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The Blue Night of Prayer

Just before the evening worship
As the worshippers hold the lamps high-
The awakening stars look like those lamps
Gently twinkling across the darkening sky.

The touch of south breeze so soft!
This is the time to have a sip,
From the cup of a mourning heart-
Then to say good bye and fall asleep.

From the dark window of the stone-palace
The princess looks at the dark horizon,
She wears a blue feather on her hair-do
She waves a little lamp, a beacon.

Far, far away, out there-
Beyond the vast field of darkness,
There wakes up a little light
To assure the anxious princess.

With the pole star as her only witness
She prays softly towards the unknown,
She prays for light, she prays for hope
She prays for the return of love long gone.

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Beyond The Memory

One day, when death will approach softly
If he keeps his hand on the feverish forehead of mine
If he murmurs my name like the call of boundless south wind
And says,"Let's go my dear, everybody is waiting."

Shall I offer my hand to him?
Shall I wipe out the dreams from my watery eyes?
Shall I get up from the bed and walk with him
Hand in hand, leaving behind every lows and highs?

Galaxy will glow high up there with billions of stars,
Under her soft white veil, there'll be the meadow,
If my friend asks me to aboard the ship of oblivion
Shall I go or shall I cry,"I can't go, no, no, no"?

Out there, where the unknown darkness
Plays the never-ending hide and seek,
The unknown sun shines bright on alien sky
The unknown people, both boastful and meek!

In that alien land, on the lap of an unknown mother
Shall I be born again and grow up under her affectionate eye?
Shall I be able to remember this life, these joy and sorrow?
These days and nights, these crimson dawns on ocean-blue sky?

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