When he laughed, respectable senators burst with laughter, And when he cried the little children died in the streets.

When he laughed, respectable senators burst with laughter, And when he cried the little children died in the streets.

当他大笑时，可敬的参议员们哄堂大笑，当他哭泣时，孩子们就死在街上。

-- W. H. Auden 奥登