XV and XVI from Fruit-Gathering, Rabindranath Tagore Poem

XV (Fruit-Gathering, Rabindranath Tagore)
YOUR speech is simple, my Master, but not theirs who talk of you.
I understand the voice of your stars and the silence of your trees.
I know that my heart would open like a flower; that my life has filled itself at a hidden fountain.
Your songs, like birds from the lonely land of snow, are winging to build their nests in my heart against the warmth of its April, and I am content to wait for the merry season.

XVI (Fruit-Gathering, Rabindranath Tagore)
THEY knew the way and went to seek you along the narrow lane, but I wandered abroad into the night for I was ignorant.
I was not schooled enough to be afraid of you in the dark, therefore I came upon your doorstep unaware.
The wise rebuked me and bade me be gone, for I had not come by the lane.
I turned away in doubt, but you held me fast, and their scolding became louder every day.

22. From the Gardener by Tagore

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When she passed by me with quick steps, the end of her skirt touched me.
From the unknown island of a heart came a sudden warm breath of spring.
A flutter of a flitting touch brushed me and vanished in a
moment, like a torn flower petal blown in the breeze.
It fell upon my heart like a sigh of her body and whisper of her heart.

From The Gardener
Rabindranath Tagore

At Grandmum's

At Grandmum’s

The clock clicked
Steadily
Time passed.
Would I catch the bus?

‘God know Dear boy
You’ll get it’
But the meal
Wasn’t ready still.

Anger, rage, urgency
Filled my chest
‘These old people
Don’t know time’,
Thought I,
But I couldn’t defy
Her.

I heard the crack
Of the splintering wood
And out went I
Breaking the plank
With the senile hands
Slowly surely
Was Grandmum.

Tears filled my eyes
Of patience for
Foolish artificiality,
For defying this
Great love.

Okumba Miruka

California Blue (Roy Orbison)

California Blue (by Roy Orbison)
Working all day and the sun don’t shine
Trying to get by and I’m just killing time
I feel the rain fall the whole night through
Far away from you California blue

California blue dreaming all alone
Nothing else to do California blue
Everyday I pray I’ll be on my way
Saving love for you California blue

One sunny day, I’ll get back again
Somehow, someway but I don’t know when
California blue California blue

Living my life with you on my mind
Thinking of things that I left far behind
It’s been so long doing all I can do
To get back to you California blue

California blue dreaming all alone
Nothing else to do California blue
Everyday I pray I’ll be on my way
Saving love for you California blue

One sunny day I’ll get back again
Somehow, someway but I don’t know when
California blue California blue

Still missing you California blue
Still missing you California blue
Still missing you California blue

A Beautiful Day On Julie's Birthday

A Beautiful Day
What a beautiful day!
A singing bird on the wing,
A dappling sunshine on my book,
A blue sky of the spring,
A lotus in the brook:
Make me to remember your birthday
It itself is as beautiful as your smile now.

BaKoGi
Dedicated to Julie on her birthday from Malaysia

Echoes

Echoes
How sweet the answer
Echo makes to music at night,
When roused by lute or horn, she wakes,
And far away over lawns and lakes,
Goes answering light!

Yet love hath echoes truer far
And far more sweet
Than ever, beneath the moonlight's star,
Of horn or lute or soft guitar
The songs repeat.

'Tis when the sigh,- in youth sincere
And only then-
The sigh that is breathed for one to hear,
Is by that one, that only Dear
Breathed back again.

Thomas Moore

This is one of my favourite poems by Thomas Moore. Perfectly, this poem illustrates my university days. Some of my university friends used to play guitar and sang songs at girl hostals or boarding houses at night.

All My Wishes

All My Wishes
Lying on the bed,
Trying to get a sleep,
The bed seems too big.
Sanity, I tried to keep.
Loneliness was very deep.

Making a instant noodle,
Made me so fuddled.
Used to be very simple.
Fulfillment, I tried to keep.
But Emptiness was very big.

When will my better-half be back?
I’m feeling like a wreck.
Miss her delicious dishes,
And her gentle kisses,
Seeing her sooner is all my wishes.

