Let's talk of graves, of worms and epitaphs. Write sorrow on the bosom of the earth. Let us sit upon the ground and tell sad stories of the deaths of kings. How some have been deposed; some slain in war; some haunted by the ghosts they have deposed; some poisoned by their wives; some sleeping killed. All murdered.
我们说说坟墓吧,还有蛆虫和墓志铭。把悲哀写在大地的胸膛,席地而坐,细数列王之末路。有的惨遭废黜;有的战死沙场;有的被他们所废黜的鬼魂纠缠;有的被妻子毒死;有的在睡梦中被杀。无一善终。