The patriarch turned away from his sorry friends, and looked up to the celestial throne, just as a traveller turns from his empty skin bottle, and betakes himself with all speed to the well.

他躲开教他更忧伤的朋友，举目仰望在天的宝座，如同长途跋涉的人抛开已空无一滴水的水壶，向井奔跑。