我赞美你因为

I praise you because

你集艺术家和科学家

you are artist and scientist

于一身。当我有点

in one. When I am somewhat

惧怕你的力量时，

fearful of your power,

你的能力创造奇迹

your ability to work miracles

用一个三角尺，我听到

with a set-square, I hear

你对自己淙淙低语，

you murmuring to yourself

一种符号系统贝多芬

in a notation Beethoven

梦见过却从未获得的。

dreamed of but never achieved.

你逸出你的雨水和海水的

You run off your scales of

刻度，奏响

rain water and sea water, play

晨光与黄昏的

the chords of the morning

和弦，你用阴影

and evening light, sculpture

雕刻，连接一叶

with shadow, join together leaf

一叶，当春天

by leaf, when spring

来临时，连缀诗节

comes, the stanzas of

构筑宏大的诗篇。你讲

an immense poem. You speak

所有的语言却一言不发

all languages and none,

回应我们最复杂的

answering our most complex

祈祷，用一朵花的简明，

prayers with the simplicity

当我们要驯服你

of a flower, confronting

为我们所用时，你以我们眼底

us, when we would domesticate you

暴动的病毒

to our uses, with the rioting

对付我们。

viruses under our lens.