A definition of poetry can only determine what poetry should be and not what poetry actually was and is; otherwise the most concise formula would be: Poetry is that which at some time and some place was thus named.

  • -- Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel 卡尔·威廉·施勒格尔

诗歌的定义只能决定诗歌应该是什么,而不能决定诗歌的过去和现在;否则,最简洁的公式就是:诗歌就是在某个时间、某个地点被这样命名的东西。

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All cultures through all time have constantly been engaged in a dance with new possibilities of life.

古往今来,所有的文化都在不断地与生命的新可能性共舞。

Sometimes you meet people and you feel like you've known them for a long time.

有时候你遇到一些人,你觉得你已经认识他们很长时间了。