我即是天堂与地狱—《鲁拜集》选译及赏析

THEKNOWLEDGEOFENGLISH7Think,inthisbatterdCaravanseraiWhosePortalsarealternateNightandDay,HowSultanafterSultanwithhisPompAbodehisdestinedHour,andwenthisway.XXIVAh,makethemostofwhatweyetmayspend,BeforewetoointotheDustdescend;DustintoDust,andunderDusttolieSansWine,sansSong,sansSinger,and—sansEnd!XXIXIntothisUniverse,andWhynotknowingNorWhence,likeWaterwilly-nillyflowing;Andoutofit,asWindalongtheWaste,IknownotWhither,willy-nillyblowing.XXXIIIEarthcouldnotanswer;northeSeasthatmournInflowingPurple,oftheirLordforlorn;NorrollingHeaven,withallhisSignsrevealdAndhiddenbythesleeveofNightandMorn.LIXTheGrapethatcanwithLogicabsoluteTheTwo-and-SeventyjarringSectsconfute:ThesovereignAlchemistthatinatriceLifesleadenmetalintoGoldtransmute:XVIIsentmySoulthroughtheInvisible,SomeletterofthatAfter-lifetospell:AndbyandbymySoulreturndtome,AndanswerdIMyselfamHeavnandHell.XCVIYetAh,thatSpringshouldvanishwiththeRose!ThatYouthssweet-scentedmanuscriptshouldclose!TheNightingalethatinthebranchessang,Ah,whence,andwhitherflownagain,whoknows!810TheRubaiyatOmarKhayyam,1048-1122EdwardFitzgerald,1809-1883aabaaaaa