最初へ

荒天(Rough Weather)

Ⅰ 大陸荒涼

Bleak Continent

出発Departure

送る歌産院の高き窓よりも

A song to see me off

from the high windows

of the maternity hospital

どしやぶりの祖国の雨に濡れてゆく

Walking in the motherland,

getting wet in a downpour

なつかしき雨の市電を停めてゆく

Oh! My dear!

A trolley stopping and going

in the rain

今日よりは遺族となれる者よ濡れ

Today

Those who may be the survivors!

They are wet with the rain

父の顔歓送群の中に濡れ

I can see my father’s face

getting wet in the rain

amongst all the people

saying goodbye

爪を切る玄海は真夜の月と風

Cutting my nails,

the moon and the wind over the Sea of Xuan Hai

in the midnight

いのちゆれ兵団ゆれる玄きうねり

Swaying the souls and bodies of soldiers

on the ship

the black heaving seas

古はがき読みをれば揚子江の雷

Reading an old postcard,

the lightning over the Changjiang River

河港都市暮靄の烏天に浮き

Port Town in the early evening

crows floating in the haze of the heavens

上陸 Landing

背嚢おもくひとりづつおりる

Landed from the ship

one by one

with a heavy knapsack on the back

弾痕街熱風に兵を叱る声

Hearing the voice scolding the soldiers

in a hot wind

in the town with bullet marks

大陸の蝙蝠よ青き兵隊に

The bats of Asia

blue

for the soldiers

夜盲兵鼻梁を月に向け眠る

In the darkness

the soldiers sleep

with bridges of their noses facing the moon

大陸荒涼 Ⅰ Bleak Continent 1

長短の兵の痩身秋風裡

Skinny soldiers

taller and shorter

in the autumn wind

弾を磨く秋風の頭にひびく夜や

Polishing bullets at night

get on my nerves

autumn winds

あき風に地の凹凸を感じねる

Autumn wind

lying on the earth

feeling its unevenness

風の中困憊の赤き河流れ

In the wind

flowing a red river

tired out

痛みに堪へて雲の翳見てゐる

Enduring my pain

looking at the shadows in the clouds

江寒く蛋民の朝餉見て下る

It’s a cold day

As we sail down the river

looking at those who have breakfast on the water

水の上後送ひと日寒く昏れぬ

A cold day

on the water

I’m leaving the front

It’s getting dark

創痕に祖国遥けし風塵期

My scar !

So far away from home

the season of the wind and dust

想ひ疲れ湖よりの風に真向へり

Exhausted from thinking

facing the wind from the lake

暖かき赭土殺戮の日の杳くなる

Warm and red earth

darkening

A day of carnage

風呂欲れば午後の青天雁渡る

Want to take a bath;

geese crossing

a blue sky in the afternoon

昼の灯にうつうつ海を恋ひゐたり

The light in the daytime;

thinking gloomily of my dear sea

雲を愛し日日を虚しく爪のびたり

Loving clouds

day by day

my nails grow in vain

鉄帽をかむれぬ頭青く刈れり

My newly shaven-head

my iron helmet cannot be put on

弾幕をくぐりし旗を垂らし病む

Being injured

the barraged flags being hung

松葉杖歩む樹間に落暉とどめ

Walking with crutches

stopping the sunset between the trees

ながきたそがれ水禽のおろかなる声に

The dusk is long

the stupid cries of the water birds

深夜覚む松葉杖ゆく巨き(おと)

Woke up in the midnight

vibrating the sound of the crutches

ねむれねば黄土の果の海恋しき

Cannot go to sleep

lonely for the sea

at the ultimate limits of the yellow earth

楽さかん歩哨交替兵行けり

The music vigorously being played

it’s time to relieve

a sentry has gone off duty

千人針巻き前線復帰の言短し

A soldier who binds a cloth called “ senninbari”

up his body

rejoins the front with a few words

ひさの長江濁りなつかしく溯る

Ascending the Changjiang River

a good old muddy river;

I haven’t seen it for a long time

追撃兵向日葵の影を越えたふれ

A chasing soldier

dropped down

after getting over the sunflower’s shadow

負傷者のしづかなる眼に夏の河

Calm eyes of a man who is injured

reflects a summer river

雲灼けて動かず砲兵砲を曳く

Sunset clouds never move

an artillerist

pulling a cannon

暑き青空流弾の音と鳶澄みゐる

Hot and blue skies

clear

the sound of shooting bullets and kites

棉の原文学もなし死に隣る

Death next to me

without thinking of literature

in a cotton field

掌の棉や逃亡の顔をつひに見ず

Cotton on my palm

never have I seen again

the face of a man

who had escaped from the front

流弾がぷすりと棉の花月夜

A shooting bullet

gets in a trunk of cotton flowers

a moonlit night

兵燹(へいせん)や太古のごとき夕まぐれ

Fire in the battlefield

An evening

like an ancient evening

乾麺包よわが狙撃手の名も古りぬ

Hardtacks!

