A CHARGER, feeling the infirmities of age, was sent to work in a mill instead of going out to battle. —
一匹战马，感受到年老的不可避免，被派去工作在磨坊里而不是参加战斗。 —

But when he was compelled to grind instead of serving in the wars, he bewailed his change of fortune and called to mind his former state, saying, “Ah! —
但当他被迫磨面粉而不是在战场上服役时，他对自己的命运变化感到悲伤，并回想起自己以前的状态，说：“啊！ —

Miller, I had indeed to go campaigning before, but I was barbed from counter to tail, and a man went along to groom me; —
磨坊主啊，以前我确实需要出征，但我从头到尾都穿着马铠，还有一个人陪伴着我梳洗； —

and now I cannot understand what ailed me to prefer the mill before the battle. —
现在我无法理解为何我会选择磨坊而不是战斗。” —

” “Forbear,” said the Miller to him, “harping on what was of yore, for it is the common lot of mortals to sustain the ups and downs of fortune.”
磨坊主对他说：“别再唠叨过去的事了，因为人们共同面对命运的浮沉。”