每天一诗 英语诗歌

公刘 (Gong Liu)
无弦琴
陶渊明不解音律，而蓄无弦琴一张。每酒适，辄抚弄以寄意。
——萧统：《陶渊明传》

然而，我不会喝酒，
连一张做样子的琴也无有。 

无有桐木，
无有弓藤，
无有马尾，
无有象牙一般熟透了的拨子，
无有琥珀一般凝固着的松油。 

不会，不会，不会，
无有，无有，无有。

尽管我略懂一点点音律，
并且积蓄了不止一点点忧愁。 

我不是陶渊明啊，
不曾在门前栽下五株柳。 

我不是陶渊明啊，
也误了抚琴的时候。

Stringless Harp 

Yuanming  Tao  didn't know music,but he kept a stringless harp.
When he was a bit high with liquor,he played the harp to express
his feelings. ——Xiao Tong: On Tao Yuanming 

However, I never drink liquor.
And I do not even have a thing that can be called a harp. 

I have neither tung wood,
Nor rattan bow,
Neither horse tail,
Nor ivory-like and weathered plectrum
Nor amber-like rosin. 

No, no, no,
Never, never, never. 

Though I know a little about music,
I have stored up not a little of worry. 

I am not  Yuanming  Tao.
And I didn't plant five willows in front of the gate. 

I am not  Yuanming  Tao,
So I miss the chance of playing the harp.