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诗歌
Poetry
By the general process of epic poetry, I mean the way this form of art has constantly responded to the profound needs of the society in which it was made.
我所说的史诗的一般过程，指的是这种艺术形式不断地对其产生的社会的深刻需求作出反应的方式。
An aged man is but a paltry thing, a tattered coat upon a stick, unless soul clap its hands and sing, and louder sing for every tatter in its mortal dress.
一个上了年纪的人不过是一件微不足道的东西，一件破烂不堪的外套，绑在一根棍子上。
Probably induced by the asthma, I started reading and writing early on, my literary efforts from the age of about nine running chiefly to poetry and plays.
可能是受哮喘的影响，我很早就开始阅读和写作，从九岁开始我的文学创作主要是诗歌和戏剧。
Even when poetry has a meaning, as it usually has, it may be inadvisable to draw it out... Perfect understanding will sometimes almost extinguish pleasure.
即使诗歌有一个意义，就像它通常的意义一样，把它描绘出来也是不明智的。完美的理解有时几乎会扼杀快乐。
Poetry is its own medium; it's very different than writing prose. Poetry can talk in an imagistic sense, it has particular ways of catching an environment.
诗歌是它自己的媒介;这和写散文很不一样。诗歌可以以意象的方式说话，它有独特的捕捉环境的方式。
These poems, with all their crudities, doubts, and confusions, are written for the love of Man and in praise of God, and I'd be a damn' fool if they weren't.
这些诗，连同它们所有的残酷、怀疑和困惑，都是为了人类的爱和赞美上帝而写的，如果它们不是，我将是一个该死的傻瓜。
Poetry is more than a form of art. It's a vibration and a pulsing heart. Whether it's sour or whether it's sweet. It can give you strength no one can defeat.
诗歌不仅仅是一种艺术形式。它是一种振动，一颗跳动的心。不管是酸的还是甜的。它能给你力量，没有人能打败你。
I would especially like to recourt the Muse of poetry, who ran off with the mailman four years ago, and drops me only a scribbled postcard from time to time.
我特别想引用诗神的话，她四年前和邮递员私奔了，只是偶尔给我寄来一张潦草的明信片。
For a poet to depict a poet in poetry is a hazardous experiment; in regarding one's own trade a sense of humour and a little wholesome cynicism are not amiss.
对诗人来说，在诗歌中描写诗人是一项危险的实验;在谈到自己的职业时，幽默感和一点善意的冷嘲热讽并没有错。
The parts of me that hurt the worst want me to write something for them, but I can't. I don't know what to say. I'm lost in all this sadness, and so are they.
我内心最痛苦的部分想让我为他们写点什么，但我不能。我不知道该说什么。我沉浸在所有的悲伤中，他们也是。
All poetry has to do is to make a strong communication. All the poet has to do is listen. The poet is not an important fellow. There will also be another poet.
所有的诗歌所要做的就是进行强有力的交流。诗人所要做的就是倾听。诗人不是重要人物。也会有另一位诗人。
I thought we were gonna open up the world of poetry and music to all kinds of things, and yet, I can't really think of anyone who's done anything like it since.
我以为我们会向所有的事物开放诗歌和音乐的世界，但是，我真的想不出有谁做过这样的事情。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
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。
As things are, and as fundamentally they must always be, poetry is not a career, but a mug's game. No honest poet can ever feel quite sure of the permanent value of what he has written: He may have wasted his time and messed up his life for nothing.
诗歌不是一种职业，而是一种徒劳无益的游戏。没有一个诚实的诗人能对他所写的东西的永久价值有十足的把握:他可能白白浪费了时间，把生活搞得一团糟。
The death of a beautiful woman, is unquestionably the most poetical topic in the world.
美女之死，无疑是世界上最富有诗意的话题。
Poets are the unacknowledged legislators of the world.
诗人是世界上未被承认的立法者。
I sometimes talk about the making of a poem within the poem.
我有时会在诗中谈论一首诗的创作。
Every heart sings a song, incomplete, until another heart whispers back. Those who wish to sing always find a song. At the touch of a lover, everyone becomes a poet.
每颗心都唱着一首歌，残缺不全，直到另一颗心窃窃私语。想唱歌的人总能找到歌。每一个沐浴在爱河中的人都是诗人。