翻刻
【右丁】
江戸へ出て見てはと思ひ立は立（たち）ながら兎（と）して角（かく）し
てと隙取内思ひ掛（がけ）なく母の中風／旅立（たびたち）どころにも
有ばこそわけて義兵衛は孝行なる男にて看（かん）
病（びやう）に手ぬけもなくあなたこなたの医者よ祈祷（きとう）
よと心遣ひもとより手（て）薄（うす）き身代（しんだい）なれば諸方に
穴（あな）も秋の末より冬（ふゆ）の半（なかば）に打つゞき義兵衛も脊（せな）
に廱（よう）を発（はつ）し初（はしめ）は母の病苦（へやうく）の障（さは）りと隠（かく）して
も隠（かく）しとぐべき病（やまひ）ならず段々と腐入（くさりいれ）ば中々（なか〳〵）
一通りにて快気（くわいき）しがたしと下地（したぢ）せつなき其上に
又（また）此（この）才覚（さいかく）にかてゝくわへ少も所縁（ゆかり）有（ある）方（かた）は段々無
【左丁】
心もいひ尽（つく）し貯（たくはへ）し兵器（ぶく）諸什器（しよとうく）指（さし）がへの大小の
反（そり）はなけれどまげ仕舞（しまひ）夫婦が着（き）がへ夜（よる）の衾（ふすま）
後は銅壷（どうこ）茶鈴（ちやかま）まで売代（うりしろ）なし漸（やう〳〵）残る物／迚（とて）
は四人が口をとぢ蓋（ふた）の破鍋（われなべ）にさへ金気もなく
せつなき余りの一寸のがれ高利の金をかりそめ
にも足元（あしもと）を見ては猶物の哀（あわれ）をしらぬ族（やから）日夜（にちや）
朝暮（てうぼ）の詰催促（つめさいそく）義兵衛は重（おも）き病気の上母の
耳（みゝ）へ入まじと断（こてはり）いふ程（ほど）責（せめ）かけられ詞の剣（つるき）理（り）
づめの槍先（やりさき）千騎（せんぐ）万騎の敵よりも防ぎ兼たる
浪々（らう〳〵）の身を悔めば女房の心遣身をそがるゝ
現代語訳
【右丁】
江戸へ出て見ようかと思い立ったものの、あれこれと迷っているうちに、思いがけなく母が中風を患ってしまい、旅立ちどころではなくなってしまった。特に義兵衛は孝行な男であったので、看病に手抜きもなく、あちらこちらの医者や祈祷師を呼んで心を砕いていた。もともと財産の少ない身の上であるため、あちこちに借金もでき、秋の末から冬の半ばにかけて続いた治療で、義兵衛も背中に腫れ物を患ってしまった。初めは母の病気の心配が原因だと隠そうとしても、隠し通せるような病気ではなく、だんだんと化膿してくれば、とても一通りの治療では回復しがたい。そもそも困窮している上に、またこの出費が加わり、少しでも縁故のある人々も段々と
【左丁】
冷たくなって、蓄えていた武具や諸々の道具、差し替えの大小の刀は反りはないけれども曲げて売り払い、夫婦の着替えや夜具まで、その後は銅の水差しや茶釜まで売り払って、ようやく残る物といっては四人の口を塞ぐ蓋の割れた鍋だけで、それにさえお金もない。苦しさのあまり一時しのぎに高利の金を借りれば、足元を見て、なおさら人の哀れを知らない連中が、日夜朝晩の厳しい催促をする。義兵衛は重い病気の上、母の耳に入れまいと必死に断っても、激しく責め立てられ、言葉の剣や理詰めの槍先は、千騎万騎の敵よりも防ぎきれない。浪人の身を悔やめば、女房も心配で身を削る思いをしている。
英語訳
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Though he had resolved to go out to Edo to see what opportunities there might be, while he was hesitating over this and that, his mother unexpectedly suffered a stroke, making departure out of the question. Since Gihei was particularly a filial man, he spared no effort in nursing her, calling doctors and prayer healers from here and there, wearing himself out with worry. Being originally of modest means, he fell into debt in various places, and the continuous expenses from late autumn through mid-winter caused Gihei himself to develop an abscess on his back. At first he tried to hide it, attributing it to worry over his mother's illness, but it was not a condition that could be concealed, and as it gradually festered, it became very difficult to cure with ordinary treatment. Already in dire straits, this additional expense was added, and even those with whom he had some connection gradually became
【Left Page】
cold-hearted. He sold his stored weapons and various implements, and though his spare long and short swords had no curve, he bent and sold them anyway, along with the couple's change of clothes and night bedding. After that, even the copper water vessel and tea kettle were sold, until finally the only thing remaining was a broken pot with a lid to feed the four mouths, and even for that there was no money. In his desperation, when he borrowed money at high interest as a temporary measure, seeing his helpless situation, those heartless people who knew nothing of human compassion pressed him with harsh demands day and night, morning and evening. Though Gihei, suffering from serious illness, desperately refused their demands to keep them from his mother's ears, he was severely pressed, and the swords of words and spear-points of relentless logic were harder to defend against than thousands upon thousands of enemy cavalry. When he regretted his masterless state, his wife too was consumed with worry that wore away at her very being.