《世说新语·伤逝》
长史王濛病重的时候，在灯下躺着，转动着拂尘，一边看，一边叹息说： 这样的人，竟然连四十岁都活不到！ 
王长史病笃，寝卧镫下，转麈尾视之，叹曰： 如此人，曾不得四十！ 
When Great Chancellor Wang Meng died, he was lying on his bed under the lamp, twirling his horse-tail fly-whisk, looking at it and sighing: How can such a person not even live to be forty!
<s>[INST] I need this in both modern chinese phrasing and English - could you help? 王长史病笃，寝卧镫下，转麈尾视之，叹曰： 如此人，曾不得四十！  [/INST] Contemporary: 长史王濛病重的时候，在灯下躺着，转动着拂尘，一边看，一边叹息说： 这样的人，竟然连四十岁都活不到！  English version: When Great Chancellor Wang Meng died, he was lying on his bed under the lamp, twirling his horse-tail fly-whisk, looking at it and sighing: How can such a person not even live to be forty!</s>
I need this in both modern chinese phrasing and English - could you help? 王长史病笃，寝卧镫下，转麈尾视之，叹曰： 如此人，曾不得四十！
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Contemporary: 长史王濛病重的时候，在灯下躺着，转动着拂尘，一边看，一边叹息说： 这样的人，竟然连四十岁都活不到！  English version: When Great Chancellor Wang Meng died, he was lying on his bed under the lamp, twirling his horse-tail fly-whisk, looking at it and sighing: How can such a person not even live to be forty!
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