翻刻
者韻ー士之快ー挙而ー已、青ー年效￣テ＿レ之、徒￣ニ費￣ンヤ＿二日月￣ヲ＿一乎、
奚￣ンソ不￣ル＿下易￣テ＿二其力￣ヲ＿一読＿上レ書、余於＿レ此謹￣テ奉￣ク＿二慈教￣ヲ＿一有＿レ￣レハ暇則
必読＿レ書、遊ー陟￣ノ念竟￣ニ廃￣ス焉、年近￣メ＿二 三十￣ニ＿一、不ー幸￣ニシテ二￣タヒ罹＿二
舞ー馬之災￣ニ＿一、一￣ニ逢￣ヒ＿二歳之餅￣ニ＿一是ー以家ー資蕩ー盡謀￣ニ無＿二
之復￣スルコト＿一纔￣ニ以＿二訓ー蒙￣ヲ＿一僅￣ニ続＿二菽水之奉￣ヲ＿一而已、一ー日偶￣ゝ
遊￣フ＿二《振り仮名：《右線：元吉》｜｜モトヨシ》￣ニ＿一《振り仮名：《右線：明￣ケ丹近》《右線：田汶陽》《右線：明東桃》一￣タヒ見￣テ如＿二旧ー識￣ノ＿一
《右線：元吉》￣ハ距￣ルコト＿二郷里￣ヲ＿一不＿レ遠￣カラ定ー省。易＿レ走￣リ是ー以数￣ゝ往ー来￣メ設＿レ
帳￣ヲ、周ー澤漸￣クー深￣シ、丹丘等勧＿レ￣テ余￣ヲ遊＿二ー学￣セシム於京師￣ニ＿一、又助＿二
其資￣ヲ＿一、余因￣テ始￣テ得＿レ入￣コトヲ＿二《右線：淇園》淇園先生之門￣ニ＿一、而蒙￣ル＿二其恩
眷￣ヲ＿一者￣ハ其力也、込￣メ＿レ幾￣バクモ丹丘没陽相ー次￣テ皆謝￣ス＿レ世￣ヲ、余
亦遊＿二《右線：小松》城￣ニ＿一、為￣ニ＿二諸子￣ノ＿一設＿レ￣ヲ帳￣ヲ、甲辰￣ノ春、城之黌ー舎
新￣タニー就￣ル市ー宰推￣シテ＿レ余￣ヲ為￣シム＿二教ー授￣、＿一、凡居￣コト＿二于《右線：小松》城￣ニ＿一 十ー年、
城之傍￣ニ有＿二佳麗￣ノ湖ー山＿一、亦足￣レリ＿二探＿レ花賞￣スルニ＿一レ月￣ヲ然￣トモ以＿二親ー
老￣ヒ家ー貧￣キヲ＿一憂ー愁不＿レ離￣レ＿二襟ー懐￣ヲ＿一所ー謂花￣ニモ灑＿レ涙￣ヲ鳥傷＿レ￣シムル心￣ヲ
者有￣リ焉、偶￣ゝ《右線：金城》￣ノ 太ー夫今ー枝君￣ノ幣至￣ル、余以￣テ＿二老ー
母￣ノ在￣ヲ＿一喜￣テ応￣ス＿二徴ー命￣ニ＿一、乃携￣ヘテ＿二家ー眷￣ヲ＿一徒￣ル＿二于《右線：金城》￣ニ＿一自＿レ是甘ー
旨之奉不＿レ乏￣カラ得＿二吾ー心始￣テ降￣コトヲ＿一焉、爾￣シテー来￣カタ侍ー講￣ノ余訓ー
蒙￣ノ業、比＿レ￣レハ舊￣ニ又陪￣ス＿二鞅ー掌￣ヲ＿一、想＿二ー像￣スルニ彼￣ノ山ー翠林ー烟￣ヲ＿一恰￣カモ如＿二
隔ー世￣シテ＿一 丁丑￣ノ年、北ー堂終＿二 天ー年￣ヲ＿一追ー慕悲ー哀不＿二自￣ラー持＿一、
即欲＿下帰＿二ー耕￣シテ於故ー山￣ニ＿一掃￣ハント＿中丘ー墓￣ヲ＿上奈（イカン）￣セン＿二虚ー左之遇、日々￣ニ加￣ハリ
現代語訳
（山水の遊は）韻士（風雅を愛する人）の快挙に過ぎない。青年がこれを見習えば、ただいたずらに日月を費やすだけではないか。どうして、その力を（山水の遊に向けるより）読書に替えないのか」と。余はここにおいて謹んで慈しみある教えを奉じ、暇あれば必ず書を読み、遊陟（山水を遊び登ること）の念はついに廃れてしまった。
年齢が三十に近づいたころ、不幸にして二たび「舞馬の災」（火災）に遭い、また一たびは「歳の餅」（饑饉）に逢い、そのために家の財産はことごとく蕩き尽くし、復することを謀るすべもなく、わずかに子弟への訓蒙（教育）をもって、かろうじて菽水の奉（親への質素な養い）を続けるばかりであった。
ある日、偶々元吉（もとよし）に遊んでいたところ、明丹（田汶陽・明東桃）らに出会い、一度見て旧知のように感じた。元吉は郷里より遠からず、しかも省（訪れること）も容易であった。そのため数々往来し、帳（塾）を設けた。周澤（交誼）は次第に深まり、丹丘らは余に勧め、京師（京都）に遊学させ、また其の資（費用）を助けてくれた。余はこれにより始めて淇園先生の門に入ることができ、その恩眷（恩寵）を蒙ったのは、彼らの力によるものである。いくばくもなく、丹丘・没陽は相次いでいずれも世を去った。余もまた小松城に遊び、諸子のために塾を設けた。甲辰の春、城の学舎が新たに成り、市宰（地方長官）が余を推薦して教授を務めさせた。おおよそ小松城に居ること十年、城の傍らには佳麗なる湖山があり、花を探り月を賞でるにも十分であった。しかしながら、親の老いと家の貧しさをもって、憂愁は胸の内を離れず、いわゆる「花にも涙を灑ぎ、鳥も心を傷ましむ」という境地であった。
偶々、金城（金沢）の太夫・今枝君の招聘が届いた。余は老母の在ることをもって喜んでその徴命（招き）に応じ、乃ち家眷（家族）を携えて金城に移った。これより以来、甘旨の奉（親への美食の提供）は乏しからず、吾が心は始めてようやく落ち着くことができた。それ以来、侍講や訓蒙の業は以前に比べてさらに多忙となり、彼の山翠林烟（山の緑と林の霞）を想像するに、恰も隔世のことのようであった。
丁丑の年、北堂（母）が天年を終えられ、追慕悲哀は自ら持するにあたわず、すぐにでも故山に帰り耕し、丘墓を掃わんと欲したが、虚左（厚遇）の遇が日々に加わり……（次頁へ続く）
英語訳
(…the pleasures of traveling among mountains and streams) are nothing more than the delightful pursuits of men of refined taste. If a young man imitates them, would he not merely be wasting his days and months to no purpose? Why not redirect that energy instead toward reading books?" From that point on, I reverently heeded this loving admonition, and whenever I had leisure I would read without fail; the desire to roam and climb mountains was at last entirely abandoned.
