A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
诗歌
Poetry
Poetry is plucking at the heartstrings, and making music with them.
诗歌是拨动心弦的音乐。
The real story is not the plot, but how the characters unfold by it.
真正的故事不是情节,而是人物如何通过它展开。
The purpose of life is to be defeated by greater and greater things.
生活的目的是被越来越大的事情打败。
Never mind. The self is the least of it. Let our scars fall in love.
不要紧。自我是最微不足道的。让我们的伤疤坠入爱河。
It is impossible to be a mathematician without being a poet in soul.
没有灵魂上的诗人是不可能成为数学家的。
It is as impossible to translate poetry as it is to translate music.
翻译诗歌和翻译音乐一样是不可能的。
Poems are like dreams: in them you put what you don't know you know.
诗就像梦:你把你不知道你知道的东西放进了诗里。
To a poet, silence is an acceptable response, even a flattering one.
对于诗人来说,沉默是一种可以接受的回应,甚至是一种奉承。
There is not a particle of life which does not bear poetry within it.
生活中没有一粒不带诗意的。
Don't use the phone. People are never ready to answer it. Use poetry.
不要用电话。人们从来没有准备好回答这个问题。用诗歌。
Like sunlight under their skins, they want to be loved from the poem.
就像他们皮肤下的阳光,他们想从诗中得到爱。
Hear not what I say like the howl, words fade away only fear remains.
不要听我像嚎叫一样说什么,话语会消失,只留下恐惧。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题,再读几句。
Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player, that struts and frets his hour upon the stage, and then is heard no more; it is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.
人生不过是一个行走的影子,一个可怜的演员,在舞台上趾高气扬,焦躁不安,然后就再也听不见了;这是一个白痴讲的故事,充满了喧嚣和愤怒,没有任何意义。
Poetry is the rhythmical creation of beauty in words.
诗歌是有节奏地用文字创造美。
Poetry is not a turning loose of emotion, but an escape from emotion; it is not the expression of personality, but an escape from personality. But, of course, only those who have personality and emotions know what it means to want to escape from these things.
诗歌不是情感的放纵,而是情感的逃避;它不是个性的表现,而是对个性的一种逃避。但是,当然,只有那些有个性和情感的人才知道想要逃离这些东西意味着什么。
We ran as if to meet the moon.
我们跑得好像要遇见月亮。
After the final no there comes a yes and on that yes the future of the world hangs.
在最后一个“不”之后,会有一个“是”,在这个“是”之上,世界的未来就悬在那里。
I hardly remember how I started to write poetry. It's hard to imagine what I thought poetry could do.
我几乎不记得我是如何开始写诗的。很难想象我认为诗歌能做什么。