Sogsogot

Tinguian

ティンギアン

One day, a long time ago, some men went to the mountains to hunt deer and wild pig, and among them was one named Sogsogot.

ずっと昔のある日、何人かの男が鹿と猪を狩るために山へ行った。そしてそのなかにソグソゴトという名の者がいた。

They all went into the thick forest to look for game, but after a while Sogsogot called his dog and withdrew to an open spot near by, where he waited for the deer to come out.

みなは獲物を探すために厚い森へ入っていった。けれどもしばらくしてソグソゴトは犬を呼んで、すぐ近くの開けた場所へ引き下がり、そこで鹿が出てくるのを待った。

While he stood there eagerly watching, a big bird [85] swooped down, caught him in its claws, and carried him away. Far off over the mountains the bird soared, until finally it came to a big tree where it had its nest, and here it left the man and flew away.

彼がそこに立って待ちかねて見張っているあいだ、大きな鳥 [85] が舞い下りてきて、爪で彼を捕らえて運び去った。鳥は山のはるか向こうへ飛び、そしてとうとう巣のある大きな木に着き、そしてここに男を置いて飛び去った。

Sogsogot's first thought was to make his escape, but he found that the tree was so tall that he could not get down, and after a time he ceased his attempts to get away and began to look over his companions in the nest--two young birds and three little pigs.

ソグソゴトの初めの思いは逃げることだった。けれどもこの木はあまりに高くて降りられないと分かった。そしてしばらくして彼は逃げようとするのをやめ、巣のなかの連れを見回し始めた——二羽の若い鳥と三頭の小さな豚である。

By and by he became hungry, so he cut up the three little pigs, and after he had eaten all he wished he fed the two birds. When this meat was gone the mother bird brought more pigs and deer, and the man had all he could eat. Then he fed the little birds, which grew very fast and soon were able to fly. One day when they were standing on the edge of the nest Sogsogot caught hold of the birds' legs, and they fluttered down and carried him safely to the ground.

やがて彼は腹が空いたので、三頭の小さな豚を切り分けた。そしてほしいだけ食べたあと、二羽の鳥に食べさせた。この肉が無くなると、母鳥はもっと豚と鹿を持ってきて、そして男は食べられるだけ食べた。それから小さな鳥たちに食べさせ、鳥たちはたいそう速く育ってほどなく飛べるようになった。ある日、鳥たちが巣の縁に立っていたとき、ソグソゴトはその脚を摑み、そして鳥たちは羽ばたいて下り、彼を無事に地まで運んだ。

He hastened home as fast as he could go and told the people of his wonderful trip. They made a ceremony for the spirits, and all the people rejoiced that the lost man had returned.

彼はできるだけ速く家へ急ぎ、人々にこの不思議な旅のことを告げた。人々は霊たちのための儀礼を行い、そしてみなが、失われた男が帰ったことを喜んだ。

Some time after this Sogsogot went to a hostile town to fight, and while he was gone his wife died. On the way back to his town he met the spirit of his wife driving a cow and two pigs, and not knowing that she was a spirit he asked her where she was going.

それからしばらくして、ソグソゴトは敵の村へ戦いに行った。そして留守のあいだに妻が死んだ。自分の村へ帰る道で、彼は牛一頭と豚二頭を追っている妻の霊に出会った。そしてそれが霊だと知らずに、どこへ行くのかと尋ねた。

"I am not a person any more," she answered him; "I am dead." And when he wanted to touch her hand, she gave him only her shortest finger. He begged to go with her so she said, "Go first to our home and get a white chicken; then follow the footmarks of the cow and pigs."

「わたしはもう人ではありません」と妻は答えた。「わたしは死んだのです。」そして彼が手に触れようとすると、妻はいちばん短い指だけを差し出した。彼が一緒に行かせてくれと願ったので、妻はこう言った。「まずわれらの家へ行って白い鶏を取ってきてください。それから牛と豚の足跡をたどってください。」

He did as she commanded him, and after a while he came to a place where she was bathing in the river. She said to him:

彼は妻が命じたとおりにし、そしてしばらくして、妻が川で水浴びをしている場所に着いた。妻は彼に言った。

"Now you may come with me to our spirit town. [86] I shall hide you in the rice-bin and shall bring food to you every day. But at night the people in the town will want to eat you, and when they come to the bin you must take some of the feathers of the white chicken and throw at them."

「いまからわたしたちの霊の村 [86] へ一緒に来てよいのです。あなたを稲の箱に隠して、毎日食べ物を運びましょう。でも夜には村の人々があなたを食べたがります。そして箱へ来たら、白い鶏の羽を何枚か取って彼らに投げなければなりません。」

The man went with her, and when they arrived at the spirit town she hid him in the rice-bin. At night the people came to eat him, as she had said they would; but when he threw the chicken feathers at them they were frightened away.

男は妻とともに行き、そして霊の村に着くと、妻は彼を稲の箱に隠した。夜、妻が言ったとおりに人々が彼を食べに来た。けれども鶏の羽を投げると、彼らは怯えて去った。

For two weeks Sogsogot lived in this place, but when the feathers were nearly gone he was afraid to stay any longer, for every night the spirits came to eat him. He begged his wife to allow him to go, and finally she showed him the way home, giving him rice to eat on his journey.

二週のあいだソグソゴトはこの場所で暮らした。けれども羽がほとんど無くなると、これ以上留まるのが恐ろしくなった。毎晩霊たちが食べに来るからである。彼は妻に行かせてくれと願い、そしてとうとう妻は、旅で食べる米を与えて、家への道を示した。

As soon as the man arrived home and inquired for his wife, the people told him that she had died and they had buried her under the house. Then he knew that it was her spirit that had taken him to the strange town.

男が家に着いて妻のことを尋ねるとすぐに、人々は、妻は死んで家の下に葬ったと告げた。それから彼は、自分をあの見知らぬ村へ連れていったのは妻の霊だったと知った。