The hand that signed the paper felled a city;

那只签署文件的手毁了一座城市；

Five sovereign fingers taxed the breath,

五个大权在握的手指扼杀生机，

Doubled the globe of dead and halved a country;

把死者的世界扩大一倍又把一个国家分两半，

These five kings did a king to death.

这五个王置一个王于死地。

The mighty hand leads to a sloping shoulder,

那只有权势的手通向倾斜的肩膀，

The finger joints are cramped with chalk;

手指关节由于石灰质而僵硬；

A goose's quill has put an end to murder

一支鹅毛笔结束了一场

That put an end to talk.

结束过谈判的屠杀。

The hand that signed the treaty bred a fever,

And famine grew, and locusts came;

那只签署条约的手制造瘟疫，

Great is the hand that holds dominion over

又发生饥谨，飞来蝗灾，

Man by a scribbled name.

那只用一个潦草的签名

统治人类的手多了不起。

The five kings count the dead but do not soften

The crusted wound nor pat the brow;

五个王数死人但不安慰

A hand rules pity as a hand rules heaven;

结疤的伤口也不抚摸额头；

Hands have no tears to flow.

一只手统治怜悯一只手统治天；

手没有眼泪可流。