カピンジャラ鳥（吉兆の鳥讃歌）Kapinjala

TELLING his race aloud with cries repeated, he sends his voice out as his boat a steersman. O Bird, be ominous of happy fortune from no side may calamity befall thee.

繰り返す鳴き声で自らの種族を声高く告げ、舵取りが舟を進めるように、彼は声を送り出す。鳥よ、幸福な運命の前兆となれ。いずれの方角からも、災厄が汝を襲わぬように。

Let not the falcon kill thee, nor the eagle let not the arrow-bearing archer reach thee. Still crying in the region of the Fathers, speak here auspicious, bearing joyful tidings.

隼にも鷲にも汝を殺させるな。矢を携える射手を汝へ届かせるな。祖霊たちの領域で絶えず鳴きながら、喜ばしい知らせを携え、ここで吉祥を語れ。

Bringing good tidings, Bird of happy omen, call thou out loudly southward of our dwellings, So that no thief, no sinner may oppress us. Loud may we speak, with heroes, in assembly.

善き知らせをもたらす幸運の前兆の鳥よ、われらの住まいの南で声高く鳴け。盗人も罪人も、われらを圧迫できぬように。英雄たちとともに、集会でわれらが声高く語れますように。

HERE on the right sing forth chanters of hymns of praise, even the winged birds that in due season speak. He, like: a Sama-chanter utters both the notes, skilled in the mode of Trstup and of Gayatri.

ここ右手で讃歌の歌い手たち、すなわち定めの時に語る翼ある鳥たちが歌い出す。彼はサーマ歌唱者のように二つの音を発し、トリシュトゥブとガーヤトリーの韻律に熟達している。

Thou like the chanter-priest chantest the Sama, Bird; thou singest at libations like a Brahman's son. Even as a vigorous horse when he comes near the mare, announce to us good fortune, Bird, on every side, proclaim in all directions happy luck, O Bird.

鳥よ、汝は歌唱祭官のようにサーマを唱え、ブラフマンの息子のように供酒の場で歌う。力に満ちた馬が牝馬へ近づく時のように、鳥よ、あらゆる側でわれらに幸運を告げ、すべての方角へ幸福な運を宣べよ。

When singing here, O Bird. announce good luck to us, and when thou sittest still think on us with kind thoughts.

鳥よ、ここで歌うとき、われらに幸運を告げよ。そして静かに座すとき、慈しみ深い思いをもってわれらを心に留めよ。