, he envied him sorely, and bethought himself how he could contrive to get the same good fortune for himself.
兄は弟よりもうまくやろうと決意した。王様のために金や立派な馬など、高価な贈り物をたくさん集めた。そして、もっと大きなお返しがもらえるに違いないと考えた。弟がカブ一つであれほどのものをもらったのだから、自分の贈り物にはどれほどの価値があるだろうか。
However, he determined to manage more cleverly than his brother, and got together a rich present of gold and fine horses for the king; and thought he must have a much larger gift in return; for if his brother had received so much for only a turnip, what must his present be worth?
王様はその贈り物をとても快く受け取り、こう言った。あの大きなカブよりも価値があり、素晴らしいお返しは見当たらない、と。そのため、兵士はカブを荷車に載せ、家まで引いて帰らなければならなかった。
The king took the gift very graciously, and said he knew not what to give in return more valuable and wonderful than the great turnip; so the soldier was forced to put it into a cart, and drag it home with him.
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