Mr. Janel Siñña

In a certain city there are a King and a Queen, it is said. There are six Princes. The youngest Prince of the six plays with (lit. beats) the ashes on the ash-heap at the corner of the hearth; the other five Princes are doing work, and going on journeys together.

ある都に王と后がいたという。六人の王子がいる。六人のうち末の王子は竈の隅の灰の山で灰をいじって(文字どおりには叩いて)いる。ほかの五人の王子は仕事をし、いっしょに旅に出ている。

The King said at the hands of the Queen that he must behead the Prince who was [idling] on the ash-heap. Then the Queen said, "What is the use of beheading him? Let us send the Prince whom we do not want to any place where he likes to go."

王は后に、灰の山で〔怠けて〕いる王子の首を刎ねねばならぬと言った。すると后は言った。「首を刎ねて何になりましょう。いらぬ王子なら、好きなところへ送り出しましょう」

Having come to the Prince, the Queen says, "Son, the King says that he must behead you; on that account go away to any place you like."

王子のところへ来て、后は言う。「息子や、王がおまえの首を刎ねねばならぬと言っています。それゆえ好きなところへお行きなさい」

Then the Prince said, "If so, give me a bundle of cooked rice, and a thousand masuran, in order to go and trade."

すると王子は言った。「それなら、商いに行くために、炊いた飯をひと包みと千マスランをください」

So the Queen gave him a package of cooked rice and a thousand masuran.

そこで后は炊いた飯の包みと千マスランを渡した。

The Prince took the masuran and the package of cooked rice, and having gone on and on, when he was coming to a travellers' shed [saw that] a man was taking a brown Monkey, [97] in order to throw it into the river. This Prince called the man, and the man thereupon brought the Monkey and came to the travellers' shed.

王子はマスランと炊いた飯の包みを取って、行きに行くと、旅人の小屋に来たとき、ある男が茶色の猿 [97] を川に投げ込もうとして連れているのが〔見えた〕。この王子は男を呼び、男は猿を連れて旅人の小屋へ来た。

The Prince asked, "Where are you taking that Monkey?"

王子は尋ねた。「その猿をどこへ連れていくのだ」

The man said, "I am taking this to sell."

男は言った。「これは売りに行くのだ」

The Prince asked, "For how much will you give it?"

王子は尋ねた。「いくらで譲る?」

The man said he would give it for a thousand masuran. The Prince gave the thousand masuran that were in his hands, and got the Monkey, and that man having taken the thousand masuran went away.

男は千マスランなら譲ると言った。王子は手にあった千マスランを渡して猿を手に入れ、その男は千マスランを取って去っていった。

The Prince having unfastened the package of cooked rice, and given some to the Monkey also, and the Prince himself having eaten, took the Monkey and came back to the very city of the King. When he came there the King was not at the palace; only the Queen was there. The Queen asked, "What sort of goods have you brought?"

王子は炊いた飯の包みを解いて猿にも分け、自分も食べてから、猿を連れて、まさに王の都へ帰った。着くと王は宮殿にいなかった。后だけがいた。后は尋ねた。「どんな品を持ってきたのですか」

The Prince says, "Mother, having given that thousand masuran I have brought a Monkey."

王子は言う。「母さま、あの千マスランを渡して猿を連れてきました」

Then the Queen says, "Ane! Son, should the King and the rest of them get to know that, he will behead you and behead me. As you have taken that Monkey put it away somewhere."

すると后は言う。「アネ! 息子や、王やほかの者にそれを知られたら、おまえの首もわたしの首も刎ねられます。その猿を連れてきたのなら、どこかへ隠しておきなさい」

So the Prince took the Monkey and put it in a rock cave in the jungle, and shutting the door came to the palace. While he was there the King saw him, and having seen him, called the Queen and said, "I shall not allow that one to stay in my palace for even a paeya (twenty minutes). I shall behead him to-morrow."

そこで王子は猿を連れて藪の岩屋に入れ、戸を閉めて宮殿へ来た。そこにいると王が王子を見て、見てから后を呼んで言った。「あの者は一パエヤ(二十分)たりともわしの宮殿に置かぬ。明日首を刎ねる」

Afterwards the Queen came to the Prince and said, "Son, the King says he must behead you to-morrow, therefore go to any place you like, and do not come back."

