Here it splashed over the edge of a vat, spattering in gemlike drops; over there it wound serpentlike away across the rock to flow hissing into a pool of brackish water.

• 瞧这里，这铁水溅射到一只桶的边沿，它便洒下一帘宝石般光泽的水珠；看那边，这铁水又如长蛇相似，蜿蜒穿过岩石，嘶嘶作响地流入难闻的水池中。