俗語之種. [5] - 翻刻

翻刻

如く驚怖して纔に五尺の身のうへを
置き處さへなき有様薄氷を踏み舟を渡る
心地にて地獄の苦痛も斯こそと拙筆
には尽し難し徐く騒動も落付ぬれは
それ〳〵おのれか小屋に帰り朝の喰事の
用意をなせとも水も不自由に桶さへろく〳〵
そろうてあらされは手水たらへに水を入薬程の
青菜むしり取洗ひし心地に不浄をまきらし【紛らし】
落し味噌にて是を煮焚し漸く半盞【「盞」は小さな杯の意。杯に半分。】一さん【盞】
をむね撫さすりて喰事をしまへ小屋掛なほす

用意に懸り縄に杭よと心を配れど市町は
一円焼失ひ徐く残る新田石堂《割書：焼失又焼残リタル｜所ハ前ノ図ヲ以可知》
是も家々倒れ潰れ殊更大火の類焼を恐
れ皆逃けさりて壱人たに家にある者ある
されは買求置へきやうもなく漸々手寄【たより】を
頼合ひ縄網て小屋掛のもやうにこそは掛り
けれ爰にまた山中にては山抜崩れし
その場所の数多ありて土砂磐石樹木
と共に川中におし埋是かために家藏を
押倒し人及ひ牛馬夥しく命を失ひ

現代語訳

のように恐れ驚いて、わずか五尺の身の置き場さえないような有様で、薄氷を踏み舟を渡るような心地で、地獄の苦痛もこのようなものかと、拙い筆では尽くし難い。やがて騒動も落ち着くと、それぞれ自分の小屋に帰り、朝の食事の用意をしようとするが、水も不自由で桶さえろくにそろっていないので、手水盥に水を入れ、薬ほどの青菜をむしり取って洗った程度の心地で汚れを紛らわし落とし、味噌でこれを煮炊きして、ようやく半杯から一杯を胸をなでさすって食事を済ませ、小屋掛けを直す用意にかかり、縄に杭をと心を配るけれど、市町は一円焼失し、わずかに残る新田石堂も、これも家々が倒れ潰れ、ことさら大火の類焼を恐れて皆逃げ去って一人として家にいる者がいないので、買い求め置くべき方法もなく、ようやく手づてを頼り合い、縄を編んで小屋掛けの模様にこそかかったのであった。ここにまた山中では山抜け崩れしたその場所が数多くあって、土砂・磐石・樹木と共に川中に押し埋め、これがために家蔵を押し倒し、人および牛馬がおびただしく命を失った。

英語訳

They were terrified and frightened in such a way that there was no place to rest their mere five-foot bodies, feeling as if treading on thin ice or crossing by boat, such that even the sufferings of hell must be like this - something that cannot be fully expressed by my poor writing. Eventually when the commotion settled down, each returned to their own hut and tried to prepare the morning meal, but water was scarce and they didn't even have proper buckets, so they put water in washbasins, picked and washed a medicinal amount of green vegetables to mask and wash away the filth, cooked this with miso, and barely managed to stroke their chests while finishing half to one small cup of food. They began preparations to repair their makeshift huts, arranging ropes and stakes with care, but the market town had been completely burned down. Even the barely remaining Nitta Ishido area had houses collapsed and destroyed, and everyone had fled in particular fear of being consumed by the great fire, so that not a single person remained in their homes. Therefore there was no way to purchase supplies, and they could only gradually rely on personal connections to weave ropes and work on constructing makeshift shelters. Moreover, in the mountains there were many places where landslides had occurred, and earth, sand, rocks, and trees together filled up the rivers. This caused storehouses to be knocked down, and tremendous numbers of people as well as cattle and horses lost their lives.