I thought I found the answer when

我想那时我找到了答案

the blackbirds formed a swarm,

当乌鸦聚集成群，

hovered, lofted off at high speed,

盘旋于空，快速地升向高处，

veered, became a composition

继而转弯，于是整个布阵

of light-dark motion. Sometimes ten

光影交错。有时十只

or twenty flew apart, a counterpoint, then

或者二十只，飞离鸦群，好像复调，随后

re-collided with the main-flock, merged

又与之会合，没入

into one impulse. One mind among 

同一种律动。成百的翱翔的生命

a hundred soaring bodies, played 

心却融在一处，嬉戏

in twilight, brought night down

于夕阳之下，将夜晚

onto us, out of pink and blue:

引向我们，以粉红，以湛蓝：

so elated, darkness hardly mattered.

如此喜悦，黑暗可忽略不计。