そのあと后は王子のもとへ来て言った。「息子や、王が明日おまえの首を刎ねねばならぬと言っています。ですから好きなところへ行って、帰ってきてはなりません」

The Prince said, "Give me a package of rice, and a thousand masuran."

王子は言った。「飯の包みと千マスランをください」

Afterwards the Queen having cooked a package of rice gave him it, and a thousand masuran. The Prince taking them, and having gone to the rock cave where the Monkey was, took it and went to [another] city. At that city he ate the package of rice at the travellers' shed, and having gone to the hearth the Prince slept on the ash-heap.

そのあと后は飯の包みを炊いて渡し、千マスランも渡した。王子はそれを取って、猿のいる岩屋へ行き、猿を連れて〔別の〕都へ行った。その都で旅人の小屋で飯の包みを食べ、竈のところへ行って、王子は灰の山で眠った。

The Monkey went away to dance in cities. Having gone and danced, collecting requisite articles, he came back to the place where the Prince was, and the Prince cooked some of the things he brought, and gave him to eat. The Monkey goes every day to dance; and having danced, the Prince and Monkey, both of them, eat the things he brings. In that way the Monkey brings things every day.

猿は都々で踊りに出かけた。行って踊って、入り用の品を集めて、王子のいる場所へ帰ってきた。王子はその持ち帰ったものを煮て、猿に食べさせた。猿は毎日踊りに行く。そして踊ってから、王子と猿の二人で猿の持ち帰ったものを食べる。そうやって猿は毎日品を持ってくる。

One day, the Monkey having gone to a city and danced, fell down at the palace at that city. Then the King came and asked, "What is it, Monkey? Why have you fallen down there?"

ある日、猿がある都へ行って踊っていると、その都の宮殿で倒れた。すると王が来て尋ねた。「どうした、猿よ。なぜそこで倒れている」

The Monkey says, "I have come to beg and take the measure [98] in which masuran are measured."

猿は言う。「マスランを量る升 [98] をお借りしに参りました」

Afterwards the King gave him the measure for measuring masuran. The monkey having taken it and having been absent for as much as a month, brought the measure back.

そのあと王はマスランを量る升を渡した。猿はそれを取って、ひと月ほども帰らず、升を返しに来た。

Then the King asked, "What is this, Monkey, that having taken the measure thou hast been such a time [in returning it]?"

すると王は尋ねた。「猿よ、升を取っていって、なぜこんなに時がかかった」

The Monkey says, "For just so much time I measured masuran."

猿は言う。「それだけの時をかけてマスランを量っておりました」

The King asked, "Having measured them did you finish?"

王は尋ねた。「量り終えたのか」

Then the Monkey said, "Ando! Could it be finished? Not even a quarter was finished."

すると猿は言った。「アンドー! 終わるものですか。四分の一も終わりませんでした」

The King said, "Aha!" and was silent.

王は「なるほど!」と言って黙った。

The Monkey that day also having danced in that city, the King gave him many presents. Taking them, and stealing a cloth from a field where clothes were spread out [to dry], while he was coming a man having met him in the road asked the Monkey, "Monkey, to whom dost thou give the articles that thou art taking every day?"

その日も猿がその都で踊ったので、王はたくさんの贈り物をした。それを持って、干してあった野原から布を一枚盗んで帰る途中、道で出会った男が猿に尋ねた。「猿よ、おまえが毎日持っていく品は誰にやるのだ」

The Monkey says, "I give them to our Mr. Janel Siñña. I am supporting that gentleman."

猿は言う。「われらのジャネル・シンニャさまに差し上げるのです。わたしはあのおかたを養っているのです」

The Monkey having gone to the place where the Prince was, says, "Here is a cloth. It is good for the gentleman, is it not?" and he showed him the cloth which he had stolen.

猿は王子のいる場所へ行って言う。「布がございます。旦那さまによいでしょう?」と言って、盗んできた布を見せた。

The Prince threw it aside, and said, "This cloth which I have is enough."

王子はそれを投げ捨てて言った。「いま着ているこの布で十分だ」

Next day the Monkey having come to that city and danced, lay down on the lawn of the palace. Then the King asked, "What is it, Monkey, that you have fallen down there for?"

