他對她喊道：“親愛的小螢火蟲，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，每只螢火蟲都以其亞種特有的方式發光。
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；
To gaze upon the same planet in space, or at the same glowworm gleaming in the grass;
奇怪的是，你可以用我小時候用來捉螢火蟲的裝置來捕捉你的想法。
Oddly enough, you can catch your ideas with the very same device I used to catch fireflies when I was a boy.
這種光來自雌性螢火蟲烏賊，它們在春天產卵，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.