貝托爾特·布萊希特 1935

誰建造了七門底比斯？

你將在書中讀到國王的名字。

國王們把巖石塊拖起來了嗎？

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而巴比倫，多次被拆毀，

是誰一再將它重建？

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利馬的建造者是否能住在那些金光閃閃的房屋中？

中國的長城完工的那天晚上，泥瓦匠去了哪里？

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偉大的羅馬遍布凱旋門。

誰建立的？

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那些羅馬皇帝戰(zhàn)勝了誰？

難道在歌曲中備受贊美的拜占庭，只有宮殿供其居民使用嗎？

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即使在傳說中的亞特蘭蒂斯，在海洋吞沒它的那個(gè)晚上，

溺水者仍然在呼喊他們的奴隸。

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年輕的亞歷山大征服了印度。

就憑他一個(gè)人嗎？

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凱撒擊敗了高盧人。

他連廚子都沒帶嗎？

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西班牙的腓力在他的無敵艦隊(duì)沉沒時(shí)哭了。

他是唯一一個(gè)哭泣的人嗎？

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腓特烈二世贏得了七年戰(zhàn)爭。

除了他還有誰獲勝？

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每一頁都是勝利。

誰為勝利者烹制了慶功宴？

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代代出偉人。

誰為他們的成功付出代價(jià)？

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如此多的紀(jì)錄。

如此多的問題。

原文：

Bertolt Brecht 1935

Questions From a Worker Who Reads

Who built Thebes of the 7 gates ??
In the books you will read the names of kings.?
Did the kings haul up the lumps of rock ??

And Babylon, many times demolished,?
Who raised it up so many times ??

In what houses of gold glittering Lima did its builders live ??
Where, the evening that the Great Wall of China was finished, did the masons go?

Great Rome is full of triumphal arches.?
Who erected them ??

Over whom did the Caesars triumph ??
Had Byzantium, much praised in song, only palaces for its inhabitants ??

Even in fabled Atlantis, the night that the ocean engulfed it,?
The drowning still cried out for their slaves.?

The young Alexander conquered India.
Was he alone ??

Caesar defeated the Gauls.?
Did he not even have a cook with him ??

Philip of Spain wept when his armada went down.?
Was he the only one to weep ???

Frederick the 2nd won the 7 Years War.?
Who else won it ??

Every page a victory.?
Who cooked the feast for the victors ??

Every 10 years a great man.?
Who paid the bill ??

So many reports.??

So many questions.