But to Mozart--- at that time sick, depressed, haunted by the thought of death--- the stranger seemed a messenger from the other world, bidding him write his own requiem.

• 但是，对莫扎特来说——此时他身体不好，情绪低落，整天想着死——这个陌生人无异是从另一个世界派来的使者，来命令他写下他自己的安魂曲。