Chaplinesque再び(第3連）

第3連を読む。今日は1万文字を1693文字超えたので、語釈は相当削りました。ウエブスターをご覧下さい。

〔第3連〕
We will sidestep, and to the final smirk
Dally the doom of that inevitable thumb
That slowly chafes its puckered index toward us,
Facing the dull squint with what innocence
And what surprise!

〔表の訳〕
僕達は、正面から当たらずに、身をかわそうとし（あるいは、身をかわして、サイドステップを踏み）、いよいよとなったら作り笑いの最後の奥の手は、僕達がどうしても逃げようのない、あの権力者、そいつが古臭て黴のはえたような（愛情も無くなってしまったように）カサカサに乾いて皺のよった（法律書の）見出し、社会の絶対分類指標（”お前達が幾らどうなっても、こいつは変わらないのさ”といわんばかりに）、その皺を何度も何度も、僕達に向けて、ゆっくりと（嫌みたっぷりに）、これ見よがしに延ばして見せるあの権力者の制定した法令という奴（”ほら、ここには、そう書いてあるだろう！”）、こいつを、性的な比喩も交えて言葉遊びで洒落のめし、解釈に時間を掛けさせて、軽くいなして取り引きすることだが、しかし、鈍感で、反応も遅くて、精神的な斜視に、今度は直面するのは、僕らの方だ。それも何という無知蒙昧、何ってこった、ここまで酷いのか（僕らの冗談が通じないのだ）。

〔裏の訳〕
僕達、地球と月の役割を演じる男色者は、色を金に換えて、太陽たるホストの腰の動きに合わせてサイド・ステップを踏みたいと思うが、いやそうして、しかし、僕達太陽の支配下にある若い男色者たちに、その権力者の皺のよってよれよれのペニス、最初の宇宙の名前、アルファベットの秩序に従い最初のA、次がB、そうしてCという順序で書いてあるその権力者の最初のアルファベットの文字、尻の穴のAをその親指でしごかれること、これは避けられないことさ、さてこいつは、そうしておいて今までの男色人生で使い古した自分のP、ペニスを両手で摩擦して暖かくしてゆっくりと大きくしながら僕達の尻に押し付けてくる、この避けがたい親指、僕達の尻の穴に挿入する親指の、好きでする相手ではない金のためなのだから、死刑執行のその判決文と性的な遊戯であしらいながら、しかし、ついには合わせてへつらいながらいってしまうのだ、その間抜けなしかし快楽の阿呆面をして。しかも、奴のその、このような行為を罪とも思わぬような無知蒙昧、それから何たる腰の遅い、合わせるのも下手糞な、目も悪くてずれてばかりいて男の性交も満足にできぬ、そうして何の予告もしないで突然と突いてくるような拙劣で何と下手糞な野郎だ、こいつは！


〔解釈〕
(1)Weとは、earth and moonであるわたしたち。Inevitable thumbは、権力者たるsunのホストの親指という文字通りの男色行為に必要な指の名前。
(2) doom。死刑の判決を下すのは、太陽。
(3)後は、今日はほとんどみな訳の中に解釈を入れました。Indexもこのような意味です。
(4)Facing the dull squintとは、文字通りに、男色者の顔にペニスをあてがい口に入れさせようとしても、それすらできぬほどに、何と言うこの男色も知らぬ無知なる男よという意味も掛けてある。
(5)また、what surpriseは、こうして下手糞な相手と金を色に換えて男色をしていて、sur-、すなわちtoo ample pocketsの金を貰ってはいるのだが、こんなひどい性交なのでは、素晴らしいといって驚くどころの話ではない、やはり僕の欲しいのは男色仲間からのpraise、賞賛なのだ、お金儲け、お金目当ての行為ではないのだという意味を掛けている。

〔語釈〕
(1) doom
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English dOm; akin to Old High German tuom condition, state, Old English dOn to do
1 : a law or ordinance especially in Anglo-Saxon England
2 a : JUDGMENT, DECISION; especially : a judicial condemnation or sentence b (1) : JUDGMENT 3a (2) : JUDGMENT DAY 1
3 a : DESTINY; especially : unhappy destiny b : DEATH, RUIN
synonym see FATE

(2) smirk
Function: intransitive verb
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English smearcian to smile; akin to Old English smerian to laugh
: to smile in an affected or smug manner : SIMPER
- smirk noun

(2.1) simper
(2.2) smug
(2.3) coy
(3) dally
Pronunciation: 'da-lE
Function: intransitive verb
Etymology: Middle English dalyen, from Anglo-French dalier
1 a : to act playfully; especially : to play amorously b : to deal lightly : TOY (accused him of dallying with a serious problem)
2 a : to waste time b : LINGER, DAWDLE
synonym see TRIFLE, DELAY

