【原创】鲁米诗:财富非永恒
【英译汉】鲁米诗
财富非永恒:
它于早晨归来,夜晚会随风而散。
外表美也非重要,
如一根针刺会使红润脸变成苍白。
高贵身份也非重要,
大多数人会成金钱和骏马的愚妄人。
许多权贵之子行恶,
最终让其父亲蒙羞。
不要跟随任何人,
即使他在某方面确实出类拔萃;
从撒旦实例明白警示:
撒旦虽有知识但他心无爱,
他傲慢阿丹为泥土造化。
Wealth has no permanence: it comes in the morning,
and at night it is scattered to the winds.
Physical beauty too has no importance,
for a rosy face is made pale by the scratch of a single thorn.
Noble birth also is of small account,
for many become fools of money and horses.
Many a nobleman’s son has disgraced his father by his wicked deeds.
Don’t court a person full of talent either,
even if he seems exquisite in that respect:
take warning from the example of Iblis1 .
Iblis had knowledge, but since his love was not pure,
he saw in Adam nothing but a figure of clay.
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