獨立在淺灘的中央

Alone at the center of the shoal,

週遭的事物彷彿

pale dot ringed by motion.

圍著圓點的中心旋轉

No stillness but itself,

一刻，不曾一刻靜止

transfixed in three dimensions.

只有牠靜立於三度空間

Chill water, gritty sand, the wind insistent,

感覺水溫，砂質，和風速

spinning a momentum

默默間推移動力

of circle within circle,

平衡無數的同心圓

their orbits harmonious. Then

和諧地順軌跡運轉

sudden wingbeats, and it climbs a pewter sky,

突然，牠鼓翼隱身於灰茫的天空

the center gone, all unity displaced

中心空虛，統一的力源消散

for anarchies of shove and grind, collide.

凌亂失衡的事物

Just so, this human world before us—

互相推擠，碰擊，摩擦

fissured mountains, shattered stones, unsettled seas.

逐有眼前這人間的風景——

斷裂的山，破碎的石，動盪的海