I praise you because

我赞美你因

you are artist and scientist

你是艺术家科学家

in one. When I am somewhat

一体。当我有些

fearful of your power,

畏惧你的大能

your ability to work miracles

那用一把量尺运作

with a set-square, I hear

奇迹的能力，就听到

you murmuring to yourself

你在喃喃自语

in a notation Beethoven

用一种音符，是贝多芬

dreamed of but never achieved.

所梦想却从未实现的。

You run off your scales of

你轻快地滑奏你

rain water and sea water, play

雨水海水的音阶，拨动

the chords of the morning

晨辉与暮光的

and evening light, sculpture

琴弦，雕刻

with shadow, join together leaf

阴影，又当春天

by leaf, when spring

来临，连缀一枚枚

comes, the stanzas of

叶子，一首恢弘诗篇的

an immense poem. You speak

诗节。你讲说

all languages and none,

一切有形无形的语言，

answering our most complex

以一朵花的朴素

prayers with the simplicity

回应我们极复杂的

of a flower, confronting

祈祷，又以我们

us, when we would domesticate you

镜头下狂乱的病毒难住

to our uses, with the rioting

我们，当我们想

viruses under our lens.

征服你为自己所用。