９月も半ばというのに、昼間の暑さは堪りません。でも確かに、日が落ちる頃から虫の声はにぎやかに聞こえてきます。どの虫が鳴いているのか、とかの区別は出来ないんですけど。

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Although it is already mid-September, the lingering summer heat is quite intense in the daytime.　However, sometimes I find myself listening to the sound of the insects eagerly in the evening.　Unlike many Japanese, I can’t guess the kinds of insects from the sounds they make, though.

Rain had stopped/

Music of the insects/

Seen through the sunshine, it seems/
(calligraphy and translation by Tomoko)