Here we have thirst

最初，我们有渴

And patience, from the first,

与耐心，

And art, as in a wave held up for us to see

艺术，如一阵波浪立起

In its essential perpendicularity;

供我们欣赏，其精炼的线条；

Not brittle but

并不脆弱，而是

Intense－the spectrum, that

强烈的——光谱，这 

Spectacular and nimble animal the fish,

激动人心，灵巧生动的鱼， 

Whose scales turn aside the sun’s sword with their polish.

它光滑的鳞片折射着太阳剑一般的锋芒。