涉过

wade

黑玉似的水面。

through black jade

一只鸦蓝色的蚌，不断

Of the crow-blue mussel-shells, one keeps

适应着灰堆；

adjusting the ash heaps;

张开又合拢，像

opening and shutting itself like

an

一把

injured fan.

受伤的扇子。

The barnacles which encrust the side

藤壶镶嵌在波浪的

of the wave, cannot hide

边缘，无法

there for the submerged shafts of the

隐藏起来。因为太阳的

sun,

split like spun

光轴

glass, move themselves with spotlight swiftness

如同旋转的玻璃

into the crevices–

劈开水面，射进岩石的

in and out, illuminating

缝隙——

the

忽隐忽现，照亮了

turquoise sea

of bodies. The water drives a wedge

青绿色的海水

of iron through the iron edge

和浮动其间的

of the cliff; whereupon the stars,

躯体。水推动一根铁楔

pink

穿透悬崖的

rice-grains, ink-

铁壁，于是，这些海星，

bespattered jelly-fish, crabs like green

lilies, and submarine

粉色的

toadstools, slide each on the other.

小鱼，墨汁似的

All

水母，绿百合似的

external

螃蟹，以及海底的

marks of abuse are present on this

伞菌，迅速滑过彼此的身体。

defiant edifice–

all the physical features of

所有

ac-

外部的伤痕

cident–lack

呈现于

of cornice, dynamite grooves, burns, and

这傲慢的大厦——

hatchet strokes, these things stand

所有意外事故

out on it; the chasm-side is

dead.

刻划的

Repeated

身体特征——断裂的

evidence has proved that it can live

飞檐，炸开的沟槽，炙烤和

on what can not revive

斧凿的痕迹，清晰地

its youth. The sea grows old in it.

显露着；悬崖边缘

是死亡。

证据

已反复证明，即使它的青春

不再。

它也能继续活下去。海在它里面变老。