But poets were not considered dangerous and they were advised to exercise self-censorship. At most, poets were requested not to write at all. I took advantage of this negative liberty.

  • -- Eugenio Montale 蒙塔莱

但诗人并不被认为是危险的,他们被建议进行自我审查。在大多数情况下,诗人被要求根本不写作。我利用了这种消极的自由。

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The poet's other readers are the ancient poets, who look upon the freshly written pages from an incorruptible distance. Their poetic forms are permanent, and it is difficult to create new forms which can approach them.

诗人的其他读者是古代诗人,他们从不朽的距离看新写的书页。他们的诗歌形式是永恒的,很难创造出新的形式来接近他们。

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.

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。