第6書板 女神イシュタル、フンババ討伐の後に勇者に恋せしこと

(Gilgamish is removing the stains of combat).

（ギルガメッシュ、戦いの汚れを除く）

(Now)[1] is[2] he washing his stains, (and) is cleansing his garments in tatters,

（今）[1]彼はその汚れを洗い[2]、（また）破れたる衣を清めつつあり、

Braiding(?) (the locks of) his hair (to descend loose) over his shoulders,

（その髪の房を）編みて（？）（肩に垂らさんとて）その肩に垂らし、

Laying aside his garments besmirchen, (and) donning his clean ones,

汚れし衣を脱ぎ捨て、（そして）清き衣を纏いたり、

Putting on armlets(?), and girding his body about with a baldric,

腕輪（？）を着け、帯にてその身を巻きたり、

5. Gilgamish bindeth his fillet, and girdeth himself with a baldric.

5. ギルガメッシュはその冠帯を結び、帯にて身を纏いたり。

(Ishtar sees him and seeks to wed him).

（イシュタル、彼を見て妻とせんと欲す）

(Now) Lady Ishtar espieth the beauty of Gilgamish: (saith she),

（今）女神イシュタル、ギルガメッシュの美しさを見初めたり、（彼女言う）、

"Gilgamish, come, be a bridegroom, to me of the fruit (of thy body)

「ギルガメッシュよ、来たれ、我が花婿となれ、我に汝の身の実を

Grant me largesse: (for) my husband shalt be and I'll be thy consort.

賜え、（そは）我が夫となるべければなり、我は汝の妻とならん。

10. O, but I'll furnish a chariot for thee, (all) azure and golden,

10. おお、我は汝のために車を用意せん、（すべて）紺碧と黄金にて、

Golden its wheel, and its yoke precious stones[3], each day to be harness'd

黄金のその輪、その軛は貴き宝石[3]にて、日ごとに繋がるべし

Unto great mules: (O), enter our house with the fragrance of cedar.

大いなる騾馬に、（おお）香柏の香りと共に我らが家へと入れ。

15. (So) when thou enterest into our house shall threshold and dais

15. （かくて）汝我らが家に入る時、戸口と高座は

Kiss thy feet, (and) beneath thee do homage kings, princes, and rulers,

汝の足に口づけせん、（そして）汝の下に王侯貴族はひれ伏し、

Bringing thee yield of the mountains and plains as a tribute: thy she-goats

山々と野の実りを貢物として汝にもたらさん、汝の牝山羊は

Bring forth in plenty, thy ewes shall bear twins, thy asses[4] attaining

豊かに産み、汝の牝羊は双子を生み、汝の驢馬[4]は

(Each) to the size of a mule, (and) thy steeds in thy chariot winning

（おのおの）騾馬の大きさにまで至り、（そして）汝の車を牽く馬は

20. Fame for their gallop: thy mules in the yoke shall ne'er have a rival."

20. その駆けりの誉れを得ん、汝の騾馬は軛にて並ぶ者なからん」

Gilgamish open'd his mouth in reply, Lady Ishtar to answer:

ギルガメッシュはその口を開きて答え、女神イシュタルに向かいて言えり、

"Aye, but what must I give thee, (if(?)) I should take thee in marriage?

「されど、我いかなるものを汝に与うべきか、もし（？）我汝を娶らば？

25. I must provide thee with oil for (thy) body, and clothing: (aye, also)

25. 我は汝の身のために油を、また衣を備うべし、（さればなり、また）

Give thee (thy) bread and (thy) victual: (sooth), must be sustenance ample

汝にパンを、また食物を与うべし、（げに）豊かなる糧なるべし

Meet for divinity—I, (too), must give thee (thy) drink fit for royalty.

神性にふさわしきものを――我も（また）汝に王者にふさわしき酒を与うべし。

I shall be bound, …… let us amass(?), …… clothe with a garment.

