郭沫若译波斯诗歌《鲁拜集》连载10

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我也学播了智慧之种，

亲手培植它渐渐葱茏；

而今我获得的收成——

只是“来如流水，逝如风”。

XXVIII

With them the seed of Wisdom did I sow,

And with mine own hand wrought to make it grow;

And this was all the Harvest that I reap'd—

"I came like Water, and like Wind I go.”

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飘飘入世，如水之不得不流，

不知何故来，亦不知来自何处；

飘飘出世，如风之不得不吹，

风过漠地亦不知吹向何许。

XXIX

Into this Universe, and Why not knowing

Nor Whence like Water willy-nilly flowing;

And out of it, as Wind along the Waste,

I know not Whither, willy-nilly blowing.

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请君莫问何处来！

请君莫问何处去！

浮此禁觞千万钟，

可以消沉那无常的记忆。

XXX

What, without asking, hither hurried Whence?

And, without asking, Whither hurried hence!

Oh, many a Cup of this forbidden Wine

Must drown the memory of that insolence!

——作者：奥马.海亚姆，郭沫若(中文)译，菲茨杰拉德(英语)译