他對她喊道：“親愛(ài)的小螢火蟲(chóng)，你能放我自由嗎？”

　　He called to her and said, "Dear little Glowworm, will you set me free?"

　　在炎熱的夏夜，每只螢火蟲(chóng)都以其亞種特有的方式發(fā)光。

　　At hot summer nights, each firefly flashes its light in a pattern unique to its subspecies.

　　凝望天空中的同一顆行星，或草叢中閃爍的同一只螢火蟲(chóng)；

　　To gaze upon the same planet in space, or at the same glowworm gleaming in the grass;

　　奇怪的是，你可以用我小時(shí)候用來(lái)捉螢火蟲(chóng)的裝置來(lái)捕捉你的想法。

　　Oddly enough, you can catch your ideas with the very same device I used to catch fireflies when I was a boy.

　　這種光來(lái)自雌性螢火蟲(chóng)烏賊，它們在春天產(chǎn)卵，然后死亡，被沖到岸上。

　　The light comes from female firefly squids, which spawn in spring, then die and wash ashore.