For me, poetry is a situation - a state of being, a way of facing life and facing history.

For me, poetry is a situation - a state of being, a way of facing life and facing history.

对我来说，诗歌是一种情境——一种存在的状态，一种面对生活和历史的方式。

-- Tahar Ben Jelloun 塔哈尔·本·杰伦