Panaumbe, Penaumbe, and the Sea-Lion

There were Panaumbe and Penaumbe. Panaumbe went down to the sea-shore, and walked up and down upon the sand. Then he saw a sea-lion in the water. He wanted to catch that sea-lion, and eat its flesh. So he called out to it: "Oh! Mr. Sea-Lion, if you will come here, I will pick the lice out of your head." The sea-lion was very glad to have the lice picked out of its head. So it swam to him. Then he pretended to pick the lice out of its head. But in reality he picked the flesh off its head, and the fat, and ate it. Then he said: "All the lice are picked off. You may go." After the sea-lion had swum a short way, it put its paw up to its head, in order to see whether the lice had really all been taken off. Then it felt that its flesh and fat were all gone, and that only the bones remained. So it was very angry, and swam back quickly towards the shore, to catch Panaumbe and kill him.

パナウンペとペナウンペがいた。パナウンペは浜辺へ下りていき、砂の上を行ったり来たりした。すると水のなかにトドがいるのが見えた。パナウンペはそのトドを捕まえて肉を食べたいと思った。そこでトドに呼びかけた。「おおい、トドさんよ、こっちへ来てくれたら、頭の虱を取ってやるよ」トドは頭の虱を取ってもらえるのでたいそう喜んだ。そこでパナウンペのほうへ泳いできた。するとパナウンペは頭の虱を取るふりをした。けれども本当は、頭の肉と脂をむしり取って食べていたのである。それから言った。「虱はみな取れたよ。行ってもいいぞ」トドは少し泳いでから、虱が本当にみな取れたか確かめようと、前足を頭に当ててみた。すると肉も脂もすっかりなくなって、骨しか残っていないのがわかった。そこでトドはたいそう腹を立て、パナウンペを捕まえて殺そうと、岸のほうへ急いで泳ぎ戻ってきた。

Panaumbe, when he saw the sea-lion pursuing him, ran inland towards the mountains. After running some time, he reached a place where the path divided. An old crow was perching on a tree there, and said: "Right or left! right or left! I see a clever man." The road to the right was broad, and the road to the left was narrow, because it was in a valley which ended in a point. Panaumbe thought thus: "If I take the broad path to the right, the sea-lion will overtake me, and kill me. But if I take the narrow path to the left, he will run so fast that he will get stuck at the end of the narrow valley, and I, being small, can slip out between his legs, and beat in his head from behind, and kill him." So Panaumbe ran along the narrow path to the left, and the sea-lion pursued him. But the sea-lion ran so heedlessly and quickly that it got stuck at the end of the narrow valley. Then Panaumbe slipped out between the sea-lion's legs, and beat in his head from behind, and killed him, and took home his flesh and his skin. Then Panaumbe became very rich.

パナウンペはトドが追ってくるのを見ると、陸のほうへ、山へ向かって走った。しばらく走ると、道が二つに分かれるところに来た。そこの木に年老いた鴉がとまっていて、言った。「右か左か、右か左か。賢い男が見えるぞ」右の道は広く、左の道は狭かった。左の道は先がすぼまって行き止まりになる谷のなかにあったからである。パナウンペはこう考えた。「右の広い道を行けば、トドに追いつかれて殺されてしまう。けれども左の狭い道を行けば、トドはあんまり速く走るから狭い谷の奥にはまり込むだろう。わしは小さいから、あいつの脚のあいだからすり抜けて、後ろから頭を叩き割って殺せる」そこでパナウンペは左の狭い道を走り、トドはそれを追った。けれどもトドはあまりに無鉄砲に速く走ったので、狭い谷の奥にはまり込んでしまった。するとパナウンペはトドの脚のあいだからすり抜けて、後ろから頭を叩き割って殺し、その肉と皮を家へ持ち帰った。こうしてパナウンペはたいそう金持ちになった。

Afterwards Penaumbe came down to him, and said: "You and I were both poor. How is it that you are now so rich?" Panaumbe said: "If you will come and dine with me, I will instruct you." So they went together to Panaumbe's house, where Panaumbe's mother, and his wife and children, were eating the flesh of the sea-lion. But Penaumbe, when he had heard what Panaumbe had done, said: "I knew that before." Then he stepped in the dishes set before Panaumbe's mother and wife and children, and spilt their food. Then he pissed on the threshold, and went away.

そのあとペナウンペが下ってきて言った。「お前もわしも貧乏だった。どうしてお前は今そんなに金持ちなのだ」パナウンペは言った。「一緒に食事をしに来れば、教えてやろう」そこで二人は一緒にパナウンペの家へ行った。そこではパナウンペの母と妻と子どもたちがトドの肉を食べていた。けれどもペナウンペは、パナウンペのしたことを聞くと言った。「そんなことは前から知っていた」そしてパナウンペの母や妻や子どもたちの前に並べられた器に足を踏み入れて、食べ物をこぼした。それから敷居に小便をして去っていった。

Penaumbe went down to the sea-shore, and saw a sea-lion, as Panaumbe had done. He called out to the sea-lion: "Oh! Mr. Sea-Lion, if you will come here, I will pick the lice out of your head." So the sea-lion swam to him. Then Penaumbe pretended to pick the lice out of its head. But in reality he picked the flesh and the fat off its head, and left nothing but the bones. The sea-lion felt a little pain, but thought that it was owing to the lice being picked out. So, when Penaumbe had finished picking and eating the flesh off its head, it swam away. But afterwards, feeling the pain more sharply, the sea-lion put its paw up to its head, and found that nothing but bone was left. So it was very angry, and swam back quickly towards the shore, to catch Penaumbe and kill him.

ペナウンペは浜辺へ下りていき、パナウンペがしたようにトドを見つけた。ペナウンペはトドに呼びかけた。「おおい、トドさんよ、こっちへ来てくれたら、頭の虱を取ってやるよ」そこでトドはペナウンペのほうへ泳いできた。するとペナウンペは頭の虱を取るふりをした。けれども本当は頭の肉と脂をむしり取って、骨しか残さなかった。トドは少し痛みを感じたが、虱を取ってもらっているせいだと思った。そこでペナウンペが頭の肉をむしって食べ終わると、泳ぎ去った。けれどもあとで痛みがもっと鋭くなったので、トドは前足を頭に当ててみて、骨しか残っていないのがわかった。そこでたいそう腹を立て、ペナウンペを捕まえて殺そうと、岸のほうへ急いで泳ぎ戻ってきた。

Penaumbe, when he saw the sea-lion pursuing him, ran inland towards the mountains. After running some time, he reached the place where the path divided. The old crow, which was perching on the tree, said: "Left or right! left or right! I see a fool." Penaumbe took the broad road to the right, in order to be able to run more easily. But the sea-lion ran more quickly than he could, and caught him and ate him up. Then Penaumbe died. But if he had listened to advice he might have become a rich man like Panaumbe.--(Written down from memory. Told by Kannariki, June, 1886.)

ペナウンペはトドが追ってくるのを見ると、陸のほうへ、山へ向かって走った。しばらく走ると、道が二つに分かれるところに来た。木にとまっていた年老いた鴉が言った。「左か右か、左か右か。愚か者が見えるぞ」ペナウンペは、楽に走れるようにと右の広い道を行った。けれどもトドはペナウンペより速く走り、ペナウンペを捕まえてすっかり食べてしまった。こうしてペナウンペは死んだ。けれども忠告を聞いていたら、パナウンペのように金持ちになれたかもしれないのである。——(記憶から書き留めた。語り手カンナリキ、1886年6月)