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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。



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