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古井戸の記憶

The Memory of the Old Well

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夏なつの終わりおわりに、私はわたしは二十年ぶりにじゅうねんぶりに実家じっかへ戻ったもどったAt the end of summer, I returned to my family home for the first time in twenty years.

庭にわの奥おくにある古井戸ふるいどは相変わらずあいかわらずそこにあった。The old well at the back of the garden was still there.

子供こどもの頃ころ、この井戸いどの暗いくらい底そこから祖母そぼの声こえが聞こえるきこえると信じてしんじて、怖くてこわくて近づけなかったちかづけなかった。As a child, I believed I could hear my grandmother's voice from the dark bottom of this well and was too scared to approach it.

今いま、私はわたしは勇気ゆうきを出してだして蓋ふたを開けたあけた。Now, I mustered up the courage and opened the lid. すると、井戸いどの内側うちがわに丁寧にていねいに刻まれたきざまれた文字もじが目めに飛び込んできたとびこんできた。There, carefully carved on the inner wall, letters jumped into view. 「ここはお前おまえの心こころの井戸いどだ。怖いこわいものを覗きのぞき続けつづけなさい」“This is the well of your heart. Keep peering at the things that scare you.” 祖母そぼの字じだった。It was my grandmother’s handwriting.

井戸いどはただの石いしの穴あなではなく、私わたしにとってにとっては今もいまも生きていきている祖母そぼの声こえを運ぶはこぶ、特別とくべつな場所ばしょだった。The well was not merely a hole in stone; for me, it remained a special place that still carried my grandmother’s living voice.

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