Lyrics have to be underwritten. That's why poets generally make poor lyric writers because the language is too rich. You get drowned in it.

  • -- Stephen Sondheim 斯蒂芬·桑德海姆

歌词必须有保险。这就是为什么诗人一般都是拙劣的抒情作家,因为语言太丰富了。你会被它淹没。

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He was certainly in a confused state. I used to go and visit him in Callan Park. They were really - to me they were the best poets those two writing in those days but it wasn't very encouraging because, well, they weren't getting far were they?

他肯定处于一种困惑的状态。我过去常去卡伦公园看他。对我来说,他们是当时最好的诗人,但这并不鼓舞人心,因为他们没有走多远,不是吗?

A poet is a nightingale, who sits in darkness and sings to cheer its own solitude with sweet sounds.

诗人是夜莺,他坐在黑暗中,用甜美的歌声为自己的孤独歌唱。