To Clutch at Madness    --Rumi

擁抱瘋狂

Conventional opinion is the ruin of our souls,

something borrowed which we mistake as our own.

Ignorance is better than this; clutch at madness instead.

Always run from what seems to benefit your self:

sip the poison and spill the water of life.

Revile those who flatter you;

lend both interest and principle to the poor.

Let security go and be at home amid dangers.

Leave your good name behind and accept disgrace.

I have lived with cautious thinking;

Now I’ll make myself mad.

(M. II, 2153-55)

慣常的意見是毀滅我們靈魂的禍因，

某些借來的東西我們誤以為是自己的。

無知還比較好；還不如抓住瘋狂。

總是逃離對你自己有益的東西：

啜飲毒藥而把生命之水流洩掉。

要痛斥那些奉承你的人；

將利息和本金借給貧困的人。

放棄安全而安處危險當中。

拋棄你的好名聲而接受羞辱。

之前我的生活都在小心翼翼地思考；

現在我要讓自己瘋狂。

（瑪斯拿維II.2153-55）