To the Cicada

蝉

[唐] 李商隐（许渊冲译）

High, you can’t eat your fill; in vain you wail and trill.

At dawn you hush your song; the tree is green for long.

I drift as water flows; and waste my garden grows.

Thank you for warning due, I am as poor as you.

本以高难饱，

徒劳恨费声。

五更疏欲断，

一树碧无情。

薄宦梗犹泛，

故园芜已平。

烦君最相警，

我亦举家清。

[词汇] hush

v.（使）安静下来，（使）停止说话；（用于告诉别人保持安静）嘘；用水清洗矿石

n. 寂静，鸦雀无声；（人造的）喷水​

There was a deathly hush in the theatre.

戏院里一片寂静。