1·Children and lunatics cut the Gordian knot which the poet spends his life patiently trying to untie.
孩子和疯子快刀斩断的正是诗人花费毕生试图揭开的节。
2·It was she who invented the short cut, who severed the Gordian knot.
正是她找到了捷径，也是她解决了这个难题。