The name of my dear sniper

has become old

月の視野けぶり編隊頭を還る

The sight of the moonlight

hazing

a formation came back

passing me

大陸荒涼 2 Bleak Continent 2

壕を掘る秋夜の風に背を吹かれ

Trenching;

the wind of autumn night

blowing on my back

壕を掘る深夜の白き雲流れ

Trenching;

white clouds floating

in the midnight

かなしければ壕は深く深く掘る

So sad;

trenching deeper and deeper

流弾と母の手紙はかかはりなし

My mother’s letter

has nothing to do

with a shooting bullet

渡河地点暁風に独立工兵の旗

The point where we are about to cross the river

dawn wind is blowing

the flags of the pioneers

秋の虹幾日洗はぬ顔ならべ

Autumn rainbow

these days

the faces line up which haven’t been washed

昼のこほろぎ塹壕に死者還る

Crickets in the daytime

take back the dead

to the trenches

ちちろ鳴く背をよせ合うてねるばかり

Crickets chirping

the only thing to do is

to sleep with our backs to each other

ねて見るは逃亡ありし天の川

Lying and looking at the Galaxy

someone escaped from here

江の風血便の闇を深くする

The wind from the river

deepens the darkness

where a bloody nature is eased

吸殻がちらばり占領地区の風

The wind litters

cigarette butts

in the occupied area

夕日のなか時には認識票磨く

Evening sunlight

sometimes

I polish my number plate

月紅し枯死の大樹に鳴く鴉

The moon is red

a crow is croaking

on a big dead tree

大陸荒涼 3 Bleak Continent 3

瞑れば弾子散らばる地の起伏

Closing my eyes

feeling the rolling of the earth

where bullets scattered

密偵が消えてゆく雲の地平線

An emissary disappearing

into the cloudy horizon

秋の河鯰は雲の影にゐる

On autumn river

a catfish is in the shadow of a cloud

秋深みひとりふたりと逃亡す

Late autumn

soldiers escaped

one by one

秋の軍隊 Autumn Troops

暁の鶏鳴とどく秋の軍隊

At an autumn sunrise

the rooster’s cries reach the troops

砲兵に(ほおひげ)のび雨降りつづく

The whiskers of an artillerist

is growing

It has been raining

蟋蟀の地に斃れては(くちひげ)のびる

As often as I fall down on the ground

where crickets are chirping

my mustache is growing

雨の中軍医撃たれて地にころがる

In the rain

an army surgeon was shot,

his body rolling around the earth

秋の風歩兵の私闘見てあれば

Autumn wind

looking at a foot soldiers’ grudge fight

天の川喧嘩別れて死に訣れ

The Galaxy

quarreled and broke with him

and I’ve never seen him

because of his death

哨兵と傷兵が醒め野分の夜

Both a sentry and an injured soldier

are awake

at the night of a typhoon

霧寒したそがれて友を焼きに行く

Cold fog in the dusk

going to burn my friend’s dead body

友を焼く夕霧寒き丘の襞

Burning my friend’s dead body

there’s a cold evening fog

over the uneven hill

疲れたり深夜を覚めて驢馬身ぢか 

Tired out

awake in the midnight

a donkey is close to me

新戦場寒き鉛筆を尖らする

A cold and new battlefield

sharpening a pencil

泥濘をゆき泥濘に立ち啖ふ

Marching in the mud

standing in the mud

eating

夜の雪逃亡の喇叭渡りゆく

Snow in the evening

a bugle sounds

to announce someone’s escape

まどろめば第五戦区の雪つむ音

Slumbering

the sound of snow falling

on the 5th battlefield

孤独 Loneliness

愛遠し雪のたそがれを渇きゆく

Far away my love

going

in the snowy dusk

飯盒を鳴らし喰ひゐる寒き闇

Eating rice in a dixie

almost silently

in the cold darkness

星寒し明日への飯を残しけり

Stars look cold

left some rice for tomorrow

十二月湖北の奥に手紙来る

December

received a letter

in the back of Hubei Province

ちちははに遠く年逝く風を聴けり

