Blind Owl, Sadegh Hedayat, First Paragraph by Costello
Farnoosh Shamsian /
- Created on 2022-04-06 16:56:59
- Modified on 2022-04-07 10:48:35
- Translated by D.P. Costello
- Aligned by Farnoosh Shamsian
فارسی Transliterate
English
در زندگی زخم‌هايی هست که مثل خوره در انزوا روح را آهسته در انزوا می‌خورد و می‌تراشد . اين دردها را نمی‌شود به کسی اظهار کرد , چون عموما عادت دارند که اين دردهای باورنکردنی را جزو اتفاقات و پيش‌آمدهای نادر و عجيب بشمارند و اگر کسی بگويد يا بنويسد , مردم بر سبیل عقاید جاری و عقايد خودشان سعی می‌کنند آن را با لبخند شکاک و تمسخرآميز تلقی کنند . زیرا بشر هنوز چاره و دوائی برایش پیدا نکرده و تنها داروی آن فراموشی توسط شراب و خواب مصنوعی به وسیله افیون و مواد مخدره است- ولی افسوس که تاثیر این گونه دارو ها موقت است و به جای تسکین پس از مدتی بر شدت درد می‌افزاید . آیا روزی به اسرار این اتفاقات ماوراء طبیعی , این انعکاس سایه روح که در حالت اغما و برزخ بين خواب و بیداری جلوه می کند کسی پی خواهد برد؟
There
are
sores
which
slowly
erode
the
mind
in
solitude
like
a
kind
of
canker
.
It is impossible to convey a just idea of the agony which this disease can inflict . In general , people are apt to relegate such inconceivable sufferings to the category of the incredible . Any mention of them in conversation or in writing is considered in the light of current beliefs , the individual’s personal beliefs in particular , and tends to provoke a smile of incredulity and derision . The reason for this incomprehension is that mankind has not yet discovered a cure for this disease . Relief from it is to be found only in the oblivion brought about by wine and in the artificial sleep induced by opium and similar narcotics . Alas , the effects of such medicines are only temporary . After a certain point , instead of alleviating the pain , they only intensify it .
Will anyone ever penetrate the secret of this disease which transcends ordinary experience , this reverberation of the shadow of the mind , which manifests itself in a state of coma like that between death and resurrection , when one is neither asleep nor awake ?
It is impossible to convey a just idea of the agony which this disease can inflict . In general , people are apt to relegate such inconceivable sufferings to the category of the incredible . Any mention of them in conversation or in writing is considered in the light of current beliefs , the individual’s personal beliefs in particular , and tends to provoke a smile of incredulity and derision . The reason for this incomprehension is that mankind has not yet discovered a cure for this disease . Relief from it is to be found only in the oblivion brought about by wine and in the artificial sleep induced by opium and similar narcotics . Alas , the effects of such medicines are only temporary . After a certain point , instead of alleviating the pain , they only intensify it .
Will anyone ever penetrate the secret of this disease which transcends ordinary experience , this reverberation of the shadow of the mind , which manifests itself in a state of coma like that between death and resurrection , when one is neither asleep nor awake ?