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