我は縛らるべし、……我ら積み集めん（？）、……衣にて纏わん。

30. What, then, will be my advantage, supposing I take thee in marriage?

30. さらば我いかなる益を得んや、もし我汝を娶らば？

Thou'rt but a ruin which giveth no shelter(?) to man from the weather,

汝はただ風雨より人を守らぬ廃墟なり、

Thou'rt but a back door not giving resistance to blast or to windstorm,

汝はただ嵐にも風にも抗わぬ裏口なり、

35. Thou'rt but a palace which dasheth the heroes within it to pieces,

35. 汝はただ内なる勇士どもを打ち砕く宮殿なり、

Thou'rt but a pitfall (which letteth) its covering give way (all treach'rous),

汝はただ（覆いの）落ち込みて（すべて危うき）落とし穴なり、

Thou art but pitch which defileth the man who doth carry it with him,

汝はただこれを運ぶ者を（汚す）瀝青なり、

Thou'rt but a bottle which leaketh on him who doth carry it with him,

汝はただこれを運ぶ者の上に漏るる瓶なり、

Thou art but limestone which letteth stone ramparts fall crumbling in ruin,

汝はただ石垣を崩れ落とさしむる石灰石なり、

40. Thou'rt but chalcedony[1b] failing to guard(?) in an enemy's country,

40. 汝はただ敵国にて守りを果たさぬ（？）玉髄[1b]なり、

Thou'rt but a sandal which causeth its owner to trip (by the wayside).

汝はただその持ち主を（道すがら）躓かしむる履物なり、

Who was ever thy husband thou faithfully lovedst for all time?

いつの世にか汝の夫にて、汝が終生真実に愛したる者ありしか？

Who hath been ever thy lord who hath gain'd over thee the advantage?

いつの世にか汝の上に益を得たる主人ありしか？

Come, and I will unfold thee the endless tale of thy husbands.

来たれ、我汝に汝の夫たちの尽きせぬ物語を語らん。

45. (Sooth), thou shalt vouch(?) for the truth(?) of (this) list—Thy maidenhood's consort,

45. （げに）汝はこの目録の真実を（？）証すべし――汝の乙女の日の

Tammuz, each year dost make him the cause of Wailing[2b], (then cometh

伴侶、タンムズよ、汝は年ごとに彼を嘆きの因[2b]となし、（さて次に来たるは

Next) bird Roller[3b] gay-feather'd thou lovedst, and (yet) thou didst smite him

美しき羽もつ）ローラー鳥[3b]なり、汝これを愛したれど、（されど）汝これを打ち

50. Breaking his wing: in the grove doth he stand, crying kappi, my wing!

50. その翼を折りたり、林の中に彼は立ち、我が翼よと叫べり、

Lovedst thou also a Lion, in (all) the full strength of (his) vigour,

汝はまた獅子を愛したり、その（全き）力の盛んなる時に、

(Yet) thou didst dig for him seven and seven (deep) pits (to entrap him).

（されど）汝は彼のために七つまた七つの（深き）落とし穴を掘れり。

Lovedst thou also a Stallion, magnificent he in the battle,

汝はまた駿馬を愛したり、戦いにて雄々しかりし彼を、

55. Thou wert the cause of a bridle, a spur, and a whip to him: (also)

55. 汝は彼に轡を、鞭を、鞭杖を与うる因となれり、（また）

Thou wert the cause of his fifty miles galloping; thou wert the cause, too,

汝は彼の五十里を駆くる因となれり、汝はまた因となれり、

(Eke), of exhaustion and sweating(?); (thereafter), 'twas thou who didst (also);

（さらに）疲労と（？）汗との、（その後）げに汝こそは（また）

Unto his mother Silili give cause for (her deep) lamentation.

その母シリリに（深き）嘆きの因を与えたる者なり。

Lovedst thou also a Shepherd, a neatherd, for thee without ceasing

汝はまた牧者を愛したり、絶えず汝のために

60. Each day to sacrifice yeanlings for thee would heap thee his charcoal,

60. 日ごとに小羊を屠り、汝のために炭を積みたる牧夫を、

(Yet) thou didst smite him, transforming him into a jackal: his herd boy

（されど）汝は彼を打ち、彼を山犬へと変えたり、その牧童は

Yea, his own herd boy drove him away, and his dogs tore his buttocks.

