蟬 李商隱

蟬

本以高難飽， 徒勞恨費聲。

五更疏欲斷， 一樹碧無情。

薄宦梗猶泛， 故園蕪已平。

煩君最相警， 我亦舉家清。

Li Shangyin

A CICADA

Pure of heart and therefore hungry,

All night long you have sung in vain --

Oh, this final broken indrawn breath

Among the green indifferent trees!

Yes, I have gone like a piece of driftwood,

I have let my garden fill with weeds....

I bless you for your true advice

To live as pure a life as yours