7 A Lullaby

CHAPTER 7

第七章

A Lullaby Lucas slung the lute across his back with a leather strap. Then he showed Will around the palace gardens. Ruskin followed close behind, sniffing shrubs and snapping at a low-flying dragonfly. Will told more stories about how he had used his wooden pipe to lead knights into battle and to play wedding marches. "In all my travels there is one thing I know to be true," Will said. "What's that?" asked Lucas. Will looked at his pipe fondly and said, "Music matters." Lucas sighed. "I wish it mattered to me," he said glumly.

卢卡斯用皮带把琵琶挂在背上。 然后他带威尔参观了宫殿的花园。 罗斯金紧跟在后面，嗅着灌木丛，咬住一只低飞的蜻蜓。 威尔又讲了一些他如何用木管带领骑士们上战场和演奏婚礼进行曲的故事。 “在我所有的旅行中，有一件事我知道是真的，”威尔说。 “那是什么？”卢卡斯问。 威尔深情地看着他的烟斗说：“音乐很重要。” 卢卡斯叹了口气。“我希望这对我有意义，”他闷闷不乐地说。

Will tousled Lucas's hair and laughed. "You have to give it a chance," he said. Then he sat down on a stone bench and motioned for Lucas to join him. "Let's have that lesson I promised you," Will said. Lucas did not want to play music, but he pulled out the lute.

威尔把卢卡斯的头发弄乱，笑了起来。 “你必须给它一个机会，”他说。 然后他在一张石凳上坐下，示意卢卡斯坐下来。 “我们来上我答应过你的课吧，”威尔说。 卢卡斯不想演奏音乐，但他拿出了琵琶。

"Now hand it over," Will said with a wink. Lucas handed his lute to the bard. "I'm going to teach you a very simple lullaby," he said. "There are only three chords. Watch carefully." Lucas watched the bard play the lullaby. He used the same three chords the prince had learned the day before. "Now it's your turn," said the bard.

“现在把它交出来。”威尔眨眨眼说。 卢卡斯把他的琵琶递给了吟游诗人。 “我要教你一首非常简单的摇篮曲，”他说。 “只有三个和弦。 仔细看。”卢卡斯看着吟游诗人演奏摇篮曲。 他用了王子前一天学过的三个和弦。 “现在轮到你了。”吟游诗人说。

Lucas held the lute, and Will reminded him how to press his fingers on the strings next to the frets, the little wooden ridges on the fingerboard. Lucas strummed the first chord. "It sounds like a sick fly," he said. Will smiled. "Be patient. You'll get it." Lucas tried again and again. The strings buzzed

卢卡斯拿着琵琶，威尔提醒他如何把手指按在琴边的琴弦上，也就是指板上的小木脊。 卢卡斯拨动了第一个和弦。 “听起来像一只生病的苍蝇，”他说。 会笑了。“要有耐心。你会得到的。” 卢卡斯试了一次又一次。 琴弦嗡嗡作响