The Ballad of Narayama Page #3

Bastard

Bastard

Stinky guy! serve you right! You have been passed over.

so do you

Your wife has been killed, you can no longer have a woman

better than you, no wife

you laugh at me, Harumatsu

you look down on me, bastard

well, I can't bear anymore, wretch!

wretch! Harumatsu

it is said Aen have abandoned you...

I don't care about those things

how can I lose sense because that?

let you become a bridegroom

is that Aen meet me?

idiot! not she

listen! only one night!

no later

really? when?

won't be long

but you must start with a clean slate

don't play the field and bait Harumatsu

like a fox

only one night

just like what I said last night

bear only one night!

what should we do if he killed Harumatsu?

Then we would be hard up this winter

What will happen if he plays the field

You ought to know!

I beg of you! Only one night for him!

He is so stinky, and has no money to give others

and no potatoes

It's whom stolen the potatos slinkingly

though reluctant, can't you bear?

you are so boring! I see

because you abandoned Risuke

he has no mood to work any more.

Can't you bear only one night? even though he is stinky...

I'm very sorry, but not him...

I would die!

But it was your late husband's last words

Maybe he said it was all right to skip Risuke

I went to the grave this morning

to beg not to have to couple with that stinky guy

Suddenly a butterfly as big as this arrived

though it's autumn now.

A butterfly?

Yes! fluttering there happily

It seemed very happy

So I come back reassured

My nose is not so sensitive, I can't smell him

so I don't mind this

Are you saying ok?

Though I'm not unwilling

I haven't been used for a long time ....

Don't worry, it's his first time ....

I will go tomorrow

Tonight we could invite all the people of the mountain

and it's not too early now

Go and call everyone together, quick

Mum

Hurry up

Otherwise they will have gone out to work

I saw Ribei

Where?

Just now at the grassland of the mountain

I go to call every one

you... Ribei

It's the soul

Now your soul could not be forgiven

So you linger there

I want to go to the summit

I won't call you, idiot

I went to hunt for a bear with father when I was only 15

and killed him here when I came back

I said to father after considering

"It's better to carry grandma to the mountain"

And he said "What do you know?" and got angry suddenly

We began to fight. I killed him with my gun then laid his bones there

Tatsuhei

I liked Ribei, but he made me ashamed.

It was not you who killed him, but God

Don't tell the others, understand?

Tama, you'd better put out the fire

Kesakichi, when finished there

bring the cloudy wine here

Shake it well

Tatsuhei, though it's early, go and wash

Arlue, that's ok

Tama, come here

Grandma, wonderful!

If you watch carefully during the day, you can see the trout playing

close it stealthily in the night

you have a try

Tatsuhei told you to lend your body to Risuke, is that true?

Don't do that, reject him

Spread your hands

Caught

Yes, just like this

Now I have taught you all the things

Don't tell anyone else about this place

You can only come here by yourself

Though it's hard to go to the mountain, toilsome

The wine is good, Suzu is so crackerjack

You must obey the rules of the mountain

Pass the winter-tree, climb over a second mountain, there will be a pool

Walk around the pool three times, then walk over the ladder

Make your way over a mountain there will be a ravine

Cross the ravine, then proceed two miles and a half

On your way there are seven bends, that is Seven-Valley

When you pass through Seven-Valley you will arrive at the saddle back...

From there is the road to the God

There's a road to the God, but sometimes it is hard to see...

The higher you climb, the better. God is waiting for you there

You mustn't look back while you go back from the mountain

There's no need to go up to the mountain if you are unwilling

You can also return from the saddleback.

Also don't let others know this

I'll tell you what you ought to know

Here

It can be used if necessary

What do you want to do?

Tatsuhei

Ba!

Tie him up

Do not want to go to the summit

It would not be long

We would meet at the summit

For the sake of God, for son, you'd better go now

Don't worry about home

Dad! let's go home!

It's a rabbit's tooth! it's a amulet

Do you want to go back?

Mum! are you tired?

I don't want to, how about Mum?

Our ancestors have gone to the summit for hundreds of years as we do now.

There will have been thousands of persons like you

Kesakichi will carry me

And another 25 years later Kesakichi must go too.

We have no means but this to survive.

Is the God waiting for you at the summit?

If it's really there

It ought to snow the way it says in the ballad.

Dad

Dad! go to the summit!

Snow

Snow, it's starting to snow.

Mum! it is starting to snow

Mum! it's so cold!

Mum! you're very lucky, as it is snowing while you go to the summit

Mum! it is really starting to snow

It's so cold!

It is just starting to snow

Wonderful, are you hungry?

What's the matter

Grandma is so lucky

Just like in the ballad.

What a savory aroma!

Let's all eat at home starting from tonight.

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