波斯短歌行译笺 其三十七 当代 · 钟锦
七言绝句
记驻行途看冶陶,冶中陶土悲号:“君当太古吾与今日君工且缓操”。
注:○太古远古也。《荀子·正论》:“太古薄葬,故不抇也。”吾与张载西铭》:“民吾同胞,物吾与也。”原文为“兄弟”,是同胞也,彼陶土也,故译“吾与”。
For I remember stopping by the way
To watch a Potter thumping his wet Clay;
And with its all-obliterated Tongue
It murmur'd—"Gently, Brother, gently, pray!"