波斯短歌行译笺 其一 当代 · 钟锦
七言绝句 押蒸韵
驱尽繁星天宇澄,扫除长夜东升
殷勤又唤浮生梦,遥射宫楼上层
注:○繁星傅玄杂诗》其一:“繁星青天列宿自成行。”天宇天空也。左思《魏都赋》:“傮响起,疑震霆天宇骇,地庐惊。”○扫除廓清也。《三国志·志·先主传》:“扫除寇难靖匡王室。”长夜:《楚辞·九章·悲回风》:“终长夜曼曼兮,掩此哀而不去。”○殷勤关注貌。曹操 《请追赠郭嘉封邑表》:“贤君殷勤清良圣祖敦笃于明勋。”浮生:《庄子·刻意》:“其生若浮,其死若休。”此句译原文之“觉矣!”(Wake!)○宫楼宫中殿阁楼宇张籍寒食内宴》其一:“朝光瑞气宫楼。”宫楼上层,译“苏丹塔楼”,盖用原文韵致不易协也。
Wake! For the Sun, who scatter'd into flight
The Stars before him from the Field of Night,
Drives Night along with them from Heav'n, and strikes
The Sultán's Turret with a Shaft of Light.