波斯短歌行译笺其三十七

[当代] 钟锦

记驻行途看冶陶，冶中陶土作悲号：“君当太古原吾与，今日君工且缓操”。
注：○太古：远古也。《荀子·正论》：“太古薄葬，故不抇也。”吾与：张载《西铭》：“民吾同胞，物吾与也。”原文为“兄弟”，是同胞也，彼陶土也，故译“吾与”。
For I remember stopping by the way
To watch a Potter thumping his wet Clay;
And with its all-obliterated Tongue
It murmur'd—"Gently, Brother, gently, pray!"