哀矜勿喜 - 古德明

哀矜勿喜 - 古德明

Aftersigningthesurrenderpapers,ConfederategeneralRobertLeegotonhishorseandrodeslowlybacktohisarmy.Unionsoldiersbegantocelebrate.ArtillerymenfiredtheirgunstosalutethevictoryoverLee.
UniongeneralUlyssesGrantheardtheartilleryboomingandsentordersthatitshouldstop."Therebelsareourcountrymenagain,"hesaid."Wecanbestshowourjoybyrefusingtocelebratetheirdownfall."Havinggivenbirthtoareunitednation,Grantexperiencedapost-partummelancholy."Ifelt...sadanddepressed,"hewrote,"atthedownfallofafoewhohadfoughtsolongandvaliantly,andhadsufferedsomuchforacause,thoughthatcausewas,Ibelieve,oneoftheworstforwhichapeopleeverfought."
美國南軍將領羅勃特.李簽署投降文件之後,上馬慢慢返回南軍軍營。北軍開始慶祝打敗了李軍,砲兵鳴砲誌喜。
北軍將領攸里西斯.格蘭特聽到砲聲隆隆,傳令禁止,說:「叛軍現在再次是我國國民了,我們慶祝的最好辦法,就是不因他們落難而雀躍。」格蘭特身為南北重歸統一之父,似乎有點產後抑鬱。他寫道:「敵人戰敗了。我感到……難過、消沉。他們為一個目標奮戰了多時,也吃盡了苦頭,只是為這樣糟糕的目標內戰,相信歷來少有。」
【附注】Post-partum是「產後的」,等於post-natal,「產後抑鬱症」是post-partumdepression或post-nataldepression。Apeople指「一個民族」,和severalpeople(幾個人)的people不同,例如:Theyareanhonourablepeople(他們是個可敬的民族)。