1·I had not then actually heard the original tunes, but had sung these Irish Melodies to myself to the accompaniment of the harps in the pictures.
那时我没有听过它们原来的歌调，但是我以图画里的竖琴来伴奏，对着自己唱起这些爱尔兰歌曲。
2·With his followers he burned “shameful” items (eg, paintings, wigs, harps and chessboards) on the Bonfire of the Vanities in the 1490s, before he was ex-communicated, hanged and incinerated himself.
和他的追随者一起，萨佛纳罗拉将那些“可耻的”物品（例如绘画，假发，竖琴和棋盘）全部一起在15世纪90年代的虚荣之火中付之一炬。
3·He did the same with “Ryan’s Daughter” (1970), in which Mr Lean wanted nothing Irish: not only sliding in the rhythm of a suppressed gig in the title theme, but scoring for eight harps.
创作《瑞安的女儿》时，也是一样大费周折。 里恩先生不想要爱尔兰元素：不仅标题旋律中压抑的马车节奏，而且八个竖琴的配乐，都不能有爱尔兰风格。
4·He sees a lot of people in white gowns playing harps and floating around, but it looks rather boring.
他看见许多人都穿着白礼服弹着竖琴，四处飘荡。但那看起来有几分单调乏味。
5·We won't lie around on clouds with halos playing harps!
我们不会躺在云端，头顶着光圈弹竖琴！