最初，我们有渴

Here we have thirst

与耐心，

And patience, from the first,

艺术，如一阵波浪立起

And art, as in a wave held up for us to see

供我们欣赏，其精炼的线条；

In its essential perpendicularity;

并不脆弱，而是

Not brittle but

强烈的——光谱，这 

Intense－the spectrum, that

激动人心，灵巧生动的鱼， 

Spectacular and nimble animal the fish,

它光滑的鳞片折射着太阳剑一般的锋芒。

Whose scales turn aside the sun’s sword with their polish.