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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
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