When to Her Lute Corinna Sings

When to her lute Corinna sings,
Her voice revives the leaden strings,
And doth in highest notes appear
As any challenged echo clear．
But when she doth of mourning speak,
Even with her sighs strings do break．

And as her lute doth live or die,
Led by her passion, so must I．
For when of pleasure she doth sing,
My thoughts enjoy a sudden spring；
But if she doth of sorrow speak,
Even from my heart the strings do break．

當科林娜撫琴歌唱

當科林娜撫琴歌唱，
她的歌喉把生命之火點燃；
冷澀的琴弦也充滿活力，
附和著高亢的曲調清晰地吶喊。
可是，當她把悲傷傾訴，
哪怕是幾聲哀嘆，
此物也會痛不欲生，
琴弦無語紛紛折斷。

我的生死與琴相似，
全由她的感情掌管；
每當聽到她在歡歌，
我的心頭就春光燦爛；
可是，當她訴說憂愁，
我心弦也就一齊折斷。

托馬斯•坎皮恩(Thomas Campion 1567—1620)英國音樂家詩人 這首奇特的愛情之歌顯示作者集詩人與音樂家于一身的本色。愛人的歌聲能打動沒有生命的琴瑟,時而讓琴弦燃起生命之火,充滿活力；時而讓琴弦痛不欲生,紛紛折斷。最后詩人把自己與琴相比,讓自己的生命完全由她的感情掌管。