Far away from Mother and Father

listening to the wind

this year is passing away

雪降ると記す湖北省の奥

Write down it’s snowing

in the back of Hubei Province

皮酒(ビール)飲む冬青天の(あごひげ)ばうばう

Drinking beer

blue winter sky

my beard is growing

鋼琴(ピアノ)無綫電(ラジオ)紅衣少女の肩に江

A piano melody from a radio

I saw a river

over the shoulders of a girl in red

会ひ別る占領都市の夜の霰

Hello and good bye

we are in an occupied city

hailstones fall at night

砲艦がゆく高階の熱き珈琲

Looking at a gunboat leaving

enjoying a cup of hot coffee

on the higher floor of a building

幾曲り氷雨の街を来て坐る

Turn and turn;

at last sit down

in the cold rainy town

将軍の前一個の蜜柑喰ひ終り

Finished eating a mandarin

before a general

砲座錆び雨の風景ただ昏れゆく

The cannon has rusted up

the view is getting rainy and dark

墓標点点草枯れ鳴くと見しは鴉

Grave markers are scattered like dots

the grass has died off

crows croaking

壕枯れぬはらからはこの地続きに

The trenches have dried up

my brothers may be on this adjoining land

Ⅱ 海のない地図

A map with no seas on it

大陸への別辞 Farewell to the Continent

大陸に別るる雪の喇叭鳴り

Departing from the continent

a bugle blasting snow

寒木に苦力をたたせ遠ざかる

A coolie

under a tree in the cold day

I’m going away

汗の兵団ひねもす鱶のさをの海を

A troop of sweating soldiers

all day long

going on the blue sea

where sharks are swimming

ゆれる船団洋の夕日に呆けたち

A fleet on the rolling ocean

looking at the setting sun

in a daze

海しづか家への無沙汰思ふ日の

The ocean is calm

on this day

it’s been a long time

since I have written my family

機関がひびくがツとおけさをどなりし顔

The fleet engines are vibrating

look at the soldier’s face

who is singing a folk song

つつがなく母の写真とともにゆく

Safely going along

with my mother’s photo

帽振るは先遣隊員椰子林

Waving their caps

some soldiers go ahead

woods of palm trees

椰子を吸ふ戦闘帽も古りにけり

Sucking a palm

my battle cap has become older

前線基地 The front

うつうつと砲音に(ひる)が来てゐる

Gloomily

the daytime has come

with the sounds of shots

汗し炊く初年兵の背に見し黒子

A new soldier sweating and boiling

I saw a mark on his back

交る蜥蜴弾道天に咲き匂ふ

Lizards making love

flying bullets blooming and smelling

over my head

喉渇くをちの空爆身にひびき

I’m thirsty

aerial bombing far away from here

affects me

回想を風にさらして歯を磨く

My memory in the wind

brushing my teeth

死と倦怠の記録 1 A record of death and boredom 1

いつ死ぬか—樹海の月に渇きゐる

When shall I die?

I’m dried up in the sea of trees

looking at the moon

月明の別辞短し寝て応ふ

Moonlight

his farewell is short

I answer it, lying

哨兵の鉄帽よ雨降らぬ天

An iron helmet of a sentry!

The heavens

it never rains

狙撃兵マンゴの黄と撃たれ墜つ

A sniper was shot

and fell down

together with yellow mangos

落暉無風煮えゐしは糧の青バナナ

Sunset

it’s calm

green bananas are boiling

as food

射ち疲れキニーネなりわかち嚥む

Tired from shooting,

share and chew quinine

弾道学負傷者笑ひ捕虜笑ふ

The wounded are laughing

prisoners are laughing

studying the flying bullets

深夜砲声斥候に行くと飯喰ひゐる

In the midnight

the sound of cannons

a soldier is eating,

saying that he is going to scout

遺品あり岩波文庫「阿部一族」

A relic-

it’s a pocket book “Abe Family”

published by Iwanami

夜明けたり日課始めの砲轟く

Dawn

a cannon sounds

the routine begins

倦怠や戦場に鳴く無慮の蝿

Boredom!

