And some poets are far better read off the page because they're very bad speakers. I'm thinking of one in particular whom I won't name, a good poet, and he reads in such a dry, boring way, your eyes start drooping.

  • -- Norman MacCaig 麦凯格

有些诗人更擅长即兴朗读,因为他们不擅长演讲。我特别想到了一位我不愿指名画姓的诗人,他读起来枯燥无味,你的眼睛开始耷拉下来。

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

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。

Any intelligent woman who reads the marriage contract, and then goes into it, deserves all the consequences.

任何一个聪明的女人,只要读了婚姻契约,然后付诸行动,她就应该承担所有的后果。

My wife is my in-home editor and reads everything I write.

我妻子是我的家庭编辑,读我写的所有东西。

The poets are only the interpreters of the Gods.

诗人只是神的阐释者。