Pa had made a deer-lick, in an open place in the woods, with trees near by in which he could sit to watch it.
パパは森の開けた場所に鹿の塩場を作り、近くの木に登ってそれを見張れるようにしていた。
A deer-lick was a place where the deer came to get salt.
鹿の塩場とは、鹿が塩を舐めに来る場所のことである。
When they found a salty place in the ground they came there to lick it, and that was called a deer-lick.
salty
(塩気のある)
[形]
having a taste of salt
鹿は地面に塩気のある場所を見つけると、そこへ来て舐めるので、それを鹿の塩場と呼ぶ。
Pa had made one by sprinkling salt over the ground.
パパは地面に塩をまいて鹿の塩場を作った。
All day Pa was busy, banking the little house and the barn with dead leaves and straw, held down by stones, to keep out the cold.
be busy
(忙しい)
[動]
having a great deal to do
bank
(覆う)
[動]
to cover or surround with a mound
dead leaves
(枯れ葉)
[名]
leaves that have fallen from a tree and are no longer alive
stone
(石)
[名]
a hard solid nonmetallic mineral matter of which rock is made, especially as a building material
パパは一日中忙しく、寒さを防ぐために小さな家と納屋を枯れ葉や藁で覆い、石で押さえつけていた。
The weather grew colder all day, and that night there was once more a fire on the hearth and the windows were shut tight and chinked for the winter.
grow colder
(寒さが増す)
[動]
become colder
一日中寒さが増し、その夜は再び暖炉に火が入り、窓は冬に向けてきっちりと閉められた。
“The big, round moon was just rising.
just
(ちょうど)
[副]
exactly or precisely
「大きくて丸い月がちょうど昇るところだった。
I could see it between the bare branches of the trees, low in the sky.
空の低いところにある木々のむき出しの枝の間から月が見えた。
And right against it I saw a deer standing.
そしてそのすぐ向かいに鹿が立っているのが見えた。
His head was up and he was listening.
be up
(上がっている)
[動]
to be in a raised position
listen
(耳を澄ませる)
[動]
to give one's attention to a sound or action
頭を上げて耳を澄ませていた。
His great, branching horns stood out above his head.
stand out
(突き出る)
[動]
be easily noticeable
大きく枝分かれした角が頭の上に突き出ていた。
He was dark against the moon.
be dark against
(暗く見える)
[動]
to be dark in comparison with something else
月を背景に暗く見えた。
“It was a perfect shot.
perfect
(完璧な)
[形]
having all the required or desirable elements, qualities, or characteristics; as good as it is possible to be
shot
(射撃)
[名]
the firing of a gun or other weapon
「完璧な射撃だった。
But he was so beautiful, he looked so strong and free and wild, that I couldn't kill him.
free
(自由な)
[形]
not under the control or in the power of another; able to act or be done as one wishes
でも、とても美しく、とても強く、自由で、野性的に見えたので、殺すことができなかった。
I sat there and looked at him, until he bounded away into the dark woods.
私はそこに座って彼を眺め、彼が暗い森に飛び込むまで見ていた。
“After awhile a big bear came lumbering out into the open.
lumber
(ゆっくりと)
[動]
move in a slow, heavy, awkward way
open
(開けた場所)
[形]
allowing access or vision through an aperture
「しばらくすると、大きな熊がゆっくりと開けた場所に出てきた。
He was so fat from feasting on berries and roots and grubs all summer that he was nearly as large as two bears.
berries
(ベリー)
[名]
a small round fruit that grows on a bush or a tree
roots
(根)
[名]
the part of a plant that grows down into the ground
grubs
(幼虫)
[名]
the young form of an insect
彼は夏の間ずっとベリーや根や幼虫を食べ続けたため、とても太っていて、熊2頭分くらいの大きさだった。
His head swayed from side to side as he went on all fours across the clear space in the moonlight, until he came to a rotten log.
go on all fours
(四つん這いになる)
[動]
to walk on your hands and knees
clear space
(開けた場所)
[名]
an area that is free of obstacles
rotten
(腐った)
[形]
decayed or decomposed
彼は四つん這いで月明かりの下で開けた場所を横切り、腐った丸太にたどり着くまで頭を左右に揺らしていた。
He smelled it, and listened.
smell
(嗅ぐ)
[動]
to sense the odor of
彼はそれを嗅ぎ、耳を傾けた。
Then he pawed it apart and sniffed among the broken pieces, eating up the fat white grubs.
paw
(前足で引き裂く)
[動]
to touch or handle clumsily, rudely, or disrespectfully
sniff
(嗅ぎ回る)
[動]
to inhale through the nose with short, audible breaths
eat up
(食べる)
[動]
to eat all of something
grub
(幼虫)
[名]
the larva of an insect
それから彼はそれを前足で引き裂き、壊れた破片の間で嗅ぎ回り、太った白い幼虫を食べた。
“Then he stood up on his hind legs, perfectly still, looking all around him.
stand up
(立ち上がる)
[動]
rise to a standing position
perfectly still
(全く動かずに)
[副]
without moving at all
「それから彼は後ろ足で立ち上がり、全く動かずに、周りを見回した。
He seemed to be suspicious that something was wrong.
be suspicious
(疑いを抱く)
[動]
to have or show a feeling of doubt or distrust
彼は何かがおかしいことに疑いを抱いているようだった。
He was trying to see or smell what it was.
try
(しようとする)
[動]
to make an effort to do something
彼はそれが何であるかを見たり嗅いだりしようとしていた。
“He was a perfect mark to shoot at, but I was so much interested in watching him, and the woods were so peaceful in the moonlight, that I forgot all about my gun.
shoot at
(撃つ)
[動]
to aim and discharge a weapon at
mark
(標的)
[名]
an object that is aimed at
peaceful
(穏やか)
[形]
free from disturbance or agitation
「彼は撃つのに完璧な標的だったが、私は彼を見ることにとても興味があり、森は月明かりの下でとても穏やかだったので、私は銃のことをすっかり忘れていた。
I did not even think of shooting him, until he was waddling away into the woods.
