郭沫若译波斯诗歌《鲁拜集》连载9

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有的在今生棘忧，

有的又希图来生成就，

牟也卿自“暗黑的钟楼”宣告：

“愚人哟！报赏是无处可求。”

XXV

Alike for those who for To-day prepare,

And those that after some To-morrow stare,

A Muezzín from the Tower of Darkness cries,

“Fools! Your Reward is neither Here nor There.”

[注释]牟也卿（Muezzín）：即钟楼守。黑暗的钟楼即是不可知的运命。

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伊古以来的圣哲

惯会说现世天堂——

一朝口被尘封，自嘲莫解，

同那愚蠢的预言者流一样。

XXVI

Why, all the Saints and Sages who discuss'd

Of the Two Worlds so wisely—they are thrust

Like foolish Prophets forth; their Words to Scorn

Are scatter'd, and their Mouths are stopt with Dust.

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当我在青春时分，

也曾热访过博士圣人，

炎炎的伟论听了多回；

可我依然出来——由那原径。

XXVII

Myself when young did eagerly frequent

Doctor and Saint, and heard great argument

About it and about: but evermore

Came out by the same door where in I went.

——作者：奥马.海亚姆，郭沫若(中文)译，菲茨杰拉德(英语)译