波斯短歌行译笺 其八十七 当代 · 钟锦
七言绝句 押灰韵
时有能言小缶来，善齐物论语相开：“若知天下无同异，窳器何输大匠才”？
注：○善齐物论：《庄子》有《齐物论》篇。原文之小缶，执伊斯兰苏菲教派之泛神说，译文以齐物说拟之也。语相开：苏轼《减字木兰花·彭门留别》：“一语相开，匹似当初本不来。”○同异：《庄子·天下》：“大同而与小同异，此之谓小同异；万物毕同毕异，此之谓大同异。”○原文云：“方其时，有多言者，或一苏菲派之小缶也，愠怒曰：陶器与陶工何为哉？君试告我：孰为陶工？孰为陶器？”今以齐物说拟之，故语多旷达也。
Whereat some one of the loquacious Lot—
I think a Súfi pipkin—waxing hot—
"All this of Pot and Potter—Tell me, then,
Who is the Potter, pray, and who the Pot?"
Whereat some one of the loquacious Lot—
I think a Súfi pipkin—waxing hot—
"All this of Pot and Potter—Tell me, then,
Who is the Potter, pray, and who the Pot?"