彼が森の中へよろよろと歩き去るまで、私は彼を撃つことさえ考えなかった。
“After a long while, a doe and her yearling fawn came stepping daintily out of the shadows.
after a long while
(長い時間が経った後)
[名]
after a long time
yearling
(1歳の子鹿)
[名]
an animal that is one year old
step
(歩く)
[動]
move at a regular and fairly slow pace by lifting and setting down each foot in turn, never having both feet off the ground at once
daintily
(優雅に)
[副]
in a way that is very careful or delicate
「長い時間が経った後、雌鹿とその子鹿が影から優雅に歩いてきた。
They were not afraid at all.
彼らは全く恐れていなかった。
They walked over to the place where I had sprinkled the salt, and they both licked up a little of it.
walk over
(歩いてくる)
[動]
come to a place by walking
lick up
(なめる)
[動]
move the tongue over something
彼らは私が塩を振りかけた場所まで歩いてきて、二人ともそれを少しなめた。
When Laura and Mary had said their prayers and were tucked snugly under the trundle bed's covers, Pa was sitting in the firelight with the fiddle.
tuck
(寝かす)
[動]
to put or place snugly or securely
ローラとメアリーが祈りを捧げて、引き出し式ベッドの掛け布団の下にきちんと寝かされた時、パパはバイオリンを持って暖炉の明かりの下で座っていた。
Ma had blown out the lamp because she did not need its light.
ママはランプの明かりが必要なかったので、ランプを吹き消していた。
On the other side of the hearth she was swaying gently in her rocking chair and her knitting needles flashed in and out above the sock she was knitting.
on the other side of
(の反対側で)
[前]
in a position on the opposite side of something
knitting needle
(編み針)
[名]
a long thin stick with a point at one or both ends, used in knitting
in and out
(出たり入ったり)
[副]
into and out of a place or thing
sock
(靴下)
[名]
a garment for the foot and lower part of the leg
暖炉の反対側で、彼女はロッキングチェアで優しく揺れ、編み針は編んでいる靴下の上をちらちらと出たり入ったりしていた。
Then Pa began to play again the song about Old Grimes.
song
(歌)
[名]
a short poem or other set of words set to music or meant to be sung
Old Grimes
(オールド・グライムス)
[名]
a character in a poem by Albert Gorton Greene
それからパパはまたオールド・グライムスの歌を弾き始めた。
But he did not sing the words he had sung when Ma was making cheese.
word
(歌詞)
[名]
a unit of language that native speakers can identify
しかし、ママがチーズを作っている時に歌った歌詞は歌わなかった。
These words were different.
歌詞は違っていた。
Pa's strong, sweet voice was softly singing:
パパの強く甘い声が優しく歌っていた。
“Shall auld acquaintance be forgot,
「古い知己を忘れようか
And never brought to mind?
bring to mind
(思い出す)
[動]
cause someone to remember something
そして思い出さないようにしようか?
Shall auld acquaintance be forgot,
auld
(古い)
[形]
of long duration; having existed for a long time
acquaintance
(知己)
[名]
a person one knows slightly
古い知己を忘れようか
And the days of auld lang syne?
auld lang syne
(昔の友情)
[名]
a Scottish song traditionally sung at midnight on New Year's Eve
そして昔の友情の日々を?
And the days of auld lang syne, my friend,
friend
(友)
[名]
a person whom one knows and with whom one has a bond of mutual affection
そして昔の友情の日々を、友よ
And the days of auld lang syne,
そして昔の友情の日々を
Shall auld acquaintance be forgot,
古い知己を忘れようか
And the days of auld lang syne?”
そして昔の友情の日々を?」
But Laura lay awake a little while, listening to Pa's fiddle softly playing and to the lonely sound of the wind in the Big Woods.
lie awake
(起きていて)
[動]
be awake but lying in bed
softly
(優しい)
[副]
in a gentle manner
しかしローラはしばらく起きていて、パパのバイオリンの優しい音色と大森林の寂しい風の音を聴いていた。
She looked at Pa sitting on the bench by the hearth, the firelight gleaming on his brown hair and beard and glistening on the honey-brown fiddle.
gleam
(輝く)
[動]
shine brightly
beard
(髭)
[名]
the hair that grows on a man's face
glistening
(きらめく)
[動]
shine brightly
honey-brown
(蜂蜜色)
[形]
of a color produced by mixing red, yellow, and black
彼女はパパが暖炉のそばのベンチに座っているのを見た。火の光が彼の茶色の髪と髭に輝き、蜂蜜色のバイオリンにきらめいていた。
She looked at Ma, gently rocking and knitting.
rock
(揺れる)
[動]
move or cause to move slowly and gently to and fro or from side to side
彼女はママを見た。優しく揺れながら編み物をしていた。