(3.1) amorously

(4) thumb
Main Entry: 1thumb
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English thoume, thoumbe, from Old English thuma; akin to Old High German thumo thumb, Latin tumEre to swell
1 : the short thick digit of the human hand that is analogous in position to the big toe and differs from the other fingers in having only two phalanges, allowing greater freedom of movement, and being opposable to each of them; also : a corresponding digit in lower animals
2 : the part of a glove or mitten that covers the thumb
3 : a convex molding : OVOLO
- all thumbs : extremely awkward or clumsy
- under one's thumb or under the thumb : under control : in a state of subservience (her father did not have her that much under his thumb -- Hamilton Basso)

(5) inevitable
Function: adjective
Etymology: Middle English, from Latin inevitabilis, from in- + evitabilis evitable
: incapable of being avoided or evaded

(6) chafe
Main Entry: 1chafe
Function: verb
Etymology: Middle English chaufen to warm, from Middle French chaufer, from (assumed) Vulgar Latin calfare, alteration of Latin calefacere, from calEre to be warm + facere to make -- more at LEE, DO
transitive senses
1 : IRRITATE, VEX
2 : to warm by rubbing especially with the hands
3 a : to rub so as to wear away : ABRADE (the boat chafed its sides against the dock) b : to make sore by or as if by rubbing
intransitive senses
1 : to feel irritation or discontent : FRET (chafes at his restrictive desk job)
2 : to rub and thereby cause wear or irritation
(6.1) sore
Main Entry: 1sore
Pronunciation: 'sOr, 'sor
Function: adjective
Etymology: Middle English sor, from Old English sAr; akin to Old High German sEr sore and probably to Old Irish saeth distress
1 a : causing pain or distress b : painfully sensitive : TENDER (sore muscles) c : hurt or inflamed so as to be or seem painful (sore runny eyes) (a dog limping on a sore leg)
2 : attended by difficulties, hardship, or exertion

(7) pucker
Function: verb
Etymology: probably irregular from 1poke
intransitive senses : to become wrinkled or constricted
transitive senses : to contract into folds or wrinkles

(8) index
Pronunciation: 'in-"deks
Function: noun
Etymology: Latin indic-, index, from indicare to indicate
1 a : a device (as the pointer on a scale or the gnomon of a sundial) that serves to indicate a value or quantity b : something (as a physical feature or a mode of expression) that leads one to a particular fact or conclusion : INDICATION
2 : a list (as of bibliographical information or citations to a body of literature) arranged usually in alphabetical order of some specified datum (as author, subject, or keyword): as a : a list of items (as topics or names) treated in a printed work that gives for each item the page number where it may be found b : THUMB INDEX c : a bibliographical analysis of groups of publications that is usually published periodically
3 : a list of restricted or prohibited material; specifically capitalized : a list of books the reading of which is prohibited or restricted for Roman Catholics by the church authorities
4 plural usually indices : a number or symbol or expression (as an exponent) associated with another to indicate a mathematical operation to be performed or to indicate use or position in an arrangement
5 : a character (fist) used to direct attention to a note or paragraph -- called also fist
6 a : a number (as a ratio) derived from a series of observations and used as an indicator or measure; specifically : INDEX NUMBER b : the ratio of one dimension of a thing (as an anatomical structure) to another dimension

(9) dull
Main Entry: 1dull
Function: adjective
Etymology: Middle English dul; akin to Old English dol foolish, Old Irish dall blind
1 : mentally slow : STUPID
2 a : slow in perception or sensibility : INSENSIBLE b : lacking zest or vivacity : LISTLESS
3 : slow in action : SLUGGISH
4 a : lacking in force, intensity, or sharpness b : not resonant or ringing (a dull booming sound)
5 : lacking sharpness of edge or point
6 : lacking brilliance or luster
7 of a color : low in saturation and low in lightness
8 : CLOUDY
9 : TEDIOUS, UNINTERESTING
synonyms DULL, BLUNT, OBTUSE mean not sharp, keen, or acute. DULL suggests a lack or loss of keenness, zest, or pungency (a dull pain) (a dull mind). BLUNT suggests an inherent lack of sharpness or quickness of feeling or perception (a person of blunt sensibility). OBTUSE implies such bluntness as makes one insensitive in perception or imagination (too obtuse to take the hint). synonym see in addition STUPID

(10) squint
Main Entry: 1squint
Pronunciation: 'skwint
Function: adjective
Etymology: Middle English asquint
1 of an eye : looking or tending to look obliquely or askance (as with envy or disdain)
2 of the eyes : not having the visual axes parallel : CROSSED

(10.1) oblique
(11) innocence
Function: noun
1 a : freedom from guilt or sin through being unacquainted with evil : BLAMELESSNESS b : CHASTITY c : freedom from legal guilt of a particular crime or offense d (1) : freedom from guile or cunning : SIMPLICITY (2) : lack of worldly experience or sophistication e : lack of knowledge : IGNORANCE (written in entire innocence of the Italian language -- E. R. Bentley)
2 : one that is innocent
3 : BLUET

(12) surprise
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French, from feminine of surpris, past participle of surprendre to take over, surprise, from sur- + prendre to take -- more at PRIZE
1 a : an attack made without warning b : a taking unawares
2 : something that surprises
3 : the state of being surprised : ASTONISHMENT