Here we have thirst

在这里，我们

And patience, from the first,

起初口渴，但有耐心，

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

而艺术，犹如波浪涌起，让我们看见

In its essential perpendicularity;

它精粹的对角线；

Not brittle but

并非易碎，而

Intense－the spectrum, that

是强烈——这光谱，这

Spectacular and nimble animal the fish,

壮观而灵巧的动物，这鱼，

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

鳞片上的光芒，挡开了太阳的光剑。