Legend (4)； (2/2)

Then, drop by caustic drop, a perfect cry
Shall string some constant harmony, ―
Relentless caper for all those who step
The legend of their youth into the noon.

さて、今日は第５連、この詩の最後の連です。

その前に、昨日の第４連をもう少し訳し込みます。語釈に書いたことが、詩の
訳の中に反映（それこそ、mirroring）されていませんでした。それは、bleeding eidolonのbleedingの意味を考慮した、次の表の訳です。

［表の訳］
あっちが2倍ならば、こっちも2倍だろうが、こんなことも解らんのか
（まただ、どこにもありきたりの、観光地の土産物みたいな上役が
スパスパ葉巻きを吸いながら、あるいはハバナ辺りの土産のパイプでコツコツ
机を叩きながら、お前がこういうミスをするからこうして、
その度にお金が出て行き、お前がいるだけで赤字になるのだ、早く一人前になれと、そう言うものだから、かわいそうに、
若者のこころも傷付いて、いわば血を流している）、それを、また何度も繰り返して
計算するんだ。答えが出るまで。この計算の、誰にも自明な論理が、鏡に映る姿が
現実のものと寸分違わぬと誰もが信じて疑わないのと同様に、つまり、それが現実の
経営状態を精確に映しているのだということは、そもそも囁いて声に出して言うことさえもするまでもなく、
黙っていても明らかなのだから、この昼日中の論理の解答が得られるまで、
それまで、何度もこの論理の計算を繰り返せば、それでいいのさ。


さて、今日の翻訳です。

いやあ、これは猛烈に複雑だ。まづ、もって、時間が必要です。
Webster Onlineの引用をのみ本日は、掲げます。これから、どのような意味を汲み取るか、読者諸賢は考えられたし。私の翻訳と比較をしましょう。

男色の意味に、男女の性的な営みの意味があり、更に、昼間の論理の完成の喜びもあり。それから、この連のどこかにあったが、税金の控除の計算をしているのです。
言葉を辞書でひいていて、この連か、前の連かのいづれかに潜んでいた計算の目的です。それが、まだ僕の今までの翻訳には出ていません。

それに、constant harmonyのconstantは、数学の定数という意味のあることから、matrix、つまり、twice and twiceに掛けて、昼と夜の論理、そうして、perfect cryということから、男と男、男と女の性的な営為にかけている。それ以外にも、下記の語釈の用語とじっくりにらめっこしなければなりません。まだまだ、あるのです。

しかし、なんという詩でしょうか。しかし、更にしかし、とてつもなく楽しい、詩。

〔表の訳〕
そういうわけで、そうすれば、そうやってペン先をインク壷に浸して、腐食剤、焼灼剤の入ったインクの一滴一滴で、
数字を記入する度に、やったね、完璧だ、という叫び声が上がり、それは、ある、いつも間違いの無い一定の、輝く論理に調和して、その調和に、(以下明日に続く）

〔裏の訳〕

〔註釈〕
（１）

〔語釈〕
(1) caustic
1caus・tic
Pronunciation: 'kos-tik
Function: adjective
Etymology: Latin causticus, from Greek kaustikos, from kaiein to burn
1 : capable of destroying or eating away by chemical action : CORROSIVE
2 : marked by incisive sarcasm
3 : relating to or being the surface or curve of a caustic
- caus・ti・cal・ly /-ti-k(&-)lE/ adverb
- caus・tic・i・ty /ko-'sti-s&-tE/ noun
synonyms CAUSTIC, MORDANT, ACRID, SCATHING mean stingingly incisive. CAUSTIC suggests a biting wit (caustic comments). MORDANT suggests a wit that is used with deadly effectiveness (mordant reviews of the play). ACRID implies bitterness and often malevolence (acrid invective). SCATHING implies indignant attacks delivered with fierce severity (a scathing satire).

