The hand that signed the paper felled a city;

那只签署文件的手击倒了一座城； 

Five sovereign fingers taxed the breath,

五根拥有至高权力的手指令人无法透气， 

Doubled the globe of dead and halved a country;

把死者的星球加倍，把一个国家减半； 

These five kings did a king to death.

这五个王将一个王置于死地。 

The mighty hand leads to a sloping shoulder,

那强大的手令肩膀倾斜， 

The finger joints are cramped with chalk;

带有白垩粉块的指关节抽搐； 

A goose's quill has put an end to murder

一只鹅毛笔终结了一场 

That put an end to talk.

终结了谈判的杀戮。 

The hand that signed the treaty bred a fever,

And famine grew, and locusts came;

那只签署条约的手导致了热病， 

Great is the hand that holds dominion over

饥荒出现，飞来灾蝗； 

Man by a scribbled name.

那用草草写成的名字 

来统治人的手何其伟强。 

The five kings count the dead but do not soften

The crusted wound nor pat the brow;

这五个王数死人却不软化 

A hand rules pity as a hand rules heaven;

结疤的伤口，也不轻抚额头； 

Hands have no tears to flow.

一只手支配怜悯就如一只手支配天； 

手没有眼泪可流。