げに、その牧童すら彼を追い払い、その犬どもは彼の尻を噛みたり。

Lovedst thou, too, Ishullanu, the gardener he of thy sire,

汝はまた愛したり、イシュラヌを、汝の父の園丁を、

Bringing delights(?) to thee ceaseless, while daily he garnish'd thy platter;

絶えず汝に喜びをもたらし、日々汝の皿を飾りたる者を、

65. 'Twas for thee only to cast thine eyes on him, and with him be smitten[4b].

65. ただ汝のみ彼に目を向け、彼と睦みたりき[4b]。

'O Ishullanu of mine, come, let me taste of thy vigour,

「我がイシュラヌよ、来たれ、我に汝の力を味わわしめよ、

Put forth thy hand, too, ……[5b]'

汝の手をも差し伸べよ、……[5b]」

70. But he, Ishullanu[1c],

70. されど彼、イシュラヌ[1c]は、

Said to thee, 'What dost thou ask me? Save only my mother hath baked(it),

汝に言えり、『我に何を求むるか？我が母の焼きたるもの以外に

Nought have I eaten—(and) what I should eat would be bread of transgression,

我は食らわず――（そして）我が食らうべきものはあらば咎の糧、

75. (Aye) and iniquity! (Further), the reeds are a cloak against winter.'

75. （さればまた）不義なるべし！（さらに）葦こそは冬に対う覆いなれ』

Thou this his answer didst hear, didst smite him and make him a spider(?)[2c],

汝はこの答えを聞くや、彼を打ちて蜘蛛（？）[2c]と為したり、

Making him lodge midway up a dwelling(?)[3c]—not to move upwards

彼を住処（？）[3c]の中程に住まわせ――上へは昇らしめず

Lest there be drainage[4c]; nor down, lest a crushing o'erwhelm him.

排水[4c]あればなり、また下へも――崩れの彼を圧さんことを恐れて。

So, too, me in my turn thou wouldst love and (then) reckon(?) me like them."

然れば、我もまた汝に愛せられ、（さて）彼らの如く（？）数えられんとするか」

80. Heard this (then) Ishtar[5c]: she burst into rage and went up to Heaven,

80. これを聞けるイシュタル[5c]は、怒りに燃えて天へと昇りたり、

Hied her (thus) Ishtar to Anu, her father, to Antu, her mother,

かくてイシュタルはその父アヌのもとへ、その母アントゥのもとへと急ぎたり、

85. Came she to tell (them): "O father, doth Gilgamish load me with insult,

85. 来たりて彼らに告げり、「おお父よ、ギルガメッシュは我を侮りて、

Gilgamish tale of my sins, my sins and iniquities telleth."

ギルガメッシュは我が罪の、我が罪と我が咎の物語を語れり」

Anu made answer, (thus) speaking, and said unto Ishtar the Lady:

アヌは答えて（かく）語り、女神イシュタルに言いたり、

"Nay, thou didst ask him to grant thee largesse of the fruit of his body,

「否、汝こそ彼に、汝の身の実の賜物を求めたるなり、

(Hence) he[6c] the tale of thy sins, thy sins and iniquities telleth."

（さればなり）彼[6c]は汝の罪の、汝の罪と汝の咎の物語を語るなり」

(The Creation of the Divine Bull which is to destroy the heroes).

