tells of how he was captured.

讲述他如何被俘的故事了
He was up on a pyre,

他在火葬柴堆上
and he was going to be burned when he remembered Solon,

在即将被烧死之时想到梭伦
the Greek, who had come to him and warned him about the vain glory,

这个希腊人曾警告过他这只是虚荣而已
and he said,oh Solon, oh Solon.

他感叹着哎梭伦哎梭伦
I guess Apollo must have then said, he's reached wisdom

我猜阿波罗一定曾经说过他很有智慧
and so he sent a rain storm to put the fire out

所以就派遣暴风雨来浇灭火焰
and he lived through that.

而他也确实经受住了这一切
Well okay, the point is the oracle was wrong. No, of course not.

但是重点是神谕错了吗当然不是
We all know what was wrong with Croesus.

我们都知道克洛伊索斯错在了哪里
He should have asked another question, which empire?

他应该问另外一个问题哪个帝国
But he didn't think of it;

但是他并没有想到这点