天声人语（日英汉对照版） 2011/01/01 きゅうくつな幸せ

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VOX POPULI: Recalling the 'happiness of feeling cramped'

2011年1月1日（土）付


天気図の曲線が美しく描かれるとき、この国にきびしい寒波が来る。明けて元旦、大雪の新年をお迎えの方も多いことだろう。鉛色の空の下、帰省の道中に難渋された人は、古里の味わいもひとしおだろうと拝察する▼

When cold fronts trace graceful curves on the weather map, our country is in the grip of a severe cold wave. Some people must have spent New Year's Day in their hometowns, blanketed with snow. Arriving home safely to celebrate the holidays with their loved ones must have felt especially sweet for those who had to put up with major traffic snarls and other travel inconveniences under the leaden sky.

天气图描绘出美丽的曲线之时，凛冽的寒流来到这个国度。元旦伊始，在大雪中迎来新年的人也很多吧。我想，灰蒙蒙的天空下，返乡途中受阻的人更能体会到故乡的滋味吧。


雪屋根の下の団欒（だんらん）を思う。福島県で続く児童詩誌『青い窓』に小学５年の女の子の詩が載っていた。〈あたたかいこたつ／家の家族は五人／「五角のこたつならいいなあ」／と、おねえさん／一番あとからはいる／かあちゃんは／私と同じ所／私はやっぱり／四角でもいい〉▼

The thought made me imagine a cozy family scene in a house with its roof covered with snow.
Aoi Mado (Blue window), a children's poetry magazine published in Fukushima Prefecture, ran this piece by a fifth-grade elementary school girl: "The kotatsu (a low heated table covered with a quilt) is warm/ There are five in my family/ My big sister says, 'Wish we had a five-sided kotatsu.'/ My mum is always the last to come to the kotatsu/ She and I squeeze together/ I'm happy with our four-sided kotatsu."

眼前浮现出白雪覆盖的屋子里一家团圆的景象。福岛县生生不息的儿童诗刊《蓝窗》上登载了小学五年级女孩的诗：“温暖的被炉/我家共五人/‘被炉要是五边形该多好啊’/－－姐姐说/最后进来的/妈妈/和我坐在一处/我觉得/四边形的就挺好。”


母さんと肩を寄せ、並んで座る幸せと安心がほのぼのと伝わる。ずいぶん前に書かれたそうだ。詩誌を主宰していた故佐藤浩さんはこの詩に触発されて、自らもこんな一行の詩をつくった。〈きゅうくつな幸せを忘れていました〉▼

The endearing poem brings out the young girl's simple pleasure and contentment from sitting shoulder-to-shoulder with her mother, and it warms my heart.
According to Hiroshi Sato, the late publisher of this magazine, the poem was written many years ago, and it inspired him to pen this one-line piece: "I'd forgotten about the happiness of feeling cramped."

和母亲并肩坐着的幸福和安心依稀可见。据说是很久以前写的。主办诗刊的已故佐藤浩先生被这首诗触动，自己也作了这样一行诗：“憋囚的幸福，忘之久矣。”


その「窮屈」を脱ぎ捨ててきたひずみが、この社会を苛（さいな）んでいようか。家族ならぬ「孤族」という小紙連載が、いたたまれぬ人間砂漠を報じている。「孤」をのさばらせず、人肌の体温を世に取り戻す意思を、互いに持ち合いたいものだ▼

Our society seems to be suffering the unhappy consequences of refusing to feel "cramped." A series that recently ran in the vernacular Asahi Shimbun looked at fragmented families whose members have lost all sense of familial ties, living out hopelessly barren relations of virtual strangers.
I can only pray that people will stop allowing themselves to become isolated "islands" and reawaken to the comfort and warmth of being physically close to one another.

逐渐摆脱了这种“憋囚”的不良后果，似乎正在折磨着这个社会。本报连载《孤族》（而非家族）报道着难以栖身的人间沙漠。但愿大家能分享一个心愿：莫让“孤”肆虐，要让温暖体贴重返人间。


人間通だった心理学者の故河合隼雄さんによれば、自立とは独りで生きることではない。まして孤立ではない。自立している人とは、適切な依存ができて、そのことをよく自覚している人なのだという▼

The late psychologist Hayao Kawai (1928-2007), whose uncanny insight into human nature never ceased to impress me, held that being independent doesn't mean living all alone, and that independence is definitely not the same as isolation.
On the contrary, he argued, an independent person is capable of depending on someone when necessary, and knows perfectly well this is how it should be.

深谙世故的心理学家已故河合隼雄先生说，自立不是独存，更不是孤立。自立的人，是指有适度的依赖、并清醒地意识到这一点的人。


「こたつ」の詩に例えるなら、５人用に五角形のこたつを設（しつら）えて、互いが見えぬよう仕切りまで立ててきた近年ではなかったか。便利と快適は幸せと同義ではあるまい。「きゅうくつな幸せ」を、新春の空に思ってみる。

To use the kotatsu analogy, I believe our society in recent years not only got a five-sided kotatsu for every family of five, but also set up partitions on the five corners so everyone could maintain their own space.
Convenience and personal comfort do not always translate into happiness. With the new year just beginning, perhaps we all need to think about the "happiness of feeling cramped."

以《被炉》那首诗为喻，近年来不是逐渐为五个人设置了五边形的被炉，甚至竖起隔断，使得彼此不能相见吗？方便和舒适并不等同于幸福。仰望新春的天空，追忆一下那“憋囚的幸福”。



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