I missed hearing birds sing when my days began and ended in darkness and the in-between hours were over-shadowed by an air-conditioned office and the noise of the travelling masses.

• 当我在生命刚开始时，在以黑暗告终的日子里时，在空调办公室里度过光阴时，和在旅行群众的噪声里时，我错过了聆听鸟儿的歌唱。