صناع الخلود
ألا ترى غرابةً
أنّ ملوك الشعب والمهرجين
أولئك الجذلى بسركٍ ولعبْ
وعامة الدهماء من أمثالنا
نعمل في صناعة الخلود!
أُعطيَ كل واحد حقيبتَه
بها عتادُ شغله،
وساعةٌ رملية ،
ومرجعُ الإرشاد ؛
ليبتني الواحدُ منا عندما تطير ساعته ،
مطبَّ عثرة أو صخرةَ العبور.
وخطوةٌ وراء خطوة وتنقضي أباعدُ الدروب ،
وغرزةٌ وراء غرزة وينمحي مهلهلُ الثقوب،
فلا يثبطْك الذي عليك فعله
لتعتقد
أنك لن تكمل هذا الواجب المهول
فكل ما عليك فعله المحاولة
في كل يوم تكسب النقاط
واحدةً فواحدة
وعن قريب سترى السهل مكان الجبلِ .
شعر روبرت لي شارب (شاعر أمريكي ت 1951 )
ترجمة عبدالله بن حمدان
Makers of Eternity
Isn’t it strange, that princes and kings
and clowns that frolic in circus rings,
And ordinary folk like you and me
are makers of eternity.
For each is given a bag of tools,
an hourglass, and a book of rules;
And each shall have built when his hour has flown,
a stumbling block or a stepping stone.
One step upon another and the longest walk is ended,
one stitch upon another and the longest rend is mended,
So never be discouraged by the things you have to do,
and think that such a mighty task you never shall get through;
Just endeavor day by day,
another point to gain,
And soon the mountain that you feared
will have become a plain.
by R. L. Sharpe
Isn’t it strange, that princes and kings
and clowns that frolic in circus rings,
And ordinary folk like you and me
are makers of eternity.
For each is given a bag of tools,
an hourglass, and a book of rules;
And each shall have built when his hour has flown,
a stumbling block or a stepping stone.
One step upon another and the longest walk is ended,
one stitch upon another and the longest rend is mended,
So never be discouraged by the things you have to do,
and think that such a mighty task you never shall get through;
Just endeavor day by day,
another point to gain,
And soon the mountain that you feared
will have become a plain.
by R. L. Sharpe
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