Zelda: Ocarina of Time/The Three Goddesses/Dialogue

Coming out of the Deku Tree

Japanese

よくやってくれた、ありがとうリンク…

English

You did well, thank you Link...

• 遣（や）って呉（く）れる literally "to do for someone".

Japanese

お前の勇気…たしかに見せてもらった…

English

Your courage.. you have certainly showed it.

• 見（み）せて貰（もら）う literally "[I] am shown by you", ie "[I] received the act of 'showing'".

Japanese

お前はワシの願いをたくすにふさわしい少年であった…

English

You were the right choice to entrust my wish to.

• literally "the appropriate youngling"

Japanese

では、あらためてお前にワシの願いを伝えたい…

English

Then, I would like to convey my wish to you...

The Story of the Three Goddesses

• Note: The story of the Three Goddesses is even more archaic than the Deku Tree, so it uses even more archaic language... you have been warned. :)

Japanese

では…心して聞いてくれ。。。ワシにのろいをかけた者は黒き砂漠の民じゃ…

English

Then...listen carefully...The man who cursed me was one of the people of the dark desert..

Japanese

あの者は邪悪な魔力を操り、ハイラルのどこかにあるという聖地を探し求めておった…

English

That person used his wicked power and is searching for the sacred land somewhere in Hyrule...

Japanese

なぜなら…聖地には、神の力を秘めた伝説の聖三角、トライフォースがあるからじゃ...

English

Because, in the sacred land, there exists a legend of the sacred triangle that hides the godesses' power, the Triforce

Japanese

世に　理なく、命未だ　形なさず。

English

In this world, reason and life has yet to appear.

未だ - まだ, 成（な）さず uses old negation ず instead of ない. Note that ず is both 連用形 and 終止形, so this sentence could both mean "In this world, without reason, life, form, ..." and "This world is without reason, life, form." Note that it matters... (As a matter of fact, didn't the Deku Tree also use ぬ to end a sentence? If so, the first connotation is the right one.)

Japanese

混沌の地ハイラルに黄金の三大神、降臨す。

English

Unto this chaotic land of Hyrule, the three golden godesses descended.

• 𦣪 is an informal variant of 鹽 (old form) or 塩 (current form). It means salt. Something went wrong here however, in the game it actually says 降臨 (to descend).
• In old Japanese, there was the so-called atrributive (連体形) form used to attribute verb actions to nouns, eg. 降臨する神 [the god which descends]. Distinctive from this, there existed another verb form, the so-called finshing 終止形 form, only used to end sentences, eg. 神が降臨す (the god descends). This explains why す　is used here. Today, these two forms got merged.

Japanese

すなわち、力の女神ディン…

English

Namely, Din, the goddess of power

Japanese

知恵の女神　ネール…

English

Naryul, the goddess of wisdom

Japanese

勇気の女神　フロルなり。

English

Farore, the goddess of courage.

• なる　was (from に有り) originally only a copula (same meaning as です), later and in modern Japanese it came to mean "to become". Since this is classical Japanese, なり means です. And again, なり is 終止形　used here to end the sentence. なる would be the 連体形 used for attributing. By the way, this explains adjectives such as 聖なる,単なる,... and the な of na-adjectives is just the short form of なる ;)

Japanese

ディン…そのたくましき炎の腕をもって、地を耕し、赤き大地を創る。

English

Din, carrying strong fire in her arms, cultivated the land and created the red earth.

Japanese

ネール…その叡知を大地に注ぎて、世界に法を与える。

English

Nayrul, poured her intelligence unto the Earth and gave this land law.

• 注ぎて is nowadays contracted to 注いで.

Japanese

フロル…その豊かなる心により、法を守りし全ての命　創造せり。

English

Farore..with her abundance and heart, protected the law and created all life.

• Here we see the the na-adjective 豊か used with なる.
• 守りし is the old past of verbs. Added to the 連用形. き is 終止形, し 連体形, there is no 連用形 and しか is 已然形.
• せり　is verb す(to do) in 未然形 form　せ, and the helper verb of completion り　(It comes from 有り etymologically added to 連用形, which then underwent a sound change し+あり＝＞せり. This explains why it *seems to be added to the 未然形 unexpectedly.) is added in 終止形, which is り. Means the same as した/しました. Don't worry, you don't need this in daily life.

Japanese

三大神、その　使命を終え、彼の国へ去り行きたもう。

English

The three godddesses, with their mission complete, left this land.

• It seems たもう the sound changed form (あうー＞おう) of 賜う/給う （たまう）, mostly conveying a polite meaning only.

Japanese

神々の去りし地に、黄金の聖三角　残し置く。

English

In the land the Godesses left, they left behind the golden sacred triangle.

• 去りし is the past again.

Japanese

この後、その　聖三角を世の理の礎とするものなり。

English

Afterwards, the sacred triangle became the seed of order in this world.

Japanese

また、この地を聖地とするものなり。

English

Moreover, this place became known as sacred.

とする　means "to consider (something as...)"

The Deku Tree's Last words

Japanese

あの　黒き砂漠の民をトライフォースに触れさせてはならぬ！

English

This desert man cannot get the Triforce!

Japanese

悪しき心を持つあの者を聖地へ行かせてはならぬ！

English

The evil intentions the man carries must not enter the Sacred Land!

Japanese

あの者はワシの力をうばい死ののろいをかけた…

English

That person stole my power and gave me a death curse...

Japanese

やげてのろいはワシの命をもむしばんでいった…

English

The curse I got is still eating away my life.

Japanese

お前は見事にのろいを解いてくれたが、ワシの命まではもとには戻らぬようじゃ…

English

You did well curing this curse, but my life won't return...

Japanese

ワシはまもなく死をむかえるじゃろう…

English

I will in a short time meet death...

Japanese

だが…悲しむことはない…

English

But, don't be sad..

Japanese

なぜなら　今　こうして…お前にこの事を伝えられたこと…

English

Because, now, I told you this thing...

Japanese

それが　ハイラルに　残された最後の希望だからじゃ…

English

And left my last wish for Hyrule...

Japanese

リンクよ…ハイラルの城に行くがよい…

English

Link...Go to Hyrule Castle...

Japanese

その城には、神に選ばれし姫がおいでになるはずじゃ...

English

In this castle, the princess chosen by the gods is there...

Japanese

この石を持ってゆけ…あび男がワシにのろいをかけてまで欲したこの石を…

English

Take this stone...that man wanted the stone, so he cursed me...

Japanese

コキリのヒスイを手に入れた！デクの樹サマからたくされた、森の精霊石（せいれいせき）だ

English

You got the Kokiri's Jade! You are entrusted by the Deku Tree, the spirit rock of the forest.

Japanese

たのむぞ、リンク…お前の勇気を信じておる…

English

I entrust you Link, I believe in your courage...

Japanese

妖精ナビィよ…リンクをたすく、ワシの志をついでくれ…

English

Navi..help Link, that is my will...

Japanese

よいな…ナビィ…さらば…じゃ…

English

It will be good...Navi..Goodbye...

Navi's Parting words

Japanese

行きましょ、りんく！ハイラル城へ！！

English

Lets go, Link! To Hyrule castle!

Japanese

さよなら…でくの樹サマ…

English

Goodbye.. Deku Tree..