Three Wishes of Alexander

They called him[cb] Alexander the Great.[/cb] The man who conquered the world before he turned 33. But when death came for Alexzander even he couldn't command it to wait. Lying on his death bed in Babylon, he gathered his generals and said three wishes. First that only his doctors carry his coffin to show that no medicine can stop death when it comes. Second that the road to his grave be strewn with gold, silver and jewels, so all may see how worthless riches are in the end. And third that his hands be left hanging outside his coffin, so the world would know the conqueror of empires leaves with nothing. He ruled nations, yet in his final breath, Alexzander taught the Greatest truth of all that no one conquers death and no one takes more than a memory.

他被称为亚历山大大帝。 他在33岁之前就征服了世界。 但当死神降临的时候，连亚历山大都无法命令死神等待。 躺在巴比伦的病床上，他召集他的将军们说了三个愿望。 首先，只有他的医生抬着他的棺材，以表明当死亡来临时，没有药物可以阻止死亡。 第二，在他通往坟墓的路上，撒满金银珠宝，好叫众人看见财宝到最后是何等无用。 第三，他的双手要悬挂在棺椁之外，这样世界就会知道，这位帝国的征服者死后带不走分毫。 他统治各个国家，然而在他生命的最后一刻，亚历山大告诉所有人一个最伟大的真相：生者皆有限，唯记忆永存。