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  奔走(ほんそう)し南北(なんぼく)にさまよひ目(め)も当(あて)られぬ風情(ふせい)なりそが折(をり)から彼(か)の松七(まつしち)も   妻子(さいし)等(ら)倶(とも)に驚(おどろ)き忙(おそれ)て表(おもて)よりや逃出(にげいで)なん裏(うら)よりや遁(のが)れなんとわな〳〵   としてたゆたひしが妻(つま)は家(や)の棟(むね)にうち上(あが)りて凌(しの)がんといふに松七(まつしち)は危(あやう)□とて   一決(いつけつ)せず捫択(もんちやく)#1する内(うち)水(みづ)ははや縁端(えんばた)#2まで押来(おしきた)りしかば松七(まつしち)は当年 四歳(よつ)   になる男子(なんし)を肌(はだ)に脊負(せおひ)て脊戸口(せどくち)に遁(のが)れ出(いで)年経(としふる)る楠(くす)の大樹(たいぼく)あるに心付(こゝろづき)   走(はゝ)【ママ】り寄(より)て彼(か)の楠(くす)の幹(みき)の節瘤(ふしこぶ)に足(あし)をかけ繁茂(しげり)し枝(えだ)に取付(とりつき)て辛(から)くして   這上(はひあが)り慄戦(ふるへわなゝき)てひたすらに神仏(しんぶつ)の名号(みな)を称(とな)へ生(いき)たる心地(こゝち)はなかりしが肌(はだ)に脊(せ)   負(おへ)る孩児(こども)すら其(その)水音(みづおと)の烈(はげ)しきに恐(おそ)れてや父(ちゝ)が脊(そびら)にしがみ付(つき)更(さら)に声(こゑ)をも   出(いだ)し得(え)ず思(おも)ひの外(ほか)におとなしきは物(もの)すさまじきに恐怖(おそれ)ての事(こと)なるべし斯(かく)て   其夜(そのよ)の八ッ時ともおぼしき頃(ころ)わや〳〵として楠(くす)の許(もと)に近付(ちかづく)ものあり彼(かの)松七(まつしち)は   樹(き)の上(うへ)にまたがり居(ゐ)て思(おも)ひけるやう扨(さて)は此(この)高汐(たかしほ)の出水(でみづ)を見(み)かけ何処(いづく)よりか 【左丁】   助(たす)け舟(ぶね)を漕(こぎ)よせしならん我(われ)も頼(たの)みて乗移(のりうつ)らばやと暗夜(あんや)ながらに窺(うかゞ)ひ   見(み)るにさはなくて家(いへ)の棟(むね)に多(おほ)くの人(ひと)の上(あが)りたるが流(なが)れ来(き)たれるさまなれば   扨(さて)は家毎(いへごと)斯(かく)なれば我家(わがや)も大(おほ)かた押流(おしなが)され妻(つま)等(ら)も今(いま)は水(みづ)の泡(あは)と消失(きえうせ)   しものならめと心中(しんちう)の歎(なげ)き大(おほ)かたならず一個(ひとり)くよ〳〵思(おも)ひ続(つゞ)け泪(なみだ)のかはくひま   さへも泣々(なく〳〵)其夜(そのよ)を明(あか)しけるが風(かぜ)止(やみ)雨(あめ)晴(はれ)てより程(ほど)なく夜明(よあけ)稍(やゝ)出水(でみづ)も退(しりぞ)き    ければ今(いま)は爰(こゝ)を下(お)り立(たち)て妻(つま)の存亡(そんぼう)をも見(み)んものとやう〳〵にして下(くだ)り来(き)つ  街(ちまた)の方(かた)に立出(たちいづ)るに計(はか)らず妻(つま)及(およ)び近隣(きんりん)の者(もの)にも行合(ゆきあひ)ぬ此時(このとき)互(かたみ)に#3顔見(かほみ)   合(あは)せ先(さき)だつものは泪(なみだ)にて暫時(しばし)言葉(ことば)もなかりしが稍(やゝ)有(あり)て松七(まつしち)は妻(つま)なる者(もの)に   打向(うちむか)ひ我(われ)はしか〴〵の事(こと)に忰(ぼう)ともに助(たすか)りつるが其方(そなた)はいかにして凌(しのぎ)し   やと問(とう)にぞ妻(つま)は夫(をつと)に向(むか)ひ扨(さて)はおん身(み)は楠(くすのき)のために命(いのち)助(たすか)り給ひしか儕(わらは)は   又(また)近隣(きんりん)の他彼(たれかれ)と倶(とも)に藁家(わらや)の棟(むね)にうち昇(のぼ)りしが次第(しだい)に水(みづ)のますに  

