忒拜七門(mén)誰(shuí)人鑄造？      who bilut the seven gates of thebes?

    帝王名號(hào)滿(mǎn)載史冊(cè)。      the books are filled with the names of kings.

    個(gè)中幾人親運(yùn)石料？      was it kings who hauled the craggy blocks of stone?

    巴比倫古城屢屢戰(zhàn)敗，    and babylon so many times destroyed.

    誰(shuí)人不厭興圖重建？      who bulit the city up each time?

    利馬圣殿金碧輝煌，      in which of lima's houses,the city glittering with gold,

    筑者入住幾許？          lived those who built it?

    中國(guó)長(zhǎng)城修畢之日，      in the evening when the chinese wall was finished,

    石匠又去向何方？        where did the masons go?

    羅馬帝國(guó)揚(yáng)威耀武，      imerial rome is full of arcs of triumph,

    又是何人之功？          who reared them up?

    凱撒凱旋，誰(shuí)者敗寇？    over whom did the caesars triumph?

    拜占庭歌舞升平，        byzantium lives in song.

    幾家歡喜幾家憂(yōu)愁？      were all her dwellings palaces?

    夢(mèng)城亞特蘭蒂斯，        and even in atlantis of the legend,

    沉默之夜，將死之人，    the night the sea rushed in,the drowning men

    仍對(duì)苦役惡語(yǔ)相向。      still bellowed for their slaves.

    亞歷山大征服印度，      young alexander conquered india,

    僅憑一人之師？          he  alone?

    凱撒攻下高盧，          caesar beat the gauls.

    豈無(wú)廚師隨行？          was there not even a cook in his army?

    腓力二世海戰(zhàn)灰飛煙滅，  philip of spain wept as his fleet was sunk and destroyed.

    幾人淚眼相望？          were there no other tears?

    腓特烈大帝七年勝站，    frederick the great triumphed in the seven years' war.

    麾下將士幾何？          who triumphed with him?

    凱歌數(shù)不盡，            each page a victory.

    慶功者何人？            at whose expense the victory ball?

    十年一豪杰，            every ten years a great man.

    誰(shuí)人獨(dú)風(fēng)騷？            who paid the piper?