Friday, 4 January 2008

Poem-白居易燕詩

I learnt this poem in secondary school back in Hong Kong. It has made an impression on me ever since. I especially love the last six lines.

樑上有雙燕,翩翩雄與雌,
銜泥兩椽間,一巢生四兒,
四兒日夜長,索食聲孜孜,
青蟲不易捕,黃口無飽期,
嘴爪雖欲弊,心力不知疲,
須臾千來往,猶恐巢中飢,
辛勤三十日,母瘦雛漸肥,
喃喃教言語,一一刷羽衣,
一旦羽翼成,引上庭樹枝,
舉翅不回顧,隨風四散飛,
雌雄空中鳴,聲盡呼不歸,
卻入空巢裡,啁啾整夜悲。

燕燕爾勿悲,爾當反自思,
思己為雛日,高飛背母時,
當時父母念,今日爾應知

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