The Proverbs of Hell
威廉?布萊克（William Blake,1757-1827），飛白 譯
春天學習，秋天教導，冬天享受。
In seed time learn, in harvest teach, in winter enjoy.
讓妳的大車和犁頭碾著死人的白骨前進吧。
Drive your cart and your plow over the bones of the dead.
離經叛道是通向智慧之宮的必由之路。
The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom.
審慎是無能追求的壹位富有而醜陋的老處女。
Prudence is a rich, ugly old maid courted by Incapacity.
有欲望而無行動者滋生瘟疫。
He who desires but acts not, breeds pestilence.
被犁斷的蛀蟲原諒犁頭。
The cut worm forgives the plow.
把好水者置於河中。
Dip him in the river who loves water.
傻瓜和智者看到的不是同壹棵樹。
A fool sees not the same tree that a wise man sees.
誰的臉上不發光就永遠成不了星星。
He whose face gives no light, shall never become a star.
永恒喜愛時間的產品。
Eternity is in love with the productions of time.
忙碌的蜜蜂沒有時間悔恨。
The busy bee has no time for sorrow.
愚蠢的鐘點可以由鐘表衡量，但智慧的時間沒法衡量。
The hours of folly are measur'd by the clock; but of wisdom, no clock can measure.
凡有益健康的食品都不是由網和陷阱得來的。
All wholesome food is caught without a net or a trap.
度量衡要在荒年頒布。
Bring out number, weight and measure in a year of dearth.
如果單憑自己的翅膀，沒有壹只鳥兒會飛得很高。
No bird soars too high, if he soars with his own wings.
只有屍體才不會為受到的傷害報復。
A dead body revenges not injuries.
最崇高的行為就是把別人置於妳的前面。
The most sublime act is to set another before you.
如果愚人堅持其愚蠢，那他就會變聰明。
If the fool would persist in his folly he would become wise.
愚蠢是無賴的鬥篷。
Folly is the cloak of knavery.
羞澀是驕傲的外衣。
Shame is Pride's cloke.
監獄由法律的石頭砌就，妓院由宗教的磚塊造成。
Prisons are built with stones of law, brothels with bricks of religion.
孔雀的驕傲是上帝的榮耀。
The pride of the peacock is the glory of God.
山羊的淫欲是上帝的博愛。
The lust of the goat is the bounty of God.
女人的裸體是上帝的傑作。
The nakedness of woman is the work of God.
獅子的憤怒是上帝的智慧。
The wrath of the lion is the wisdom of God.
過悲會笑，過樂會哭。
Excess of sorrow laughs. Excess of joy weeps.
獅子的咆哮，狼的嚎叫，暴風雨中海的發怒，和毀滅壹切的劍，在凡人眼中都是過於偉大的永恒的壹部分。
The roaring of lions, the howling of wolves, the raging of the stormy sea, and the destructive sword, are portions of eternity, too great for the eye of man.
狐貍責怪陷阱，而不責怪自己。
The fox condemns the trap, not himself.
歡樂授胎，悲哀生育。
Joys impregnate. Sorrows bring forth.
讓男人穿獅皮，女人穿羊毛。
Let man wear the fell of the lion, woman the fleece of the sheep.
鳥需巢，蜘蛛需網，人需友誼。
The bird a nest, the spider a web, man friendship.
竊竊自笑的傻瓜和愁眉苦臉的都應看作是聰明的，他們也許是同壹根棍子的兩端。
The selfish, smiling fool, and the sullen, frowning fool shall be both thought wise, that they may be a rod.
凡現已證實的都曾是現象。
What is now proved was once only imagin'd.
鼠、鼷、狐、兔只看到樹根，獅、虎、馬、象才看到果實。
The rat, the mouse, the fox, the rabbit watch the roots; the lion, the tyger, the horse, the elephant watch the fruits.
水池蓄，泉水湧。
The cistern contains: the fountain overflows.