現代語訳

奔走し、南北にさまよい、目も当てられない有様であった。そんな折から、あの松七も妻子とともに驚き恐れて、表から逃げ出そうか、裏から逃れようかと、わなわなと震えながら迷っていたが、妻は家の棟に上がって凌ごうというのに対し、松七は危ないと言って、なかなか決断できないまま揉め合っているうちに、水はもはや縁端まで押し迫ってきた。そこで松七は、当年四歳になる男の子を肌身に背負って裏口へ逃げ出し、年経た楠の大木があるのに気が付き、走り寄って、その楠の幹の節瘤に足をかけ、茂った枝に取りついて、辛くも這い上がり、ふるえおののきながら、ひたすらに神仏の名を称えた。生きた心地もなかったが、肌身に背負った子どもでさえ、その水音の激しさに恐れてか、父の背中にしがみついたまま、さらに声をも出せず、思いのほかおとなしくしていたのは、何もかもの凄まじさに恐怖したからであろう。 こうして、その夜の八ツ時(午前二時頃)とも思われる頃、がやがやと楠のもとに近づく者があった。あの松七は木の上にまたがって、思うには、さては、この高潮の出水を見かけて、どこからか助け舟を漕ぎ寄せてきたのであろう、自分も頼んで乗り移ろうと、暗夜ながらもうかがい見ると、そうではなく、家の棟に多くの人が上がったまま流れてきた様子であった。 【左丁】 さては、家ごとにかくなれば、我が家も大方押し流され、妻たちも今は水の泡と消え失せてしまったものであろうと、心中の嘆きはひとかたならず、一人でくよくよと思い続け、涙の乾く間さえもなく、泣く泣くその夜を明かしたが、風が止み雨が晴れてから程なく夜明けになり、ようやく出水も退いてきた。今はここを降り立って、妻の生死をも見届けようと、やっとのことで降りてきた。 街の方へ立ち出てみると、思いがけず妻および近隣の者たちにも行き合った。このとき、互いに顔を見合わせ、まず涙が先立ち、しばらくの間は言葉もなかったが、やがて松七は妻なる者に向かい、「私はこれこれの事で、倅とともに助かったが、そなたはいかにして凌いだのか」と問うた。すると妻は夫に向かい、「それはおん身は楠のお蔭で命が助かられましたか。私は、近隣の誰彼とともに藁家の棟によじ登りましたが、次第に水がますます(続く)」

英語訳

They rushed about in a panic, wandering north and south, a truly pitiful sight. At that very moment, Matsushichi too was startled and frightened together with his wife and children, trembling as they deliberated whether to flee from the front or escape from the back — all the while shaking with fear. His wife proposed that they climb up to the roof ridge to weather it out, but Matsushichi said it was dangerous and they could not reach a decision; while they were at this impasse arguing, the water had already pushed its way up to the edge of the veranda. At that, Matsushichi strapped his four-year-old son tightly to his back and fled out through the back door. He noticed a great old camphor tree (楠) standing nearby, ran over to it, placed his feet on the knots and burls of the trunk, grabbed hold of the thick overhanging branches, and with great difficulty hauled himself up. Trembling and shaking violently, he could do nothing but call out the names of the gods and buddhas over and over. He felt scarcely alive. Even the child strapped to his back, apparently terrified by the ferocious sound of the rushing water, clung tightly to his father's back without letting out so much as a single cry — his unexpected silence must surely have been the result of being paralyzed with fear at the overwhelming horror of it all. And so it was, at around what seemed to be the Hour of the Ox (八ツ時, approximately 2 a.m.), there came the sound of a commotion and people approaching the base of the camphor tree. Matsushichi, astride the tree up above, thought to himself: surely someone, seeing the flooding caused by this great storm surge, must have rowed a rescue boat over from somewhere. He would ask to be taken aboard and transfer onto it — and so, peering down through the darkness of the night, he found it was not so. Rather, it appeared that a great many people who had climbed up onto the ridges of their rooftops were floating past, being carried along by the current. **[Left page]** So then, if every house was in such a state, his own home must surely have been swept away as well, and his wife and the others must by now have vanished like bubbles on the water — the anguish in his heart was beyond ordinary measure. Alone, he brooded on and on, with not even a moment for his tears to dry, weeping through the remainder of that night. But when the wind ceased and the rain cleared, it was not long before dawn broke, and gradually the floodwaters began to recede. Resolving that now he would climb down and go to see what had become of his wife — whether she lived or had died — he descended with great difficulty from the tree. When he made his way out toward the street, he unexpectedly encountered his wife, along with some of the neighbors. At that moment, they looked at each other's faces, and tears came first — for a little while, not a word could be spoken. Presently, Matsushichi turned to his wife and said, "I, for such-and-such reasons, managed to survive together with the boy — but how did you manage to get through it?" To this, his wife replied, turning to her husband: "So you were saved by the camphor tree, were you? As for me, together with various neighbors, I climbed up onto the ridge of a thatched house, but as the water gradually rose higher and higher (continues)..."