「詩とか、３題」（ベータ版）

第3話 夢野久作の瓶詰地獄の１頁目を英訳しました．

『瓶詰地獄（冒頭の役場の文書）』

英訳：茜町春彦

原作：夢野久作

Translation into English

"The Bottled Hell (the official correspondence at the beginning)"

Translated by: Akanemachi Haruhiko

Original author: Yumeno Kyusaku

日英翻訳

冒頭の役場の文書

拝呈

時下益々御清栄、奉慶賀候．陳者、予てより御通達の、潮流研究用と覚しき、赤封蝋附きの麦酒瓶、拾得次第届告仕る様、島民一般に申渡置候処、此程、本島南岸に、別小包の如き、樹脂封蝋附きの麦酒瓶が三個漂着致し居るを発見、届出申候．

右は何れも約半里、乃至、一里余を隔てたる個所に、或は砂に埋もれ、又は岩の隙間に固く挟まれ居りたるものにて、よほど以前に漂着致したるものらしく、中身も、御高示の如き、官製葉書とは相見えず、雑記帳の破片様のものらしく候為め、御下命の如き漂着の時日等の記入は不可能と被為存候．

然れ共、尚何かの御参考と存じ、三個とも封瓶のまま、村費にて御送附申上候間、何卒御落手相願度、此段得貴意候

敬具

　　　月　　日

　　ｘｘ島村役場　（印）　

　　海洋研究所　御中

the official correspondence at the beginning

From: XX Island Village Office

To: Marine Research Institute

Date:

Gentlemen:

With regard to your previous notice, we would advise as follows:

We have already requested that the inhabitants of this island should report to this office imeadiately if they find the beer bottles sealed with red wax which are apparently for the use of the study of tidal currents.

Recently, it was found and reported that three beer bottles sealed with wax had washed ashore at the south side of this island. These bottles were buried in sand or stuck fast in a gap between rocks.

They each were apart in a distance of appoximately 2 kilometers or 4 kilometers.

It seemed that the bottles had washed ashore long before. And, their contents appear to be the torn sheets of notebook and not to be the official post cards as noticed. Accordingly, please note that it is imposible to make the entry of dates of the washing-ashore, etc, as required.

For your information and reference, however, we are sending you the package of the three sealed bottles separately at the expense of our village office. We hope you will accept them and those will satisfy you.

Very truly yours,

SIGNATURE

（瓶詰地獄、了）

――　奥付　――

「詩とか、３題」

著者：茜町春彦

参考文献：

萩原朔太郎詩集：2014年1月15日79刷発行　三好達治選　岩波文庫

夢野久作全集8：1992年1月22日第1刷発行　夢野久作著　ちくま文庫

ふしぎの国のアリス：2010年3月25日第30刷発行　講談社英語文庫

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