翌日、猿はその都へ来て踊り、宮殿の芝生に横たわった。すると王は尋ねた。「どうした、猿よ。なぜそこで倒れている」

Then the Monkey says, "Our Mr. Janel Siñña burnt his cloth while drinking. I have come to ask you to cause the cloth to be woven for him [anew]."

すると猿は言う。「われらのジャネル・シンニャさまが、酒を飲みながら布を焼いてしまわれました。〔新しく〕布を織らせていただきたく参りました」

The King said, "If so, bring it."

王は言った。「それなら持ってこい」

Afterwards the Monkey having gone to the place where the Prince was, brought a thin cloth and gave it to the King. Afterwards the King caused one to be woven, and gave it to him.

そのあと猿は王子のいる場所へ行って、薄い布を持ってきて王に渡した。そのあと王は一枚織らせて渡した。

Then the Monkey says at the hand of the King, "You ought to marry your Princess to our Mr. Janel Siñña."

すると猿は王に言う。「あなたさまの姫を、われらのジャネル・シンニャさまに嫁がせるべきです」

The King said, "Ha. It is very good."

王は言った。「よし。たいそうよいことだ」

The Monkey, begging two copper pots, [99] went away, and having gone, heated water in the two copper pots, and having made the Prince bathe, said to the Prince, "Do not eat largely of the sorts [of food] after I have cooked and given [the food] to you [at the palace]. I have asked for a [Princess in] marriage for you after I went there."

猿は銅の鍋を二つ [99] 乞い受けて出かけ、その二つの銅の鍋で湯を沸かし、王子に湯を浴びせてから王子に言った。「〔宮殿で〕わたしが煮てお出しした〔食べ物〕を、たくさん召し上がってはいけません。あそこへ行って、あなたのために〔姫との〕縁談を願い出てきたのですから」

Afterwards the Monkey, summoning the Prince also, went to the palace of the King of that city. Having gone there, and prepared a seat at the King's table, and made ready the food, after the Prince sat down to the food seven Princesses themselves began to divide [and serve] it.

そのあと猿は王子も連れて、その都の王の宮殿へ行った。着いて、王の食卓に席をしつらえ、食事を整え、王子が食事に坐ると、七人の姫が自分で取り分け〔て給仕し〕はじめた。

Then that Prince began to eat very plentifully. The Monkey having come and nudged him with his finger, said, "You have eaten enough." Taking no notice of it, the Prince went on eating. Having eaten that, he shaped his hand [into a cup] and reversing it there [when full], ate in excess.

するとその王子はたいそうたくさん食べはじめた。猿が来て指でつついて言った。「もう十分に召し上がりました」。それに構わず王子は食べつづけた。それを食べてしまうと、手を〔椀のように〕丸めて、そこにいっぱいにしてはひっくり返し、食べに食べた。

Then the King asked the Monkey, "What, Monkey, is [the reason of] that?"

すると王は猿に尋ねた。「猿よ、あれは〔どういう〕わけだ」

The Monkey said, "Our Mr. Janel Siñña having been overheated [by his bath] could not eat. Through that indeed it has befallen that he has lost his senses." That also the King kept in mind.

猿は言った。「われらのジャネル・シンニャさまは〔湯浴みで〕のぼせて、お食べになれなかったのです。それでまことに正気を失っておいでなのです」。それも王は心に留めた。

Then the Prince and the King's eldest daughter were married.

そして王子と王の長女が結婚した。

After that, the Monkey said that he wanted a thousand bill-hooks, and a thousand digging-hoes, and a thousand axes, and a thousand people. The King gave him a thousand bill-hooks, and a thousand digging-hoes, and a thousand axes, and a thousand people. [With these the royal party set off to deliver the Princess at the Prince's palace.]

そのあと猿は、鉈が千丁と鍬が千丁と斧が千丁と人が千人ほしいと言った。王は鉈を千丁、鍬を千丁、斧を千丁、人を千人与えた。〔それを連れて王の一行は姫を王子の宮殿へ送り届けに出発した。〕

Afterwards, having given the tools to those people, the Monkey goes in front. The King and the Princess and the Prince come after. That Monkey goes [in the trees] jumping and jumping, and changing branches. The thousand people went footing and footing the road.

