Attack on Titan episode 2 - What does preacher say?


I am translating 進撃の巨人. Below is a sentence from the transcript of the second
episode.

Here the link for reference:
<https://docs.google.com/document/d/1XT7gHjFO8jft8DAQCVpPfmU3DreCsraJVYC-
NPtmv5g/edit>

Japanese from transcript: 汝わが血筋を汝の許にひきて、これに己が肉をさへ顧みざらしめしほどなればこのうえ、何をすべきや！

English from Transcript: What canst thou more, who has subdued our blood so
wholly to thyself, they feel no care of their own flesh?

I think the english translation is not a very direct translation. It helps you
get the gist but it doesn't give you the satisfaction to really understand
what is said.

Therefore can somebody provide a translation that considers the following
points:

  * What is the meaning of 
    * 許
    * ひきて (Is this a verb?)
    * さへ顧みざらしめしほど

The best that I can come up with is: You (ひきて = ???) with our lineage
(with/in/by?) your (許), if this (さへ顧みざらしめしほど) (with?) my own flesh, (このうえ =
Now that things have come to this?) what should I/we do?




As you said, his preach does not seem to have been translated very literally
(but that does not mean it's a bad translation, of course). To understand this
sentence, you need to be familiar with some of the classical Japanese grammar.

Vocab:

  * [**許**](https://jisho.org/word/%E4%B8%8B-1): "(someone's) side"
  * [**ひきて**](https://jisho.org/word/%E5%BC%95%E3%81%8F): The ["classical te-form"](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/a/17497/5010) of 引く, which means "to draw" or "to inherit" (see the twelfth definition of the link).
  * **さへ** : Historical kana version of さえ ("even").
  * **顧みざらしめし** : "made (someone/something) not reflect on (it)", "prevented from paying attention to"
    * **顧み** : [顧みる](https://jisho.org/word/%E9%A1%A7%E3%81%BF%E3%82%8B) in irrealis form
    * **ざら** : Negative auxiliary ([ず](https://www.hello-school.net/haroajapa009020.htm) in irrealis form)
    * **しめ** : Causative auxiliary ([しむ](https://www.hello-school.net/haroajapa009029.htm) in continuative form). The agent (causee) marked by に is これ, which refers to the 血筋.
    * **し** : Past auxiliary ([き](https://www.hello-school.net/haroajapa009002.htm) in attributive form)
  * **ほど(だ)** : (∼ くらい(だ)) "to the point where", "it's even that"
  * [**この上**](https://jisho.org/word/%E3%81%93%E3%81%AE%E4%B8%8A): "further"

So the literal translation is as follows. I'm not good at "thou art" type
English grammar, so allow me to use modern grammar.

> 汝わが血筋を汝の許にひきて、...  
>  → (現代文) あなたは私の血筋をあなたのもとに引いて、...
>
> You drew/inherited my bloodline to your side, (and) ...

> これに己が肉をさへ顧みざらしめしほどなれば、...  
>  → それに自分の肉をさえ顧みないようにさせたほどであるから、...
>
> it's even that you made it not reflect even on your own flesh, so ...  
>  (= Yet you even disallowed my bloodline to worry about your own flesh!
> Then...)

> このうえ、何をすべきや！  
>  → このうえ、何をするべきなのか！
>
> What should I/we do further? (= Nothing can be done!)




As you said, his preach does not seem to have been translated very literally
(but that does not mean it's a bad translation, of course). To understand this
sentence, you need to be familiar with some of the classical Japanese grammar.

Vocab:

  * [**許**](https://jisho.org/word/%E4%B8%8B-1): "(someone's) side"
  * [**ひきて**](https://jisho.org/word/%E5%BC%95%E3%81%8F): The ["classical te-form"](https://japanese.stackexchange.com/a/17497/5010) of 引く, which means "to draw" or "to inherit" (see the twelfth definition of the link).
  * **さへ** : Historical kana version of さえ ("even").
  * **顧みざらしめし** : "made (someone/something) not reflect on (it)", "prevented from paying attention to"
    * **顧み** : [顧みる](https://jisho.org/word/%E9%A1%A7%E3%81%BF%E3%82%8B) in irrealis form
    * **ざら** : Negative auxiliary ([ず](https://www.hello-school.net/haroajapa009020.htm) in irrealis form)
    * **しめ** : Causative auxiliary ([しむ](https://www.hello-school.net/haroajapa009029.htm) in continuative form). The agent (causee) marked by に is これ, which refers to the 血筋.
    * **し** : Past auxiliary ([き](https://www.hello-school.net/haroajapa009002.htm) in attributive form)
  * **ほど(だ)** : (∼ くらい(だ)) "to the point where", "it's even that"
  * [**この上**](https://jisho.org/word/%E3%81%93%E3%81%AE%E4%B8%8A): "further"

So the literal translation is as follows. I'm not good at "thou art" type
English grammar, so allow me to use modern grammar.

> 汝わが血筋を汝の許にひきて、...  
>  → (現代文) あなたは私の血筋をあなたのもとに引いて、...
>
> You drew/inherited my bloodline to your side, (and) ...

> これに己が肉をさへ顧みざらしめしほどなれば、...  
>  → それに自分の肉をさえ顧みないようにさせたほどであるから、...
>
> it's even that you made it not reflect even on your own flesh, so ...  
>  (= Yet you even disallowed my bloodline to worry about your own flesh!
> Then...)

> このうえ、何をすべきや！  
>  → このうえ、何をするべきなのか！
>
> What should I/we do further? (= Nothing can be done!)

