Young poets bewail the passing of love; old poets, the passing of time. There is surprisingly little difference.

  • -- Mason Cooley 梅森·库利

年轻的诗人悲叹爱情的逝去;老诗人,岁月的流逝。令人惊讶的是,两者之间几乎没有什么区别。

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Essayists, like poets, are born and not made, and for one worth remembering, the world is confronted with a hundred not worth reading. Your true essayist is, in a literary sense, the friend of everybody.

散文家和诗人一样,是天生的而不是后天培养出来的。对于一个值得记住的人来说,这个世界面临着一百种不值得一读的东西。你真正的散文家,在文学意义上,是所有人的朋友。

And I'd be lying if I told you that as a black man in baseball I hadn't gone through worse times than my teammates.

如果我告诉你,作为一名黑人棒球运动员,我没有经历过比队友更糟糕的时期,那我就是在说谎。

It's the same thing now. When I go onstage the young people scream and holler as much as the older generation.

现在是一样的。当我走上舞台时,年轻人和老一辈一样大喊大叫。

I don't regret the passing of time. I try to live in the present, which should mean my life's full.

我不后悔时间的流逝。我试着活在当下,这应该意味着我的生活是充实的。

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。

Being with you and not being with you is the only way I have to measure time.

和你在一起和不在你在一起是我衡量时间的唯一方法。

Is it not passing brave to be a King and ride in triumph through Persepolis?

当上国王,在波斯波利斯凯旋而过,难道不勇敢吗?

I've got two young kids. I don't know what the future holds.

我有两个小孩。我不知道未来会怎样。