他对她喊道：“亲爱的小萤火虫，你能放我自由吗？”
He called to her and said, "Dear little Glowworm, will you set me free?"
在炎热的夏夜，每只萤火虫都以其亚种特有的方式发光。
At hot summer nights, each firefly flashes its light in a pattern unique to its subspecies.
凝望天空中的同一颗行星，或草丛中闪烁的同一只萤火虫；
To gaze upon the same planet in space, or at the same glowworm gleaming in the grass;
奇怪的`是，你可以用我小时候用来捉萤火虫的装置来捕捉你的想法。
Oddly enough, you can catch your ideas with the very same device I used to catch fireflies when I was a boy.
这种光来自雌性萤火虫乌贼，它们在春天产卵，然后死亡，被冲到岸上。
The light comes from female firefly squids, which spawn in spring, then die and wash ashore.