In my college years,
I often take a walk on the ridges of fields in the evening.
At this time, I always read the English poetry with
Chinese translation, written by Indian poet Tagore,
While enjoying the sunset of countryside.
Although, I do not well know English,
I really is touched deeply
By the beauty in the English poetry of Tagore.
As for, why it is beautiful,
I actually do not know!
This feeling of beauty
Frequently appears in my mind from time to time.
Especially in the dead of night,
There even is an illusion of calling from Tagore.
It is this feeling of beauty,
Why I would publish this English collected work,
Forty short assays selected and translated from
My three published collected works,
Named Lyrical words of one old guy.
It is really beyond my ability
To publish this English collected work.
I hope the readers by destiny
Could give me corrections and forgiveness
For the mistakes in this English collected work.
●The Persian cat
The neighbor three next to my home
Raises one Persian cat.
This cat should be in the summer of its life.
Its body is majestic and full of white hairs,
Long and bright!
Its white hairs in the breeze
Flutter gently,
Very powerful!
The cat often climbs to the high wall,
And squats there quietly.
It always looks down at the humans, the cars, the dogs,
And various others below its feet ,
Coming and going in the lane.
When I walk by there,
And look at each other face to face.
I always feel
Its eyes very sharp.
Its unsmiling expression,
Especially its closed mouth with two sides down,
Appears incomparable solemn
And incomparable dignified.
At this time,
I would have an illusion,
Wanting to kneel down,
And kowtow to him and say,
My King!
Long live!
Long live forever and ever!
Near the lane entrance there is a vacant land.
In the vacant land is tied a black Formosa dog
For guarding the saloon car of its master.
I have noticed the dog
Several months.
The dog is very dedicated to its duty.
It is usually found
The dog always stands there
Quietly and uprightly.
If a stranger is near to the car
The dog should yell out loudly.
Regardless of rainy days
Or sunny days
The dog has still stood there
Quietly and uprightly!
To my surprise,
Why can the dog be trained
To be so well!
How can it stand there
Quietly and uprightly
Whether in the heavy rain
Or under the burning sun.
Also to my surprise,
Why can its master
Let the dog be wetted by the rain and burned by the sun,
And still keeps untouched.
Concerning this case
The master is really not as good as his dog.
If the dog is classified as a beast
Then its master is
Worse than a beast.
