審問官第二章「杳体」
As I was walking among the fires of hell, delighted with the enjoyments of Genius; which to Angels look like torment and insanity. I collected some of their Proverbs: thinking that as the sayings used in a nation, mark its character, so the Proverbs of Hell, shew the nature of Infernal wisdom better than any description of buildings or garments.
When I came home; on the abyss of the five senses, where a flat sided steep frowns over the present world. I saw a mighty Devil folded in black clouds, hovering on the sides of the rock, with corroding fires he wrote the following sentence now percieved by the minds of men, & read by them on earth.
How do you know but ev'ry Bird that cuts the airy way,
Is an immense world of delight, clos'd by your senses five?
記憶に残りし幻想
吾が地獄の炎の中を歩きし時、「霊」の愉悦で歓びし。「天使」にとっては劫罰で異常に見えるが、吾は彼らの幾つかの「諺」を集めし。その謂はれが或る国で使はれるやうに考へつつ、その文字に印をつけて、「地獄の諺」は以下のやうに、建物や衣服を描くよりもよい[地獄]の智の性質を示してをりし。
吾が家に帰りし時、五感の奈落の上に、或る平面が現実世界を覆ひつつ険しいしかめっ面をその両側にあしらへて、吾は見し、黒雲に囲われし或る強力な「悪魔」を、両側の巌の上を漂ひつつ侵食する炎と共に、彼は今、人間の感知出来る以下の文章で書き記す、そして、地の上でそれらを読みし。
あなたは、あらゆる「鳥」が将に天空を切り裂きつつ飛翔するのは如何様にしているのかを知りしか、
広大無辺なる歓びの世界はあなたの五感により閉ぢられしか？
Proverbs of Hell.
In seed time learn, in harvest teach, in winter enjoy.
Drive your cart and your plow over the bones of the dead.
The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom.
Prudence is a rich ugly old maid courted by Incapacity.
He who desires but acts not, breeds pestilence.
The cut worm forgives the plow.
Dip him in the river who loves water.
A fool sees not the same tree that a wise man sees.
He whose face gives no light, shall never become a star.
Eternity is in love with the productions of time.
The busy bee has no time for sorrow.
The hours of folly are measur'd by the clock, but of wisdom: no clock can measure.
All wholsom food is caught without a net or a trap.
Bring out number weight & measure in a year of dearth.
No bird soars too high, if he soars with his own wings.
A dead body revenges not injuries.
The most sublime act is to set another before you.
If the fool would persist in his folly he would become wise.
Folly is the cloke of knavery.
Shame is Prides cloke.
Prisons are built with stones of Law, Brothels with bricks of Religion.
The pride of the peacock is the glory of God.
The lust of the goat is the bounty of God.
The wrath of the lion is the wisdom of God.
The nakedness of woman is the work of God.
Excess of sorrow laughs. Excess of joy weeps.
The roaring of lions, the howling of wolves, the raging of the stormy sea, and the destructive sword, are portions of eternity too great for the eye of man.
The fox condemns the trap, not himself.
Joys impregnate. Sorrows bring forth.
Let man wear the fell of the lion. woman the fleece of the sheep.
The bird a nest, the spider a web, man friendship.
The selfish smiling fool, & the sullen frowning fool shall be both thought wise, that they may be a rod.
What is now proved was once only imagin'd.
作品名：審問官第二章「杳体」 作家名：積 緋露雪