Paris was son of Priam, king of Troy. As his mother dreamed at his birth that she was bearing a piece of burning wood, the babe was regarded as representing the destruction of the city itself.

帕里斯是特洛伊国王皮安姆的儿子，由于他母亲在他出生时梦到自己正手持一根燃烧的断木，于是人们认为婴儿会给城市带来毁灭。

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Paris is burning all night long. My heart is dreaming, but Paris is screaming.

夜晚的香榭丽舍纸醉金迷，华灯初上的夜巴黎只是一个梦。

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And you have to imagine him after the commune,after the slaughter and the buildings are still burning,or at least smoldering, that he comes to Paris.

你可以想象,在巴黎公社后,在大屠杀之后,房屋仍在燃烧,或至少是在冒烟,这时候他来到了巴黎

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And those armies moved mercilessly forward, until the world saw Hitler striking in Paris and U.S. Navy ships burning in their own port.

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