Klopstock was questioned regarding the meaning of a passage in his poem. He replied, 'God and I both knew what it meant once; now God alone knows.'

  • -- Cesare Lombroso 布罗索

克洛普斯托克在他的诗中被问及一段话的意思。他回答说:“有一次,上帝和我都知道这是什么意思;现在只有上帝知道了。”

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I can't tell you where a poem comes from, what it is, or what it is for: nor can any other man. The reason I can't tell you is that the purpose of a poem is to go past telling, to be recognised by burning.

我不能告诉你一首诗从何而来,它是什么,它是干什么用的,别人也不能告诉你。我不能告诉你的原因是,一首诗的目的是超越叙述,通过燃烧得到认可。

The best part about being alone is that you really don't have to answer to anybody. You do what you want.

独处最好的部分是你真的不需要对任何人负责。你想做什么就做什么。

It's kind of awkward to eat alone in a restaurant because everybody's looking at me.

一个人在餐馆吃饭有点尴尬,因为每个人都在看着我。

Poems are difficult to silence.

诗是难以沉默的。