Travellers, like poets, are mostly an angry race: by falling into a daily fit of passion, I proved to the governor and his son, who were profuse in their attentions, that I was in earnest.

  • -- Sir Richard Francis Burton 家伯顿爵士

旅人就像诗人一样,多半是一种愤怒的民族。我每天都要大发雷霆,向总督和他的儿子证明我是认真的,他们对我殷勤备至。

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I decided that it was not wisdom that enabled poets to write their poetry, but a kind of instinct or inspiration, such as you find in seers and prophets who deliver all their sublime messages without knowing in the least what they mean.

我断定,不是智慧使诗人能够写诗,而是一种本能或灵感,就像你在预言家和先知身上看到的那样,他们传达出所有崇高的信息,却一点也不知道它们的意思。

You had to decompress the pressure before the race. I taught my heart to relax. I lay down before the race. It gave me more energy just before the race.

你必须在比赛前减压。我教我的心放松。我在比赛前躺了下来。就在比赛前,它给了我更多的能量。

Lyrics have to be underwritten. That's why poets generally make poor lyric writers because the language is too rich. You get drowned in it.

歌词必须有保险。这就是为什么诗人一般都是拙劣的抒情作家,因为语言太丰富了。你会被它淹没。

I race to win, not to please people.

我比赛是为了赢,不是为了取悦别人。