霸业成时为帝王,不成且作富家郎。
谁知天意无私曲,郿坞方成已灭亡。
(1)
Await the time,O noble,and be king,
Or failing,reap the solace riches bring;
Heaven nér is partial,but severely just,
Meiwu stood strong yet now it lies in dust.
(C. H. Brewitt-Taylor)
(2)
Success would have placed him on the throne itself;
Failing that,he meant to have an easy life of wealth.
What he forgot is that the gods ordain a path so strict:
His palace newly done,his enterprise lay wrecked.
(Moss Roberts)