Hass's argument is that our vocabulary has limitations. Some things are just better left unsaid. Sometimes we have no words to describe an event. Seeing something can be worth much more than the words we use to try to describe what we see. Hass cannot seem to find a word to describe the tree's motion. We need to see it for ourselves or visualize it. Words can put images in our heads, but in situations like this there are no words to describe the beauty of an action.
The italicized text in my opinion can mean two things. The first is that the tree and the writer are having a conversation. The writer cannot find a word to describe what the tree is doing. The tree is speaking through its movement. The reader is also dancing. They are dancing around the text trying to find out what Hass is trying to express in words, but cannot.
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