NEW DELHI – For 18 days, during the ebb and flow of protest, it did not seem possible that the end of the Egyptian Revolution would come so suddenly, in a terse announcement that lasted no more than a half-minute: “President Hosni Mubarak has relinquished office….” With that, amidst roars of victory, an era was ended, reaffirming the old saying that “the graveyards of the world are full of those who considered themselves indispensable to their nations.”
新德里——18天来，随着抗议活动的起起落落，没人能够想到埃及革命的结尾会来得如此突然，不过是一则不到半分钟的简短公告。 “胡斯尼·穆巴拉克总统已辞去总统职务…” 话音甫落，随着震耳欲聋的胜利的欢呼，一个时代落下了帷幕，这正应验了一句老话“全世界的墓地里都埋葬着自以为对国家不可缺少的角色。”