譯本：加繆、黑塞、毛姆 | 譯本
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附錄： 别揭开这华丽的面纱
Lift Not The Painted Veil Which Those Who Live
毛姆的《面纱》，灵感来自于雪莱1818的一首小诗。
Lift Not The Painted Veil Which Those Who Live
Lift not the painted veil which those who live
Call Life: though unreal shapes be pictured there,
And it but mimic all we would believe
With colours idly spread,--behind, lurk Fear
And Hope, twin Destinies; who ever weave
Their shadows, o'er the chasm, sightless and drear.
I knew one who had lifted it--he sought,
For his lost heart was tender, things to love,
But found them not, alas! nor was there aught
The world contains, the which he could approve.
Through the unheeding many he did move,
A splendour among shadows, a bright blot
Upon this gloomy scene, a Spirit that strove
For truth, and like the Preacher found it not.
Percy Bysshe Shelley
别揭开这华丽的面纱
别揭开那些活着的人们用来形容生活的彩色面纱，
尽管这上面都是些不真实的假象，
它只是用随意涂抹的色彩，
模拟着我们能够相信的一切事物，
在它后面隐藏着恐惧与希望，
交织着不同的命运，
谁人曾 将他们的影子编织在那幽远深谷中。
我曾认识这样一个人，
他揭开了这彩色面纱，
他迷失的心灵是如此柔软，
令他不懈寻求能寄托他的爱的东西，却寻不得，
唉！世界上已没有什么能得到他的欣赏。
他行走在冷漠的人群中，
就像是无边黑暗中的一片光辉，灰色画面里的一块明斑，
他拥有着的一颗追寻真知的灵魂，
是传道者们所无法寻觅到的。
珀西·比希·雪莱
