Mock on,mock on,Voltaire,Rousseau

Mock on, mock on, Voltaire, Rousseau

                          by William Blake

Mock on, mock on, Voltaire, Rousseau;
Mock on, mock on; 'tis all in vain!
You throw the sand against the wind,
And the wind blows it back again.

And every sand becomes a gem
Reflected in the beams divine;
Blown back they blind the mocking eye,
But still in Israel's paths they shine.

The Atoms of Democritus
And Newton's Particles of Light
Are sands upon the Red Sea shore,
Where Israel's tents do shine so bright.

沙子

 王佐良 译

嘲笑吧，嘲笑吧，伏尔泰，卢梭，
嘲笑吧，嘲笑吧，但一切徒劳，
你们把沙子对风扔去，
风又把沙子吹回。

每粒沙都成了宝石，
反映着神圣的光，
吹回的沙子迷住了嘲笑的眼，
却照亮了以色列的道路。

德谟克利特的原子，
牛顿的光粒子，
都是红海岸边的沙子，
那里闪耀着以色列的帐篷。

威廉•布莱克简介