The man bent over his guitar,

那人俯身，调校

A shearsman of sorts. The day was green.

吉他琴弦。日子青郁。

They said, "You have a blue guitar,

他们说：“你抱着蓝色吉他；

You do not play things as they are."

弹奏的事物并不真实。”

The man replied, "Things as they are

那人笑道；“蓝色吉他上

Are changed upon the blue guitar."

事物改变了本来的面目。”

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

他们又说：“你弹奏的曲调

A tune beyond us, yet ourselves,

必须既高于我们，又是我们自己，

A tune upon the blue guitar

蓝色吉他上的曲调

Of things exactly as they are."

必须是事物本来的面目。”