やさしい英語会話 (338) Shakespeare’s “The Twelfth Night”

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片思いの相手に報われない思いを打ち明けるとき、人はどのような言葉を使うのでしょうか。今日の会話には、シェイクスピアの喜劇『十二夜』に登場するセリフをはじめ、格調高い愛の表現が満載です。少し背伸びをして、こうした気の利いた表現で愛を語ると効果的かも…!?
　
*** It's a Good Expression ***
（今回の重要表現）
Mister Haughty
「高慢ちきさん」
Haughtyは「高慢な、お高くとまっている」
obligation
義務
over and over again
何度も何度も
mind your own business
君には関係のないことだ
good-looking
イケメンな
noble aura
高貴なオーラ
remain aloof from other people
他の人とは違って超然としている
attract
引き寄せる
stranger
知らない人
“A young woman in love always looks like Patience on a monument, smiling at grief.”
恋する若い女というものはいつでも、忍耐の像ででもあるかのように、悲しみに微笑みかけているものだ。
正しくは『十二夜』２幕４場で主人公ヴァイオラ（Viola）が語る次のセリフ。
And with a green and yellow melancholy
She sat like patience on a monument,
Smiling at grief. Was not this love indeed?”
（蒼ざめた憂鬱を胸に、彼女は忍耐の像ででもあるかのように、悲しみに微笑みかけながら座っていました。これこそが恋というものではないかしら。）
repel
追い払う
be enslaved by your charm
あなたの魅力の虜（とりこ）になる
I’m a patient of the unrequited love.
私は報われない恋の患者ね。
test one’s patience
〜の忍耐を試す
petty play of profanity
ちっぽけな冒涜の茶番劇
Journeys end in lovers meeting
恋人同士が出会えば旅は終わる
（『十二夜』２幕３場）
fulfill
満たす、達成する
cross-dressing up
異性装
*** Script ***
Shakespeare’s “The Twelfth Night”
(At the bakery)
W: Well, it’s my 10th time coming to this bakery, and still you won’t tell me what your name is? Hey, could I ask your name? Is it “Mister Haughty”?
M: I do NOT have any obligation to tell my name. I’ve been repeating this over and over again. Please mind your own business.
W: But your good-looking face, your noble aura, and how you remain aloof from other people attract me like a magnet!
M: I do NOT have a good-looking face, nor a noble aura. And I would like to point out that I do NOT want to have any attachment with some stranger.
W: Um, would you listen to my favorite quote from Shakespeare? “A young woman in love always looks like Patience on a monument, smiling at grief.” Yes, this is a perfect dialogue that describes my heart!
M: I do NOT have any interest in your condition. Please go away.
W: Why would you try to repel me from your world? I’m totally enslaved by your charm. I’m a patient of the unrequited love.
M: Are you trying to test my patience now? Get what you want quickly and get out of here! I do not have any time to listen to your petty play of profanity. Please, don’t make me call the police.
W: Mister… Would you tell me what the real reason for rejecting me is?
M: Alright. You’ve just mentioned a famous quote from “The Twelfth Night”. I’m definitely sure that you’re well aware of this play.
W: Yes, how “the journeys end in lovers meeting” was actually fulfilled! Also the setting of a woman cross-dressing up as a man! Like “She’s the Man”!
M: What if I’m not a man? What if I’m the “She’s the Man”?
W: WHAT? Oh… My…God!!
(Written by Kyoung Jo)