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rubaiyat of omar khayyam-第6部分
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Which of our Coming and Departure heeds
As the Sea's self should heed a pebble…cast。
XLVIII。
A Moment's Halta momentary taste
Of BEING from the Well amid the Waste
And Lo!the phantom Caravan has reach'd
The NOTHING it set out fromOh; make haste!
XLIX。
Would you that spangle of Existence spend
About THE SECRETquick about it; Friend!
A Hair perhaps divides the False from True
And upon what; prithee; may life depend?
L。
A Hair perhaps divides the False and True;
Yes; and a single Alif were the clue
Could you but find itto the Treasure…house;
And peradventure to THE MASTER too;
LI。
Whose secret Presence through Creation's veins
Running Quicksilver…like eludes your pains;
Taking all shapes from Mah to Mahi and
They change and perish allbut He remains;
LII。
A moment guessedthen back behind the Fold
Immerst of Darkness round the Drama roll'd
Which; for the Pastime of Eternity;
He doth Himself contrive; enact; behold。
LIII。
But if in vain; down on the stubborn floor
Of Earth; and up to Heav'n's unopening Door;
You gaze TO…DAY; while You are Youhow then
TO…MORROW; when You shall be You no more?
LIV。
Waste not your Hour; nor in the vain pursuit
Of This and That endeavor and dispute;
Better be jocund with the fruitful Grape
Than sadden after none; or bitter; Fruit。
LV。
You know; my Friends; with what a brave Carouse
I made a Second Marriage in my house;
Divorced old barren Reason from my Bed;
And took the Daughter of the Vine to Spouse。
LVI。
For 〃Is〃 and 〃Is…not〃 though with Rule and Line
And 〃UP…AND…DOWN〃 by Logic I define;
Of all that one should care to fathom; I
was never deep in anything butWine。
LVII。
Ah; by my Computations; People say;
Reduce the Year to better reckoning?Nay;
'Twas only striking from the Calendar
Unborn To…morrow and dead Yesterday。
LVIII。
And lately; by the Tavern Door agape;
Came shining through the Dusk an Angel Shape
Bearing a Vessel on his Shoulder; and
He bid me taste of it; and 'twasthe Grape!
LIX。
The Grape that can with Logic absolute
The Two…and…Seventy jarring Sects confute:
The sovereign Alchemist that in a trice
Life's leaden metal into Gold transmute;
LX。
The mighty Mahmud; Allah…breathing Lord;
That all the misbelieving and black Horde
Of Fears and Sorrows that infest the Soul
Scatters before him with his whirlwind Sword。
LXI。
Why; be this Juice the growth of God; who dare
Blaspheme the twisted tendril as a Snare?
A Blessing; we should use it; should we not?
And if a Cursewhy; then; Who set it there?
LXII。
I must abjure the Balm of Life; I must;
Scared by some After…reckoning ta'en on trust;
Or lured with Hope of some Diviner Drink;
To fill the Cupwhen crumbled into Dust!
LXIII。
Of threats of Hell and Hopes of Paradise!
One thing at least is certainThis Life flies;
One thing is certain and the rest is Lies;
The Flower that once has blown for ever dies。
LXIV。
Strange; is it not? that of the myriads who
Before us pass'd the door of Darkness through;
Not one returns to tell us of the Road;
Which to discover we must travel too。
LXV。
The Revelations of Devout and Learn'd
Who rose before us; and as Prophets burn'd;
Are all but Stories; which; awoke from Sleep
They told their comrades; and to Sleep return'd。
LXVI。
I sent my Soul through the Invisible;
Some letter of that After…life to spell:
And by and by my Soul return'd to me;
And answer'd 〃I Myself am Heav'n and Hell:〃
LXVII。
Heav'n but the Vision of fulfill'd Desire;
And Hell the Shadow from a Soul on fire;
Cast on the Darkness into which Ourselves;
So late emerged from; shall so soon expire。
LXVIII。
We are no other than a moving row
Of Magic Shadow…shapes that come and go
Round with the Sun…illumined Lantern held
In Midnight by the Master of the Show;
LXIX。
But helpless Pieces of the Game He plays
Upon this Chequer…board of Nights and Days;
Hither and thither moves; and checks; and slays;
And one by one back in the Closet lays。
LXX。
The Ball no question makes of Ayes and Noes;
But Here or There as strikes the Player goes;
And He that toss'd you down into the Field;
He knows about it allHE knowsHE knows!
