A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
诗歌
Poetry
Once every five hundred years or so, a summary statement about poetry comes along that we can't imagine ourselves living without.
每隔五百年左右，就会出现一篇关于诗歌的摘要，我们无法想象没有它的生活。
It's always good when women win things in fiction because it tends to be more male-dominated, unlike poetry, which is more equal.
女性在小说中获胜总是好事，因为小说往往更多地由男性主导，不像诗歌，后者更平等。
I see a resurgence of interest in poetry. I am less optimistic about the prospects for the arts when it comes to federal funding.
我看到人们对诗歌的兴趣又复活了。在联邦资助方面，我对艺术的前景不那么乐观。
I don't think I've ever dared to write down what I see in the ruins of me, or tell in any detail the scars and all their secrets.
我想我从来不敢写下我在废墟中看到的一切，也不敢说出任何伤疤的细节和它们的秘密。
A poem records emotions and moods that lie beyond normal language, that can only be patched together and hinted at metaphorically.
诗歌记录的情感和情绪超出了正常的语言，只能拼凑在一起，隐喻性地暗示。
That's the way it is with poetry: When it is incomprehensible it seems profound, and when you understand it, it is only ridiculous.
诗歌就是这样:当你无法理解它时，它显得深奥;当你理解它时，它只是荒谬。
If I had my life to live over again, I would have made a rule to read some poetry and listen to some music at least once every week.
如果我能重新开始我的生活，我会定个规矩，每周至少读一次诗，听一次音乐。
Language is a cracked kettle on which we beat out tunes for bears to dance to, while all the time we long to move the stars to pity.
语言是一只裂开的水壶，我们在上面敲出曲调，让熊跟着跳舞，而我们却时时刻刻想让星星怜悯。
I want to write a poem about "Truth," "Honor," "Dignity," and whether the toilet paper should roll over or under when you pull on it.
我想写一首关于“真理”、“荣誉”、“尊严”的诗，以及当你拉厕纸的时候，厕纸是应该翻过去还是翻过去。
The piano is kind of like a dance floor for our thoughts you know? A very woody foundation so that we can really focus on the poetry.
钢琴就像我们思想的舞池，你知道吗?一个非常木质的基础，这样我们才能真正专注于诗歌。
Poetry is the revelation of a feeling that the poet believes to be interior and personal, but which the reader recognizes as his own.
诗歌是一种情感的流露，诗人认为这种情感是内在的、个人的，但读者却认为它是属于自己的。
I think that there is nothing, not even crime, more opposed to poetry, to philosophy, ay, to life itself than this incessant business.
我想，没有什么，甚至没有犯罪，比这种没完没了的工作更反对诗歌，更反对哲学，更反对生活本身了。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
Poets are the unacknowledged legislators of the world.
诗人是世界上未被承认的立法者。
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。
Wine is bottled poetry.
葡萄酒是瓶装的诗歌。
Painting is poetry that is seen rather than felt, and poetry is painting that is felt rather than seen.
画是看得见而不摸得着的诗，诗是摸得着而不摸得着的画。
I have measured out my life with coffee spoons.
我用咖啡勺来衡量我的生活。