那人俯身，调校

The man bent over his guitar,

吉他琴弦。日子青郁。

A shearsman of sorts. The day was green.

他们说：“你抱着蓝色吉他；

They said, "You have a blue guitar,

弹奏的事物并不真实。”

You do not play things as they are."

那人笑道；“蓝色吉他上

The man replied, "Things as they are

事物改变了本来的面目。”

Are changed upon the blue guitar."

他们又说：“你弹奏的曲调

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

必须既高于我们，又是我们自己，

A tune beyond us, yet ourselves,

蓝色吉他上的曲调

A tune upon the blue guitar

必须是事物本来的面目。”

Of things exactly as they are."