A fly chirping

in the battle field

小休止眠る兵科のかなしき(さが)

A break

soldiers are sleeping

that’s the sad nature of soldiers

咽喉かれて黄昏の雲を射ち終る

Thirsty

we finished shooting

at the clouds in the twilight

たそがれ Dusk

風を聴き夕日の(きん)に染まつてゐる

Listening to the wind

the golden sunset bathes my skin

をかしいから笑ふよ風の歩兵達

Foot soldiers are laughing

because something feels funny

歯を磨く大夕焼の頸かしげ

Brushing my teeth

tilting up my neck

to a great sunset

風が出てきた戦死者の飯も炊けよ

The wind has begun blowing

let’s cook rice for the dead soldiers of war

風となり分隊が飯くつてゐる

In the wind

the squad is eating rice

死角出て大夕焼に消えにけり

A soldier came out of a dark corner

and disappeared to an evening glow

Darkness

低き逓伝負傷者来る道をあけ!

In a whisper they said

a wounded soldier is coming

make way for him

夜のジャングル負傷者退り来るに遭ひ

At night

in the jungle

I saw the wounded coming back

闇ふかければ包帯の白きかな

The deeper the darkness

the whiter the bandage

地の担架ジャングルは不発弾の闇

Stretchers on the ground

dud weapons in the darkness of the jungle

傷者去りジャングルは寥と闇の闇

The wounded have gone

lonely darkness left in the dark

悲歌 Elegy

蜿蜒と炎炎と灼け雲を置く

Marching in the heat

in a line like a snake

clouds can be seen from far away

戦車行き駄馬行き眠る歩兵達

Tanks passing

work horses passing

foot soldiers sleeping

耳汚れ炎昼の膝を抱きねる

A hot afternoon

my ears are dirty

holding my knees as I sleep

砲いんいん口あけてねる歩兵達

The rolling sound of cannons

foot soldiers

with their mouths open

腹へらぬ者になりたし戦車の蔭

I want to be one of them

who never feels hungry

in the shade of a tank

のそと起き黄塵をがぼがぼと行く

I got up slowly

marching , gurgling

in the yellow dust

夕焼へ墓標たてもう汗も出ない

Sunset

set up a grave post

I will never sweat again

荒涼たりむきむきに飯食へる顔

It's dismal

each face!

Separately

eating rise

海のない地図書き甘きものを欲る

Drawing a map with no seas on it

I want to have something sweet

ささやけば炎暑の弾が頭を越えゆく

Whispering

a bullet passing over my head

in the intense heat

空冷式チェコ機関砲葉を降らす

An air cooled Czech machine gun

makes the leaves fall

死と倦怠の記録 2 A record of death and boredom 2

個個にゐて大夕焼に染りゐる

Standing as an individual

the sunset shines red on me

われを狙ひし弾が樹幹を削る音

The sound!

A bullet aimed at me

has chipped a tree trunk

絶望のかかるときにも蜥蜴鳴く

Lizards are chirping

I’m in such a hopeless situation

ひとりづつ射角を馳ける背に残照

Running to his own position

the afterglow on the soldier’s back

in the battlefield

水あれば飲み敵あれば射ち戦死せり

Finding the water, he drank

finding an enemy, he shot

and was killed in the war

夕ぐれの見えざるものを撃ち渇く

Shooting at what cannot be seen

I feel empty in the evening

爆震の死角の蟻を掌に遊ばす

In a blind spot

I’m trembling because of the bombing

let an ant play on my palm

黒土帯右腕関節が血をたらす

On the black soil

blood running

from the joint of my right arm

射たれたりおれに見られておれの骨

I was shot!

I can see my bones

包帯やわがこと終るマンゴの下

Bandage!

I may be dying

under a mango tree

墓標かなし青鉛筆をなめて書く

Sad grave markers

I write in blue pencil

as I lick it

帰還 Return

瞑れば谷流れ血の赤きなど

Closing my eyes

the scene of a mountain stream

and red blood

英霊とゆられまぶしき鱶の海

Swaying on a ship

with the spirits of the dead killed in the war

sharks are swimming in a dazzling sea

(Translated by Akiko TAKAZAWA)

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鈴木 六林男

スズキ ムリオ
すずき むりお 俳人 1919~2004 第二次世界大戦中、比島バターン・コレヒドール要塞戦で負傷し帰還。

掲載作は、『鈴木六林男全句集』(2008年刊)所収の句集『荒天』(1949年 同人誌「雷光」発行所刊)からの抄出英訳。旧かな、新漢字で表記。自らの戦争・戦場体験を俳句に残した。

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