Just for a spring without regrets.
I wish I were a star,
Give up a summer night.
I wish I were a million rivers,
Flowing to the only ocean.
I hope it's Na Yue,
Make you whole again.
If you are an island,
I would like to be the ocean around you.
If you set sail,
I wish I were a gentle storm.
If you travel far,
I am willing to do that road, prepare flat, and follow you to the distance.
When you are tired of walking,
I hope it is night, an inn on the road, a clean pillow for you to sleep, and a dream in your sleep. I am the tears on your pillow.
I'd like to be your arm, even though I'm white-haired.
I would like to be the fire at your feet and spend my old age with you in my memory.
You are laughing, I am singing with you.
You are tears, and I am the starlight accompanying you.
When you are buried in the soil,
I would like to be the grass that accompanies you.
You turn to dust, I turn to dust.
If, if, if you still cling to this life,
I'll make you another wish,
Because I will be with you in the afterlife.
I watched a lecture given by Jiang Xun at TED with the theme of "Keep yourself 18 minutes". Would you like to leave yourself 18 minutes every day and give yourself time for a poem? If you feel too extravagant, can you leave yourself a month 18 minutes? Maybe I still don't think so. Can you spare 18 minutes a year to recite a poem? What if you still can't do it all your life? Leave 18 minutes for your life to recite a favorite poem?
A long life may be short. 18 minutes represents Teacher Jiang's longing for a better life. Nowadays, this busy, impatient and short-lived social form often makes people ignore the essence of life. Rhododendrons, stars, bright moon, rivers, oceans, or storms and sails are all gifts from nature. We accumulate the time with our family into the best memories, just for this life. Poetry carries too much beauty, so we should leave some time for ourselves and get a moment of peace of mind.
Because of the crash of China Eastern Airlines, life is impermanent, so you should spend more time with your family. Life is a small matter besides life and death. However, you and I are often bound by small things and will have resentment with the closest people.
I hope you and I can make life full of poetry and make life a little regrettable!
May the dead rest in peace and the living die!