As I approached the age of thirty, I was unhappily struck twice by the "calamity of the dancing horse" (fire) and once by "the year's rice-cake" (famine). As a result, my family's assets were entirely exhausted, and I had no means of recovering them. I could do no more than eke out a modest livelihood through teaching young students, barely managing to provide for my parents in the most frugal manner.
One day, I happened to visit Motoyoshi, where I encountered Tanka (Denpō/Tankyū), Miyamoto Yō, and Meitō Momo, and upon our first meeting I felt as though I had known them for years. Motoyoshi was not far from my home and was easy to visit. I therefore went back and forth frequently and set up a private school there. The bonds of friendship grew steadily deeper. Tankyū and the others encouraged me to go and study in the capital (Kyoto), and they also assisted me with the necessary funds. It was thus that I was first able to enter the school of Master Kien (淇園), and it was entirely through their efforts that I came to receive his gracious favor. Before long, Tankyū and Botsuyō passed away one after the other, each departing this world. I then moved to Komatsu Castle and set up a school there for students. In the spring of Kōshin (甲辰), the castle's school building was newly completed, and the local magistrate recommended me to serve as instructor. I resided in Komatsu Castle for a total of ten years. Near the castle were beautiful lakes and mountains, more than sufficient for seeking out blossoms and admiring the moon. Yet the anxiety of ageing parents and household poverty never left my breast — I was, as it were, moved to shed tears even at flowers, and grieved in heart even by the birds' song.
Then, unexpectedly, an invitation arrived from Lord Imaeda (今枝君), the chief retainer of Kinshiro (Kanazawa). Rejoicing that my aged mother was still alive to accompany me, I gratefully accepted the summons, and taking my entire household, I moved to Kinshiro (Kanazawa). From that time on, I was never at a loss in providing good food for my mother, and my heart was at last truly at ease. After that, my duties as a lecturer and teacher became, if anything, more demanding than before, and when I imagined the green mountains and misty forests (of my travels), it felt as though they belonged to another lifetime entirely.
In the year Teichū (丁丑), my mother (lit. "the Northern Hall") came to the end of her natural years. Overcome by grief and longing, I could not contain myself, and I immediately wished to return to my home village, till the fields, and sweep clean the family graves. Yet the generous treatment afforded to me by my lord only increased day by day…(continued on the next page)