I came to poetry through the urgent need to denounce injustice, exploitation, humiliation. I know that's not enough to change the world. But to remain silent would have been a kind of intolerable complicity.

  • -- Tahar Ben Jelloun 塔哈尔·本·杰伦

我从事诗歌创作,是因为迫切需要谴责不公、剥削和羞辱。我知道这不足以改变世界。但是保持沉默将是一种无法容忍的共谋。

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Once every five hundred years or so, a summary statement about poetry comes along that we can't imagine ourselves living without.

每隔五百年左右,就会出现一篇关于诗歌的摘要,我们无法想象没有它的生活。

Success is counted sweetest By those who ne'er succeed. To comprehend a nectar Requires sorest need.

从不成功的人认为成功是最甜蜜的。要理解一种甘露需要极其迫切的需要。