ハリポタニュース過去の記録：2005/3月

It was a mistake any wizard could make　　魔法使いならまずする失敗。
Who was tired and caught on the hop　　ばかなまちがいの恐ろしい結果、
One piffling error, and then, to my terror,　　気づけばこの身は斧の前に。
I found myself facing the chop.　　
Alas for the eve when I met Lady Grieve　　恨むは前日、庭園を歩む
A-strolling the park in the dusk!　　レディ・グリープに会った夜更け！
She was of the belief I could straighten her teeth　　歯並びを直せると信じて
Next moment she'd sprouted a tusk.　　レディは出っ歯をお見せになった。
I cried through the night that I'd soon put her right　　おまかせあれ、と夜に叫んだわたし
But the process of justice was lax;　　しかして刑の手順にとんだ手抜かり
They'd brought out the block, though they'd mislaid the rock　　台があっても砥石がない
Where they usually sharpened the axe.　　いつも斧を研ぐその石が、
Next morning at dawn, with a face most forlorn,　　あくる夜明けに、悲しげな顔の
The priest said to try not to cry,　　司祭が言った、涙をこらえて。
"You can come just like that, no, you won't need a hat,"｢そのままでよい、帽子はいらぬ｣
And I knew that my end must be nigh.　　わたしは最期の近さを知った。
The man in the mask who would have the sad task　　悲しい仕事の仮面の男、
Of cleaving my head from my neck,　　首を落とすがその仕事。
Said "Nick, if you please, will you get to your knees,"　　「ニック、すまんが膝をつけ」
And I turned to a gibbering wreck.　　わが口から出るのはたわごとばかり。
"This may sting a bit" said the cack-handed twit ｢ちょっとちくっとするからな」とからかって,
As he swung the axe up in the air,　　斧が宙高く振り上げられる。
But oh the blunt blade! No difference it made,　　だがその刃はなまくら！　役には立たず
My head was still definitely there.　　首はしっかりついたまま。
The axeman he hacked and he whacked and he thwacked,　　どすん、がつん、ばこんと斧男
"Won't be too long", he assured me,　　「すぐすむからな」と太鼓判。
But quick it was not, and the bone-headed clot　　だがすぐにはすまず、その抜け作は
Took forty-five goes 'til he floored me.　　四十五回も振り下ろし
And so I was dead, but my faithful old head　　ようやく死んだ、その首は
It never saw fit to desert me,　　胴から離れる気はないらしく
It still lingers on, that's the end of my song,　　今もつながる首の皮、歌は終わった
And now, please applaud, or you'll hurt me.　　拍手をどうか、わがために。