そのあと猿はその者たちに道具を渡して、先頭を行く。王と姫と王子はあとから来る。その猿は〔木々を〕跳びに跳び、枝を移りながら行く。千人の者は道を歩きに歩いていった。

While going thus they met with a city. Then the King quietly told the Monkey to halt; it stopped. Then the King asked the Monkey, "Whose is that city that is visible?"

そうして行くうちに、ある都に出くわした。すると王はそっと猿に止まれと言い、猿は止まった。そこで王は猿に尋ねた。「あそこに見える都は誰のものだ」

The Monkey says, "This city is our Mr. Janel Siñña's. It has been rented out to his work-people." Afterwards the King went on, keeping that also in his mind.

猿は言う。「この都はわれらのジャネル・シンニャさまのものです。働き手に貸し出しておられます」。そのあと王はそれも心に留めて進んだ。

The Monkey again went in front. Then again they met with a city. Again the King having called the Monkey asked, "Whose is that city?"

猿はまた先頭を行った。するとまた都に出くわした。王はまた猿を呼んで尋ねた。「あの都は誰のものだ」

Then the Monkey says, "It is our Mr. Janel Siñña's. It has been rented out to his work-people. In that way are the cities belonging to our Mr. Janel Siñña [given out]."

すると猿は言う。「われらのジャネル・シンニャさまのものです。働き手に貸し出しておられます。われらのジャネル・シンニャさまの都は、そのように〔貸し出されて〕おります」

Again the Monkey went off in front. Having gone thus, he went to the house of a Rakshasa, and having made the house ready in a second, when he stepped aside the King and the Prince and Princess went in.

猿はまた先頭を行った。そうして行って、ラクシャサの家へ行き、たちまち家を整えて、脇へ退くと、王と王子と姫が入った。

The King made the thousand work-people stay there, and having handed over the Princess, next day went back to his city.

王は千人の働き手をそこに留め、姫を引き渡して、翌日、自分の都へ帰った。

Afterwards the Monkey asked at the hand of the Prince, "For the help that you gave me I also am assisting you. What favour besides will you give me?"

そのあと猿は王子に尋ねた。「あなたが助けてくださったので、わたしもあなたをお助けしてきました。そのほかにどんな恩をくださいますか」

Then the Prince says, "When you have died I shall weep abundantly, and having made a coffin, and put you in the coffin, I will bury you."

すると王子は言う。「おまえが死んだら、たっぷり泣いて、棺をこしらえ、おまえを棺に入れて葬ってやろう」

Then the Monkey said, "So much indeed is the assistance I want."

すると猿は言った。「まことにそれだけの助けがほしかったのです」

One day the Monkey lay down, trickishly saying that he was getting fever. The Prince did not even go in that direction. Next day and the next day he stayed there; on those days he did not go.

ある日、猿は熱があると偽って横になった。王子はそちらへ行きもしなかった。翌日もその翌日もそこにいたが、その日も行かなかった。

On the third day the Monkey cunningly shutting his eyes remained as though he had died. The Prince said to a man, "Look if that Monkey is dead."

三日めに、猿は狡く目を閉じて、死んだようにしていた。王子はある男に言った。「あの猿が死んでいるか見てこい」

The man having gone near the Monkey, when he looked it was dead [in appearance]; he said at the hand of the Prince that it was dead. The Prince said, "Having put a creeper round its neck, drag it in the direction of that jungle, and having thrown it there come back."

男は猿のそばへ行って見ると、死んで〔いるように見え〕た。男は王子に死んでいると告げた。王子は言った。「首に蔓を巻いて、あの藪のほうへ引きずっていって、そこへ捨ててこい」

When the man tried to put the creeper on the Monkey's neck the Monkey got up. "Don't put the creeper on my neck," he said.

男が猿の首に蔓を巻こうとすると、猿は起き上がった。「首に蔓を巻くな」と言った。

Having gone near the Prince he said, "After I was dead [apparently], you were taking me without having put me in a coffin. Why do you [arrange to] drag me, having put a creeper on my neck? Don't take even so much trouble."

そして王子のそばへ行って言った。「わたしが〔見かけ上〕死んだあと、あなたは棺にも入れずにわたしを運ぼうとなさった。なぜ首に蔓を巻いて引きずろうとなさるのです。それほどの手間さえかけてくださるな」

Having said this, the Monkey went off to the midst of the forest, and died.

そう言って、猿は森の奥へ去っていき、死んだ。