And soon the shirt was aflare Over the candle he'd lit while we lay.

很快衬衫在闪耀,透过我们躺下时他点燃的蜡烛。

耶鲁公开课 - 现代诗歌课程节选

The Buddha talked about it thousands of years ago, "Thousands of candles can be lit from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened.

佛在几千年前就谈到它，“一支蜡烛可以点燃千支蜡烛，蜡烛的生命不会被缩短。

哈佛公开课 - 幸福课课程节选

But abruptly, fiendishly, the tender pattern of nudity I had adored would be transformed into the disgusting lamp-lit bare arm of a man in his underclothes reading his paper by the open window in the hot, damp, hopeless summer night.

然而突然，糟糕得很，我崇拜的那副美好的裸体,投入了台灯下一双男人赤膊的肩膀，他穿着内衣裤,读着报纸，靠在敞开的窗边，沉浸在,炎热，潮湿，绝望的夏夜里。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选