Auguries of Innocence

William Blake

1

To see a World in a Grain of Sand

And a Heaven in a Wild Flower

Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand

And Eternity in an hour

2

A Robin Red breast in a Cage

Puts all Heaven in a Rage

A Dove house filld with Doves & Pigeons

Shudders Hell thr' all its regions

3

A dog starvd at his Masters Gate

Predicts the ruin of the State

A Horse misusd upon the Road

Calls to Heaven for Human blood

4

Each outcry of the hunted Hare

A fibre from the Brain does tear

A Skylark wounded in the wing

A Cherubim does cease to sing

5

The Game Cock clipd & armd for fight

Does the Rising Sun affright

Every Wolfs & Lions howl

Raises from Hell a Human Soul

6

The wild deer, wandring here & there

Keeps the Human Soul from Care

The Lamb misusd breeds Public Strife

And yet forgives the Butchers knife

7

The Bat that flits at close of Eve

Has left the Brain that wont Believe

The Owl that calls upon the Night

Speaks the Unbelievers fright

8

He who shall hurt the little Wren

Shall never be belovd by Men

He who the Ox to wrath has movd

Shall never be by Woman lovd

9

The wanton Boy that kills the Fly

Shall feel the Spiders enmity

He who torments the Chafers Sprite

Weaves a Bower in endless Night

10

The Catterpiller on the Leaf

Repeats to thee thy Mothers grief

Kill not the Moth nor Butterfly

For the Last Judgment draweth nigh

11

He who shall train the Horse to War

Shall never pass the Polar Bar

The Beggars Dog & Widows Cat

Feed them & thou wilt grow fat

12

The Gnat that sings his Summers Song

Poison gets from Slanders tongue

The poison of the Snake & Newt

Is the sweat of Envys Foot

13

The poison of the Honey Bee

Is the Artists Jealousy

The Princes Robes & Beggars Rags

Are Toadstools on the Misers Bags

14

A Truth thats told with bad intent

Beats all the Lies you can invent

It is right it should be so

Man was made for Joy & Woe

15

And when this we rightly know

Thro the World we safely go

Joy & Woe are woven fine

A Clothing for the soul divine

16

Under every grief & pine

Runs a joy with silken twine

The Babe is more than swadling Bands

Throughout all these Human Lands

17

Tools were made & Born were hands

Every Farmer Understands

Every Tear from Every Eye

Becomes a Babe in Eternity

18

This is caught by Females bright

And returnd to its own delight

The Bleat the Bark Bellow & Roar

Are Waves that Beat on Heavens Shore

19

The Babe that weeps the Rod beneath

Writes Revenge in realms of Death

The Beggars Rags fluttering in Air

Does to Rags the Heavens tear

20

The Soldier armd with Sword & Gun

Palsied strikes the Summers Sun

The poor Mans Farthing is worth more

Than all the Gold on Africs Shore

21

One Mite wrung from the Labrers hands

Shall buy & sell the Misers Lands

Or if protected from on high

Does that whole Nation sell & buy

22

He who mocks the Infants Faith

Shall be mockd in Age & Death

He who shall teach the Child to Doubt

The rotting Grave shall neer get out

