翻刻
リ八個月ヲ過ヌレトモ絶ヘテ其安否ヲ探リ得ズ
頃シモ大弁良無（グレートベーラム）ノ祭節近ヅキタレバ法ノ如ク
牛ヲ屠リ一半ハ貧者ニ恵ミ一半ハ饗宴ニ備ヘ
ント家宰ニ命ジテ野圏中ノ最（イト）肥タル牝牛ヲ牽
キ来ラシメ之ヲ屠ラントセシニ彼牝牛ハ凄然
ト跪キテ頭ヲ挙ゲ泫然ト涙ヲ垂レ愍ミヲ乞フ
ノ態アルヲ見テ野老忽チ憐憫ノ情大ヒニ動キ
刀ヲ下スニ忍ビズ他ノ牝牛ヲ牽来レト命ゼシ
ニ荆妻傍ニ在リ甚ダ不興ゲニ言ヲ巧ニシテ野
老ガ無益ノ小仁ニ泥（ナズ）ムヲ論ジ彼牝牛ヲ屠ラン
現代語訳
八か月を過ごしたが、全くその安否を探り得ず。
折しも大弁良無（グレートベーラム）の祭節が近づいたので、法の如く牛を屠り、一半は貧者に恵み、一半は饗宴に備えようと家宰に命じて、野原の中の最も肥えた雌牛を牽いて来させ、これを屠ろうとした。すると、その雌牛は凄然と跪いて頭を上げ、涙をたらたらと垂らして憐みを乞う様子があるのを見て、老人は忽ち憐憫の情が大いに動き、刀を下すに忍びず、他の雌牛を牽いて来いと命じた。
すると妻が傍にいて、甚だ不機嫌そうに言葉巧みに、老人が無益な小仁に拘泥することを論じ、その雌牛を屠ろうと
英語訳
Eight months passed, but he was unable to discover any news of his son's safety.
Just then, as the festival of Great Bairam was approaching, he commanded his steward to follow the law by slaughtering a cow—giving half to the poor and preparing half for a feast. He had the fattest female cow from his pasture brought forth to be slaughtered. But when the cow pitifully knelt down, raised her head, and shed tears as if begging for mercy, the old man was suddenly moved with great compassion and could not bear to bring down the knife. He ordered that another cow be brought instead.
His wife, who was standing nearby, appeared quite displeased and spoke skillfully, arguing against the old man's adherence to such useless petty kindness, and urged that this cow be slaughtered