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朋友哟，你要去探此秘密时，
消费你宝贵的光阴——快请探去！
真与伪之间几不容发——
试问人生是何所依据？
ⅩLIX
Would you that spangle of Existence spend
About The Secret—quick about it, Friend!
A Hair perhaps divides the False and True—
And upon what, prithee, may life depend?
50
真与伪之间几不容发；
只有一个“阿里扶”可为导引，
——只要你能寻得时——
会引你到“宝室”，乃至“真君”；
L
A Hair perhaps divides the False and True;
Yes; and a single Alif were the clue—
Could you but find it—to the Treasure-house,
And peradventure to The Master too;
[注释]阿里扶（Alif）：亚拉伯字母之首字。即回教至上神Allah之首字。
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真君冥冥兮周流八垠，
速如流汞兮消汝苦辛；
自月至鱼兮万汇赋形；
万汇毁变兮真君永存；
LI
Whose secret Presence, through Creation's veins
Running Quicksilver-like eludes your pains;
Taking all shapes from Máh to Máhi; and
They change and perish all—but He remains;
[注释]自月至鱼（from Máh to Máhi）：东方创世论，万有始于月，终于鱼。
——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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