We look at the world once, in childhood. The rest is memory.
我们只在童年时看过一次世界。其余都是记忆。
"Poetry is the language of the soul, and the soul speaks in images."
诗歌是灵魂的语言,灵魂用图像说话。
"The poet's job is to find the words that will make the invisible visible."
诗人的工作是找到使不可见变为可见的词语。
"The poem is a place where the unsayable can be said."
诗歌是一个可以说出不可言说之物的地方。
"Poetry is a way of thinking, a way of being in the world."
诗歌是一种思考方式,一种存在于世界的方式。
"The task of the poet is to give voice to what is otherwise unspeakable."
诗人的任务是表达那些无法言说的事物。
"The poem is not a closed field, but an open one, and the reader is invited to enter."
诗歌不是一个封闭的领域,而是一个开放的领域,读者被邀请进入。
"The poet is the one who breaks the silence, who speaks first, who dares to speak."
诗人是打破沉默的人,是第一个说话的人,是敢于说话的人。
"The advantage of poetry over life is that poetry, if it is sharp enough, may last."
诗歌优于生活的地方在于,如果它足够尖锐,可能会持久。
"I think it is in the nature of poetry to be open to the world, to be open to experience, to be open to the other."