雨にも負けず/ Ame nimo makezu

雨にも負けず/ Ame nimo makezu

宮沢賢治 / Miyazawa Kenji

雨にも負けず

風にも負けず

雪にも夏の暑さにも負けぬ

丈夫なからだをもち

慾はなく

決して怒らず

いつも静かに笑っている

一日に玄米四合と

味噌と少しの野菜を食べ

あらゆることを

自分を勘定に入れずに

よく見聞きし分かり

そして忘れず

野原の松の林の陰の

小さな萱ぶきの小屋にいて

東に病気の子供あれば

行って看病してやり

西に疲れた母あれば

行ってその稲の束を負い

南に死にそうな人あれば

行ってこわがらなくてもいいといい

北に喧嘩や訴訟があれば

つまらないからやめろといい

日照りの時は涙を流し

寒さの夏はおろおろ歩き

みんなにでくのぼーと呼ばれ

褒められもせず

苦にもされず

そういうものに

わたしは なりたい

not losing to the rain
not losing to the wind
not losing to the snow nor to summer's heat
with a strong body
unfettered by desire
never losing temper
always quietly smiling
every day four bowls of brown rice
miso and some vegetables to eat
in everything
count yourself last and put others before you
watching and listening, and understanding
and never forgetting
in the shade of the woods of the pines of the fields
being in a little thatched hut
if there is a sick child to the east
going and nursing over them
if there is a tired mother to the west
going and shouldering her sheaf of rice
if there is someone near death to the south
going and saying there's no need to be afraid
if there is a quarrel or a lawsuit to the north
telling them to leave off with such waste
when there's drought, shedding tears of sympathy
when the summer's cold, wandering upset
called a nobody by everyone
without being praised
without being blamed
such a person
I want to become