BaKoGi

走西口 蔡琴-民歌 (Chinese Folk Song)

走西口 蔡琴

茉莉花 (Jasmine Flower), 中国民歌 (Chinese Folk Song)

茉莉花 (民歌)

中文
好一朵美麗的茉莉花
好一朵美麗的茉莉花
芬芳美麗滿枝椏
又香又白人人誇
讓我來將你摘下
送給別人家
茉莉花呀茉莉花
汉语拼音
Hǎo yī duǒ měi lì de mò li huā
Hǎo yī duǒ měi lì de mò li huā
Fēn fāng měi lì mǎn zhī yā
Yòu xiāng yòu bái rén rén kuā
Ràng wǒ lái jiāng nǐ zhāi xià
Sòng gěi bié rén jiā
Mò li huā yā mò li huā
英语直译
A good beautiful jasmine flower
A good beautiful jasmine flower
Sweet-smelling, beautiful, stems full of buds
Fragrant and white, everyone praises
Let me pluck you down
Give to someone
Jasmine flower, oh jasmine flower
英语意译
Flower of jasmine, oh so fair!
Flower of jasmine, oh so fair!
Budding and blooming here and there,
Pure and fragrant all declare.
Let me take you with tender care,
Your sweetness for all to share.
Jasmine fair, oh jasmine fair.

A Poem By Alexander Pushkin

I love you; even now I may confess,
some embers of my love their fire retain;
But do not let it causes you more distress,
I do not want to sadden you again.
Hopeless and tongue-tied, yet I loved you dearly
With pangs the jealous and the timid know;
So tenderly I loved you, so sincerely,
I pray God grant another love you so.

Alexander Pushkin

林姿君-客家歌-(Hakka Song for Grandma)

客家電視－「十分客家」林姿君－唱一條歌
This remembrance Hakka song for grandma is very touching. It really makes me homesick and think of my grandparents more. My grandma used to tell us some folklores before we went to bed. She always reminded us to study hard.

This singer is a tough Hakka girl, who is blind and has tried hard to succeed in study and her life. Her songs are so touching and meaningful. It really melt my heart.

客家電視－「十分客家」林姿君-天黑黑

[客家MV]匍背 (林姿君) HakkaVideo

Silent Waiting

Silent Waiting

She can not speak a word,
But, she can write
Her unspoken words,
Has written on the wall of my heart.

Do you remember me?
Would you recognize me,
After thirteen years?
We are so near, and yet so far.

Lord, please let her know,
I miss her so,
Silence in love, silence in pain,
I am still waiting in the memory lane.

Silently waiting for you,
Waiting in this rendezvous;
The old library of the hospital,
On the day of Christmas.

BaKoGi

January 26 2007

This poem was inspired by Silence (深情密碼) Taiwan TV Drama.

靜靜的 ( 瘐澄慶)-Silence

空氣裡躲著什麼，有點浪漫的心動
我偷偷看你，你也偷偷看我
世界上多了什麼
好像變得很不同
站在你身邊 這一切都很寬闊

我還在等著你 靜靜的愛我
只要有你陪我 靜靜的就足夠
你也在等著我 靜靜的溫柔
就這樣手牽手 靜靜的看著天空

心裡面藏著什麼
你只要想讓我懂
原來我的夢 也就是你的夢
紙條上寫些了什麼
我好想要聽你說
讓字字句句都充滿了笑容

我還在等著你 靜靜的愛我
只要有你陪我 靜靜的就足夠
你也在等著我 靜靜的溫柔
就這樣手牽手 靜靜的看著天空

永遠要記得 那天彼此許下的承諾
瞬間點亮的火花是我們的擁有

我還在等著你 靜靜的愛我
只要有你陪我 靜靜的就足夠
你也在等著我 靜靜的溫柔
就這樣手牽手 靜靜的看著天空
靜靜的手牽手是最簡單的夢

KongKong's 100th Birthday

KongKong would be 100 years old if he was still alive tomorrow. Sadly, he was away peacefully in his sleep in 1986. He was born on December 6th 1908 in Meixian, Guangdong, China.

邓 丽 君 - 雨 中 追 忆

邓 丽 君 - 雨 中 追 忆

谁人雨下举伞
走过一片泥泞
为我传来远处讯息
书中尽诉别离情
写出你现在在雨中追忆
叙述你心凄怨
泪儿半凝
想到秋风
那天仿如怒鸣
怨君你赴前程

平原点点飘雪
可有阻你回程
若有热诚暖了你心
披星戴月也莫停
可知我日望夜盼等今天
日夕等你回来
共寻往日情
只怕当初
你所许那诺言
已飞逝无形