playing the piano

他正在弹琴
He has the historian Marie d'Agoult;

历史上有名的玛丽·达古伯爵夫人
his paramour at his knees there

他的情妇跪在他膝盖边
in a typical nineteenth-century supplicatory position for women

摆出十九世纪妇女经典的祈愿姿态
And up at the top, who do we have?

在上面我们看到了谁
The bust of Beethoven at an Olympian height

贝多芬的半身像在奥林匹斯山上
looking down over the proceedings,

看着下面发生的一切
blessing Liszt and most importantly,

保佑着李斯特更重要的
blessing the Graf piano

保佑着格拉夫钢琴
Well, Liszt did play a Graf piano

李斯特的确弹过格拉夫钢琴
Let's listen to--

我们听一下...
and we're going to have a slide here of Franz Liszt

我这里有一张弗朗兹·李斯特的幻灯片