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【26コマ】
【右丁】
浄辨律師の筑紫へまかり侍りしに
火燧をつかはすとて
うちすてゝわかるゝ道のはるけきに
したふおもひをたくへてそやる
奥深き山路にて。夘月の十日あまりに。
盛なる花を見て
今もさく花のところはありなから
過にし春をとふからそなき
【左丁】
山の住居も漸(ヤヽ)年へぬることを
さひしさもならひにけりな山里に
問来る人のいとはるゝまて
いかゝおもひけんまたあつまに行て
木曽の御坂のあたりにやすらひし
に。山のたくすまひ川のきよきな
かれに心とまりしかは。こゝにはおもひ
とまりぬへき所にこそとて
現代語訳
【右丁】
浄辨律師が筑紫へ下られる際に、火打ち石を遣わすとて——
打ち捨てて別るる道の遥けきに
慕ふ思ひをたぐへてぞやる
奥深き山路にて、卯月の十日あまりに、盛りなる花を見て——
今も咲く花のところはありながら
過ぎにし春を訪ふからぞなき
【左丁】
山の住居にも、漸く(やや)年が経ったことを詠んで——
淋しさも慣らひにけりな山里に
問ひ来る人のいとはるるまで
いかが思ったのか、また東(あずま)へ行って、木曽の御坂のあたりにしばらく逗留したところ、山のたぐいまれな住まい、川の清らかな流れに心が惹かれたので、「ここには思い留まるべき所にこそ」と言って——
英語訳
【Right Page】
When the Vinaya Master Jōben was departing for Tsukushi (Kyushu), Kenkō sent him a flint (as a parting gift) with this verse:
*Uchi sutete / wakaruru michi no / harukeki ni / shitau omoi wo / taguhete zo yaru*
(Though you cast aside and depart down a road stretching far away, I send this along with it, bundled together with my longing thoughts that would follow you.)
Deep in a mountain path, on a day past the tenth of the fourth month (卯月), upon seeing cherry blossoms in full bloom:
*Ima mo saku / hana no tokoro wa / arinagara / sugi ni shi haru wo / tou kara zo naki*
(Though there are still places where blossoms bloom even now, there are no visitors coming to inquire after the spring that has already passed.)
【Left Page】
On having gradually spent years in a mountain dwelling:
*Sabishisa mo / narai ni keri na / yamazato ni / toi kuru hito no / itoraruru made*
(Even loneliness has become a habit — in this mountain village, to the point where those who come to visit become wearisome to me.)
For whatever reason, Kenkō went east again and lingered for a time around the mountain pass of Kiso. His heart was captivated by the remarkable mountain dwelling and the clear flowing waters of a river there, and he said, "This is surely a place where one could settle one's heart and remain," and so——