-[de] Heine
-Translator: Yang
Two grenadiers set out for home,
Return to France from occupied Russia.
Once in Germany,
They can't help feeling dejected and despondent.
They heard the sad news:
France is hopeless,
The army was completely defeated.
The emperor also fell into the hands of the enemy.
Two grenadiers were crying,
For this sad news.
One way: "I am really in pain,
The old injury looks like a low-paying job again. "
The other said, "The tide has ebbed,
I want to kill myself with you,
I just have a wife and children at home,
They can't live without me. "
"What is a wife and what is a child,
My pursuit can be more noble;
Let them beg when they are hungry.
He's been arrested, my emperor!
"Promise my request, brother:
If I die now,
Please send my bones back to France,
Bury me in France.
"The cross on the red ribbon,
You should stick it to my heart;
Put this rifle in my hand,
Hang this long knife around my waist.
"I just lay in the grave,
Like a vigilant sentry,
Until one day I heard it again
The cannon roared and the horses roared.
"At this moment, the emperor passed by Ma Yue's mausoleum.
The sword clanged and flashed cold light;
I climbed out armed at once.
Defend the emperor, my emperor! "