这是一个核心样本

This is a core sample

来自于缝补之海的底部，

from the floor of the Sea of Mending,

一个圆筒被贝壳装满

a cylinder packed with shells

经过许多年

that over many years

下沉穿过衬衫们的英寻——

sank through fathoms of shirts—

珍珠纽扣们，蓝色纽扣们——

pearl buttons, blue buttons—

一起安居

and settled together

在坚持不懈的浪潮下，

beneath waves of perseverance,

一片海洋上，

an ocean upon which

一代代的女性出发，

generations of women set forth,

在格子布窗帘的帆下，

under the sails of gingham curtains,

并排坐着

and, seated side by side

在有时被眼泪腌渍的甲板上，

on decks sometimes salted by tears,

进行小而重要的修复。

made small but important repairs.