壹個思想可充滿太空。
One thought fills immensity.
永遠準備說真話，那樣卑鄙的人就會避開妳。
Always be ready to speak your mind, and a base man will avoid you.
壹切可信之物都是真理之象。
Every thing possible to be believ'd is an image of truth.
鷹決不會浪費時間屈尊向烏鴉學習。
The eagle never lost so much time as when he submitted to learn of the crow.
狐貍供養自己，但上帝供養獅子。
The fox provides for himself, but God provides for the lion.
清晨思想，中午行動，黃昏進食，夜晚睡眠。
Think in the morning. Act in the noon. Eat in the evening. Sleep in the night.
上過妳的當的人最了解妳。
He who has suffer'd you to impose on him, knows you.
犁頭服從人使喚，上帝報答祈禱者。
As the plow follows words, so God rewards prayers.
憤怒的虎比說教的馬更聰明。
The tygers of wrath are wiser than the horses of instruction.
死水有毒。
Expect poison from the standing water.
除非妳知道什麽是過度，妳決不會知道什麽是足夠。
You never know what is enough unless you know what is more than enough.
請聽傻瓜的責罵，這是壹種莫大的榮耀。
Listen to the fool's reproach! it is a kingly title!
火是眼，風是鼻孔，水是嘴，大地是胡子。
The eyes of fire, the nostrils of air, the mouth of water, the beard of earth.
怯於勇氣者善使詭計。
The weak in courage is strong in cunning.
蘋果樹從不問山毛櫸如何生長，獅子從不問斑馬如何覓食。
The apple tree never asks the beech how he shall grow; nor the lion, the horse, how he shall take his prey.
高興的稅收官帶來壹個豐年。
The thankful receiver bears a plentiful harvest.
如果別人從來不傻，那壹定是我們傻了。
If others had not been foolish, we should be so.
甜蜜快樂的靈魂不會受汙損。
The soul of sweet delight can never be defil'd.
當妳看鷹時，妳就在看天才的壹部分，擡起頭來！
When thou seest an eagle, thou seest a portion of genius; lift up thy head!
毛蟲總愛在最美的葉子上產卵，教士總愛詛咒最正當的快樂。
As the caterpillar chooses the fairest leaves to lay her eggs on, so the priest lays his curse on the fairest joys.
創造壹朵小花需萬年之功。
To create a little flower is the labour of ages.
詛咒使人振奮，祝福使人懈怠。
Damn braces. Bless relaxes.
酒越陳越好，水越鮮越好。
The best wine is the oldest, the best water the newest.
祈禱者不耕作，贊美者不收獲。
Prayers plow not! Praises reap not!
極樂不笑，極悲不哭。
Joys laugh not! Sorrows weep not!
崇高為頭，痛苦為心，生殖為美，平衡為手足。
The head Sublime, the heart Pathos, the genitals Beauty, the hands and feet Proportion.
卑鄙之於卑鄙者正如風之於鳥水之於魚壹樣。
As the air to a bird or the sea to a fish, so is contempt to the contemptible.
烏鴉希望壹切皆黑，貓頭鷹則希望壹切皆白。
The crow wish'd every thing was black, the owl that every thing was white.
豐盛即美。
Exuberance is Beauty.
如果獅子接受狐貍的勸告，他也只會使使詭計。
If the lion was advised by the fox, he would be cunning.
道路修整後變得平直，但未加修整的曲折道路才是天才之路。
Improvement makes strait roads; but the crooked roads without improvement are roads of genius.
有欲望無行動等於把嬰兒扼殺在搖籃之中。
Sooner murder an infant in its cradle than nurse unacted desires.
人跡未到之處，自然壹片荒涼。
Where man is not, nature is barren.
真理決不會是只能理解而不能信仰的。
Truth can never be told so as to be understood, and not be believ'd.
夠了，太多了！
Enough! or too much.
（選自《天堂與地獄的婚姻》）