You"ve seen a strawberry

你看见了一颗草莓，

that"s had a struggle; yet

那里曾有过一场争斗；是的，

was, where the fragments met,

在碎片聚集的地方，

a hedgehog or a star-

一只刺猬或一只海

fish for the multitude

星，为它传播了大量的

of seeds. What better food

种子。比苹果种子

than apple-seeds - the fruit

更好的食物？——这果实中的

within the fruit - locked in

果实，被闭锁着， 

like counter-curved twin

如同相向弯曲的一对

hazel-nuts? Frost that kills

榛实。霜，杀死了

the little rubber-plant-

橡胶草*的

leaves of kok-saghyz-stalks, can"t

小叶子，却无法

harm the roots; they still grow

伤害根；它们在冻结的地里

in frozen ground. Once where

继续存活。那里

there was a prickly-pear-

曾有过一株仙人果，

leaf clinging to barbed wire,

它的叶子粘在带刺的铁丝网上，

a root shot down to grow

根扎在

in earth two feet below;

两英尺下的土中；

as carrots form mandrakes

如同胡萝卜上长出了曼德拉草，

or a ram"s horn root some-

或者，一只公羊角

times. Victory won"t come

偶尔生了根。胜利不会

to me unless I go

降临于我，除非我

to it; a grape-tendril

走向它；一根葡萄藤

ties a knot in knots till

打了一个又一个结，一共

knotted thirty times, -- so

三十个——于是

the bound twig that"s under-

嫩枝被束缚住——

gone and over-gone, can"t stir.

无法摇动，忍耐着，不断超越。

The weak overcomes its

弱者战胜了它的

menace, the strong over-

威胁，强者战胜了

comes itself. What is there

它自己。那里存在的

like fortitude! What sap

是坚韧！汁液

went through that little thread

流过纤细的脉络

to make the cherry red!

使樱桃变红！