Of our conflicts with others we make rhetoric; of our conflicts with ourselves we make poetry.

  • -- William Butler Yeats 叶芝

在与他人的冲突中,我们夸夸其谈;在我们与自己的冲突中,我们创造了诗歌。

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Poetry is ordinary language raised to the Nth power. Poetry is boned with ideas, nerved and blooded with emotions, all held together by the delicate, tough skin of words.

诗歌是普通语言的n次方。诗歌是由思想所构成的,是由细腻、坚韧的文字所凝聚而成的。

Anthropologists are a connecting link between poets and scientists; though their field-work among primitive peoples has often made them forget the language of science.

人类学家是连接诗人和科学家的纽带;尽管他们在原始民族中的野外工作常常使他们忘记了科学的语言。

Living at that pitch, on that edge, is something which many poets engage in to some extent.

生活在那样的音高,那样的边缘,在某种程度上是很多诗人都在从事的事情。

I don't care what you say to me. I care what you share with me.

我不在乎你对我说什么。我在乎你和我分享什么。