For an immortality like that,

如果永生是这样的话
death would be a blessing.

死亡就是祝福
And Montaigne, in the essay that I've had you look at,

蒙田说在我让你们读的另一篇文章里
says indeed, death is a blessing,

他说事实上死亡就是祝福
because it puts an end to the pain

因为它结束了我们年老时
and suffering and misery that afflict us in our old age.

折磨我们的痛苦和悲伤
Well, all of that seems right,

这些说法看上去很正确
but I suppose we'd be forgiven for thinking,

但我认为我们忽视了
look, when we wanted to be immortal,

看当我们想到永生时
we didn't want this kind of life going on

我们想到的并不是这样普通的生活
and on and on with the same trajectory, the same downward trajectory.

沿着相同的轨迹不断向下延伸
We sort of wanted to live forever,

我们想一直过一种