ＷＥＢ絵本『怪夢（街路）』

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The big city, Tokyo, in the dead of night ...

大東京の深夜・・・

I exhausted after a spree in a nightclub.
And, I was walking heavily toward my home alone with my head drooped.

クラブで遊び疲れたあげく、タッタ一人で首垂れて、トボトボと歩きながら自宅の方へ帰りかけた・・・

I suddenly looked up, because every sides reflected light suddenly.

・・・私はフト顔を上げた．そこいら中がパアット明るくなったので・・・

... At the moment ...
A car passes by like a blast of wind.
Its loud horn surprised me.
But, I had no time only for jumping away.

・・・そのとたん・・・
飛び上がるようなサイレンの音に、ハッと驚いて飛び退く間もなく、一台の自動車が疾風のように私を追い抜いた．

... A cloud of dust blew up ... The smell of gasoline drifted ...
The license plate of 4444 and its red lamp were getting smaller and smaller rapidly ...

・・・続いて起こる砂ほこり・・・ガソリンの臭い・・・
４４４４の番号と、赤いランプが見る見るうちに小さく小さく・・・

... Let me see ... I wonder if the passenger of that car is a doll ...
Her profile was too beautiful.
I couldn't see her clothes. But she had attractive hair in a bun and the powdered face. She was calmly under green light ...
Gazing at the front straightly, she went away together with the driver.
She was smiling a faint smile with her wide-open eyes like black quartz.

・・・ハテナ・・・あの自動車の主は人形じゃなかったかしら・・・
あんまり綺麗すぎる横顔であった．
着物はよくわからなかったが、水の滴るような束髪に結って、真白に白粉をつけて、緑色の光の下にチンと澄まして・・・
黒水晶のような眼をパッチリと開いて、こころ持ち微笑みを含みながら、運転手と一緒に、一直線の真正面を見詰めて行った．

She was leaning back and looked to be prim. Indeed, she seemed to be a doll ...
While I thought such a thing, another car came from behind me again.
I immediately turned around.

あの反り身になった澄まし加減がイカニモ人形らしかった・・・
と思う中に又一台あとから自動車が来た．
私はすぐに振り返ってみた．

The passenger of this car was a gentleman wearing a Panama hat.
He was red-faced and majestically fat like a type of rich ...
He was laying his hands on his knees tidily and was leaning back slightly.
He was straightly and smilingly gazing at the front.
And he passed by together with the driver.
The license number was 11111 ...
... It's a doll! Doll! This gentleman is surely a doll ... Something ... Strange ...

その自動車の主はパナマ帽を冠った紳士であった．
赤ら顔の堂々と肥った、富豪の典型のような・・・
それが両手をチャンと膝に於いて、心持ち反り身になったまま、運転手と一緒に、一直線の真正面をニコニコと凝視しながら、私の前をスーッと通り過ぎた．
自動車の番号は１１１１１・・・
・・・人形だ人形だ．今の紳士は確かに人形だった・・・ハテナ・・・オカシイゾ・・・

... Thinking such a thing, I stiffened like a stone.
Then, another car came and I stared at the inside of the car.

・・・と考えているうちに私は又、石のように固くなったまま向うから来かかった自動車の内部を凝視した．

... This time, the passenger was a monk wearing a clerical robe of brocade.
He was a doll with a straight nose like a young elegant prince ...
He smoothly went away with his hands together and with his eyes slightly downcast.

・・・今度は金襴の法衣を着た坊さんであった．
若い、品のいい宮様のように鼻筋のとおった人形・・・
それが心持ち眼を伏せて、両手を拝み合わせたままスーッとすべって行った．