The man bent over his guitar,

这人俯身他的吉他，

A shearsman of sorts. The day was green.

如持剪刀者中的一员。日子是青色的。

They said, "You have a blue guitar,

他们说：“你有一把蓝色吉他，

You do not play things as they are."

你弹奏的事物并非如其所是。”

The man replied, "Things as they are

这人回答：“如其所是的事物

Are changed upon the blue guitar."

被这把蓝色吉他改变了。”

And they said then, "But play, you must,

他们又说：“但你必须弹奏，

A tune beyond us, yet ourselves,

一只超越我们却又是我们自身的曲子，

A tune upon the blue guitar

一只蓝色吉他上的曲子，

Of things exactly as they are."

让事物如其所是。”