English Dictionary

lay

IPA（発音記号）

/leɪ/

名詞

A ballad or sung poem; a short poem or narrative, usually intended to be sung. / A lyrical, narrative poem written in octosyllabic couplets that often deals with tales of adventure and romance.

日本語の意味

吟遊詩 – 歌われることを前提とした叙事詩、特に中世の騎士伝説や冒険物語を題材とした詩。 / バラード – 物語性を持ち、歌で語られる短い詩文。 / 対句形式で書かれた詩 – 特に八音節の対句で構成され、冒険やロマンスの物語を表現する詩。

The minstrel performed an old lay by the hearth, and everyone fell silent to listen.

吟遊詩人は炉辺で古いバラードを披露し、皆が静かに耳を傾けた。

意味（1）

A ballad or sung poem; a short poem or narrative, usually intended to be sung.

I strive, with wakeful melody, to cheer The sullen gloom, sweet Philomel! like thee, And call the stars to listen: every star Is deaf to mine, enamour’d of thy lay.

意味（2）

A lyrical, narrative poem written in octosyllabic couplets that often deals with tales of adventure and romance.

Sad is the note and sad the lay, but mirth we meet not every day.

lays （ plural ）