Sip
Your Tea
在一个黯淡雨天的此刻看到网友 Hui
Leng Tan 的贴文,更有感触。
和 Prof
Lee Tzu Pheng (李子平教授)曾有一次合作与一面之缘,这首诗除了道出了一位迟暮诗人的心境,也不正是许多人必经之心路历程?!
人生苦短,珍惜人情,有花堪折直须折,莫待无花空折枝?!有空常聚喝杯茶。
A
poem by Prof Lee Tzu Pheng (Singapore Cultural Medallion winner). She
was formerly in the English Literature Dept in NUS. This is a
powerful poem on human friendship and loving one another.
Sip
your Tea
Nice
and Slow
No
one Ever knows
when
it’s Time to Go,
There’ll
be no Time
to
enjoy the Glow,
So
sip your Tea
Nice
and Slow.
Life
is too Short but
feels
pretty Long,
There’s
too Much to do, so much going Wrong,
And
Most of the Time You Struggle to be Strong,
Before
it’s too Late
and
it’s time to Go,
Sip
your Tea
Nice
and Slow.
Some
Friends stay,
others
Go away,
Loved
ones are Cherished but not all will Stay.
Kids
will Grow up
and
Fly away.
There’s
really no Saying how Things will Go,
So
sip your Tea
Nice
and Slow.
In
the End it’s really
all
about understanding Love
For
this World
and
in the Stars above,
Appreciate
and Value who truly Cares,
Smile
and Breathe
and
let your Worries go,
So
Just Sip your Tea
Nice
and Slow."
When
I'm dead.
Your
tears will flow
But
I won't know
Cry
with me now instead.
You
will send flowers,
But
I won't see
Send
them now instead
You'll
say words of praise
But
I won't hear.
Praise
me now instead
You'll
forget my faults,
But
I won't know.....
Forget
them now instead.
You'll
miss me then,
But
I won't feel.
Miss
me now, instead.
You'll
wish You could have spent more time with me,
Spend
it now instead
When
you hear I'm gone, you'll find your way to my house to pay condolence
but we haven't even spoken in years.
Look
for me now.
*"Spend
time with every person around you, and help them with whatever you
have to make them happy, your families, friends and acquaintances.*
*Make
them feel Special because you never know when time will take them
away from you forever.*
Alone
I can 'Say' but together we can 'Talk'.
Alone
I can 'Enjoy' but together we can 'Celebrate'
Alone
I can 'Smile' but together we can 'Laugh'
That's
the BEAUTY of Human Relations.
We
are nothing without each other
So
Stay Connected!
4.3.2023
当年在前人协理事长李宗严先生安排下和李子平教授合作的一首合唱曲
《Who
Are You My Country》
https://soundcloud.com/user-21736741/who-are-you-my-country
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