俗語之種. [3] - 翻刻

翻刻

とて用意もなくわづかの小堰に流るる泥
水を手に受て口中を潤し心を補ひ
気を慥にすべしとて妻子取縋りて介
抱し偏に神仏の愛愍納受をたれ給ひて
今一と度は助け救ひ給ひとて悲歎くのみなり
かゝる折しも誰いふともなく今や山門へ
火かゝり御本堂も無覚束早く此所を
逃るへしとてまたもや我先人先にとて
老たるを厭ひ幼を抱跡をも見すして
逃去りけれはかゝる病ひの重かりしも身の

置所もあらざるかと肩にすがり腰にとりつき
用水堤の東のかた青麦畑を我宿と病ひの
床には薄縁り一重逆上烈しくして足冷
ぬれは妻子うち寄すそくつろげて火
燵とし介抱なせる身のうへも次第に冷行
に夜風を看病にのみ気を奪はれ哀と
云ともたとふるにものなしかゝる折しも
称名唱へ数多の人音いかにぞと大火にてらす
木陰より次第に近くなりぬるを打
詠むれは無勿体も三国伝来の尊像の

現代語訳

薬といって用意もなく、わずかな小さな堰に流れる泥水を手に受けて口中を潤し、心を補って気を確かにしようとして、妻子が取り縋って介抱し、ひとえに神仏の慈愛と納受を垂れ給いて、もう一度は助け救い給えと悲嘆するばかりであった。

このような折しも、誰が言うともなく「今や山門へ火がかかり、御本堂も危うい。早くこの所を逃れるべし」ということで、またもや我先に人先にと、老いた者を厭い幼い者を抱き、後も見ずして逃げ去ったので、このような重い病気の身も置く所もないかと、肩にすがり腰に取りつき、用水堤の東の方、青麦畑を我が宿として、病の床には薄縁一重、逆上が激しくして足が冷えるので、妻子が寄り添い裾をくつろげて火燵として介抱してくれる。身の上も次第に冷えていき、夜風に看病にのみ気を奪われ、哀れと言ってもたとえるものがない。

このような折しも、称名を唱える数多の人の声がいかにしたことかと、大火に照らされて木陰より次第に近くなるのを眺めれば、もったいなくも三国伝来の尊像の...

英語訳

With no preparation for medicine, I cupped the muddy water flowing through a small weir in my hands to moisten my mouth, trying to restore my heart and steady my spirit. My wife and children clung to me and cared for me, earnestly praying for the compassionate acceptance of the gods and Buddha, beseeching them to help and save me once more - we could only grieve and lament.

At such a moment, someone said - though it was unclear who - "Now fire has reached the mountain gate, and the main hall is also in danger. We must quickly flee from this place." So once again, everyone tried to be first, abandoning the elderly and carrying the young, fleeing without looking back. With such a severe illness, having no place to rest, I clung to shoulders and grasped waists, making the green barley field to the east of the irrigation embankment my lodging. For my sickbed there was only a single thin mat. As my fever raged violently and my feet grew cold, my wife and children huddled close, loosening their hem clothing to make a kotatsu and tend to me. My condition gradually grew colder, and with only the night wind, they were entirely absorbed in nursing me - the pitifulness was beyond comparison.

At such a time, hearing the voices of many people chanting the nembutsu, wondering what was happening, I gazed as the great fire illuminated and gradually drew nearer from the shade of trees, and saw that the precious Buddhist statues transmitted through the three countries were...