凱爾特人的豎琴

 

凱爾特人的豎琴

 

風簫雨笛的高地

蒼老的豎琴依然挺立

哭泣了千百年的柳樹

塑造它結實的筋骨

勇士遺下的銅鐵

打磨成它堅韌的琴弦

被征服的傷痛

在纖細的弦上纏繞，凝重

而對自由的渴望

仍在撥響不息的絕唱

 

讀到比較豎琴和吉他， 驚訝的是豎琴的弦能產生 1500 磅的力量， 雖然是悠揚的旋律。 和凱爾特人聯係起來， 寫了這首。 

 

The strings on a harp are arranged perpendicularly to the soundboard and roughly parallel with the neck, and exert about 1500 pounds of force on the instrument. This perpendicular arrangement of the strings relative to the soundboard is the defining characteristic of the harp family of instruments. The guitar belongs to the lute family: its strings are arranged parallel to the sound board and exert around 150 pounds of pressure on the body of the instrument (for a 6-string guitar).