English
Number 4
Whatever comes alive from your sweet breath, breath by breath,
since no one is close enough to grasp it, I tell it to no one.
You shouldn't feed a sparrow the meal meant for a falcon;
you can't tell the secret of the Phoenix to a mere fly.
Speak the sea's mystery to a pearl, why speak it to the foam?
Give the jewel to the oyster; why waste it on a thorn?
You won't believe my tale of the encircling ocean,
you who have never heard the sea or even seen a ship.