翻刻
【右丁】
身が若(わか)かりせば君(きみ)傾城(けいせい)に身を売てもしやう
模様(もやう)もあるべきにそれさへも叶(かな)はぬ因果(いんくわ)天道
にも仏神にも見かぎられたる身の上と夫婦
手に手を取合て忍(しの)ぶにあまる泣声(なきごゑ)を初
よりつく〴〵と寝(ね)たふりにて聞居(きゝゐ)たる民之
進が子心にも堪兼(こらへかね)て泣出(なきいだ)せば夫婦は驚きい
かゞせしぞと尋ながらも様子聞ての事なる
かと心遣ひかきりなし民之進もせきくる涙(なみた)明(あか)さ
ば猶しも苦(く)の上ぬりとこはい夢(ゆめ)見ておそは
れしと何気(なにげ)なく取なす内夜明烏の声諸
【左丁】
共母の目も覚(さめ)ければ薬よ湯よと女房の心遣
哀(あわれ)なりともいふはかりなし其日も終日(ひめもす)民之進
は独(ひとり)しみ〴〵泣居(なきゐ)たれども何となすべきてだ
ても出ず此上頼は神仏の力ならんと稚(をさな)心に
思ひ付/暮(くれ)にまぎれて内を抜 ̄ケ出あたりの
淵(ふち)にて垢離(こり)を取所も名にし逢坂の関の明
神へ裸(はだか)参り神前に打伏て死ふといふ父
の命祖母の命諸共に金さへ有ば助(たすか)るとや
何/卒(とぞ)金を調(とゝのへ)て病苦(びやうく)貧苦を救(すく)はせ玉へ
夫(それ)も叶はぬものならば一寸も動(うご)くまじ爰
現代語訳
【右丁】
この身が若かったなら、あなた、私が遊郭に身を売ってでも何とかする方法もあるでしょうに、それさえも叶わない因果な運命です。天道にも仏神にも見捨てられた身の上だ」と夫婦は手に手を取り合って、堪えきれずに泣く声を、最初からずっと寝たふりをして聞いていた民之進が、子供心にも堪えきれなくて泣き出したので、夫婦は驚いて「どうしたのか」と尋ねながらも、話を聞いてのことなのかと心配は尽きない。民之進もせき上げる涙を、明かせばなお一層苦しみを重ねることになるので「怖い夢を見て怖くなった」と何気なく取り繕っているうちに、夜明けを告げる鶏の声がして
【左丁】
母の目も覚めたので「薬を、お湯を」と女房の心遣いは哀れというほかない。その日も一日中、民之進は一人でしくしくと泣いていたが、どうすることもできず、手立ても思い浮かばない。この上は神仏の力に頼むしかないと幼心に思いついて、夕暮れにまぎれて家を抜け出し、近くの淵で垢離を取り、名高い逢坂の関の明神へ裸参りをして、神前にひれ伏し「死ぬという父の命、祖母の命、どちらも金さえあれば助かるということです。どうか金を調達して、病苦と貧苦を救ってください。それも叶わないものならば、一寸も動きません。ここで
英語訳
【Right Page】
If only I were young, my lord, I could sell myself to the pleasure quarters and there might be some way to manage, but even that is not possible—such is our cursed fate. We are abandoned by Heaven's Way and by Buddha and the gods alike." The husband and wife took each other's hands, and when their uncontrollable weeping grew too loud, Taminoshin, who had been pretending to sleep and listening from the beginning, could no longer bear it in his child's heart and burst into tears. The couple was startled and asked "What's wrong?" while worrying endlessly whether he had heard their conversation. Taminoshin also choked back his tears, knowing that revealing them would only add to their suffering, and casually explained it away saying "I had a frightening dream and got scared." Meanwhile, the dawn rooster's crow announced
【Left Page】
that mother had awakened, so the wife's attentiveness with "Medicine! Hot water!" was beyond pitiful. That day too, all day long, Taminoshin wept quietly by himself, but there was nothing he could do—no solution came to mind. Thinking in his young heart that he must now rely on the power of the gods and Buddha, he slipped out of the house at dusk, performed purification ablutions at a nearby pool, and made a naked pilgrimage to the famous Osaka Barrier Shrine. Prostrating himself before the altar, he prayed: "Both my father's life, who speaks of dying, and my grandmother's life—both could be saved if only we had money. Please somehow provide money and save us from illness and poverty. If even this cannot be granted, I will not move an inch. Here I will