“先前满有人民的城

现在竟何独坐！

先前为列邦中的大国

现在竟如寡妇！”

 -- 《旧约*耶利米哀歌》

How deserted lies the city

once so full of people!

How like a widow is she,

who once was great among the nations!

国破山河在

城春草木深

感时花溅泪

恨别鸟惊心

 “Few could predict that within months war would march by their very doorsteps - leaving their homes in flames and their streets drenched with blood" -- Rape of Nanking by Iris Chang

" 没有人能料到几个月后战争会进他们自己家门，鲜血会浸透整个街头。”- 张纯和 - 《 南京暴奸》