你看见了一颗草莓，

You"ve seen a strawberry

那里曾有过一场争斗；是的，

that"s had a struggle; yet

在碎片聚集的地方，

was, where the fragments met,

一只刺猬或一只海

a hedgehog or a star-

星，为它传播了大量的

fish for the multitude

种子。比苹果种子

of seeds. What better food

更好的食物？——这果实中的

than apple-seeds - the fruit

果实，被闭锁着， 

within the fruit - locked in

如同相向弯曲的一对

like counter-curved twin

榛实。霜，杀死了

hazel-nuts? Frost that kills

橡胶草*的

the little rubber-plant-

小叶子，却无法

leaves of kok-saghyz-stalks, can"t

伤害根；它们在冻结的地里

harm the roots; they still grow

继续存活。那里

in frozen ground. Once where

曾有过一株仙人果，

there was a prickly-pear-

它的叶子粘在带刺的铁丝网上，

leaf clinging to barbed wire,

根扎在

a root shot down to grow

两英尺下的土中；

in earth two feet below;

如同胡萝卜上长出了曼德拉草，

as carrots form mandrakes

或者，一只公羊角

or a ram"s horn root some-

偶尔生了根。胜利不会

times. Victory won"t come

降临于我，除非我

to me unless I go

走向它；一根葡萄藤

to it; a grape-tendril

打了一个又一个结，一共

ties a knot in knots till

三十个——于是

knotted thirty times, -- so

嫩枝被束缚住——

the bound twig that"s under-

无法摇动，忍耐着，不断超越。

gone and over-gone, can"t stir.

弱者战胜了它的

The weak overcomes its

威胁，强者战胜了

menace, the strong over-

它自己。那里存在的

comes itself. What is there

是坚韧！汁液

like fortitude! What sap

流过纤细的脉络

went through that little thread

使樱桃变红！

to make the cherry red!