(2) drop
Main Entry: 1drop
Pronunciation: 'drap
Function: noun
Usage: often attributive
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English dropa; akin to Old High German tropfo drop
1 a (1) : the quantity of fluid that falls in one spherical mass (2) plural : a dose of medicine measured by drops; especially : a solution for dilating the pupil of the eye b : a minute quantity or degree of something nonmaterial or intangible c : a small quantity of drink d : the smallest practical unit of liquid measure
2 : something that resembles a liquid drop: as a : a pendent ornament attached to a piece of jewelry; also : an earring with such a pendant b : a small globular cookie or candy
3 [2drop] a : the act or an instance of dropping : FALL b : a decline in quantity or quality c : a descent by parachute; also : the people or equipment dropped by parachute d : a place or central depository to which something (as mail, money, or stolen property) is brought for distribution or transmission; also : the act of depositing something at such a place (made the drop)
4 a : the distance from a higher to a lower level or through which something drops b : a fall of electric potential
5 : a slot into which something is to be dropped
6 [2drop] : something that drops, hangs, or falls: as a : a movable plate that covers the keyhole of a lock b : an unframed piece of cloth stage scenery; also : DROP CURTAIN c : a hinged platform on a gallows d : a fallen fruit
7 : the advantage of having an opponent covered with a firearm; broadly : ADVANTAGE, SUPERIORITY -- usually used in the phrase get the drop on
- at the drop of a hat : as soon as the slightest provocation is given : IMMEDIATELY
- drop in the bucket : a part so small as to be negligible

(3) perfect
Main Entry: 1per・fect
Pronunciation: 'p&r-fikt
Function: adjective
Etymology: Middle English parfit, from Old French, from Latin perfectus, from past participle of perficere to carry out, perfect, from per- thoroughly + facere to make, do -- more at DO
1 a : being entirely without fault or defect : FLAWLESS (a perfect diamond) b : satisfying all requirements : ACCURATE c : corresponding to an ideal standard or abstract concept (a perfect gentleman) d : faithfully reproducing the original; specifically : LETTER-PERFECT e : legally valid
2 : EXPERT, PROFICIENT (practice makes perfect)
3 a : PURE, TOTAL b : lacking in no essential detail : COMPLETE c obsolete : SANE d : ABSOLUTE, UNEQUIVOCAL (enjoys perfect happiness) e : of an extreme kind : UNMITIGATED (a perfect brat) (an act of perfect foolishness)
4 obsolete : MATURE
5 : of, relating to, or constituting a verb form or verbal that expresses an action or state completed at the time of speaking or at a time spoken of
6 obsolete a : CERTAIN, SURE b : CONTENTED, SATISFIED
7 of a musical interval : belonging to the consonances unison, fourth, fifth, and octave which retain their character when inverted and when raised or lowered by a half step become augmented or diminished
8 a : sexually mature and fully differentiated (a perfect insect) b : having both stamens and pistils in the same flower (a perfect flower)
- per・fect・ness /-fik(t)-n&s/ noun
synonyms PERFECT, WHOLE, ENTIRE, INTACT mean not lacking or faulty in any particular. PERFECT implies the soundness and the excellence of every part, element, or quality of a thing frequently as an unattainable or theoretical state (a perfect set of teeth). WHOLE suggests a completeness or perfection that can be sought, gained, or regained (felt like a whole person again after vacation). ENTIRE implies perfection deriving from integrity, soundness, or completeness of a thing (the entire Beethoven corpus). INTACT implies retention of perfection of a thing in its natural or original state (the boat survived the storm intact).

(4) cry
Main Entry: 1cry
Pronunciation: 'krI
Function: verb
Inflected Form(s): cried; cry・ing
Etymology: Middle English crien, from Old French crier, from Latin quiritare to make a public outcry, perhaps from Quirit-, Quiris, name for the Roman citizen
transitive senses
1 : to utter loudly : SHOUT
2 archaic : BEG, BESEECH
3 : to proclaim publicly : ADVERTISE (cry their wares)
intransitive senses
1 : to call loudly : SHOUT
2 : to shed tears often noisily : WEEP, SOB
3 : to utter a characteristic sound or call
4 : to require or suggest strongly a remedy or disposition (a hundred things which cry out for planning -- Roger Burlingame)
- cry havoc : to sound an alarm
- cry over spilled milk : to express vain regrets for what cannot be recovered or undone
- cry wolf : to give alarm unnecessarily

(5) string
(5.1) string (v)
Main Entry: 2string
Function: verb
Inflected Form(s): strung /'str&[ng]/; string・ing /'stri[ng]-i[ng]/
transitive senses
1 a : to equip with strings b : to tune the strings of
2 : to make tense : key up
3 a : to thread on or as if on a string b : to thread with objects c : to tie, hang, or fasten with string d : to put together (as words or ideas) like objects threaded on a string
4 : to hang by the neck -- used with up
5 : to remove the strings of (string beans)
6 a : to extend or stretch like a string (string wires from tree to tree) b : to set out in a line or series -- often used with out
7 : FOOL, HOAX (cowboys stringing tenderfeet with tall tales -- Carl Van Doren) -- often used with along
intransitive senses
1 : to move, progress, or lie in a string
2 : to form into strings
3 : LAG 3

(5.2) string (n)
(6) constant
(7) harmony
(8) youth
(9) noon