我捉住的　　

The first fish

第一条鱼，　　

I ever caught

不愿安静地　　

would not lie down

躺在提桶中，　　

quiet in the pail

而是拼命拍打着，大口喘气，　　

but flailed and sucked

显得　　

at the burning

惊慌失措，　　

amazement of the air

在缓慢倾泻的　　

and died

彩虹中，　　

in the slow pouring off

它死了。后来　　

of rainbows. Later

我剖开它的身体，将肉　　

I opened his body and separated

和骨头分开，　　

the flesh from the bones

吃掉了它。现在，海　　

and ate him. Now the sea

在我身体里：我是鱼，鱼　　

is in me: I am the fish, the fish

在我里面闪闪发光；我们　　

glitters in me; we are

正在上升，紧紧缠绕着，将要　　

risen, tangled together, certain to fall

掉回海中。摆脱痛苦，　　

back to the sea. Out of pain,

和痛苦，和更多的痛苦，　　

and pain, and more pain

我们喂养这个狂热的阴谋，我们被这个秘密　　

we feed this feverish plot, we are nourished

所滋养

by the mystery.