靜夜思 -- 唐朝詩人 李白 字太白

床前明月光，疑是地上霜。

舉頭望明月，低頭思故鄉。

“Mediation in a tranquil night”

By Li Bai (Tang Dynasty)

Bed side moon light shines,

Frost on ground it seems,

Head up behold bright moon,

Head down sweet home dreas.

(translated by Alan Ma, July 2, 2015.)

“愛君兮”

愛雨兮，雨打殘荷，

愛日兮，驕陽似火，

愛風兮，風起雲湧，

愛君兮，未敢信多。

李商隱詩 宿駱氏亭寄懷崔雍崔袞

 

竹塢無塵水檻清，

相思迢遞隔重城。

秋陰不散霜飛晚，

留得枯荷聽雨聲。

 

Poem “Staying at the Lo’s Pavillion thinking of friends ”

By Li Shang Yin, Tang Dynasty

 

“Bamboo dock seems dustless clean while water runs crystal clear from the drain,

Separation by distance makes us thinking of each other cannot refrain,

Autumn overcat lingers as frost flies high in the sunset late,

Withered lotus lonely listens to the rhythum of the rain.”

 

 

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格物﹑致知﹑誠意﹑正心﹑修身﹑齊家﹑治國﹑平天下。

《大學》原是《禮記》第四十二篇，作者曾子或孔門七十子後學所作

A quote from “Great Learning” by Confucius’ student Tsand Zhe and his followers (505-435BC).

 

Exploration leads to wisedom,

Wisdom leads to sincerity,

Sincerity leads to faithfulness,

Faithfulness leads to self-perfection,

Self-perfection leads to a unified family,

A unified family leads to a well reigned country,

A well reigned country leads to a peaceful World,

Which is the ultimate goal of Confucism.

 

(translated by Alan Ma, March 8, 2015.)

 

《人生四大錦囊》甘國衛居士

 

盡責﹑報恩﹑包容﹑寛恕

 

“Four big tips in life (attitudes) lead to happier in life) – Diligent, Grateful, Inclusive and Forgive” by Kam Wai Kwok

 

 My comments:

 

Diligent – satisfaction through accomplishment of duties in life, which is very true. However, due to we cannot fulfill everything in life and we have limited time in life, we need to be selective.  Therefore, we need to set goal and priorities in life in order to accomplish more. Great achievement starts with self-actualisation.

 

Grateful – We hear a lot of talks on “Give is happier than take”. In order to feel it, we must practice it ofeten and than we can feel it. This is a positive energy will keep bouncing back forth around us, and we will enjoy it for the rest of our life.

 

Inclusive – Because nothing is absolutely right or wrong, therefore we need to be open minded to see things in other angles. We need to accept different ideas in order to perfect ours. This is the power to bring cohesiveness in a group. Any great leader needs this power.

 

 

Forgive – We are not saint, everyone makes mistakes. Therefore, we need to forgive and forget. This is the most invincible poswer of all, which will diminish conflects and wars. It will bring peace to the World!

 

 

 

「十六字心傳」 《尚書·大禹謨》

「人心惟危，道心惟微；

惟精惟一，允執厥中。」

 

“16-Character Royal Motto” – by ancient Emperor Shun (2200BC)

 

If the people’s will cannot be observed,

Then justice can never be upheld;

The only way to excellence is dedication,

Practice it unbiasly and without deviation.

 

 

(translated by Alan Ma, March 1, 2015)

 

贈陳國安先生

馬來西亞馬六甲大西洋娘惹餐館

娘家私房冶一爐，

惹味珍饈人稱高。

香港康泰圑友馬柏寧敬題

滿江紅· 宋· 岳飛

怒髮沖冠，憑闌處，瀟瀟雨歇。

抬望眼，仰天長嘯，壯懷激烈。

三十功名塵與土，八千里路雲和月。

莫等閑、白了少年頭，空悲切。

靖康恥，猶未雪；臣子恨，何時滅？

駕長車，踏破賀蘭山缺！

壯志飢餐胡虜肉，笑談渴飲匈奴血。

待從頭，收拾舊山河，朝天闕。

 

A poety in the tune of “River in red all over” by Yu Fei, Sung Dynasty

 

Bristly hair, hat almost fell off, feeling furious am I,

I lean against the railing,

The drizzly rain stops its fall.

 

Raising my eyebrow, I look afar,

I make a long sigh towards the sky,

My mind immerses in an emotional recall.

 

Thirty credits and honours are just ash and soil, I ignore,

Eight thousand miles under the clouds and moonlight pour.

 

Waste no time,

When the young head turns to white and black no more,

To regret in vain, what for?
 

Jingkang insult,

Yet waiting to revenge for,

As a subordinate feeling ashame,

When will this regret end no more?

 

Drive a long chariot to the war,

Knock down the Helan Mountain Gate completely to the floor..

 

We vow to conquer the enemy, if we have to eat their flesh in hunger at all,

We laugh and fight the invaders from the North, if we have to drink their blood and thirsty no more.

 

Let’s make a new start,

Recover all our lost home land once encore,

And return to our Emporer with triumph restored!

