那小男孩吹着泡泡
空气漂浮闪亮发光
带着彩虹的欢欣虚幻轻柔：
它们漂浮着破灭着以至消亡。

那男子吹着泡泡
制造国家，国王和将领
还有行军征战杀戮并
因手上沾血而大笑的军队—
可这些军队，国王和将领
已破碎消逝死光光。

Napoleon

The little boy blew bubbles
Floating the air to glisten and shine
With a rainbow joy and airiness silken:
They floated and broke and were gone.

The man blew bubbles,
Made nations and kings and captains
And armies that marched and slaughtered
And laughed at the blood on their hands—
But the armies and kings and captains
Are broken and vanished and gone.

--Carl Sandburg