He had to attain fun by drinking wine and writing poems. However, maybe we have to thank his miserable political life, or we will lose a great fortune in poetry.

他必须饮酒作诗聊以自娱。然而，也许不得不感谢他悲惨的政治生涯，否则我们将会失去一笔诗歌上的巨大财富。

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He wrote more poems. He also wrote about political and democratic policies.

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And I'm going to focus my attention on what you might call the political side of that society as it reveals itself in the poems.

现在我要重点阐述可能被你们称作,社会的政治层面的史诗内容

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The composer's political inspirations stretch back to previous works including his third symphony, 2010's "Poems and Prayers, " which set Israeli and Arab poetry and the Jewish Kaddish to music.

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