 

-End of translation-

 

 

 

 

 

破陣子2 半百老人(馬水東)

四十年來縱橫，三千里路風霜。

寒窗苦讀終有成，鳳凰展翅枝頭上，

叱吒風雲強!

一旦歸於平淡，田園種菊花香。

清荼淡酒賦新詩，知己山水盡遊暢，

生命至無兩!

破陣子 半百老人(馬水東)

四十年來縱橫，三千里地奔波。

珍饈百味連宵看，路易十三作煙蘿，

何曾吝惜過？

一旦歸於平淡，遊戲人間頗多。

錦上添花莫見怪，雪中送炭人情疏，

祝君安康啊!

把酒問月 李白 唐

“Asking the moon with a glass of wine in hand” by Li Bai, Tang Dynasty.

 

青天有月來幾時？我今停杯一問之。

人攀明月不可得，月行卻與人相隨。

皎如飛鏡臨丹闕，綠煙滅盡清輝發。

但見宵從海上來，寧知曉向雲間沒。

白兔搗藥秋複春，嫦娥孤棲與誰鄰？

今人不見古時月，今月曾經照古人。

古人今人若流水，共看明月皆如此。

唯願當歌對酒時，月光長照金樽里。

 

 “Asking the moon with a glass of wine in hand” by Li Bai, Tang Dynasty.

 

When did the bright moon first appear on the clear sky?

I want to put aside my glass and ask the heaven why..

 

Man always wants to climb up to the moon but in vain,

But the moon looks like always by our side remain.

 

The moon is so bright like a mirror against the gorgeous palace hanging on its side,

When the misty cloud retreates, here comes a sparkling moon on the sky.

 

The moon is seen rising from the sea in the dark evening,

It turns out disappearing amid the clouds in the early morning.

 

The rabbit on the moon keeps pounding medicine Autumn through Spring,

While Chang E is so solitary and with whom she is neighboring?

 

There’s no way to see the ancient moon by people of present,

But the moon we see today was once shining the people of ancient.

 

People of today and ancient, they come and go like flow of water,

But we all share the same bright moon the same way ever.

 

We only wish when we toast to each other and sing,

The moon will always shines into the bottle when we drink!

-End of translation-

水 調 歌 頭 蘇軾 - Final version -

水 調 歌 頭      蘇軾

A “water theme song” poetry by Su Shi, Sung Dynasty.

 

( 丙辰中秋，歡飲達旦，大醉，作此篇，兼懷子由。)

 

明月幾時有？  把酒問青天。

不知天上宮闕， 今夕是何年。

我欲乘風歸去，又恐瓊樓玉宇，高處不勝寒。

起舞弄清影，何似在人間？

轉朱閣，低綺戶，照無眠。

不應有恨，何事長向別時圓？

人有悲歡離合，月有陰晴圓缺，此事古難全。

但願人長久，千里共嬋娟。

 

A “water theme song” poetry by Su Shi, Sung Dynasty.

 

When can we see a moon that will brightly shine?

With a glass of wine in hand, I ask the clear sky.

 

Don’t know what the palace is like up in the heaven,

And what year is it tonight, even?

 

I wish to take on the wind to ride to the moon,

But I fear the soaring high jade towers and marble temples,

Which may make me freightening too soon!

 

I start to dance chasing the shadow of the moon,

Am I really in the real World this very soon?

 

The moon passes the corner of the gorgeous towers,

Into the lace curtain window,

Shining onto a sleepless man with a shadow!

 

The moon should not bear any hatred or feeling,

How come it always becomes a full moon when people are parting?

 

In life, man can have sadness or happiness, parting or reunion,

For the moon, it can appear cloudy or clear, crescent or full moon,

This has always been like this since the times of old moment.

 

May I wish we all live longer,

And share the same bright moon thousand miles apart together!

 

-End of translation-

《絕句》杜甫

“28-character poem”by To Fu, Tang Dynasty

兩個黃鸝鳴翠柳，一行白鷺上青天。

窗含西嶺千秋雪，門泊東吳萬里船。​

Two Orioles sing gaily on the green willow tree,

One group of egrets fly sky high in a single file.

 Off the window, West mountain covered by snow of thousand Autumns,

Outside the door, East Wu ships mooring continued many a thousand mile.

-End of translation-

《回鄉偶書》（唐）賀知章 

"Incidental thoughts on home town returning" by He Zhe Zheng(659-744),Tang Dynasty.

  

少小離家老大回，鄉音無改鬢毛衰。

兒童相見不相識，笑問客從何處來。​

 

I was very young leaving home and not return until old,

My native tongue has not changed,but my hairs all white become. white.

Meeting children yet they don’t know me,

They greet and ask where I’m from?

-End of translation-

 

《憫農二》李紳

“Be considerate with farmers (2)”by Li Shen(772-846),Tang Dynasty  

鋤禾日當午，汗滴禾下土。

誰知盤中餐，粒粒皆辛苦。​

 

To hoe grain doesn’t matter sun is high at noon,

Sweat keeps falling to grain until touching ground.

Does everybody know the grains on the plate of daily meals,

 

Each grain means hard work cannot be count!

-End of translation-