Returning
David Wagoner

At the brim（边缘） of a deep pool before the rapids（急流，湍流）
below that stone stairway（阶梯，楼梯） for days overhead
the under-sheen of the other world turning darker
lighter¹ again still holding the first taste
of rain from the mountainside moving once more
to scale the shallowing ridge²（山脊，山脉） fishtailing over
down to the end of a deeper pool where the river
is windstorming around them among whirling
alder³ roots into what guides them lifts them
constantly toward colder water leaping
above a leaping whiteness swirling⁴ from blue
green light to a wash of silver current again
again again returning they plunge⁵（投入，跳进） upstream.