什么是诗
什么是诗?谁知道?
玫瑰不是诗,玫瑰的香气才是诗;
天空不是诗,天光才是诗;
苍蝇不是诗,苍蝇身上的亮闪才是诗;
海不是诗,海的喘息才是诗;
我不是诗,那使得我看见听到感知
某些散文无法表达的意味的语言才是诗;
但是什么是诗?谁知道?
——依尼诺·法吉恩
Poetry
What is poetry? Who knows?
Not a rose, but the scent of the rose;
Not the sky, but the light in the sky;
Not the fly, but the gleam of the fly;
Not the sea, but the sound of the sea;
Not myself, but what makes me
See, hear, and feel something that prose
Cannot: and what it is, who knows?
——Eleanor Farjeon