来自《耶鲁大学开放课程：古希腊历史简介 第5集 第5集》

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  But in any case,
  无论如何
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  that's why Solon's pamphlets
  这就是为何梭仑的小册子
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  are written in poetry 
  要以诗歌的形式写出
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  and apparently in really good poetry.
  而且显然是很好的诗歌
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  So, we have his very words.
  我们有一些他写的很优美的话
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  Here is a fragment from one of his poems:
  以下是他诗歌中的某个片段
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  "So the public ruin
  公义覆灭 贫穷
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  invades the house of each citizen,
  侵袭了每个公民的房屋
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  and the courtyard doors
  庭院的大门
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  no longer have strength to keep it away,
  再也无力阻挡它的脚步
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  but it overleaps the lofty wall and though a man runs in
  它跨越高墙 尽管有人身先士卒
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  and tries to hide it in his chamber or closet,
  试图将它锁在小屋或是壁橱之内