シェイクスピア・ソネット鑑賞短歌92: Tanka for Sonnet 92
92
その不実 知れたらわれは 死するのみ
きみの偽(いつわ)り われ知らずかも
Thou canst not vex me with inconstant mind,
Since that my life on thy revolt doth lie.
Happy to have thy love, happy to die!
Thou mayst be false, and yet I know it not.
But do thy worst to steal thyself away,
For term of life thou art assured mine;
And life no longer than thy love will stay,
For it depends upon that love of thine.
Then need I not to fear the worst of wrongs,
When in the least of them my life hath end.
I see a better state to me belongs
Than that which on thy humour doth depend:
Thou canst not vex me with inconstant mind,
Since that my life on thy revolt doth lie.
O, what a happy title do I find,
Happy to have thy love, happy to die!
But what’s so blessed-fair that fears no blot?
Thou mayst be false, and yet I know it not.
キーワード訳注
But do thy worst to steal thyself away,
For term of life thou art assured mine;
And life no longer than thy love will stay,
For it depends upon that love of thine (= yours; なんじのもの).
Then need I not to fear the worst of wrongs,
When in the least of them my life hath end.
I see a better state to me belongs
Than that which on thy humour doth depend:
Thou canst ([古語] canの主語が2人称単数thouの時の現在形; = you can) not vex (いらだたせる, じらす) me with inconstant mind,
Since that my life on thy revolt (反乱) doth lie.
O, what a happy title do I find,
Happy to have thy love, happy to die!
But what’s so blessed-fair (blessed 神聖な, 清められた) that fears no blot (汚れ,しみ, 汚点)?
Thou mayst be false, and yet I know it not.
