巴壺天《魯拜集》(The Rubaiyat) 第29、第68兩首； Livre des propriétés des choses

國王要求翻譯"一本"---這在21世紀也是可能、可行的

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQQRpz-tSGI

September - Livre des propriétés des choses

 

The Fitzwilliam Museum

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此次翻巴壺天著《禪骨詩心集》，注意到有《魯拜集》第29、第68兩首的翻譯和譯註 (略)，頁175


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. 

墜地如水流，自家主難作；未知何從來，亦未悉何故。去時如風吹，欲住不得住；吹過荒漠間，知復向甚處？

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; 

宇宙魔燈耳，其焰為晴曦；吾儕僅一隊，燈上幻影兒，憧憧來與往，但繞燈焰馳；而燈復有主，中夜持戲之。

http://classics.mit.edu/Khayyam/rubaiyat.html
The Rubaiyat 
By Omar Khayyam