A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
诗歌
Poetry
Poetry is prose bewitched, a music made of visual thoughts, the sound of an idea.
诗歌是一篇被施了魔法的散文，是由视觉思想构成的音乐，是一种思想的声音。
Great poetry is always written by somebody straining to go beyond what he can do.
伟大的诗歌总是由努力超越自己能力的人写出来的。
The glory of the protagonist is always paid for by a lot of secondary characters.
主角的荣耀总是要付出代价的 由很多次要的字符组成。
Love consists in this, that two solitudes protect and touch and greet each other.
两个孤独的人相互保护，相互接触，相互问候，这便是爱。
I shut my eyes and all the world drops dead; I lift my eyes and all is born again.
我闭上眼睛，整个世界都死了;我抬起眼睛，一切都重生了。
You don't have to suffer to be a poet; adolescence is enough suffering for anyone.
你不必为成为诗人而受苦;青春期对任何人来说都是足够痛苦的。
Not once or twice in our fair island-story, The path of duty was the way to glory.
在我们美丽的岛上， 责任之路是通向光荣之路。
To read a poem is to hear it with our eyes; to hear it is to see it with our ears.
读一首诗就是用眼睛去听;听到它就是用耳朵看到它。
I live not in dreams but in contemplation of a reality that is perhaps the future.
我不是生活在梦里，而是在沉思一个可能是未来的现实。
As is your sort of mind, So is your sort of search: You will find what you desire.
就像你的想法一样， 你的搜索也是如此: 你会找到你想要的。
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。
There is darkness in light, there is pain in joy, and there are thorns on the rose.
光明中有黑暗，欢乐中有痛苦，玫瑰上有刺。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
Had we but world enough, and time, this coyness, lady, were no crime.
只要我们的世界够大，时间够长，小姐，这种羞怯并不是犯罪。
Poetry is what gets lost in translation.
诗歌是在翻译中丢失的东西。
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。
Well I guess the plan was to write poetry and publish books and make a living from writing poetry. That was a pretty ambitious plan I guess.
我想我的计划是写诗，出版书，以写诗为生。我想这是一个雄心勃勃的计划。
Poetry expands the senses and keeps them in prime condition. It keeps you aware of your nose, your eye, your ear, your tongue, your hand.
诗歌扩展了人的感官，使之处于最佳状态。它让你意识到你的鼻子，你的眼睛，你的耳朵，你的舌头，你的手。
Poetry is nearer to vital truth than history.
诗歌比历史更接近重要的真理。