我赞美你因

I praise you because

你是艺术家科学家

you are artist and scientist

一体。当我有些

in one. When I am somewhat

畏惧你的大能

fearful of your power,

那用一把量尺运作

your ability to work miracles

奇迹的能力，就听到

with a set-square, I hear

你在喃喃自语

you murmuring to yourself

用一种音符，是贝多芬

in a notation Beethoven

所梦想却从未实现的。

dreamed of but never achieved.

你轻快地滑奏你

You run off your scales of

雨水海水的音阶，拨动

rain water and sea water, play

晨辉与暮光的

the chords of the morning

琴弦，雕刻

and evening light, sculpture

阴影，又当春天

with shadow, join together leaf

来临，连缀一枚枚

by leaf, when spring

叶子，一首恢弘诗篇的

comes, the stanzas of

诗节。你讲说

an immense poem. You speak

一切有形无形的语言，

all languages and none,

以一朵花的朴素

answering our most complex

回应我们极复杂的

prayers with the simplicity

祈祷，又以我们

of a flower, confronting

镜头下狂乱的病毒难住

us, when we would domesticate you

我们，当我们想

to our uses, with the rioting

征服你为自己所用。

viruses under our lens.