as they did with Louis XVI and with Marie Antoinette.

与处决路易十六和玛丽·安托瓦内特时一样
"Hold my head up. It's a good one,"

"悬起我的头颅吧它是伟大的"
Said Danton--or something like that,

丹东如是说或是类似的意思
when they'd executed him on Saint-Just and Robespierre's orders before.

他在圣茹斯特和罗伯斯庇尔之前被处决
He meets Sanson

他来到桑森面前
with blood pouring out of the bandage holding his jaw and having come loose.

腭上还松垮地缠着渗血的绷带
Even at the end, even as they shove his head into the little window,

甚至到最后一刻他们把他的头压进斩台时
blood is pouring from him.

他的下颚依然流血不止
One doesn't know--

我们无从得知
we can't imagine as he looked up as his head is down.

无法想象他在断头之时举目环视的心情
He looks up and he sees the throngs

他抬头看着那些民众
who have paid a fine price

许多人花了大价钱