工作与时日（2020）

It was Mother’s Day,
母亲节的花送到了
so Yoshiko’s family
sent them from Tokyo.
是佳子一家从东京寄来的
I was happy.
我很高兴
We decided to eat out.
我们决定出去吃饭
So we ate at Sakura Diner.
We walked back home slowly.
所以我们在樱花餐厅吃了饭
慢慢走回家
Junji-san’s legs were not great,
so it was already 3pm when we got home.
淳二腿脚不太好
我们到家时已经是下午三点了
Later in the afternoon, Tokyo Story
was playing on TV, so I watched it.
下午晚些时候
电视上放着《东京物语》，我看了
As I watched the film,
看电影的时候
it made me feel that
it’s sad to get old in any period of time.
我忽然觉得，在任何时代
变老都是一件悲伤的事
At the end of the day, it’s one’s
own feelings that remain and matter.
在一天临近结束时
这是一个人的情感最丰富敏感的时候
But the heart becomes timid. And it
can’t be helped that bodies get worn out.
但是心变得胆怯
身体变得疲惫也是没办法的事
I brought you a cup of tea, dear.
亲爱的，我给你端了一杯茶
How are you doing?
Still not well, are you?
你感觉如何
还是不太好，是吗？
You should eat something.
I brought you tea.
你应该吃点东西
我给你带了茶
– Would you like some?
– Thank you.
-你想喝点吗？
-谢谢
It’s better if you could
eat something.
如果你能吃点东西
就更好了
– Is there anything you’d like to eat?
– I don’t need anything now.
-你想吃点什么吗？
-我现在什么都不需要
– Have a good rest, please.
– Okay.
-那好好休息吧
-好的
第二部分 完
卷三
五月来了
是人对柳也看厌
的时节
云津水国，1734
It hasn’t rained at all.
根本没下雨啊
Have you fished
since you were a kid?
你小时候钓过鱼吗
Hm?
啊？
Have you fished
since you were a kid?
你小时候钓过鱼吗？
Well, you know, there was
nothing else to do here.
这个嘛
这里没有别的事可做
Either going into the mountains
or down to the river.
要么去山上
要么去河边
As you can see.
如你所见
That’s all we had. Or baseball.
只有这些娱乐了，或者打棒球
Around here…today…
今天，沿着那条路走
down that way.
I had grilled ayu.
我在附近烤了香鱼
Huh?
嗯？
At the restaurant called
something like Yutori.
在河边的一家
叫「余地」的餐厅
Near the river.
Yurari?
余波？
Ah, it might be Yurari. Yurari!
啊，可能是余波，余波！
– Yurari, isn’t it? On the river.
– Yeah.
-余波，不是吗？河上那家
-对
– I see. So you went there. Yesterday?
– All of us went there today.
-明白了，昨天去的？
-今天去的，我们所有人都去了
– Oh, for lunch?
– Yes.
-去吃午餐？
-对
I see.
了解
So I thought you could
catch ayu around here.
我以为你可以在这附近钓到香鱼
Yeah, well, there was a lot of
quite good fishing.
是的，这儿有很多钓香鱼的好位置
Is there?
有？
It’s a nationally
famous ayu place.
这里是全国闻名的香鱼产地
This river is also well-known.
这条河也很有名
This is called
the Kanbayashi River.
它叫做上林川
For ayu?
因为香鱼？
Yes, that’s right.
It was nationally famous.
是的，没错
全国闻名
Though there’s no ayu anymore.
Because of the environment now.
虽然因为环境污染
已经没有香鱼了
– Ah.
– We used to catch ayu a lot.
-啊
-我们过去经常抓香鱼的
Are there any if I go upstream?
如果我向上游走，会有吗？
It’s…how do I say?
Destruction of the ecosystem.
我该怎么说呢
破坏生态系统
Ayu eats algae, you know.
香鱼是吃海藻的，你知道吧
Which sticks to rocks.
Ayu eats that.
粘在石头上那个
香鱼吃那个
So if the algae doesn’t live…
所以如果海藻不能生存
No matter how many ayu
you release into the river,
不管你多少放多少香鱼鱼苗
到河里
there’s no food for them,
you know?
它们也没有食物吃
晓得不？
They went to the upper stream
because there was still good stuff to eat.
他们去了上游
因为那儿还有能吃的东西
But now there are none.
但现在没有了
– None?
– Are there?
-没啦？
-有吗？
– Hm.
– There aren’t, are there?
-嗯
-没有了吧？
– No.
– None.
-没了
-一条也没了
Therefore…
因此
Well, even in this village
there was this man
以前村子里有一个人
who caught a lot of ayu
and sold them to nice restaurants.
抓了很多香鱼
把它们卖♥♥给好一点的餐馆
He says he doesn’t do that anymore.
他也说再也不干了
There’s no point in trying.
没有必要去尝试
It’s a delicate thing like that.
这是一件很微妙的事情
Living creatures.
生物
The ones in the supermarket said
they were caught in Tokushima Prefecture.
后来超♥市♥收银员说
他们在德岛州被捕了
Yep.
是的
Is it those you use?
那些是你用的吗？
Well…those fishing rods
there are for beginners.
嗯…那些鱼竿
是给初学者准备的
For aji, we catch it
with a sabiki hook like this.
对于鲹鱼
我们用这样的Sabiki鱼钩抓他们
Small aji. Like this.
像这样的，小鲹鱼
– And also kisu.
– I see.
-还有鱚鱼
-了解
To catch kisu, you’d cast a line
with a long leader.
要抓住鱚鱼，你得下一条
有很长的引线的线
And also…
而且…
I think trout must be coming.
鳟鱼也一定会来
That’s about it.
就是这样的
Well, if you want to go,
I will take you.
如果你想去的话
我带你去
– Sure.
– But let’s check the weather first.
-当然好
-但是得先看看天气
…don’t you miss work?
…你不想念工作吗？
Well, I wanted to retire at sixty-five,
so not at all. I’m fine.
我想在65岁退休
所以一点也不，我很好
No problem.
没问题
But it’s a pity. It’s been already a year
since my junior took over my post, but…
但是也有遗憾
我的小儿子接手我的职位已经一年了，但…
– Yeah?
– ..what I thought back then,