（英雄どもを滅ぼすべき神の牡牛の創造）

Ishtar made answer (thus) speaking, and said unto Anu, her father:

イシュタルは答えて（かく）語り、その父アヌに言いたり、

"Father, O make (me) a Heavenly Bull, which shall Gilgamish vanquish,

「父よ、おお（我がために）天の牡牛を造り給え、ギルガメッシュを打ち破らしめん、

95. Filling its body with flame ……

95. その身を炎にて満たし……

But if thou'lt not make this Bull, then ……

されど汝もしこの牡牛を造らずば、さらば……

I'll smite ……, I'll put ……, ……

我は打たん……、我は置かん……、……

100. More than the …… will be the ……[7c]

100. ……よりも多く……となるべし[7c]」

Anu made answer, (thus) speaking, and said unto Ishtar, the Lady:

アヌは答えて（かく）語り、女神イシュタルに言いたり、

"If I the Heavenly Bull shall create, for which thou dost ask me,

「もし我、天の牡牛を創らば、汝の求むるところの、

(Then) seven years of (leer) husks must needs follow after his onslaught(?).

（さらば）七年の（貧しき）殻糠は、その猛襲の後（？）に続かざるべからず。

105. Wilt thou for man gather corn(?), and increase for the cattle the fodder(?)."

105. 汝は人のために穀物（？）を集め、家畜（？）のために飼葉を増やすや」

Ishtar made answer, (thus) speaking and said unto Anu, her father:

イシュタルは答えて（かく）語り、その父アヌに言いたり、

"Corn for mankind have I hoarded, have grown for the cattle the fodder,

「人のための穀物を我は蓄え、家畜のために飼葉を育てたり、

110. If seven years of (leer) husks must needs follow after his onslaught(?)

110. もし七年の（貧しき）殻糠が、その猛襲の後（？）に続かざるべからずとも、

I will for man gather corn and increase for the cattle the fodder."

我は人のために穀物を集め、家畜のために飼葉を増やさん」

(Perhaps a small gap.)

（おそらくは小さき欠落あり。）

(About seven lines are so badly mutilated that little can be gleaned from them except that the fight with the Heavenly Bull is about to take place in Erech. After these a hundred men descend upon the Bull, but with his (fiery) breath he annihilates them. Then come two hundred with the same result, and then three hundred more, again to be overcome).

（約七行は甚だしく毀損せるゆえ、そこより多くを窺い知ること能わねど、ただ天の牡牛との戦いがウルクにて行われんとすることのみ知らる。この後、百人の者ども牡牛に立ち向かえど、その（燃ゆる）息にて彼らは滅ぼされたり。次いで同じ結果に終わる二百人来たり、さらに三百人来たれど、またも打ち負かされたり。）

130. Enkidu girded(?) his middle; (and straightway) Enkidu, leaping,

130. エンキドゥはその腰を（？）帯びたり、（かくて直ちに）エンキドゥは跳びかかり、

Seized on the Heavenly Bull by his horns, and (headlong) before him

天の牡牛をその角にて捕らえ、（まっしぐらに）その前に

Cast down the Heavenly Bull his full length, ……

天の牡牛をその全長に打ち倒せり、……

(Aye), by the thick of his tail.

（さればなり）、その尾の太きところを取りて。

(Gap of thirteen mutilated lines.)

（十三行毀損せる欠落あり。）

147. Chased him did Enkidu, …… the Heavenly Bull ……

147. エンキドゥはこれを追いたり、……天の牡牛……

Seized him and by the thick of his tail. ……

彼はこれを捕らえ、その尾の太きところを取りて。……

(Gap of about fourteen mutilated lines in which the Bull is slain.)

（牡牛の屠らるる十四行ほどの毀損せる欠落あり。）

153. (So), what time they the Bull of the Heavens had kill'd, its heart they removed,

153. （さて）彼らが天の牡牛を屠りたる時、その心臓を取り出し、

155. Unto the Sun-god they offer'd in sacrifice; when the libation

155. 太陽神に捧げ物として献げたり、（かくて）献酒を

Unto the Sun they had voided, they sate them down, the two brothers.

太陽神に注ぎ終うるや、彼らは座に着けり、その二人の兄弟は。

(The Frenzy of Ishtar).

