For Zen, a small scale

按禪境的比例，一架小秤

weighing dustmotes in a sunbeam,

稱著光線中的塵埃

their meaning much too dense

以及塵埃中意義過重的重量

Grainlike pearls, touched

粒粒細小的珍珠，經

by a gold-eyed girl,

金色瞳仁姑娘的觸摸

yield purer luster

帶來更為細小的光亮

to sift song from numbers

以此提煉數，教數

and now or then

學會歌——至多晚，至多久

in Vermeer’s light assemble,

抵達維米爾的光

too fine to speak of

從未言說，因此是至美