Alone at the center of the shoal,

獨立在淺灘的中央

pale dot ringed by motion.

週遭的事物彷彿

No stillness but itself,

圍著圓點的中心旋轉

transfixed in three dimensions.

一刻，不曾一刻靜止

Chill water, gritty sand, the wind insistent,

只有牠靜立於三度空間

spinning a momentum

感覺水溫，砂質，和風速

of circle within circle,

默默間推移動力

their orbits harmonious. Then

平衡無數的同心圓

sudden wingbeats, and it climbs a pewter sky,

和諧地順軌跡運轉

the center gone, all unity displaced

突然，牠鼓翼隱身於灰茫的天空

for anarchies of shove and grind, collide.

中心空虛，統一的力源消散

Just so, this human world before us—

凌亂失衡的事物

fissured mountains, shattered stones, unsettled seas.

互相推擠，碰擊，摩擦

逐有眼前這人間的風景——

斷裂的山，破碎的石，動盪的海