垂緌飲清露，流響出疏桐。

With fresh dew thou rins'st thy hanging ribbons[1] . There flows thy voice strong

居高聲自遠，非是藉秋風。

Out of bare parasol trees.

As thou liv'st on high, thy far-reaching sound is wafted along

Yet not by the autumn breeze.

1): The shape of a cicada's antennae looks like hanging ribbons. In ancient China, the term hat ribbons (for knotting under the jaw to fasten the hat) was often used as a metonymy for a high official.