莫问根源到太初,莫寻根蒂向空虚。
泾流有量秋时至,大块无心气自嘘。
注:○太初:《列子·天瑞》:“太初者,气之始也。”○泾流句:《庄子·秋水》:“秋水时至,百川灌河。泾流之大,两渚崖之间,不辨牛马。”○大块:《庄子·齐物论》:“夫大块噫气,其名为风。”成玄英疏:“大块者,造物之名,亦自然之称也。”○原文云:“不辨其因,不知其所从来,入此宇内,如水之潺潺;亦不知其所自去,如风之泠泠,沿广漠而吹焉。”译文交错其句,以《庄子》之辞润色之。○魏新河兄译云:“莫从物理问源头,一脉天然自在流。无所由来无所去,暂如风翼掠沙丘。”
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.
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.