A word, once sent abroad, flies irrevocably.

  • -- Horace 贺拉斯

一个字,一旦送出去,就再也回不来了。

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A cutting word is worse than a bowstring, a cut may heal, but the cut of the tongue does not.

一句伤人的话,强如弓弦;伤人能医好,舌伤却不能。

The pure work implies the disappearance of the poet as speaker, who hands over to the words.

纯粹的作品暗示着诗人作为言者的消失,而言者又将权力移交给文字。