八

VIII

因此我们用双角、圆盘

So we reveal our status

用直立的蛇来显示我们的地位，

with twin-horns, disk, erect serpent,

尽管这些东西，还有双羽，莲花， 11

though these or the double-plume or lotus

你现在告诉我们，都是

are, you now tell us, trivial

无甚足道的知识残渣；

intellectual adornment;

诗人是无用之物，

poets are useless,

不仅如此，

more than that,

我们，可靠的文物，

we, authentic relic,

神秘智慧的肩负者，

bearers of the secret wisdom,

是内殿乐队

living remnant

和圣殿开创者中

of the inner band

仅存着的活人，

of the sanctuaries' initiate,

我们不仅“不实用”，

are not only 'non-utilitarian',

而且是“多愁善感”：

we are 'pathetic':

这就是时髦的邪说，

this is the new heresy;

如果你根本不懂文字的意义，

but if you do not even understand what words say,

你又怎么能判断

how can you expect to pass judgement

文字隐藏着什么？

on what words conceal?

而古代的红字标题显示

yet the ancient rubrics reveal that

我们又回到了初始：

we are back at the beginning:

你还有很长的路，

you have a long way to go,

走路要小心，对那些

walk carefully, peak politely

刚结束蛆虫期的人说话要客气，

to those who have done their worm-cycle,

因为众神早已被击碎，

for gods have been smashed before

偶像与偶像的秘密

and idols and their secret is stored

已储存在人的每句话里，

in man's very speech,

在琐碎不足道的

in the trivial or

或真实的梦里；徽章

the real dream; insignia

在苍鹭的冠中，

in the heron's crest,

在毒蛇的背上，

the asp's back,

谜语，正如红字标题所承诺

enigmas, rubrics promise as before,

不会被誊抄者写错；

protection for the scribe;

走在祭司之前的人，

he takes precedence of the priest,

地位仅次于法老。

stands second only to the Pharaoh.