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Whilst the authors of all these evils were idly and stupidly gazing on this menacing meteor which blackened all their horizon,
正當所有這些罪惡的始作俑者慵懶和愚蠢地盯著這個能令他們視野所及陷于黑暗之中的險惡流星時，
it suddenly burst, and poured down the whole of its contents upon the plains of the Carnatic.
它突然爆裂了，里面的污穢全都灑在卡那提克的原野上。
Then ensued a scene of woe, the like of which no eye had seen, no heart conceived, and which no tongue can adequately tell.
接下來發生災難的一幕，沒有誰愿意看到，沒有哪顆心能覺察到。也沒有哪個人能恰當地描述出來。
All the horrors of war before known or heard of, were mercy to that new havoc.
之前所知或聽說過的所有戰爭恐怖場面，對于這場新的大破壞而言都是幸運的。
A storm of universal fire blasted every field, consumed every house, destroyed every temple.
雷電引起的撲天大火席卷每一塊田野，每一幢房屋都夷為平地，每一間寺廟都毀于一旦。
The miserable inhabitants, flying from their flaming villages, in part were slaughtered;
凄慘的居民，從他們冒著火舌的村莊飛奔出來。除了一部分葬身火海外；
others, without regard to sex, to age, to the respect of rank, or sacredness of function,
其他人，不論男女老幼還是所屬的社會階層以及擔任的神職，
fathers torn from children, husbands from wives, enveloped in a whirlwind of cavalry,
父親為死去的孩子嚎啕，丈夫為死去的妻子落淚，騎兵隊一陣風地包圍過來，
and, amidst the goading spears of drivers, and the trampling of pursuing horses, were swept into captivity, in an unknown and hostile land.
在馭手驅趕牲口的尖棒和狂奔的馬踩踏下——都被囚禁起來，進入未知和敵對的土地。
Those who were able to evade this tempest, fled to the walled cities;
那些能逃脫這場風暴的人，跑到有城墻的城市里。
but escaping from fire, sword, and exile, they fell into the jaws of famine.
可是，雖然僥幸逃脫了大火，刀劍和流亡，他們還是落入饑餓的魔爪。
