棋盘宛如世界
一个个棋子仿佛世间的种种现象
游戏规则就是我们所称的自然法则
竞争对手藏于暗处 不为我们所见
我们知晓 这位对手向来处事公平
正义凛然 极富耐心 然而我们也明白
这位对手从不忽视任何错误
或者因为我们的无知而做出一丝让步
所以我们也必须为此付出代价
这是一个最好的时代
也是一个最坏的时代
这是明智的年代
这是愚昧的年代
这是信任的纪元
这是怀疑的纪元
这是光明的季节
这是黑暗的季节
这是希望的春日
这是失望的冬日
我们面前应有尽有
我们面前一无所有
我们都将直下地狱
of the universe the rules of the
game are what we call the laws of nature
The player on the other side is hidden from us
We know that his play is always fair
just and patient But also we know
to our cost that he never overlooks a mistake
or makes the smallest allowance for ignorance
it was the worst of times
it was the age of wisdom
it was the age of foolishness
it was the epoch of belief
it was the epoch of incredulity
it was the season of light
it was the season of darkness
it was the spring of hope
it was the winter of despair
we had everything before us
we had nothing before us
we were all going direct to Heaven
we were all going direct the other way
