The Alan and the Hunters

Tinguian

ティンギアン

Two men once went to hunt wild pig in the mountains, and after some time they speared and killed one, but they had no fire over which to singe it.

あるとき二人の男が山に猪を狩りに行った。そしてしばらくして一頭を槍で突いて殺した。けれども毛を焼く火がなかった。

One man climbed a tree to see if there was a fire near by, and discovering smoke at some distance, he started toward it. When he reached the place, he found that the fire was in the house of an Alan, [82] and he was very much afraid; but creeping up into the house, he found that the Alan and her baby were fast asleep.

一人が近くに火があるかどうか見るために木に登り、そして少し離れたところに煙を見つけて、そちらへ向かった。その場所に着くと、その火がアラン [82] の家のものだと分かり、そしてたいそう恐ろしくなった。けれども忍び足で家に上がってみると、アランとその赤子が深く眠っているのを見つけた。

He stepped on tip-toe, but nevertheless the Alan was awakened and called out:

彼は爪先立ちで歩いた。それでもアランは目を覚まして、こう呼んだ。

"Epogow, [83] what do you want?"

「エポゴウ、[83] 何がほしいのだ。」

"I should like to get some fire," said the man, "for we have killed a wild pig."

「火を少しいただきたいのです」と男は言った。「猪を殺したので。」

The Alan gave him the fire, and then taking her basket she went with him to the place where the pig was.

アランは彼に火を与え、そしてそれから籠を取って、猪のある場所まで一緒に行った。

After they had singed the animal, the Alan cut it up with her long nails and handed the liver to the man, telling him to take it to her house to feed the baby.

獣の毛を焼いたあと、アランは長い爪でそれを切り分けて、肝を男に渡し、自分の家へ持っていって赤子に食べさせてくれと告げた。

The man started, and on the way he ate the liver. When he reached the Alan's house he did not know what to do. For some time he looked around, and then seeing a large caldron of hot water on the fire, he threw the baby into it and went back.

男は出かけ、そして道でその肝を食べてしまった。アランの家に着くと、どうしたらよいか分からなかった。しばらくあたりを見回し、そしてそれから火の上に熱い湯の大釜があるのを見て、赤子をそのなかに投げ込んで戻った。

"Did the baby eat well?" asked the Alan.

「赤子はよく食べたか」とアランは尋ねた。

"Very well," said the man.

「たいそうよく」と男は言った。

Then she put most of the meat into her basket and started home. As soon as she had gone, the man told his companion what he had done, and they were so frightened that they ran to hide.

それからアランは肉のほとんどを籠に入れて家へ向かった。行ってしまうとすぐに、男は自分がしたことを連れに告げ、そして二人はあまりに怯えて、隠れるために走った。

When the Alan reached home and found the baby dead in the hot water, she was very angry and started back immediately to find the men, who, in the meantime, had climbed a high tree that stood near the water.

アランが家に着いて熱い湯のなかで赤子が死んでいるのを見つけると、たいそう腹を立てて、すぐにあの男たちを探しに引き返した。男たちはそのあいだに、水のかたわらに立つ高い木に登っていた。

The Alan looked down into the water, and seeing the reflection of the men, she reached in her long hand with the fingers that pointed backward, but when she could not touch them, she looked up and saw them in the tall tree.

アランは水を覗き込み、そして男たちの映った姿を見て、後ろ向きの指のついた長い手を差し入れた。けれども触れられないので、見上げて高い木のなかの二人を見つけた。

"How did you get up there?" she cried angrily.

「どうやってそこへ上がった」と彼女は腹を立てて叫んだ。

"We climbed up feet first," called down the men.

「足から先に登ったのだ」と男たちは呼び下ろした。

The Alan, determined to get them, caught hold of a vine and started up the tree feet first, but before she quite reached them, they cut the vine and she fell to the ground and was killed. [84]

アランは二人を捕らえると決めて、つる草を摑んで足から先に木を登り始めた。けれども二人のところへ着く前に、二人はつる草を切り、そして彼女は地に落ちて死んだ。[84]

Then the men came down and went to the Alan's house, where they found a jar full of beads and another of gold, and these they brought with them when they returned home.

それから男たちは降りてアランの家へ行き、そこで玉の詰まった甕と黄金の詰まった甕を見つけ、そしてこれを家へ帰るときに携えてきた。