For sure I once thought of myself as the poet who would save the ordinary from oblivion.

For sure I once thought of myself as the poet who would save the ordinary from oblivion.

毫无疑问，我曾经认为自己是一个诗人，可以拯救普通人，使他们免于被遗忘。

-- Philip Levine 菲利普·莱文