23

He who respects the Infants faith

Triumphs over Hell & Death

The Childs Toys & the Old Mans Reasons

Are the Fruits of the Two seasons

24

The Questioner who sits so sly

Shall never know how to Reply

He who replies to words of Doubt

Doth put the Light of Knowledge out

25

The Strongest Poison ever known

Came from Caesars Laurel Crown

Nought can Deform the Human Race

Like to the Armours iron brace

26

When Gold & Gems adorn the Plow

To peaceful Arts shall Envy Bow

A Riddle or the Crickets Cry

Is to Doubt a fit Reply

27

The Emmets Inch & Eagles Mile

Make Lame Philosophy to smile

He who Doubts from what he sees

Will neer Believe do what you Please

28

If the Sun & Moon should Doubt

Theyd immediately Go out

To be in a Passion you Good may Do

But no Good if a Passion is in you

29

The Whore & Gambler by the State

Licencd build that Nations Fate

The Harlots cry from Street to Street

Shall weave Old Englands winding Sheet

30

The Winners Shout the Losers Curse

Dance before dead Englands Hearse

Every Night & every Morn

Some to Misery are Born

31

Every Morn and every Night

Some are Born to sweet delight

Some are Born to sweet delight

Some are Born to Endless Night

32

We are led to Believe a Lie

When we see not Thro the Eye

Which was Born in a Night to perish in a Night

When the Soul Slept in Beams of Light

33

God Appears & God is Light

To those poor Souls who dwell in Night

But does a Human Form Display

To those who Dwell in Realms of day

天真的预示

威廉·布莱克

@Frengers 译（来自豆瓣）

1

一粒沙中观一世界

一朵花中憬悟天堂

掌中握无限

刹那偕永恒

2

笼中知更

将天国置若罔怒

拥挤的鸽房

似地狱席卷般战栗

3

饿狗死在主人门前

预示着彼此的毁灭

马儿的虐待在路边上演

求召天国偿还这笔血债

4

每一声猎兔的疾呼

皆是被撕碎的一丝头颅

云雀的羽翼被刺创

于是天使将停止歌唱

5

斗鸡武装起来开战

惊骇了旭日

每一声豺狼的嚎哭

唤醒睡在地狱的死灵

6

野鹿去而复返

关照着人类的灵魂

羔羊受虐引起公众的吵嚷

亦原谅了屠夫的利刃

7

蝙蝠掠过白夜

留下怀疑者的头脑

猫头鹰匿于深夜

诉说着不信之人的恐惧

8

谁在伤害鹪鹩

他将不再被爱

谁在触怒公牛

他将不再能爱

9

杀死了这只苍蝇

顽童会被蜘蛛仇恨

折磨着那金龟子

精灵为你编织了茫茫黑夜

10

叶上的毛虫

复述着母亲的不幸

别去杀飞蛾与蝴蝶

因为最终的审判不远就来

11

有人把马训练作战

将无法跨越北极线

乞狗与寡猫前来

喂养它 并使之形容衰汰

12

蚊蝇为夏日嗡鸣

毒药便取自诽谤之舌

蛇及蝾螈的剧毒

是嫉妒者的脚汗

13

蜂后的毒

是艺术家的猜忌

王锦丐褛

似守财奴衣袋上的毒斑

14

当真理被恶意所利用

打破一切臆造的谎言

现实本该如此

人们生来注定承受喜悲

15

若能明了这些

你我便可安然自在

将你的悲与喜交织在一起

披一件给纯洁心灵的衣裳

16

在每一份伤痛与悲哀中

必然亦有喜悦的存在

婴孩绝非仅育于襁褓

此地此民皆无例外

17

被制造的或被孕育的

每一名农夫皆明白

每一滴泪及每一双眼

化为永恒的存在

18

这些由女人引致的欢愉

终将反之与她

哭诉 叫喊 怒吼 呼唤

海浪拍打着天堂之彼岸

19

哭泣的婴儿

把仇恨书写在死域

丐衣飘残零散

把天空撕成碎片

20

士兵们刀枪铛铛

耸动骄阳

穷人们空身行囊

却胜过非洲大陆的宝藏

21

从劳动者手里榨取的杯羹

亦能买卖守财奴的土地

若是受得到上帝庇佑

世间万物皆可变卖

22

谁在嘲笑幼稚的信念

谁便将被岁月无情嘲弄

谁在唆使纯真的疑猜

谁便将被坟茔埋葬腐坏

23

谁能尊重天真的信念

谁将在死生中赢得凯旋

孩子的玩具及老者的箴言

是我们在季节里收获的果粟

24

人们在狡黠的质问

却不能作答

人们在模棱的回复

把知识拒之门外

25

世上所知的最毒之药

来自于凯撒的桂冠

没有人能纠正畸形的人类

正如胄铁难折

26

当金玉装饰了犁耕

平和的艺术亦卑躬屈漆

一个迷 或是窸窣的哭泣

你我猜疑着彼此的答案

27

蝼蚁与鹰鹫行差千里

令无聊的哲理变得好笑

如果怀疑自己的眼睛

你将永远不懂得信任

28

如果太阳和月亮心存质疑

他们将会转瞬即逝

身处于激情中获知美好

但不可为之迷失自我

29

妓女与赌徒

被喊来建造人类的命运

在街角传遍着娼妓的嚎啕

编织出陈旧的裹尸布

30

胜利的人欢呼 失败的人诅咒

在英格兰的灵柩前舞摆

每一个夜晚 每一个清晨

有些人注定承受痛苦

31

每一个清晨 每一个夜晚

有些人注定拥抱幸福

有些人注定拥抱幸福

有些人注定承受无尽长夜

32

如非亲眼所见

我们便易相信谎言

当灵魂在光芒中沉睡时

谎言终将在黑夜中自生自灭

33

困在无尽长夜中的灵魂啊

上帝定会出现 幻化成光

对生活在白昼的人

上帝仅外显为人