Bulanawan and Aguio

Bukidnon (Mindanao)

ブキドノン(ミンダナオ)

Langgona and his wife had twin boys named Bulanawan and Aguio. One day, when they were about two years old, the mother took Bulanawan to the field with her when she went to pick cotton. She spread the fiber she had gathered the day before on the ground to dry near the child, and while she was getting more a great wind suddenly arose which wound the cotton around the baby and carried him away. Far away to a distant land the wind took Bulanawan, and in that place he grew up. When he was a man, he became a great warrior. [121]

ランゴナとその妻には、ブラナワンとアギオという名の双子の息子がいた。ある日、二人が二歳ほどのとき、母は綿を摘みに行くときにブラナワンを畑へ連れていった。前の日に集めた繊維を乾かすためにこの子の近くの地面に広げ、そしてもっと集めているあいだに、不意に大きな風が起こって綿を赤子に巻きつけ、そして運び去った。風はブラナワンを遠くの地へはるか運んでいき、そしてその場所で彼は育った。大人になると、偉大な戦士になった。[121]

One day while Bulanawan and his wife were walking along the seashore, they sat down to rest on a large, flat rock, and Bulanawan fell asleep. Now Aguio, the twin brother of Bulanawan, had become a great warrior also, and he went on a journey to this distant land, not knowing that his brother was there. It happened that he was walking along the seashore in his war-dress [122] on this same day, and when he saw the woman sitting on the large, flat rock, he thought her very beautiful, and he determined to steal her.

ある日、ブラナワンとその妻が海辺を歩いていると、二人は大きな平らな岩に休むために腰を下ろし、そしてブラナワンは眠ってしまった。さてブラナワンの双子の弟アギオもまた偉大な戦士になっていて、兄がそこにいると知らずに、この遠くの地へ旅をしていた。まさにこの同じ日、彼は戦の装い [122] で海辺を歩いており、そして大きな平らな岩に座っている女を見たとき、たいそう美しいと思って、この女を盗もうと決めた。

As he drew near he asked her to give him some of her husband's betel-nut to chew, and when she refused he went forward to fight her husband, not knowing they were brothers. As soon as his wife awakened him Bulanawan sprang up, seized her, put her in the cuff of his sleeve, [123] and came forth ready to fight. Aguio grew very angry at this, and they fought until their weapons were broken, and the earth trembled.

近づきながら、彼は女に、その夫のビンロウの実を噛むために少しくれと頼んだ。そして女が断ると、兄弟だと知らずに、その夫と戦いに進んでいった。妻が起こすとすぐにブラナワンは跳び上がり、妻を摑んで袖の折り返しに入れ、[123] そして戦う支度をして出てきた。アギオはこれにたいそう腹を立て、そして二人は武器が壊れ地が震えるまで戦った。

Now the two brothers of the rivals felt the earth tremble although they were far away, and each feared that his brother was in trouble. One was in the mountains and he started at once for the sea; the other was in a far land, but he set out in a boat for the scene of the trouble.

さて、この競い合う二人のそれぞれの兄弟は、遠くにいたけれども地が震えるのを感じ、そしてそれぞれ自分の兄弟が困りごとにあっているのではないかと恐れた。一人は山にいて、すぐに海へ向かった。もう一人は遠い地にいたが、困りごとの場へ向けて舟で出かけた。

They arrived at the same time at the place of battle, and they immediately joined in it. Then the trembling of the earth increased so much that Langgona, the father of Aguio and Bulanawan, sought out the spot and tried to make peace. But he only seemed to make matters worse, and they all began fighting him. So great did the disturbance become that the earth was in danger of falling to pieces.

二人は戦いの場所へ同じときに着き、そしてすぐにそれに加わった。それから地の震えはあまりに強くなったので、アギオとブラナワンの父ランゴナがその場所を探し出して、和を結ばせようとした。けれども事をいっそう悪くしただけのようで、そしてみなが彼と戦い始めた。この騒ぎはあまりに大きくなって、地は砕け落ちる危うさにあった。

Then it was that the father of Langgona came and settled the trouble, and when all were at peace again they discovered that Aguio and Bulanawan were brothers and the grandsons of the peacemaker.

そのときランゴナの父が来て困りごとを収めた。そしてみながまた和んだとき、アギオとブラナワンは兄弟であり、この和を結んだ者の孫であることが分かった。