Monday, March 24, 2014

Dream and Poetry (abstract)


都是平常情感。
都是平常言語。
偶然碰著個詩人。
變幻出多少新奇詩句!

 醉過才知酒濃。
愛過才知情重;
你不能做我的詩。
正如我不能做你的夢

It’s all ordinary feelings,
All common words.
By chance they encounter a poet,
Turning out infinite new verses.

Once intoxicated, one learns the strength of wine,
Once smitten, one learns the power of love:
You cannot write my poems
Just as I cannot dream your dreams.

 
胡適 (Hú Shì   1891-1962)