The Elegiac Sound of Cicadas 哀傷的蟬聲

Cicadas don’t sing on a cold day, but today I heard them chirping out in my backyard. They sounded like an elegy for September 11, 2001.

蟬不會在冷天氣裡獻聲。今天聽到在後院裡彼起彼落的蟬聲像是一首哀悼紐約九一一悲劇的挽歌。