I was neither at the hot gates Nor fought in the warm rain Nor knee deep in the salt marsh, heaving a cutlass, Bitten by flies, fought.

我未曾到过火热的城门，也未曾在暖雨中作战，更未曾在没膝的盐沼里挥舞弯刀，挨着飞蝇的叮咬，苦战。