None but a poet can write a tragedy. For tragedy is nothing less than pain transmuted into exaltation by the alchemy of poetry.

  • -- Edith Hamilton 依迪丝·汉密尔顿

只有诗人才能写悲剧。因为悲剧只不过是痛苦被诗歌的炼金术转化为狂喜。

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If your daily life seems poor, do not blame it; blame yourself that you are not poet enough to call forth its riches; for the Creator, there is no poverty.

如果你的日常生活看起来很糟糕,不要责怪它;责备你自己,你还不够诗人,不能唤起它的丰富;对于造物主来说,没有贫穷。

When I write, I don't have any expectation of what kind of song it will become or who it might reach.

当我写歌的时候,我对它会变成什么样的歌或者它会影响到谁没有任何期望。

Life is a dream for the wise, a game for the fool, a comedy for the rich, a tragedy for the poor.

生活是智者的梦想,愚者的游戏,富人的喜剧,穷人的悲剧。

That is the mysterious thing about tragedy it often strikes at the happiest moment.

这就是悲剧的神秘之处,它常常发生在最幸福的时刻。

I think a poet is anybody who wouldn't call himself a poet.

我认为诗人就是那些不自称为诗人的人。

Every single day, I write something new and record it.

每一天,我都写一些新的东西并记录下来。