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布莱希特诗一首 Fragen eines lesenden Arbeiters / A Worker Reads History

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A Worker Reads History
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Who built the seven gates of Thebes?
- d! i4 J& e7 h* r8 [) \. V7 CThe books are filled with names of kings., G4 i% o) m; F1 t
Was it the kings who hauled the craggy blocks of stone?" P3 O/ S0 V, E8 ?
And Babylon, so many times destroyed.
0 o2 Q& X3 w$ q& D; ?8 b  g& l. ]! uWho built the city up each time? In which of Lima's houses,
) g0 q4 z9 f/ @* ~" E; B! w+ IThat city glittering with gold, lived those who built it?9 `; M9 {! v! ?2 e
In the evening when the Chinese wall was finished
# j$ P9 ]0 q9 ^9 D. W7 q1 MWhere did the masons go? Imperial Rome+ O# H9 z$ P# F! p# x
Is full of arcs of triumph. Who reared them up? Over whom
  z! K$ t* N& @( b. j' a( t5 M. eDid the Caesars triumph? Byzantium lives in song.& g: P8 E2 [7 V  l% ]8 A8 T
Were all her dwellings palaces? And even in Atlantis of the legend0 Q- C6 B/ |; ?1 W8 x0 @
The night the seas rushed in,
6 ~2 e& F0 {* q7 O5 y* yThe drowning men still bellowed for their slaves.6 o/ o2 {7 |, v5 }& \
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Young Alexander conquered India.7 Q; t) L7 X2 v  R; v0 j# C- ]' T' Q
He alone?
0 Q) T# U- R  T4 W$ ?. O8 p! FCaesar beat the Gauls.% L5 a  r8 i- K" R5 r
Was there not even a cook in his army?
8 T7 L! F8 Z/ ], p+ \; S: O6 aPhillip of Spain wept as his fleet
$ \4 n1 e/ l$ ]4 ^! X! d, gwas sunk and destroyed. Were there no other tears?7 [& B6 T$ `6 |8 {
Frederick the Greek triumphed in the Seven Years War.: |! o! K( w$ P, V7 n* f
Who triumphed with him?
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  I7 j0 R# r! q0 A! ^- b8 Y1 x$ ?Each page a victory
6 P1 ^* t) c+ P8 KAt whose expense the victory ball?: J! \* x+ V" J: p' f+ ]- y* j1 {" r: }
Every ten years a great man,
! J0 y3 S, L2 r/ l+ r7 bWho paid the piper?
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So many particulars.+ ]9 k2 f/ C+ v, c2 h+ u' I6 b% T
So many questions." l& ^# X$ n; {' C
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此诗为耶鲁大学John Merriman历史202(现代欧洲史)第一堂大课所提,引人深思。历史到底是个啥?
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