LXXI。
The Moving Finger writes; and; having writ;
Moves on: nor all your Piety nor Wit
Shall lure it back to cancel half a Line;
Nor all your Tears wash out a Word of it。
LXXII。
And that inverted Bowl they call the Sky;
Whereunder crawling coop'd we live and die;
Lift not your hands to It for helpfor It
As impotently moves as you or I。
LXXIII。
With Earth's first Clay They did the Last Man knead;
And there of the Last Harvest sow'd the Seed:
And the first Morning of Creation wrote
What the Last Dawn of Reckoning shall read。
LXXIV。
YESTERDAY This Day's Madness did prepare;
TO…MORROW's Silence; Triumph; or Despair:
Drink! for you not know whence you came; nor why:
Drink! for you know not why you go; nor where。
LXXV。
I tell you thisWhen; started from the Goal;
Over the flaming shoulders of the Foal
Of Heav'n Parwin and Mushtari they flung;
In my predestined Plot of Dust and Soul。
LXXVI。
The Vine had struck a fiber: which about
It clings my Beinglet the Dervish flout;
Of my Base metal may be filed a Key
That shall unlock the Door he howls without。
LXXVII。
And this I know: whether the one True Light
Kindle to Love; or Wrath consume me quite;
One Flash of It within the Tavern caught
Better than in the Temple lost outright。
LXXVIII。
What! out of senseless Nothing to provoke
A conscious Something to resent the yoke
Of unpermitted Pleasure; under pain
Of Everlasting Penalties; if broke!
LXXIX。
What! from his helpless Creature be repaid
Pure Gold for what he lent him dross…allay'd
Sue for a Debt he never did contract;
And cannot answerOh the sorry trade!
LXXX。
Oh Thou; who didst with pitfall and with gin
Beset the Road I was to wander in;
Thou wilt not with Predestined Evil round
Enmesh; and then impute my Fall to Sin!
LXXXI。
Oh Thou; who Man of baser Earth didst make;
And ev'n with Paradise devise the Snake:
For all the Sin wherewith the Face of Man
Is blacken'dMan's forgiveness giveand take!
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
LXXXII。
As under cover of departing Day
Slunk hunger…stricken Ramazan away;
Once more within the Potter's house alone
I stood; surrounded by the Shapes of Clay。
LXXXIII。
Shapes of all Sorts and Sizes; great and small;
That stood along the floor and by the wall;
And some loquacious Vessels were; and some
Listen'd perhaps; but never talk'd at all。
LXXXIV。
Said one among them〃Surely not in vain
My substance of the common Earth was ta'en
And to this Figure molded; to be broke;
Or trampled back to shapeless Earth again。〃
LXXXV。
Then said a Second〃Ne'er a peevish Boy
Would break the Bowl from which he drank in joy;
And He that with his hand the Vessel made
Will surely not in after Wrath destroy。〃
LXXXVI。
After a momentary silence spake
Some Vessel of a more ungainly Make;
〃They sneer at me for leaning all awry:
What! did the Hand then of the Potter shake?〃
LXXXVII。
Whereat some one of the loquacious Lot
I think a Sufi pipkinwaxing hot
〃All this of Pot and PotterTell me then;
Who is the Potter; pray; and who the Pot?〃
LXXXVIII。
〃Why;〃 said another; 〃Some there are who tell
Of one who threatens he will toss to Hell
The luckless Pots he marr'd in makingPish!
He's a Good Fellow; and 'twill all be well。〃
LXXXIX。
〃Well;〃 murmured one; 〃Let whoso make or buy;
My Clay with long Oblivion is gone dry:
But fill me with the old familiar Juice;
Methinks I might recover by and by。〃
XC。
So while the Vessels one by one were speaking;
The little Moon look'd in that all were seeking:
And then they jogg'd each other; 〃Brother! Brother!
Now for the Porter's shoulders' knot a…creaking!〃
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
XCI。
Ah; with the Grape my fading life provide;
And wash the Body whence the Life has died;
And lay me; shrouded in the living Leaf;
By some not unfrequented Garden…side。
XCII。
That ev'n buried Ashes such a snare
Of Vintage shall fling up into the Air
As not a True…believer passing by
But shall be overtaken unaware。
XCIII。
Indeed the Idols I have loved so long
Have done my credit in this World much wrong:
Have drown'd my Glory in a shallow Cup;
And sold my reputation for a Song。
XCIV。
Indeed; indeed; Repentance oft before
I sworebut was I sober when I swore?
And then and then came Spring; and Rose…in…hand
My thread…bare Penitence apieces tore。
XCV。
And much as Wine has play'd the Infidel;
And robb'd me of my Robe of HonorWell;
I wonder often what the Vintners buy
One half so precious as the stuff they sell。
XCVI。
Yet Ah; that Spring should vanish with the Rose!
That Youth's sweet…scented manuscript should close!
The Nightingale that in the branches sang;
Ah whence; and whither flown again; who knows!
XCVII。
Would but the
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