税官谣之一 歌词翻译

Chinese Folk
翻译:Tax Officer Song I
歌曲:税官谣之一
歌词翻译(英文)

Tax Officer Song I

Wheat killed by water in April, millet killed by water in May;
Countless village paths turn merely like rivers.
Question: Are common people guilty?
Facing upward, the heaven is too high to call!
Millet and wheat are killed as if they deserved;
Besides, tax officers are killing me!
原始歌词

税官谣之一

四月水杀麦,五月水杀禾,茫茫阡陌殚为河。
咨尔下民亦何辜?仰天天高不可呼!
杀禾杀麦犹自可,更有税官来杀我!