遺憾ながら私は今その談判の顛末を詳しく此所に書く事の出來ない程先を急いでゐます。實をいふと、私は是より以上に、もつと大事なものを控えてゐるのです。私のペンは早くから其所へ辿りつきたがつてゐるのを、漸との事で抑え付けてゐる位です。あなたに會つて靜かに話す機會を永久に失つた私は、筆を執る術に慣れないばかりでなく、貴い時間を惜むといふ意味からして、書きたい事も省かなければなりません。
translation
Unfortunately, I am in such a hurry that I am unable to write the details of the negotiations here. To tell you the truth, I have something even more important than this. My pen has been wanting to get there for a long time, but I'm finally holding back. Having lost forever the chance to meet you and talk quietly, not only am I unaccustomed to the art of writing, but I also have to omit what I want to write in order to spare precious time. .
kanji (pronunciations & definitions)
| 遺憾: regrettable (いかん), unsatisfactory, deplorable, lamentable | 私: I (わたし), me, I (あたくし), I (あたし), I (アタシ) | 今: now (いま), the present time, just now, soon, immediately | 談判: negotiations (だんぱん), bargaining, talks, making demands |
| 此所: here (ここ), this place, this point, here, now | 書: letter (ふみ), writings, book (しょ), document, calligraphy (esp. Chinese) | 事: thing (こと), thing (こん), matter, matter, incident | 急: sudden (きゅう), abrupt, unexpected, urgent, pressing |
| 以上: not less than … (いじょう), … and over, … and above, … and upwards, … or more | 大事: important (だいじ), serious, crucial, valuable, precious | 早: already (はや), now, by this time, quick, early | 其所: there (place relatively near listener) (そこ), there (place just mentioned), that place, then (of some incident just spoken of), that (of point just raised) |
| 抑: in the first place (そもそも), to begin with, from the start, originally, ab initio | 付: furnished with (つき), furnished with (づき), furnished with (ツキ), including, including | 位: throne (くらい), crown, (nobleman’s) seat, government position, court rank | 話: talk (はなし), speech, chat, conversation, topic |
| 失: loss (of something) (しつ), disadvantage, mistake, error, failure | 筆: writing brush (ひつ), writing brush (ふで), paintbrush, paintbrush, pen | 執: bow (and arrow; esp. of a noble) (たらし), attachment (しゅう), obsession, persistence | 術: art (じゅつ), technique, means, way, trick |
| 時間: time (じかん), hour, period, class, lesson | 惜: alas (あたら), alas (あったら), regrettably, regrettably, to my great regret | 意味: meaning (いみ), significance, sense | 省: ministry (しょう), department, province (of China), saving, conserving |