（イシュタルの狂乱）

(Then) mounted Ishtar (the crest of) the ramparts of Erech, the high-wall'd,

（さて）イシュタルはウルクの、高き城壁の胸壁（の頂き）に登り、

(So) to the roof-top ascended, (and there) gave voice to her wailing;

（かくて）屋上へと昇り、（そこにて）その嘆きの声をあげたり、

160. "Woe unto Gilgamish—he who by killing the Bull of the Heavens,

160. 「災いあれギルガメッシュに――天の牡牛を殺せしその者は、

Made me lament." When Enkidu heard this, the shrieking of Ishtar,

我を嘆かしめたり」エンキドゥこれを聞くや、イシュタルのこの叫びを聞くや、

Wrenching the member from out of the Bull, he toss'd (it) before her;

牡牛より（その一物を）引きちぎり、これを彼女の前に投げつけたり、

165. "If I could only have reach'd thee, i'faith, I'd ha' served thee the same way,

165. 「もし我汝に届き得たならば、げに我は汝にも同じ仕打ちをなしたるべし、

I'd ha' let dangle his guts on thy flanks (as a girdle about thee)."

我は彼の腸を汝の脇腹に（帯の如く）垂らさしめたるべし」

Ishtar assembled the girl-devotees, the hetaerae and harlots,

イシュタルは遊女どもを、遊女と娼婦とを集め、

Over the member (torn out) from the Bull she led the lamenting.

牡牛より（引き裂かれし）その一物の上にて、嘆きを導かしめたり。

(The Triumph of Gilgamish).

（ギルガメッシュの凱旋）

Gilgamish call'd to the masters of craft, the artists, (yea), all of them,

ギルガメッシュは技の匠ら、芸人らを、（げに）皆を呼び集めたり、

That at the size of its horns (all) the guilds of the crafts speak their praises

その角の大きさに（すべての）技の組合が己が誉れを語らんがために

Each had of azure in weight thirty minas to be as their setting,

おのおの三十ミナの重さの紺碧を、その台とせり、

Two fingers their ……

その厚さ二指ばかり……

175. Both of them held six measures of oil; to his god Lugal-banda

175. 二つながら六升の油を容れたり、その神ルガルバンダに

He for (his) unguent devoting, brought in, and (thus) let them hang (there),

彼はこれを塗油として捧げ、持ち来たりて、（かくて）これを掛けしめたり、

(There) in the shrine of his forbears.

（そこに）その祖先の宮居にて。

(And now) in the River Euphrates

（さて今は）ユーフラテス川にて

Washing their hands, they start (on their progress) and come (to the city);

手を洗い、彼らは（その道を）進み、（都へと）来たれり、

180. (Now) are they striding the highway of Erech, the heroes of Erech

180. （今）彼らはウルクの大路を歩み行き、ウルクの勇士らは

Thronging (about them) to see them. (Then) Gilgamish utter'd a riddle

群がりて彼らを見んとせり。（さて）ギルガメッシュは謎かけを発したり

Unto the notables(?):

貴人ら（？）に向かいて、

"Who, pr'ythee, is most splendid of heroes,

「請う、勇士のうち誰か最も光輝あるや、

Who, pr'ythee, is most famous of giants?

請う、巨人のうち誰か最も名高きや？

185. Gilgamish—he is most splendid of heroes,

185. ギルガメッシュこそ、勇士のうち最も光輝ある者なり、

Enkidu—he is most famous of giants."

エンキドゥこそ、巨人のうち最も名高き者なり」

(Three mutilated lines follow.)

（毀損せる三行これに続く。）

190. So in his palace did Gilgamish hold high revel: (thereafter),

190. かくてその宮にてギルガメッシュは盛大なる宴を張れり、（その後）

(While all) the heroes asleep, on their nightly couches were lying

（すべての）勇士ら眠りにつき、夜ごとの寝床に横たわれる間に

Enkidu, too, was asleep, and a vision beheld, and (so) coming

エンキドゥもまた眠りにつき、一つの夢を見たり、（かくて）来たりて

Enkidu (now) his dream to reveal: (thus) spake he unto his comrade.

エンキドゥ（今）その夢を明かさんとて、（かく）その友に語りたり。