Prisoner, tell me, who was it that bound you?’
‘It was my master,’ said the prisoner. ‘I thought I could outdo everybody in the world in wealth and power, and I amassed in my own treasure-hose the money due to my king. When sleep overcame me I lay upon the bad that was for my lord, and on waking up I found I was a prisoner in my own treasure-house.’
‘Prisoner, tell me, who was it that wrought this unbreakable chain?’
‘It was I,’ said the prisoner, ‘who forged this chain very carefully. I thought my invincible power would hold the world captive leaving me in a freedom undisturbed. Thus night and day I worked at the chain with huge fires and cruel hard strokes. When at last the work was done and the links were complete and unbreakable, I found that it held me in its grip.’
＂囚人，告訴我，誰把你捆起來的？＂
＂是我的主人，＂囚人說．＂我以為我的財(cái)富與權(quán)力勝過世界上一切的人，我把我的國王的錢財(cái)聚斂在自己的寶庫里．我昏困不過，睡在我主的床上，一覺醒來，我發(fā)現(xiàn)我在自己的寶庫里做了囚人．＂
＂囚人，告訴我，是誰鑄的這條堅(jiān)牢的鎖鏈？＂
＂是我，＂囚人說，＂是我自己用心鑄造的．我以為我的無敵的權(quán)力會征服世界，使我有無礙的自由．我日夜用烈火重錘打造了這條鐵鏈．等到工作完成，鐵鏈堅(jiān)牢完善，我發(fā)現(xiàn)這鐵鏈把我捆住了．＂
‘It was my master,’ said the prisoner. ‘I thought I could outdo everybody in the world in wealth and power, and I amassed in my own treasure-hose the money due to my king. When sleep overcame me I lay upon the bad that was for my lord, and on waking up I found I was a prisoner in my own treasure-house.’
‘Prisoner, tell me, who was it that wrought this unbreakable chain?’
‘It was I,’ said the prisoner, ‘who forged this chain very carefully. I thought my invincible power would hold the world captive leaving me in a freedom undisturbed. Thus night and day I worked at the chain with huge fires and cruel hard strokes. When at last the work was done and the links were complete and unbreakable, I found that it held me in its grip.’
＂囚人，告訴我，誰把你捆起來的？＂
＂是我的主人，＂囚人說．＂我以為我的財(cái)富與權(quán)力勝過世界上一切的人，我把我的國王的錢財(cái)聚斂在自己的寶庫里．我昏困不過，睡在我主的床上，一覺醒來，我發(fā)現(xiàn)我在自己的寶庫里做了囚人．＂
＂囚人，告訴我，是誰鑄的這條堅(jiān)牢的鎖鏈？＂
＂是我，＂囚人說，＂是我自己用心鑄造的．我以為我的無敵的權(quán)力會征服世界，使我有無礙的自由．我日夜用烈火重錘打造了這條鐵鏈．等到工作完成，鐵鏈堅(jiān)牢完善，我發(fā)現(xiàn)這鐵鏈把我捆住了．＂