ミケランジェロがシスティナ礼拝堂の天井に人物画を描けるように、シェークスピアがセリフを書けるように、キーツが詩を書けるように、そうしたことのために無数の人々が生きて、苦しんで、死んだのはそれだけの価値があることのように思えたのだった。

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English Translation

So that Michelangelo might paint certain figures on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, so that Shakespeare might write certain speeches and Keats his poems, it seemed to me worthwhile that countless millions should have lived and suffered and died.

Furigana

ミケランジェロがシスティナ礼拝堂(れいはいどう)の天井(てんじょう)に人物画(じんぶつが)を描(えが)けるように、シェークスピアがセリフを書(か)けるように、キーツが詩(し)を書(か)けるように、そうしたことのために無数(むすう)の人々(ひとびと)が生(い)きて、苦(くる)しんで、死(し)んだのはそれだけの価値(かち)があることのように思(おも)えたのだった。

Romanji

Mikeranjyero ga Shisuthinareihaidō no tenjō ni jinbutsuga o egakeru yōni, She-Kusupia ga serifu o kakeru yōni, ki-tsu ga shi o kakeru yōni, sōshita koto no tameni musū no hitobito ga ikite, kurushinde, shinda no wa soredake no kachi ga aru koto no yōni omoeta no datta.

Words

が (が)

indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and

の (の)

indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question

天井 (てんじょう)

ceiling; ceiling price

に (に)

at (place, time); in; on; during; to (direction, state); toward; into; for (purpose); because of (reason); for; with; by; from; as (i.e. in the role of); per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month"); and; in addition to; if; although

人物画 (じんぶつが)

portrait painting

を (を)

indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.

様に (ように)

in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something

セリフ (セリフ)

serif

詩 (し)

poem; verse of poetry

然うした (そうした)

such

事 (こと、こん)

thing; matter; incident; occurrence; event; something serious; trouble; crisis; circumstances; situation; state of affairs; work; business; affair; after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to; nominalizing suffix; pretending to ...; playing make-believe ...; alias; aka; nickname; alternative name; also known as

為に (ために)

for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; in favor of; in favour of; on behalf of; because of; as a result of

無数 (むすう)

countless number; infinite number; innumerable

人々 (ひとびと、にんにん)

each person; people; men and women; everybody

生きる (いきる)

to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use; to function; to come to life; to be enlivened; to be safe (in baseball, go, etc.)

苦しむ (くるしむ)

to suffer; to groan; to be worried

死ぬ (しぬ)

to die; to pass away; to lose spirit; to lose vigor; to look dead; to cease; to stop

は (は)

topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

其れ丈 (それだけ)

that much; as much; to that extent; only that; that alone; no more than that; that is all (when finished speaking)

価値 (かち)

value; worth; merit

有る (ある)

to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to exist; to live; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about